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Sean Mcdowell @dvesean
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June 14th 1970 I was 14. The Grateful Dead release their historic "Workingman's Dead" album. I didn't know sh*t about The Dead until I got to college in 1973. And I've loved them ever since. I saw The Grateful Dead w/Jerry Garcia 15X! "Workingman's Dead" Is One Of Their Best!
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June 14th 1931 I Worship At The Alter Of Motown. Junior Walker (Autry Dewalt Mixon Jr/ B-Day), Motown's legendary sax guy w/his band The All-Stars. Shotgun, I'm A Road Runner, How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) & What Does It Take (To Win Your Love), Junior Walker At Work.
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June 14 1994 4X Academy Award Winner, 20X Grammy Winner, WWII USAAF veteran & Raised in Aliquippa PA, Legendary Hollywood Film Soundtrack Composer Henry Mancini d. at 70. The Pink Panther Theme, Moon River, Peter Gunn & The Chiller Theatre Theme Song! Henry Mancini At Work.
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June 14th 1997 Star Lake I had just started in Radio in Pittsburgh (WYDD), When this new guy named John Cougar released his KILLER: "I Need A Lover." John Cougar Mellencamp would go on to be an American Rock Legend w/a gazillion hit songs & a co-founder of Farm Aid. R&R HOF.
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June 13th 2021 So many great film & TV roles Ned Beatty appeared in! But he will ALWAYS be remembered most for Deliverance, 1972. And for being--ummmm--"assaulted" in Deliverance. I saw Deliverance in a movie theatre in 1972, WITH MY MOTHER. Ned Beatty 83 d. today 2021.
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June 13 1934 I Worship At The Alter Of Motown. Uriel Jones (B-Day) played drums for Motown's Studio Studs, The Funk Brothers. Next time you hear: Ain't No Mountain... Ain't That Peculiar Ain't Too Proud To Beg I 2nd That Emotion I Can't Get Next To You, Uriel Jones At Work.
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June 13th 2014 The Emperor Chaz (thank you Myron Cope!), Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach, 1969-1991, Chuck Noll 84 d. at home/Sewickley. 4X SB Champ, Pro Football HOF. And Chuck Noll was a Univ. Of Dayton grad too, just like me! (I probably did more LSD at U.D. than he did).
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Friday June 12th 2026 110 degrees this afternoon here in North Las Vegas. Windows down, baby! (But I had the AC on inside too!) Yinzers Baking In The Desert
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June 12th 1930 If you're my age (OLD), You watched The Andy Griffith Show growing up in The 60's. Jim Nabors (B-Day) played Gomer Pyle, an auto mechanic. Then Jim Nabors got his OWN TV show, Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C. Jim Nabors, also an amazing deep-voiced singer, d. at 87, 2017.
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June 12th 1976 Three Rivers Stadium Pittsburgh ZZ Top brings their Worldwide Texas Tour to Pittsburgh w/Aerosmith & Point Blank! Billy Gibbons to me on DVE: "I remember one of the cattle got loose on the field in Pittsburgh! We had our whole crew trying to catch that moo!"
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June 12th 1970 San Diego I was 14. Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter vs The San Diego Padres in a night game in San Diego, WHILE TRIPPING HIS ASS OFF ON LSD! Dock: "The ball was small sometimes, the ball was large sometimes." Dock Ellis 63 d. in 2008.
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June 12th 1951 One Of Rock's Greatest Lead Singers Ever, Brad Delp (B-Day) was such a nice guy too. I only interviewed him once on DVE, Brad was friendly, soft-spoken & so "down to earth!" It was heartbreaking when we all found out Brad Delp 55 had killed himself, March 2007.
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June 12th 2023 STAN! GUY! LOVE THE SHOW! The Godfather Of Pittsburgh Sports, My longtime pal Stan Savran 76 d. at home. Stan Savran & Guy Junker joined me on WDVE every afternoon for 10 yrs. And Stan & Guy were there, For My Last B-cast Ever, 7/31/19! We miss you, my man.
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June 11th 1949 Frank Beard (B-Day) has been ZZ Top's drummer since 1969. And even though Frank's last name is "Beard," He was the ONLY ZZ guy w/OUT a beard! Dusty Hill is gone now (2021). Only Frank & Billy Gibbons remain. Our Last Show Ever At Star Lake! ZZ Top, R&R HOF.
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June 11th 1982 44 yrs ago. If you're my age (OLD), you saw "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial" in a movie theatre. It opened today in 1982. True Story: The scene where E.T. is found lying in a creek bed & close to death, Women ALL AROUND US in the theatre started sobbing. LOUDLY.
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June 11th 1979 A Salute To The Duke. Hollywood Icon, Academy Award-winning John Wayne 72 d. today in 1979. He had his entire left lung removed (cancer) in 1964. Rio Bravo True Grit Rooster Cogburn The Shootist The Longest Day The Green Berets, The Duke, John Wayne At Work.
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June 11th 2026 (I'm 3 days late on this!) Nancy Sinatra, Frank's daughter, turned 86, 3 days ago. Nancy's 1966 hit "Sugar Town" was a song about LSD! Sugar cubes laced w/LSD! We wonder: Did Nancy's Dad Frank know that?? Did Daddy know his little girl sang about tripping?? HA!
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June 11th 1933 Hilarious Hollywood Actor Gene Wilder (B-Day) starred/appeared in: Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein Silver Streak Stir Crazy Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, Gene Wilder 83 d. in 2016 (Alzheimer's). He was married to SNL Legend Gilda Radner, 1984-1989.
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June 11th 2025 One Of The Top 5 Greatest US Songwriters Ever (my own opinion), The Beach Boys' Brian Wilson 82, d. 1 yr ago. Dennis & Carl Wilson's older brother. 1960's, Brian loved his drugs! We saw Brian Wilson at Star Lake, July 2001, 25 yrs ago. Songwriters/R&R HOF.
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June 11th 1999 "Damn it, Jim! I'm a doctor, not a DJ!" I was 10 yrs old when Star Trek 1st premiered. DeForest Kelley, "Bones"/Dr. McCoy on Star Trek, 1966-1969, He d. today at 79 in 1999. Allegedly, DeForest Kelley was worried his grave marker would read: "He's dead, Jim."
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