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Old 06-29-2009, 11:28 AM   #1
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Fred Travalena, we hardly knew ye

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Impressionist, Vegas headliner Fred Travalena dies - Yahoo! News

LOS ANGELES – Impressionist Fred Travalena, a headliner in Vegas showrooms and a regular on late-night talk shows with his takes on presidents, crooners and screen stars, has died in Los Angeles. He was 66.
Publicist Roger Neal says Travalena died Sunday at his home in the Encino area after a recurrence of the non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that first surfaced in 2002.
Travalena was known for the sheer volume of celebrities he imitated, leading to the nicknames "The Man of a Thousand Voices" and "Mr. Everybody."
His act included presidents from Kennedy to Obama, musicians from Frank Sinatra to Bruce Springsteen and actors from Marlon Brando to Tom Cruise.

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Old 06-29-2009, 11:30 AM   #2
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:30 AM   #3
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:32 AM   #4
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His impersonation of Farrah, Michael and Ed is really spot on.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:32 AM   #5
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Who?

The fact that you don't know who he is means that his impressions must be really good.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:37 AM   #6
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Never heard of him.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:41 AM   #7
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Hey Brad! I've heard of him!
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:44 AM   #8
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His impersonation of Farrah, Michael and Ed is really spot on.

Gold!

Rough month for Vegas impressionists.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:51 AM   #9
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I vaguely recall the name/face as someone from the 80s. I think he might have even guested on a game show or TV show back then as well.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:57 AM   #10
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i remember him.
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Old 06-29-2009, 11:58 AM   #11
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not a celeb
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Old 06-29-2009, 12:16 PM   #12
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If we're now posting the deaths of celebrities that nobody actually knows...


RIP Gale Storm

Gale Storm, perky star of 1950s TV, dies at 87 - washingtonpost.com

LOS ANGELES -- Gale Storm, whose wholesome appearance and perky personality made her one of early television's biggest stars on "My Little Margie" and "The Gale Storm Show," has died at age 87.

Storm, who had been in failing health in recent years, died Saturday at a convalescent hospital in Danville, said her son, Peter Bonnell.

Before landing the starring role in "My Little Margie" in 1952, Storm appeared in numerous B movies opposite such stars as Roy Rogers, Eddie Albert and Jackie Cooper. After her last TV series, "The Gale Storm Show," ended in 1960 she went on to a successful singing career while continuing to make occasional TV appearances.
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Old 06-29-2009, 12:19 PM   #13
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If we're now posting the deaths of celebrities that nobody actually knows...

Actually I was going to post hers last night as the end of the second set of three, she was a pretty big deal in her day.
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Old 06-29-2009, 12:22 PM   #14
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His impersonation of Farrah, Michael and Ed is really spot on.

This post is underrated.
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Old 06-29-2009, 12:23 PM   #15
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Oh, also, I saw on Facebook that the dog (or maybe cat -- some pet, I didn't pay that much attention) of someone that I haven't talked to since high school also died, so there's that as well.
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:04 PM   #16
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His impersonation of Farrah, Michael and Ed is really spot on.

Jackass, you made me spit Coffee on my keyboard! Well played.
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Old 06-29-2009, 02:13 PM   #17
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This dude was a regular on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, no doubt hanging with Ed McMahon. He impersonated Michael Jackson at an MTV Music Awards show. He appeared in an episode of Good Sports with Farrah Fawcett (for good measure, Lyle Alzado was also on the show).

He ties it all together.
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