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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1971
Page
8
The widow of Louis Armstrong thanks fans at a New York news conference for condolence letters received since July. She reported more than 39 000 letters, nearly 9 000 from abroad, and said she may donate their shared home to the city as a memorial.
A New York theater specializes in film musicals and opens Sunday. The first bill at the Movie Musical stars Marilyn Miller in Sunny and Look for the Silver Lining features Belly June Haver Ray Bolger and Gordon MacRae. The venue is Theater 8 at St Marks Place long a home to You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.
Actress Gloria Swanson, marking a 72nd birthday, signs to replace Rosemary Murphy in the Broadway production Butterflies at the end of September. Swanson, whose 38 year career spans silent films, talkies and stage, last appeared on Broadway 19 years ago opposite David Niven in Nina.
AP reports television comics face a lean period with many stars leaving TV and few new acts breaking through Flip Wilson is the breakout for 1971 72 Rowan and Martin return with Laugh-In Dean Martin and Bob Hope remain prominent The rise of funny women includes Lucille Ball Carel Burnett Mary Tyler Moore and others whose presence signals shifting TV comedy dynamics
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