July 6th

July 6th in TV History

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Births

Sebastion Cabot (1918, London, England, UK) - Family Affair
William Schallert (1922, Los Angeles, CA) - The Patty Duke Show, Star Trek
Merv Griffin (1925, San Mateo, CA) - The Merv Griffin Show, creator of Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy
Pat Paulsen (1927, South Bend, WA) - comedian, "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour", presidential bids
Della Reese (1931, Detroit, MI) - Touched By An Angel
Burt Ward (1945, Los Angeles, CA) - Robin on Batman '66
Shelley Hack (1947, White Plains, NY) - Charlie's Angels

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Deaths

Buddy Ebsen (2003 in Torrance, CA) - The Beverly Hillbillies, Barnaby Jones

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TV Episode Debuts

Gunsmoke "Jealousy" (1957)