1972 in television

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The year 1972 involved some significant events in television. Below is a list of notable television-related events.

## Events

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* January 3 – Show Boat is aired for the first time on network television in the United States, on NBC
* January 21 – The first convention of Star Trek fans is held in New York City's Statler-Hilton hotel
* Mid-February – John Lennon and Yoko Ono co-host an entire week on The Mike Douglas Show in the U.S.
* February 19 – Sammy Davis Jr. makes a guest appearance on All in the Family
* March 18 – After losing a 15-year court battle over the legality of its business relationship with The Herald-Traveler, CBS' Boston, Massachusetts affiliate WHDH-TV Channel 5 signs off the air. At 3 a.m. on March 19, WCVB takes over the Channel 5 frequency, simultaneously switching affiliations to the ABC network following CBS' loss of interest in the channel during the long legal wrangle.
* March 27 - The Amateur's Guide to Love begins on the air, making it CBS' first attempt to make a game show since 1968 when To Tell the Truth went off the air. It fails after 3 months
* April 4 – After a three-year courtship, Emily Nugent (Eileen Derbyshire) marries Ernest Bishop (Stephen Hancock) on ITV soap Coronation Street in the U.K.
* May – The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson relocates its production from New York City to the NBC studios in Burbank, California. The Tonight Show will remain there until relocating back to New York in February 2014
* July 21 – Victoria Wyndham makes her first appearance as vixen (and later, good girl) Rachel Davis on the U.S. soap opera Another World
* August 1 – Three years after it was first filmed, the Israel Broadcasting Authority finally agrees to screen Barricades, a controversial documentary film that offers a sympathetic portrayal of Palestinians expelled from their homes in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War
* August 26 – Effective with this issue, TV Guide in the U.S. discontinues the practice of using a "C" to indicate color programs, and instead starts using a "BW" for monochrome, saving a lot of printer's ink in the process. At thIS time about half of the TV households in the U.S. have color sets
* September 1 – A day for CBS' daytime lineup that marks the end of an era. CBS airs reruns of popular primetime shows, The Lucy Show, The Beverly Hillbillies and My Three Sons for the final time, as reruns dominating CBS' daytime lineup (a tradition since 1959). The following Monday, all three shows move to syndication
* September 4 – Another eventful day for CBS' daytime schedule. The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It becomes the longest running game show on American television. The Joker's Wild and Gambit also debut, bringing game shows back to CBS' schedule in a more successful attempt than The Amateur's Guide to Love, which was cancelled on June 23, and replacing the morning reruns dominating CBS' daytime lineup (a staple since 1959).
* September 9 – The Lawrence Welk Show opens its 18th season on location in Hawaii
* October 27 – The 5000th episode of CBS children's show Captain Kangaroo airs
* November 8 – Home Box Office (HBO) is launched, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
* November 21 – In the second part of a two-part story which began the previous week, Beatrice Arthur's character, Maude Findlay, on the U.S. television sitcom Maude, decides to go through with an abortion, in a move that shocks CBS executives and Maude advertisers. (Rue McClanahan makes her first appearance as Vivian Cavender in this two-parter; she will become a regular cast member the following season)
* December 31
* ORTF 3ème Chaîne launches in France
* The first installment of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve airs on NBC, beginning a yearly tradition of Dick Clark-hosted New Year's specials

## Programs

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* 60 Minutes (1968–)
* About Safety (1972–1973)
* All in the Family (1971–1979)
* All My Children (1970–2011)
* American Bandstand (1952–1989)
* Another World (1964–1999)
* As the World Turns (1956–2010)
* Blue Peter (UK) (1958–)
* Bonanza (1959–1973)
* Bozo the Clown (1949–)
* Candid Camera (1948–)
* Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984)
* Columbo (1971–1978)
* Come Dancing (UK) (1949–95)
* Coronation Street (UK) (1960–)
* Crossroads (UK) (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
* Dad's Army (UK) (1968–1977)
* Days of Our Lives (1965–)
* Devilman (Japan) (1972–1973)
* Dixon of Dock Green (UK) (1955–1976)
* Doctor Who (UK) (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–)
* Emmerdale Farm (1972–)
* Face the Nation (1954–)
* Four Corners (Australia) (1961–)
* General Hospital (1963–)
* Grandstand (UK) (1958–2007)
* Gunsmoke (1955–1975)
* Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951–)
* Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)
* Hee Haw (1969–1993)
* Here's Lucy (1968–1974)
* Ironside (1967–1975)
* It's Academic (1961–)
* Jeopardy! (1964–1975, 1984–)
* Kashi no Ki Mokku (Adventures of Pinocchio) (Japan) (1972)
* Kimba the White Lion (1966–1967), re-runs
* Laugh-In (1968–1973)
* Leave It to Beaver (1957–1963)
* Lost In Space (1965–1968)
* Love is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–73)
* Love of Life (1951–1980)
* Love, American Style (1969–1974)
* Magpie (UK)(1968–1980)
* Mannix (1967–1975)
* Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969–1976)
* Mary Tyler Moore (1970–77)
* Masterpiece Theatre (1971–)
* McCloud (1970–1977)
* McMillan & Wife (1971–1977)
* Meet the Press (1947–)
* Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
* Monday Night Football (1970–)
* Monty Python's Flying Circus (UK) (1969–1974)
* Old Grey Whistle Test (UK) (1971–1987)
* One Life to Live (1968–2012)
* Opportunity Knocks (UK) (1956–78)
* Panorama (UK) (1953–)
* Play for Today (UK) (1970–1984)
* Play School (1966–)
* Rainbow (1972–1992)
* Room 222 (1969–1974)
* Search for Tomorrow (1951–1986)
* Sesame Street (1969–)
* Soul Train (1971–2006)
* The Benny Hill Show (1969–1989)
* The Brady Bunch (1969–1974)
* The Carol Burnett Show (1967–1978)
* The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974)
* The Doctors (1963–1982)
* The Doris Day Show (1968–1973)
* The Edge of Night (1956–1984)
* The Flip Wilson Show (1970–1974)
* The Good Old Days (UK) (1953–1983)
* The Guiding Light (1952–2009)
* The Late Late Show (Ireland) (1962–)
* The Lawrence Welk Show (1955–1982)
* The Mike Douglas Show (1961–1981)
* The Mod Squad (1968–1973)
* The Money Programme (UK) (1966–)
* The New Dick Van Dyke Show (1971–1974)
* The Newlywed Game (1966–1974)
* The Odd Couple (1970–75)
* The Partridge Family (1970–1974)
* The Price Is Right (1972–)
* The Secret Storm (1954–1974)
* The Sky at Night (UK) (1957–)
* The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971–1974)
* The Today Show (1952–)
* The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)
* The Wonderful World of Disney (1969–1979)
* This Is Your Life (UK) (1955–2003)
* Tom and Jerry (1965–1972, 1975–1977, 1980–1982)
* Top of the Pops (UK) (1964–2006)
* Truth or Consequences (1950–1988)
* What the Papers Say (UK) (1956–)
* Where the Heart Is (1969–1973)
* World of Sport (UK) (1965–1985)
* Z-Cars (UK) (1962–1978)

### Debuts

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* January 4 – Des chiffres et des lettres on ORTF 2ème Chaîne in France (1972–)
* January 13 – Me and the Chimp on CBS (1 season)
* January 14 – Sanford and Son on NBC (1972–1977)
* January 15 – Emergency! on NBC (1972–1977)
* March 13 – Number 96 on Australia's 0–10 Network (1972–1977)
* April 4 – John Craven's Newsround (now titled Newsround) on BBC1
* April 7 – Ultraman Ace on TBS in Japan (1972–73)
* June 21 – The Super (1972-1972) on ABC.
* June 22 – The first Tattslotto draw on HSV-7 Melbourne
* July 5 – Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town on Thames Television (first and only series)
* July 8 – Android Kikaider on TV Asahi (formerly NET) (1972–1973)
* August 16 – About Safety on PBS
* September 4 – The New Price Is Right (1972–present), The Joker's Wild (1972–1975, 1977–1986), and Gambit (1972–1976) all on CBS. Any Number, Bonus Game, and Double Prices were the three games played on the first episode of The New Price Is Right, which loses the "New" by mid-1973, and is currently television's longest running game show in history, having started its 43rd season in September 2014.
* September 8 – Are You Being Served? (1972–1985) on BBC1
* September 9
* Runaround on NBC (1972–1973)
* Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1984) and The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1973) both on CBS
* September 11 – Mastermind (1972–97, 2002–) on BBC1; The Rookies (1972–1976) on ABC
* September 12
* Maude, a spinoff of All in the Family on CBS (1972–1978)
* Temperatures Rising on ABC (1972–1974)
* September 13
* The Julie Andrews Hour on ABC; although only on for one season, it won seven Emmy Awards including Best Musical Variety Series.
* The Paul Lynde Show (1972-1973) on ABC.
* September 14 – The Waltons on CBS (1972–1981)
* September 15 – Ghost Story on NBC (1972–1973)
* September 16
* The Bob Newhart Show (1972–1978) and Bridget Loves Bernie (1972–1973) on CBS
* The Streets of San Francisco on ABC (1972–1977)
* September 17
* M*A*S*H on CBS (1972–1983)
* The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972–74) on ITV
* October 2 – The Stanley Baxter Picture Show (1972–75) on ITV
* October 3 – 4 Country Reporter on then-CBS affiliate KDFW Channel 4 (now a Fox O&O station); in 1986, the show moves into first-run syndication under the new name Texas Country Reporter, eventually airing nationally on the RFD-TV satellite/cable channel (As of October 2007[update], the show will mark 35 years on television)
* October 14 – Kung Fu on ABC (1972–75)
* October 16 – Emmerdale Farm starts transmissions in the daytime on ITV (1972–)
* October 19 – Prisoner-of-war drama
* Colditz on BBC1
* The Beachcombers (1972–1989) and This Is the Law (1972–1976) both on CBC
* Canada AM on CTV (1972–)
* November 4 – Great Performances on PBS (1972–)

### Ending this year

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Date | Show | Debut

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January 8  | The Good Life (US)  | 1971
March 1  | The Courtship of Eddie's Father (US)  | 1969
March 10  | O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (US)  | 1971
March 12  | The Jimmy Stewart Show (US)
March 25  | Bewitched (US)  | 1964
March 31  | Bright Promise (US)  | 1969
The Return of Ultraman (Japan)  | 1971
April 27  | Me and the Chimp (US)  | 1972
August 14  | Doomwatch (UK)  | 1970
August 23  | The Super (US)  | 1972
August 24  | My Three Sons (US)  | 1960
September 2  | The Road Runner Show | 1966
November 10  | Clangers (UK)  | 1969
November 29  | Kate (UK)  | 1970
December 4  | Father Brown (West Germany)  | 1966

## Births

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Date | Name | Notability

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January 2  | Christopher Lennertz | Composer
January 9  | Deon Cole | Actor and comedian (Black-ish)
January 11  | Marc Blucas | Actor (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Necessary Roughness, Underground)
Amanda Peet | Actress (Jack & Jill)
January 12  | Zabryna Guevara | Actress (Gotham)
January 13  | Nicole Eggert | Actress (Charles in Charge, Baywatch)
January 19  | Drea de Matteo | Actress (The Sopranos, Joey, Desperate Housewives, Sons of Anarchy, Shades of Blue)
January 22  | Gabriel Macht | Actor
January 27  | Nic Testoni | Actor (Home and Away)
Josh Randall | Actor (Ed)
January 28  | Gillian Vigman | Comic actress (Mad TV)
January 29  | Lisa Desjardins | American Journalist (PBS NewsHour)
February 2  | Zoë Keating | Composer
February 4  | Nicolle Wallace | TV host
February 7  | Robyn Lively | Actress (Savannah, Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street)
Essence Atkins | Actress (Smart Guy, Half & Half, Are We There Yet?) and model
February 8  | Paul Wight | Actor and professional wrestler[1]
February 9  | Jason Winston George | Actor (Sunset Beach, Eve, Grey's Anatomy)
February 11  | Kelly Slater | American professional surfer
February 14  | Rob Thomas | Singer
February 16  | Sarah Clarke | Actress (24, Bosch)
Jerome Bettis | Football player
Steven Molaro | American television producer
February 17  | Billie Joe Armstrong | Singer
February 22  | Keir Simmons | British journalist
February 26  | Keith Ferguson | Voice actor (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Wander Over Yonder)
February 27  | Susan Yeagley | Actress
February 28  | Rory Cochrane | Actor (CSI: Miami)
Nejat İşler | Actor
February 29  | Saul Williams | Actor
Antonio Sabàto Jr. | Actor
Joey Greco | Television host
Sylvie Lubamba | Television model
Steve Hart | Actor
Pedro Zamora | Television personality (d. 1994)
March 2  | Richard Ruccolo | Actor (Two Guys and a Girl)
March 6  | Shaquille O'Neal | NBA basketball player and actor (Shaq Vs.)
March 7  | Dina Cantin | American television personality
March 9  | Jean Louisa Kelly | Actress (Yes, Dear)
Kerr Smith | Actor (Dawson's Creek, Charmed)
Travis Lane Stork | Television personality
March 11  | Jennifer Barnhart | Actress
March 13  | Common | Rapper and actor
March 18  | Dane Cook | Actor
March 23  | Reggie Watts | Actor
March 26  | Leslie Mann | Actress (Allen Gregory)
March 31  | Andrew Bowen | Actor (Mad TV)
April 3  | Jennie Garth | Actress (Beverly Hills, 90210, What I Like About You)
April 4  | Kevin Brown | Comedian and actor (30 Rock)
Jill Scott | Singer and actress (Black Lightning, First Wives Club)
April 6  | Jason Hervey | Actor (The Wonder Years)
April 8  | Chuck Todd | Television journalist (Meet the Press)
Sung Kang | Actor
April 17  | Jennifer Garner | Actress (Alias)
April 18  | Eli Roth | Actor
April 19  | Jennifer Taylor | Actress (Two and a Half Men)
April 20  | Carmen Electra | Model and actress (Baywatch)
Danny McNulty  | Actor (Boy Meets World)
April 22  | Willie Robertson | American TV personality
April 27  | David Lascher | Actor (Hey Dude, Blossom, Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Wellesley Wild | Writer
May 1  | Julie Benz | Actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dexter, No Ordinary Family, Defiance)
May 2  | Dwayne Johnson | Professional wrestler and actor
May 3  | Reza Aslan | Television host
May 4  | Mike Dirnt | American rock musician
Micah Ohlman | American journalist
May 8  | Brian Tyler | Composer
May 9  | Chu Sang-mi | Korean actress
Dana Perino | American political commentator
May 12  | Rhea Seehorn | American actress
May 15  | David Charvet | French singer and actor (Baywatch)
May 16  | Khary Payton | Actor (The Walking Dead, Teen Titans, Young Justice)
May 18  | Teresa Giudice | American television personality
May 19  | Claudia Karvan | Actress
May 20  | Busta Rhymes | Rapper and actor (The Boondocks)
May 21  | The Notorious B.I.G. | Rapper (d. 1997)
May 22  | Anna Belknap | Actress (CSI: NY)
May 29  | Laverne Cox | Actress
May 31  | Archie Panjabi | Actress (The Good Wife, The Fall, Blindspot)
Sara Sidner | American journalist
June 2  | Wayne Brady | American actor (Whose Line Is It Anyway?), host (Let's Make a Deal)
Wentworth Miller | British-American actor (Prison Break, The Flash, Legends of Tomorrow)
June 3  | Sharyn Alfonsi | American journalist
June 6  | Natalie Morales | American journalist
June 7  | Karl Urban | New Zealand actor
June 12  | Finesse Mitchell | American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
June 16  | John Cho | American actor
June 18  | Ash Atalla | Egyptian-born British producer
June 19  | Eric Sheffer Stevens | American actor (As the World Turns)
Robin Tunney | American actress (Prison Break, The Mentalist)
Poppy Montgomery | Australian-American actress (Relativity, Without a Trace, Unforgettable)
June 23  | Selma Blair | American actress (Anger Management)
June 27  | Christian Kane | American actor
June 28  | Alessandro Nivola | American actor
June 29  | Kevin Mambo | Zimbabwean-Canadian actor (Guiding Light)
Samantha Smith | American activist and actress who appeared on the Disney Channel, Lime Street, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, among other appearances. (d. 1985)[2]
June 30  | Molly Parker | Canadian actress
July 7  | Kirsten Vangsness | Actress (Criminal Minds)
July 10  | Sofía Vergara | Colombian actress (Modern Family) and model
July 11  | Michael Rosenbaum | Actor (Smallville, Justice League, The Zeta Project)
July 12  | Kerri Kasem | Radio host
July 13  | Sean Waltman | Pro wrestler
July 15  | Scott Foley | Actor (Felicity, The Unit, True Blood, Scandal)
July 17  | Elizabeth Cook | Singer and radio host
July 20  | Vitamin C | Singer
July 22  | Colin Ferguson | Actor
July 23  | Marlon Wayans | Actor (In Living Color, The Wayans Bros.)
July 27  | Maya Rudolph | Actress (Saturday Night Live, Big Mouth, The Good Place)
Jill Arrington | Sportscaster
July 29  | Wil Wheaton | Actor (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Teen Titans, Ben 10: Alien Force)
August 1  | Guri Weinberg | Actor
August 2  | Jacinda Barrett | Actress
August 7  | Heather Kadin | Television producer
August 9  | Liz Vassey | Actress (All My Children, The Tick, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
August 10  | Angie Harmon | American actress (Law & Order, Rizzoli & Isles) and model
August 13  | Michael Sinterniklaas | French-American actor (Kappa Mikey, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
August 15  | Syd Butler | Band leader
August 16  | George Stroumboulopoulos | Canadian media personality
August 17  | Chiquinquirá Delgado | Actress
August 19  | Jeremy Hubbard | American news anchor
August 24  | Ava DuVernay | Filmmaker
August 30  | Cameron Diaz | Actress
September 6  | Dylan Bruno | Actor (NCIS, Numb3rs)
Justina Machado | Actress (Six Feet Under, Queen of the South)
Kendis Gibson | Anchor
September 8  | Kennedy | Fox News commentator
September 9  | Goran Višnjić | Croatian-American actor (ER)
September 15  | Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano | Spanish TV journalist, later queen consort
John Schwab | American actor, TV producer, musician (Weaponology, Wife Swap, Trust)
September 16  | Alex Rice | Actress
September 20  | Sergio Di Zio | Canadian actor (Flashpoint)
September 23  | Karl Pilkington | English presenter
September 24  | Finty Williams | English actress
September 26  | Melanie Paxson | Actress (Notes from the Underbelly) and Red Robin spokesperson
September 27  | Gwyneth Paltrow | Actress and singer
September 30  | Jamal Anderson | American football running back
October 5  | Thomas Roberts | American television journalist
Grant Hill | NBA basketball player
October 10  | Joelle Carter | Actress
October 16  | Trentemøller | Composer
October 17  | Eminem | Rapper
Sharon Leal | Actress
October 24  | Susan Barnett | News anchor
October 25  | Persia White | Actress (Girlfriends)
October 28  | Brad Paisley | Singer
October 29  | Tracee Ellis Ross | Actress (Girlfriends, Black-ish) and daughter of Diana Ross
Gabrielle Union | Actress
November 1  | Toni Collette | Actress (United States of Tara) and singer
Michael Seitzman | Writer
Jenny McCarthy | Actress
November 6  | Thandiwe Newton | English actress (Westworld)
November 7  | Jeremy London | Actor (Party of Five, 7th Heaven)
November 8  | Gretchen Mol | Actress
November 9  | Eric Dane | Actor (Charmed, Grey's Anatomy, The Last Ship)
November 11  | Adam Beach | Actor (Walker, Texas Ranger, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
November 14  | Josh Duhamel | Actor (Las Vegas)
November 16  | Brandi Glanville | American television personality
November 19  | Sandrine Holt | Actress
November 15  | Jonny Lee Miller | English-American actor (Eli Stone, Elementary)
Michael Pearlman | Actor (Charles in Charge)
November 16  | Brandi Glanville | American television personality
November 17  | Leonard Roberts | Actor (Heroes)
November 28  | Sage Steele | Anchor (ESPN)
November 29  | Brian Baumgartner | Actor (The Office) and director
November 30  | Christophe Beck | Composer
December 5  | Ruthanna Hopper | Actress
December 6  | Mónica Santa María | Peruvian model and TV host (d. 1994)
Sarah Rafferty | Actress
December 7  | Jason Winer | Actor
December 9  | Reiko Aylesworth | Actress (24)
Tré Cool | Singer
Michael Corcoran | Musician
December 13  | Mo Elleithee | American political campaign strategist
December 14  | Miranda Hart | English comic actress and writer (Miranda, Not Going Out, Call the Midwife)
December 15  | Stuart Townsend | Actor
December 18  | Jason Mantzoukas | Actor
December 19  | Rosa Blasi | Actress (Strong Medicine, The Thundermans)
Alyssa Milano | Actress (Who's the Boss?, Melrose Place, Charmed, Mistresses)
December 22  | Poorna Jagannathan | Actress
December 27  | Brooke Totman | Comedic actress (Mad TV)
December 29  | Barry Atsma | Dutch actor (Rozengeur & Wodka Lime)
Jude Law | Actor

## Deaths

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Date | Name | Age | Notability

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January 16  | Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.[3] | 52  | Composer, creator of The Alvin Show
May 12  | Steve Ihnat[4] | 37  | Actor (Star Trek)
May 13  | Dan Blocker[5] | 43  | Actor (Hoss Cartwright on Bonanza)
October 16  | Leo G. Carroll | 85  | English actor (Topper, Going My Way, The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)
December 26  | Harry S. Truman | 88  | Politician and 33rd President of the United States[6]

## Television debuts

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* Margaret Avery – Something Evil
* Timothy Bottoms – Look Homeward, Angel
* Ned Beatty – Footsteps
* John Candy – Cucumber
* Joanna Cassidy – Mission: Impossible
* Candy Clark – Room 222
* Ronny Cox – Look Homeward, Angel
* Bill Duke – ABC Afterschool Specials
* Ian Holm – BBC Play of the Month
* Timothy Hutton – The Magical World of Disney
* Jackie Earle Haley – The Carol Burnett Show
* Bob Hoskins – The Main Chance
* Jonathan Pryce – Doomwatch
* Randy Quaid – Night Gallery
* Vincent Schiavelli – The Corner Bar
* John Travolta – Emergency!
* Rita Wilson – The Brady Bunch

## See also

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* 1972–73 United States network television schedule

## References

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1. ^ "WWE Profile - Big Show". ESPN.com. 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2024-06-08.
2. ^ "Samantha Smith Dies in Plane Crash". History. 2009-11-13. Retrieved 2025-07-29.
3. ^ "Ross Bagdasarian, Actor, Song Writer". The New York Times. Associated Press. 19 January 1972.
4. ^ "Steve Ihnat, Actor and Director, Dead". The New York Times. May 20, 1972. p. 36.
5. ^ "Blood clot in lung Kills Dan Blocker". Lodi News-Sentinel. May 16, 1972. Retrieved January 8, 2022 - via Google News Archive Search.
6. ^ Byrne, Kerry (2022-12-23). "On this day in history, December 26, 1972, President Harry S. Truman dies after suffering from pneumonia". Fox News. Retrieved 2025-01-06.

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