April 18

This Day in Humor with Mike Durrett

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1922: Silent film star Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle was acquitted of the death of actress Virginia Rappe during a scandalous manslaughter trial, but the comedian's career was irreversibly damaged. His movies were banned and withdrawn from theatres, forcing him to work sporadically behind the camera as a director under the name William Goodrich.

Born 1925: Bob Hastings, actor, "McHale's Navy," "All in the Family."

Born 1947: Dorothy Lyman, actress, Naomi on "Mama's Family."

Born 1953: Rick Moranis, writer, comedian, actor, "SCTV," "Ghostbusters," "Little Shop of Horrors," "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids," "Parenthood," "The Flintstones."

Born 1962: Jane Leeves, actress, "Benny Hill," "Murphy Brown," "Frasier."

Born 1963: Conan O'Brien, writer, "Saturday Night Live," "The Simpsons." Comedian and host, "Late Night With Conan O'Brien."

Born 1976: Melissa Joan Hart, actress, "Clarissa Explains It All," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch."

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