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. The Daily Telegraph Third Book of Obituaries: Entertainers. London: Pan Books, 1998.
. The Daily Telegraph Fourth Book of Obituaries: Rogues. London: Pan Books, 1999.
Matusow, Barbara. The Evening Stars: The Making of the Network News Anchor. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1983.
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