October 22, 2009

2009Don Lane, American-Australian actor, singer, and talk show host (born 1933)^[†]

Morton Donald Isaacson, known professionally as Don Lane, was an American talk show host and singer active mostly in Australia, best known for his television career in Australia, especially for hosting Tonight with Don Lane and The Don Lane Show, which aired on the Nine Network from 1975 to 1983, and his appearances with Bert Newton.

2009Soupy Sales, American comedian and actor (born 1926)^[†]

Milton Supman, known professionally as Soupy Sales, was an American comedian, actor, radio-television personality, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children's television series, Lunch with Soupy Sales (1953–1966), a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark. From 1968 to 1975, he was a regular panelist on the syndicated revival of What's My Line? and appeared on several other TV game shows. During the 1980s, he hosted his own radio show on WNBC in New York City.