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1957–63. Auckland. 1966–68. New Zealand. Sir Frederick Richard Allen KNZM OBE (9 February 1920 – 28 April 2012) was a captain and coach of the All Blacks, New Zealand's national rugby union team. The All Blacks won all 14 of the test matches they played under his coaching.
Fred Allen died suddenly in 1956, he passed on a Saturday night What's My Line was live on Sunday evenings. It was Portland Hoffa, Allen's wife request that ...
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Allen was known to read up to nine newspapers a day and often spent 12 to 14 hours a day writing and re-writing his scripts. Poor health forced Allen off the air in 1944, but he returned in the fall of 1945 with The Fred Allen Show, which lasted until June 26, 1949. Fred Allen died on March 17, 1956.
Feb 18, 2010 · Fred Allen was a true wit of his time. From the beginning of his radio career he was beset with problems, hitting him from all directions. He was one stages most talented wits when he was lured onto radio in 1932.
Jun 1, 2007 · Sixty years ago, Fred Allen, a 52-year-old comic known for wry jokes, bow ties, and baggy eyes, made the cover of Time magazine. The accompanying article lauded Allen’s radio work for its “angry big-city clank, a splashy neon idiom, and sort of 16-cylinder poetry.”. Intellectuals loved Allen, as did his peers in comedy.
Fred Allen was born John Florence Sullivan in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His mother Cecilia Herlihy passed away when he was just three. His father, James Henry Sullivan, devastated by his wife’ death, took to drinking. He and his baby brother, Robert, were brought up by their Aunt Lizzie. Eventually, Allen's father got married again and asked ...
Jun 27, 2014 · In the last show of the season, the success of the competing show "Stop the Music" is mocked. The denizens of Allen's Alley discuss their upcoming vacations...
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