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Fenneman Obit
George Fenneman, the straight-man sidekick to Groucho Marx on the radio and television quiz show "You Bet Your Life," died from emphysema on May 29th, at the age of 77. Linda talks with Robert Dwan, the former director of "You Bet Your Life," about Fenneman's career. Fenneman was also known for his voiceover work...most notably, as the voice who read the television show "Dragnet"'s tag line, and as the voice used in commercials for Chesterfield cigarettes.
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