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Today in History - Nov 28

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Today in history. Welcome to our day in history, being
the twenty eighth day of November and a sad day
in New Zealand history. Today. In twenty sixteen we lost
an absolute legend on the entertainment scene. He was a singer, songwriter,

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television host, music manager, entertainer. Ray Columbus passed away at
the age of seventy four. He was lead singer for
Ray Columbus and the Invaders and this was a big hit,
huge hit for them back to it was number one
in Australia back in nineteen sixty four. Passed away on
this day in twenty sixteen. And on this day in

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nineteen seventy nine, in the early hours of the morning
in New Zealand, Flight nine oh one departed Mungoury Airport
in Auckland, carrying two hundred and thirty seven passengers and
twenty crew members on the way for a sight seeing
trip to Mount Erebus good leanery from both sides of
the era. But sadly, as we know it, flight never

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made it back. Flight nine oh one this day in
nineteen seventy nine. Now rapidly up to the famous people
having birthdays today, we say happy birthday to music legion
Bruce Chanell. This was a big hit for the entertainer
the American singer songwriter in nineteen sixty two, Hey Baby,

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It was covered by New Zealand band The Lad He
does Brucen now still around. He is eighty four today.
The man that wrote about short people, Randy Newman be
hit for him in nineteen seventy seven. American entertainer. He
turns eighty one today, and out of the Little River
Band comes Bee Birtles. His real name is Jahad Beatlecamp

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member of LRB from ninety seventy five to nineteen eighty three.
He Birdles seventy six today. Yes a Canadian singer, songwriter,
composer and bandleader Paul Shaffer. He led the band for
Late Nights with David Letterman. Paul Shaffer turned seventy five today.

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It's Doc Martin's birthday. Martin Klunes, who plays Doc Martin
in the English television series He is sixty three and
former All Blacks tight head prop Greg Somerville, Happy birthday
to him. Made his de Bugiain's tonger in two thousand
with a one one hundred and two nil. While Greg

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Somervil forty seven today, and that is our day in
history here on Gold Sport. It's the country Sport Breakfast,
Good morning,