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    Robert Cromie
    • Self - Host
    • 1967–1978
    Nelson Algren
    • Self
    • 1963–1974
    Eliot Asinof
    • Self
    • 1970–1976
    James T. Farrell
    • Self
    • 1963
    Robert Morley
    Robert Morley
    • Self
    • 1967
    Mahalia Jackson
    Mahalia Jackson
    • Self
    • 1967
    Garson Kanin
    Garson Kanin
    • Self
    • 1967
    Studs Terkel
    Studs Terkel
    • Self
    • 1967
    Elliott Arnold
    • Self
    • 1967
    Charles Bartlett
    • Self
    • 1967
    Chaim Potok
    • Self
    • 1967
    Robert Katz
    • Self
    • 1967
    James Kavanagh
    • Self
    • 1967
    Alfred Eisenstaedt
    • Self
    • 1967
    Frank Elli
    • Self
    • 1967
    Vance Bourjaily
    • Self
    • 1967
    William E. Barrett
    • Self
    • 1967
    Edwin Gilbert
    • Self
    • 1967
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      • December 3, 1963 (United States)
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