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Tex McCrary

Age: 93

publicist and political strategist who, with his wife, Jinx Falkenburg, virtually invented the talk-show genre. The pair starred together in several radio and TV shows in the 1940s and '50s. In 1952, McCrary launched a successful campaign to convince Gen. Dwight Eisenhower to run for president on the Republican ticket.

Died: July 29, 2003

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