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Theater producer with Erie ties dies in Cleveland at 103

Longtime summer-stock theater producer John Kenley, who included Mae West, Gypsy Rose Lee, Betty White, William Shatner and dozens of other big stars among his Kenley Players, died Oct. 23 at the age of 103. Full Article at GoErie.com

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