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Tue, Jun 17
Robert Calhoun, best known to soap fans for his runs as Executive Producer at AS THE WORLD TURNS and GUIDING LIGHT has passed away. He died of lung cancer in New York on May 24th at age 77. Calhoun won a 1987 Daytime Emmy Award for producing AS THE WORLD TURNS
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source: Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
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source: Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
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source: CBS SOAPFUN ( Y&R , B&B , ATWT , GL )
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source: TV Squad
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source: Soap Opera News Room at Soaps.com
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