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Ken Howard, TV actor and acting union leader, dies

Actor Ken Howard, who starred in the 1970s series "The White Shadow" and served as president of SAG-AFTRA, has died at age 71. The union announced Howard's death Wednesday. No cause of death was given. Howard's career spanned four decades in TV, theater and film. In the CBS series "The White Shadow,"...

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