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Leno is close to a deal to host a new show for cable network CNBC, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. The show will focus on Leno's longtime love of cars and will air in primetime, not late night.

Celebrating birthdays this date are Sharon Osbourne, Scott Bakula, John O'Hurley, Jackson Browne, and Fyvush Finkel. It was not only the late John Lennon's date of birth, it was the day he met Yoko, and the date she gave birth to his son Sean. Dupont's 'Cavalcade of America' debuted on CBS radio; it was the day the Vancouver Canucks debuted on Hockey Night in Canada, with Jim Robson at the mike; Howard Stern began his legendary morning show career at WCCC radio in Hartford Conn.; 'Topper' began its run on CBS-TV, Doc Severinsen took over leadership of NBC-TV's 'Tonight Show' band, and Joan Rivers started her ill-fated 'Late Show' on the Fox TV network. The regional sports network 'CTV Sportsnet' debuted on Canadian cable systems, and 'Hit the Road Jack' by Ray Charles was the #1 song. ALL the milestones for Oct. 9th are INSIDE.

The actor’s estranged wife, Faye Grant, wrote in a sworn court declaration last year that her husband had disclosed he molested at least three young girls.

Cause of death wasn't known but she had a heart ailment.

"The moment I knew my time was up at CNN came when I opened my show with 20 minutes of "BREAKING NEWS" about a snowstorm in Atlanta."

The only markets with NFC teams without a FOX owned station are Green Bay, New Orleans, St. Louis and Seattle.