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\"Just for Variety\" Army Archerd Signed 4X6 Card COA:
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Up for sale\"Just for Variety\" Army Archerd Hand Signed 4X6 Card.This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Armand Andre Archerd(January 13, 1922– September 8, 2009)was an AmericancolumnistforVarietyfor over fifty years before retiring his \"Just for Variety\" column in September 2005.In November 2005, Archerd began blogging forVarietyand was working on a memoir when he died. Archerd was born inThe Bronx, New York, and graduated fromUCLAin 1941. He was hired byVarietyto replace columnistSheilah Graham(former girlfriend ofF. Scott Fitzgerald) in 1953. His \"Just for Variety\" column appeared on page two ofDaily Varietyand swiftly became popular in Hollywood. Archerd broke countless exclusive stories, reporting from film sets, announcing pending deals, giving news of star-related hospitalizations, marriages, and births. In 1984, he was given a star onHollywood\'s Walk of Fame, in front ofMann\'s Chinese Theater, where he had emceed dozens of movie premieres. One of his most significant scoops was in his July 23, 1985, column, when he printed thatRock Hudson, despite denials from the actor\'s publicists and managers, was undergoing treatment forAIDS. Archerd wasJewishand a strong proponent of theSimon Wiesenthal CenterandHolocaustawareness. He was married to Selma Archerd, a former actress, from November 15, 1969 until his death. They had one child and lived inWestwood, Los Angeles, California. Archerd made four appearances on the popular, long-running game showThe Hollywood Squaresin the 1970s. His bluffs to questions fromPeter Marshallbecame legendary, as he was able to fool contestants into believing his (often ridiculous) answers.]Some say[he was even better than the accepted champion in that regard, long-time participantJohn Davidson. Also in that decade, Archerd and his wife Selma made appearances on the game show,Tattletales. He made several appearances in TV series, likeBurke\'s Law(1964),Batman(episode 39),Mannix(1967), andMarcus Welby, M.D., and films such asThe Young Runaways(1968),The Outfit(1973),Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood(1976),Gable and Lombard(1976),California Suite(1978),The French Atlantic Affair(1979) andThe Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood(1980). Archerd died atRonald Reagan UCLA Medical Centerfrom a rare form oflung cancer(pleuralmesothelioma), as a result of his exposure toasbestosin the Navy during World War II.