David Janssen

(1930-1980) born in Naponee, Franklin County. Actor, played lead role in Emmy Award-winning ABC-TV series "The Fugitive" from 1963 to 1967, appeared on cover of Time, October 26, 1959, recipient of 1966 Golden Globe Award as best TV actor, was ranked by TV Guide in 1996 as the 36th greatest TV star of all time. Consult Current Biography (1967) 196-199 and The/Alma, NE/Harlan County Journal, February 21, 1980, p. 1 and Dictionary of American Biography, Sup 10 (1995) 379-380.

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