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Alexander Ludwig on Friday celebrated his 29th birthday. The Vikings star received birthday greetings from his thousands of fans on social media.
Katheryn Winnick. who played his mother in Vikings , also shared a picture with his on-screen son to wish him on his birthday.
Alexander, who played Bjorn Ironside, the son of Lagertha and Ragnar Lothbrok, tied the knot with his girlfriend Lauren Dear in January this year.
Richard Bracken, Editor of Columbo and Ironside, Dies At 90
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Bracken died Thursday of kidney failure in Chatsworth, California, according to his daughter Kathleen Bracken.
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Over the course of his 30 year career, Bracken served as editor for a roster of television classics, including “Columbo,” “The Bold Ones” and “Ironside.” He spent a particularly fruitful number of years working for Oscar-nominated producer Ross Hunter, editing films “The Thrill of It All” and “Madame X,” miniseries “The Moneychangers” and NBC drama “A Family Upside Down,” which starred Fred Astaire and Helen Hayes.
Much of Bracken’s career was dedicated to television, having also worked on NBC drama “Run for Your Life,” ABC American Western series “Alias Smith and Jones” and TV movie “The Jesse Owens Story.” His work was recognized with four Emmy nominations, including for the 1976 TV miniseries �
Cy Chermak, CHiPs and Ironside Producer, Dies at 91
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TV producer and writer Cy Chermak, who produced notable series including “CHiPs,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” and “Ironside,” died Friday of natural causes in Oahu, Hawaii. He was 91.
Chermak was born in 1929 in Bayonne, New Jersey as Seymour Albert Chermak. He began his career in Hollywood at the age of 17, going on to become a successful television producer on series like “Conway,” “The Virginian” and “The Bold Ones: The New Doctors.”
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Chermak served as an executive producer on the drama series “Ironside” from 1967-1974, where he received three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Drama Series. Some of his other producing credits include “Amy Prentiss,” “Kolchak: The Night Stalker,” “Barbary Coast” and “Murder at the World Series.” Most notably, he produced 125 episodes of the buddy crime action series “CHiP