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‘Dick Van Dyke Show’ Star Larry Mathews Recalls Learning of John F. Kennedy’s Assassination While on Set
Larry Mathews, who starred on The Dick Van Dyke Show, remembered learning of John F. Kennedy's assassination while on set of the show.
Mathews recalled show creator and writer Carl Reiner delivering the tragic news to the group of actors and crew on set that day. Basically, everybody gathered in the Petrie living room, and Carl turned on a prop radio, which we just had in the back of the set,” he recalled. “Look at the people I had around me to basically grow up with — Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Carl Reiner, Sheldon Leonard, John Rich, our director Jerry Paris.
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