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George Maksian Dies: TV And Film Columnist At NY Daily News Was 94


Veteran syndicated columnist George Maksian is dead at 94.

George Maksian, who spent 44 years as a film and TV columnist for the New York Daily News at a time when it had the largest circulation in the U.S., died at 94 on May 23. His interview list included Ed Sullivan, Howard Stern, Johnny Carson, Barbara Walters, David Letterman and Bette Midler. After graduating from Manhattan’s High School of Commerce, Maksian got a job as a copy boy at the Daily News for $18 a week.

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