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Sime Silverman published the first issue of Variety December 16, 1905
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 Willie Clark (Walter Matthau): 'You know Sol Burton died last week?'

 Al Lewis (George Burns): 'Where?'

 Clark: 'In Variety!'
Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1975) 
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SID ADILMAN Former Toronto Bureau Chief. See:
LONGTIME TORONTO BUREAU CHIEF SID ADILMAN PASSES AWAY
CANADIAN PRESS MOURNS ADIL
MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR ADIL
SID ADILMAN - Canadian arts and entertainment journalist
THE ADILMANS I KNEW
AN EDITOR, FRIEND AND MENTOR
SID'S OFFICE UP CLOSE
FROM DAWSON, YUKON TERRITORY TO CAPE PORCUPINE, LABRADOR!
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JIMMY ANTINORI Was former office boy, reporter and ad art director of the Weekly. See Remembering Jimmy
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BERT BAKER Stringer for the London office See pic
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JANE BARTON Was Albany, NY, stringer for 20 years. See obit
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LEE BEAUPRE (Beau) Reporter in N.Y.
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FRED BIRNBAUM Salesman in N.Y. See pic
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BERT BRILLER Reporter in N.Y.
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ARTHUR BRONSON (Bron) Copy reader and reporter in N.Y.
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MAGGIE BROOKS aka Betty Lane Harris. Daily phone operator.
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VINCENT CANBY Reporter in N.Y.
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JOE COHEN Covered the light entertainment beat on the Rialto
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JOAN CROWLEY Switchboard operator on 46th Street.
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THOMAS QUINN CURTISS Paris-based legit stringer
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GUS DANA (Dana) Born Gustave Danilowski in Warsaw, he was a Miami stringer.
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DOMINGO DI NUBILA String in Buenos Aires
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HANS EHRMANN Stringer in Santiago, Chile See pic
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GABE FAVOININO (Gabe) Reporter in Chicago
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ROBERT R. FREDERICK Gotham reporter
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GEORGE GILBERT Veteran film scribe and copy editor. See George Gilbert passes away
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TOM GIRARD (Tege) Former staff reporter at Daily Variety. See Remembering Tom Girard.
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HERB GOLDEN (Herb) Longtime film reporter in NY who became a legendary film banker. See Oldest mugg departs
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BILL GREELEY (Bill) Reporter in Gotham
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GERALD GRONAU Former Daily copyeditor, died July 2, 2007.
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SHEILA HANSON Kept the London office books
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MIKE HARRIS (Miha) Sydney bureau chief
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JIM HARWOOD Legendary film reporter at the Daily See pics
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FRED HIFT Reporter in Gotham
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GEORGE HIPPEL Distributed VARIETY to London newsstands See pic
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JOE HOFFMAN Office boy in Sime's time, then reporter
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RICHARD HUMMLER Gotham legit editor, scribe and critic
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NAT KAHN Managing Editor of the Weekly under Abel.
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MIKE KAPLAN Reporter in L.A., editor of show biz guide
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DAVE KAUFMAN Was tv editor at the Daily.
See Remembering Daku
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JR KEITH KELLER (Kell) Former Scandinavian bureau chief and film reviewer. See Remembering Kell.
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BOB KNIGHT (Bok) Reporter in N.Y. and former stringer in Cincy.
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ROBERT LANDRY (Land) Radio editor, then Film editor, then managing editor, uncle of Syd.
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PAUL LENTI Latino reporter on 46th Street and Mexico stringer
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ANNIE MARTIN Worked in the London office for Harold Myers in the 1960s and again for Roger Watkins in the 1980s
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FRANK MEYER Former Managing Editor.
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HOBE MORRISON Gotham legit chief and reviewer See pics
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GENE MOSKOWITZ Paris bureau chief and film reviewer.
See pics and read Remembering Mosk
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A.D MURPHY Was pioneering boxoffice reporter and film reviewer in L.A. See Art Murphy exits. See pic Murf with Maggie Brooks.
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HAROLD MYERS London Bureau chief and Far East honcho
See pic
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NORMA NANNINI Personal secretary to Abel Green, Syd Silverman and Peter Bart. See obit.
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Col. BARNEY OLDFIELD Long-running stringer from Nebraska. See www.oldfields.org and Col. Barney's gone.
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JACK PITMAN Staff writer who worked in Chicago, New York and London. See pic and Read more about Pit and See Pit's last letter to Les
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TOM PRYOR Editor in chief, DAILY VARIETY, in L.A.
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MURRAY RANN Was ad production manager in N.Y. See pic
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DICK RICHARDS Part-timer in the London edit office, was also Fleet Street star. See pic
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AL SCHARPER Was managing editor of DAILY VARIETY for more than two decades
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JOE SCHONFELD Preceded Tom Pryer as editor of DAILY
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HERMAN SCHONFELD (Herm) Music editor in N.Y.
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HAL SCOTT L.A. sales topper for the Weekly
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JAN SILVERMAN Wife of Syd
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STEPHANIE SPADARO From New York accounting department.
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LYLE STUART Reporter in the 1940s who went on to found publishing house Barricade Books. See obit
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MARKLAND TAYLOR (Mart) Legit critic covering New England. See Markland Taylor's last review
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EVELYNE TOURON Was most popular booth manager for the paper at Cannes trade shows. Died July 9, 2004. See Evelyne Touron Dies
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WILL TUSHER Reporter in L.A. See Morrie Gelman's recollection of the man. Click Remembering Will
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ADDISON VERRILL (Verr) Reporter in N.Y.
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ROGER WATKINS (Watt) London bureau chief and editor, 1988-1989. See Remembering Watt.
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MIKE WEAR (Wear) Copy reader and reporter in N.Y.
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HANK WERBA (Werb) Rome bureau chief and hybrid macher See pic
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WOODY WILSON Librarian at Daily Variety 1963-93
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DON WILSON (Don) Midwest manager during the '50s, based in Chi
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BERNIE WOODS Music reporter in Sime's day
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LEO ZABELIN (Zabe) Reporter in Chicago during WWII and beyond
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LUIGI ZACCARDI Longtime assistant to Hank Werba in Rome.See pic
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Frank Meyer, died Jan. 29, 2007
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Sid Adilman, died Oct. 14, 2006
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Norma Nannini, died Aug. 10, 2006
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