Garry Emmanuel Shandling (1949 - 2016)

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Garry's Parents

Irving Shandling

Muriel Estelle Shandling

Garry Emmanuel Shandling

Barry Philip Shandling

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Irving Shandling

Jun 22, 1919 - Mar 1, 1985

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Muriel Estelle Shandling

Jun 25, 1922 - Jun 6, 2011

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Barry Philip Shandling

Jan 19, 1947 - Jan 25, 1960

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Garry Emmanuel Shandling & Linda Leslie Doucett

c. 1987 - c. 1994
Cause of Separation: Divorce
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States

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Linda Leslie Doucett

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Linda Leslie Doucett

c. 1954 - Unknown

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In 1949, in the year that Garry Emmanuel Shandling was born, on January 25th, the first Emmy Awards (for television) were handed out in Los Angeles. Shirley Dinsdale won for the Most Outstanding Television Personality and Pantomime Quiz Time earned an Emmy for the Most Popular Television Program.

In 1960, at the age of only 11 years old, Garry was alive when on September 26th, the first televised debate for a Presidential campaign in the United States - Kennedy vs Nixon - was held. Seventy million people watched the debate on TV. The debate pre-empted the very popular Andy Griffith Show.

In 1970, at the age of 21 years old, Garry was alive when on May 4th, four students at Kent State University in Ohio were shot and killed by National Guardsmen. The students were at a peaceful demonstration protesting the invasion of Cambodia by US forces. There had been precedent for the killing of American college students. The previous year, on May 15th, Alameda County Sheriffs used shotguns against U.C. Berkeley students at a protest for People's Park. One student died, one was blinded, 128 were injured.

In 1987, by the time he was 38 years old, on October 19th, stock exchanges around the world crashed. Beginning in Hong Kong then spreading to Europe, the crash then hit the United States. It was called Black Monday. The Dow Jones fell 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%).

In 1993, by the time he was 44 years old, on January 20th, William J. Clinton became the 42nd President of the United States. He beat incumbent George H.W. Bush who was seeking his second term. Clinton won 43.01% of the popular vote to Bush's 37.45%. An independent candidate, Ross Perot, won 18.91% - the most votes for an independent candidate since Teddy Roosevelt's run for President in 1912.