Sandy Duncan

David L. Wolper, who died Tuesday at the age of 82, was television's first marquee producer, a personally embodied brand who in the 1960s and '70s was synonymous with seriousness and quality and scope, though not everything he produced actually fit that description. He was most famously associated with the 1977 miniseries "Roots," but Wolper was already well known by then, his name attached to Jacques Cousteau, whose "Undersea World" specials he produced, and to the National Geographic Society, whose specials he also produced, and all manner of award-winning historical and contemporary documentaries.

Kenny Sacha, 39, a comedian and impressionist, who appeared in revues across the country. He came to Hollywood to re-create his impersonation of Barbra Streisand for the Bette Midler film "The Rose" and later appeared in stage shows with Cher, Sandy Duncan and Midler. In 1991, a benefit was held at the Improv where many of the stars he had worked with appeared to help pay the overwhelming medical bills he had accumulated because of AIDS. In West Hollywood on Saturday.

John Hillerman, who won an Emmy for best supporting actor for his role in the long-running "Magnum, P.I." series, has joined the cast of "The Hogan Family" sitcom. Hillerman will be seen in the role of Lloyd Hogan when the CBS-TV series returns to the air this fall. Hillerman's character will be introduced in the first episode, a two-part segment that takes place in California. He plays father of Michael (Josh Taylor) and Sandy (Sandy Duncan) and the grandfather of the children in the story.

Hugh Jackman -- who called himself the newest member of the U.S. Actors' Equity union, now that he's starring in "The Boy From Oz" on Broadway -- and Sandy Duncan were among the speakers at an Equity rally in New York's Times Square theater district Wednesday in protest of touring musicals with non-Equity casts that are billed as part of "Broadway" series. The rally specifically targeted a run of "Miss Saigon" in Newark scheduled to open next week.