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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 1990 file photo, Steve Allen, third from left, and some of the original cast members of the popular 1950's television show, "Steve Allen Show," from left: Tom Poston, Don Knotts, Allen, Louis Nye, Pat Harrington Jr., and Bill Dana appear in Beverly Hills, Calif. Dana, a comedy writer and performer who won stardom in the 1950s and '60s with his character Jose Jimenez, has died. He died Thursday, June 15, 2017, at his home in Nashville, Tenn., according to Emerson College, his alma mater. He was 92. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

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FILE - In this Oct. 4, 1990 file photo, Bill Dana appears in Beverly Hills, Calif. Dana, a comedy writer and performer who won stardom in the 1950s and '60s with his character Jose Jimenez, has died. He died Thursday, June 15, 2017, at his home in Nashville, Tenn., according to Emerson College, his alma mater. He was 92. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

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FILE - This 1967 file image provided by NASA shows research pilot Bill Dana in front of the X-15 on the dry lake bed at the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Dana, the famed research test pilot who flew the X-15 rocket plane and other pioneering aircraft, died Tuesday, May 6, 2014. He was 83. (AP Photo/NASA, File)