On This Date in Minnesota History: May 9

Duluth¹

May 9, 1983 – A TV commercial with Telly Savalas pitching Duluth as a tourist destination began running in selected markets. Savalas wrote the commercial and donated his name and time to promote the city “that took my breath away.” He’d been dating a woman from Duluth for a number of years and visited the city with her frequently.

Spokane Chronicle; “Savalas now boosts Duluth”; Spokane, Wash.; May 10, 1983; p. 2.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?
nid=1345&dat=19830510&id=wvpLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=efkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7079,2311356

Telly Savalas²

¹http://www.health.umn.edu/about/living-minnesota/duluth
²http://www.entertainmentwallpaper.com/celebrity/telly_savalas/index.html

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