Frank Macgee: Last News

J. Kim Murphy Marvin Josephson, founder of ICM Partners, died Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 95 years old.A cause of death was not immediately available.Born on March 6, 1927 in Atlantic City, N.J., Josephson was raised by immigrant parents.

Marvin Josephson, who helped grow a small management company that could not afford a secretary into an intenational entetainment agency with multiple offices, died May 17 in Los Angeles. He was 95 and no cause was given in the announcement.

his wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz, told Deadline.Hartz joined the morning news show in 1974 when he was 34.The broadcaster replaced previous “Today” host Frank McGee, who died at 58.Before Hartz became a part of the NBC network, he was a reporter for WNBC, covering local news.Several key events he reported throughout his two-year “Today” show career include President Richard Nixon’s resignation, the beginning of the Apollo 15 spacecraft, the conclusion of the Vietnam War and the American Bicentennial in 1976.Walters, 92, gushed over her co-host to the New York Times in 1974, saying: “Jim, doesn’t mind sharing the stage with me. He isn’t offended when I try to help him.” She left the show in 1976 for a job at ABC.In the same interview, he noted how much he enjoyed being a part of the “Today” show and wanted to honor McGee’s legacy.“I realized ‘Today’ would mean a lot.

Jim Hartz, who hosted the Today show with Barbara Walters in the mid-1970s, died April 17 in Fairfax County, Va. He was 82 and passed from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to his wife, Alexandra Dickson Hartz.

A 73-year-old woman in Colorado was cited with two misdemeanors after a buck deer she raised in her home gored her neighbor last week, according to officials. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a news release that Tynette Housley of Black Forest admitted to wildlife officers she took in a days-old fawn into her home more than a year ago and raised it.  “We can’t say it enough: Wild animals are not pets,” said Frank McGee, CPW’s area wildlife manager for the Pikes Peak region.