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Adams began his 30-year radio career as Bob
Shannon at
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527:. Adams appeared as a panelist for the
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783:"R.J. Adams left Bob Shannon behind"
696:"Hurricanes May Under Go Sex Change"
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752:"Man Wants Hurricane Sex Change"
580:Order Castles of the Third Reich
491:Film and television acting coach
937:American documentary filmmakers
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837:"Norwegians Swedes and more".
756:Middletown Times Herald Record
529:Screen Actors Guild Foundation
503:. His former students include
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176:St. Catharines, Ontario
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694:Kimmler (1975-11-22).
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517:Vicellous Reon Shannon
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420:Archie Bunker's Place
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659:"Phoenix Metro Area"
539:Documentary producer
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227:Minneapolis/St. Paul
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501:The Actors Workshop
485:The Christmas Quilt
309:St. Louis, Missouri
276:St. Paul, Minnesota
18:Bob Shannon (radio)
853:"Bob Shannon Dies"
570:Ruins of the Reich
557:advertising agency
555:as a full service
174:Adams was born in
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820:"The Studio Club"
586:The Final Journey
497:community college
457:Murder, She Wrote
438:Hill Street Blues
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315:BS in the morning
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857:LARadio.com
561:documentary
553:Los Angeles
376:as host of
285:The Monkees
235:Los Angeles
157:documentary
137:Bob Shannon
133:R. J. Adams
103:Diane Adams
34:R. J. Adams
901:Categories
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565:docudramas
469:screenplay
386:television
374:talk radio
215:Pittsburgh
170:Beginnings
50:1942-09-20
614:Rob Adams
594:Rob Adams
533:SAG-AFTRA
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219:St. Louis
211:Cleveland
125:Rob Adams
93:1967–2015
602:episodic
444:Rocky IV
352:KHJ (AM)
258:Al McCoy
160:producer
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