Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, May 14, 1993 TAG: 9305140264
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Clinton's campaign theme song, "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow," was a hit for Fleetwood's band Fleetwood Mac, which reunited to perform at his inaugural gala in January.
Fleetwood and two developers asked the city for permission to open "Fleetwood's" and their request will be under consideration at a meeting June 1.
WDBJ's "Mornin' " personality Irv Sharp says he feels "real good," despite being in the hospital for heart trouble.
He became ill Sunday. "I had just got up, and I couldn't breathe. I couldn't do one thing," he said in a telephone interview from his room in Roanoke Memorial Hospital on Thursday.
Sharp, 78, said he's never experienced anything like it and that he faces surgery. Since being laid up, he's received 350 cards from friends and viewers, he said.
Now he's trying to decide whether to continue his work or retire. "It's an awful decision to make," he said. "I scared my wife [Mary Lee] so bad, I don't want to do that again."
Sharp began working with WDBJ Radio in 1934 as an entertainer - playing the piano and singing. He became an announcer in 1936 and made the switch to television when WDBJ-TV signed on in October 1955. "Mornin' " began in 1969 as the offspring of "Top O' the Mornin'," which made its debut in 1956, with Sharp as host.
by CNB