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Happy Orbits: Tom Leahy, 1922-2010
Tom Leahy was most remembered as Major Astro.
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Tom Leahy as Major Astro on the set of his afternoon TV show.
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"Happy Orbits" was one of Major Astro's well-known salutations.
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Tom Leahy talks to one of his young Major Astro fans.
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Tom Leahy was most remembered as Major Astro.
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Tom Leahy as Major Astro and some of his young fans.
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Tom Leahy was a broadcaster in the early days of KAKE-TV. He got his start in broadcasting in the 1940s.
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Tom Leahy was an early radio and TV broadcaster.
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Tom Leahy was an early radio and TV broadcaster.
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Tom Leahy was an early radio and TV broadcaster.
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Tom Leahy was an early broadcaster in radio and TV.
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Tom Leahy was most remembered as Major Astro, the host of an afternoon children's show on what was then KARD-TV, now KSNW.
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