Bill Kennedy

CKLW: Afternoon movie host, 1956
WKBD: Afternoon movie host, 1969

Bill Kennedy (born Willard Kennedy, June 27, 1908 – Jan 27, 1997) was a beloved Detroit TV icon who hosted Bill Kennedy’s Showtime and later Bill Kennedy at the Movies from the 1950s until his retirement in 1983.

Kennedy donated his personal archive of ~300,000 Hollywood photos to the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1987.

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Terry Pochert

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