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**** THE GLORIOUS CORNER Story By: G. H. HARDING **** Weird Al Yankovic PARDO PASSES --- Don Pardo, whose voice was heard on game shows, soap operas, news shows, Saturday Night Live and a famous recording by Weird Al Yankovic, has died at age 96. No details of his death were available. Dominick George Pardo was born on Feb. 22, 1918, in Westfield, Massachusetts. He began his career in the late 1930’s at a small Rhode Island radio station. He began his career with NBC in 1944 at a radio station affiliated with the network. He moved to television in the 1950’s as announcer on game shows such as Concentration, Judge For Yourself, Choose Up Sides, Charge Account, Wheel of Fortune, The Colgate Comedy Hour, Winner Take All, The Price Is Right, Remember This Date and the original Jeopardy! with host Art Fleming. He joined SNL in 1975 and participated in some sketches, including a song with Frank Zappa called "I'm the Slime....