Special podcast saluting the late June Lockhart, who passed away on October 23 at the age of 100.

First, an episode of Suspense, originally broadcast March 24, 1957, 68 years ago, Shooting Star.  An aging movie star enacts a strange revenge on the mogul who refuses to renew her contract. Hans Conried, Joe DeSantis, Ellen Morgan, Shep Menken and Dick Crenna.

Next, Cavalcade of America, originally broadcast February 14, 1944, 81 years ago, GI Valentine.  Frances Langford sings Please Don't Cry, and recalls her U.S.O. tour to Alaska, England, and North Africa with Bob Hope (who doesn’t appear on the show).  

Followed by another episode of Cavalcade of America, originally broadcast December 8, 1947,  78 years ago, Diamonds in the Sky.   A dramatized incident in the life of Maria Mitchell, the famous woman astronomer/scientist from Vassar. The episode not only features June Lockhart, but also her acting parents Gene and Kathleen.  

Finally the Sears Radio Theater, originally broadcast June 14, 1979, 46 years ago, A Piece of Flesh.  June Lockhart stars as a secretary searching for a producer to bring back his classic films to television.   It turns out he’s fallen on hard times.

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