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People in the news Maybe he'll play 'Mr. Greenjeans' I, OS ANGELES (API Lou Ferrigno, who plays the Hulk on “The Incredible Hulk," will have his first speaking role in an upcoming episode of the OHS series Besides the Hulk, Ferrigno will also play the role of Carl Molino. a l>odybuildor who is trying to raise money to open a restaurant In at least one scene he will appear with the Hulk by means of a split screen. “I’m in almost every scene." said Kerrigno, “so it’s like ‘Or .lekyll and Mr Hyde.' You will see me as myself you will see that it’s so far from the Hulk I play a very sensitive person and I show a lot of vulnerability ” Ferrigno is 75 per cent deaf hccniise of a childhood affliction and has had to lake extensive speeeh therapy. It was easy for him to play in the nonspeak mg role of the Hulk, but for a long time it seemed that he would never have a speaking role. The 6-foot-5. 255-lb. Ferrigno was a Mr. America and Mr Universe, but withdrew from professional football after breaking another player's legs during scrimmage He now plays the alter ego to Hill Hixbv in the popular CHS series Hixby's character turns into the Hulk when he becomes angered Ferrigno said he had fell strongly for some time that the viewers should Ih> allowed to see him in another dimension “1 wanted for the public to see lxm Ferrigno." he said "And 1 wanted to show that I could act. I had learned pan tomime and showing my feelings without speaking. They never needed more than two takes when I plaved the Hulk " I, (Viking beyond the series. Ferrigno said he wanted to show people that he is "a very fine actor. I think everyone will see that when they see this show." He said he is looking at scripts now and hopes to lx* able to establish himself as a unique character "Mv size makes me unique." he said, "but 1 11 never be just another bodybuilder I have an acting ability that's going to make me well known in this business. "1 was very, very underestimated by some people I think they're going to be surprised at what I can do.” • Since 1989. Karl Blackwell has been keeping track of the goings and comings of celebrities, with his Celebrity Service supplying subscribers with up-to-the-minute data on world notables. He calls himself "Mr. Celebrity." Blackwell's company, which has its headquarters in New York City and offices in Los Angeles. London. Paris and Rome, annually tabulates the inquiries it has received to come up with a list of the "10 outstanding celebrities of the year." This year's list is as follows: Ronald Reagan. Frank Sinatra. Luciano Pavarotti. Norman Mailer. Gloria Vanderbilt. Larry Hagman. Mikhail Baryshnikov. Reggie Jackson. Chris Evert-Lloyd and Robert Redford • NEW YORK i AP) Singer Kate Smith's rustic summer retreat on Lake Placid has been bought by a Rhode Island business executive for $115,501. Robert E. Grant, chairman of American Bakeries Co., of Providence. R. 1., made the high bid on Monday. The property is slightly more than a half-acre and-in-cludes a main building, guest and servant cottages and two boat houses. The sale was approved in Manhattan Supreme Court by Justice Norman Ryp, who is overseeing a conservatorship that handles the affairs of the 73-year-old singer. Miss Smith, whose radio show theme song was "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain." is probably best known for her rendition of "God Bless America." Miss Smith, suffering from several ailments, is living with relatives in Raleigh. X.C. • NEW YORK < AP' The second cousin of Iranian President Abolhassan Bani-Sadr quietly checked into a New York hospital last month and underwent open-heart surgery, a hospital spokesman has confirmed. The spokeswoman for Columbia-Presbvterian Medical Center said Monday that Abolghasam Bani-Sadr. who is in his early 60s. was admitted to the center’s Harkness Pavilion Dec. 23 after suffering "heart symptoms." He underwent the operation on Friday, she said, and is in stable condition. • PEKIN. 11l AP> New commemorative stamps honoring the late Sen. Everett Dirksen are selling well in his hometown, postal officials say. The 15-cent stamps went on sale Monday at post offices across the country, and more than 46.000 were sold here the first day, "That's quite a bit 'of business! for here.” said Dick Crum, supervisor of postal operations in Pekin, a community of about 30.0 V). At a ceremony Sunday marking the issuance of the stamp. U S Postmaster General William Bolger said Dirksen "was a dreamer who never lost sight of the practical and an idealist"

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