Radio Legend Les Tremayne Dies

Published December 26, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

Actor Les Tremayne dies at the age of 90. Tremayne was one of the best-known actors on radio in the 1930s and '40s. He starred in The First Nighter, The Thin Man and The Falcon. NPR's Bob Edwards remembers Tremayne.

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