Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80
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"Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80" is generating significant coverage in the Entertainment category, with 7 articles from 5 distinct sources tracked by Newsylist so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Variety, Soap Opera Digest, IMDb and TV Insider. Newsylist measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (11)
- Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80 Variety · 3h ago
- 'Emergency!' Star Randolph Mantooth Dies at 80 USA Today · 3h ago
- 1970s NBC action show, daytime soap star dead at 80: He ‘kept getting thinner and thinner’ AL.com · 3h ago
- ‘Emergency!’ Star Randy Mantooth Passes Away jems.com · 3h ago
- Randolph Mantooth Dies: ‘Emergency!’ Star Who Appeared On Soap Operas & Other Series Was 80 Deadline · 3h ago
- Randolph Mantooth, General Hospital and Loving Actor, Dies at 80 Soap Opera Digest · 5h ago
- Randolph Mantooth Dies: ‘Emergency!’ & ‘Loving’ Star Was 80 IMDb · 5h ago
- Randolph Mantooth, Who Played Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80 Variety · 5h ago
- Randolph Mantooth, 'Emergency!' & 'Loving' Star, Dies at 80 TV Insider · 5h ago
- Randolph Mantooth, Firefighter-Paramedic Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80 The Hollywood Reporter · 5h ago broke it first
- Randolph Mantooth, Firefighter-Paramedic Johnny Gage on ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80 The Hollywood Reporter · 5h ago broke it first
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