Leslie Gore died the other day. She was a singer, songwriter, actress and activist probably best known to my generation for the hit song, “It’s My Party.” Before I moved into journalism as a career path, I was working in radio and television as an announcer and show host. I worked as a teenage dance party host on a local television station in Syracuse, New York. In 1963 Leslie Gore was a hot teenage star and she was a guest on my show. In my…

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