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  2. From: graff@hearty.Corp.Sun.COM (Mark Graff)
  3. Newsgroups: alt.quotations
  4. Subject: Re: Churchill - folowup to rqst for full quo
  5. Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:25:19 GMT
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  14. In article 1040@news.vanderbilt.edu, rickertj@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu (John Rickert) writes:
  15. >
  16. >    By the way, I heard that Churchill had a hoarse throat the day
  17. >the famous "We-shall-never-surrender" speech was delivered, and that
  18. >an actor instead made the broadcast.  After the actor died (about
  19. >5 or 10 yrs. ago), the story was made known.  Is there any truth to
  20. >this, or is this just one of those interesting fictions?  (Please,
  21. >si possible, give references...)
  22. >
  23. >
  24. >John Rickert
  25. >rickertj@athena.cas.vanderbilt.edu
  26. >
  27. I believe that Churchill delivered the speech in Parliament but that the 
  28. broadcast version was recorded by a BBC actor. Sorry, don't recall the source,
  29. heard this over 20 yrs. ago...
  30.  
  31. ---
  32. Mark G. Graff
  33.  
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