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 The following are estimated to be among the heaviest Presidents of the United States: William Howard Taft (1909-1913) - estimated weight of 340 pounds - Cause of death: heart failure and pneumonia. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889 and 1893-1897) - estimated weight of 250 pounds - Cause of death: heart attack. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) - estimated weight of 225 pounds - Cause of death: embolism. James K. Polk (1845-1849) - estimated weight of 210 pounds - Cause of death: cholera. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) - estimated weight of 210 pounds - Cause of death: heart attack . Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945) - estimated weight of 200 pounds - Cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) - estimated weight of 200 pounds - Cause of death: throat cancer . Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) - estimated weight of 200 pounds - Cause of death: stroke. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) - estimated weight of 200 pounds - Cause of death: heart attack . Andrew Jackson (1829-1837) - esti

On this day in 1933, The Lone Ranger made its radio debut!

On this day in 1933, The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radio.

On this day in 1880, W. C. Fields was born.

On this day in 1907, Dan Duryea was born.

On this day in 1927, Jack Benny and Sadye Marks (aka Mary Livingstone) were married.

  On this day in 1906, William Bendix was born. Producer Irving Brecher chose him to star in the role of Chester A. Riley in The Life of Riley .

On this day in 1918, Steve Dunne was born.

The Screen Directors' Playhouse premiered on this day in 1949. This anthology series broadcast adaptations of Hollywood movies.

On this day in 1926, George Burns & Gracie Allen were married.

January 7, 1926: This day is the wedding anniversary of the famous couple George Burns and Gracie Allen . They were married in Cleveland, Ohio by the Justice of the Peace. Burns and Allen were an American comedy duo. They performed together as a comedy team in vaudeville, films, radio, and television. The couple had great success in entertaining their fans for over four decades. Burns and Allen  met when they performed together at the Hill Street Theater in Newark, New Jersey in 1922.

On this day in 1945, The Saint premiered on NBC (with Edgar Barrier in the starring role). Subsequent versions of the program starred Brian Aherne, Vincent Price , Barry Sullivan and Tom Conway as Simon Templar .

On this day in 1935, Bob Hope show premiered on radio. Hope was known for his topical one liners, his rapid fire delivery, and for entertaining the troops all over the world.