Brace beemer voice of the martyrs

By Ivan G Shreve Jr

On April 8, 1941, an actor named Earle Graser was killed in an automobile accident. A tragic event to be sure, but what compounded this tragedy was that Graser had a devoted fan following as the voice of The Lone Ranger.

This popular radio western adventure series had been broadcasting from the WXYZ Detroit studios since January of 1933.

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To ease into the transition of a new actor taking over as the Ranger, the show broadcast five episodes in which the character was so injured that he could barely speak above a whisper. (His faithful Indian companion Tonto found himself at the center of the show’s action during his friend’s convalescence.)  At the end of that story arc, The Lone Ranger then introduced the thespian who would portray “the daring and resourceful Masked Rider of the Plains” until the series’ cancellation on September 3, 1954.

That man was born in Mount Carmel, Illinois on this date in 1902—Brace Beemer.

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