Mr. Leahy moved in 1940 to Wichita, where he attended the University of Wichita, now Wichita State University.During...
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As per our current Database, Tom Leahy has been died on 18 June, 2010 at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

🎂 Tom Leahy - Age, Bio, Faces and Birthday

When Tom Leahy die, Tom Leahy was 88 years old.

Popular As	Tom Leahy
Occupation	Actor
Age	88 years old
Zodiac Sign	Virgo
Born	September 13, 1922 (Pawhuska, Oklahoma, USA)
Birthday	September 13
Town/City	Pawhuska, Oklahoma, USA
Nationality	USA

🌙 Zodiac

Tom Leahy’s zodiac sign is Virgo. According to astrologers, Virgos are always paying attention to the smallest details and their deep sense of humanity makes them one of the most careful signs of the zodiac. Their methodical approach to life ensures that nothing is left to chance, and although they are often tender, their heart might be closed for the outer world. This is a sign often misunderstood, not because they lack the ability to express, but because they won’t accept their feelings as valid, true, or even relevant when opposed to reason. The symbolism behind the name speaks well of their nature, born with a feeling they are experiencing everything for the first time.

🌙 Chinese Zodiac Signs

Tom Leahy was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.

Mr. Leahy moved in 1940 to Wichita, where he attended the University of Wichita, now Wichita State University.During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in the Philippines.Following the war, he returned to Wichita and began a 60-year career at local radio and television stations.

In the late 1940s, Mr. Leahy became a booth announcer at KAKE. It was there that he created the show "The Host and Rodney" to introduce movies.KAKE anchor Larry Hatteberg was going to high school in Winfield when he first saw Mr.

Leahy on "The Host and Rodney.""I remember sitting at home and loving the show," Hatteberg said. "I thought it was the greatest thing. It wasn't that they were so scary, he was just so interesting to watch.

He would ad-lib whatever came to his mind."In the early 1960s when the nation's attention was focused on outer space and astronauts, Mr. Leahy created Major Astro.The afternoon show first ran from 1960 to 1973 on KARD, now KSN.

Mr. Leahy reprised the character for a short time in 1985 for KSAS.In 1985, Mr. Leahy told then-Wichita Eagle film and movie critic Bob Curtright that he created the Major as a father figure.During the 11 years the show ran on Channel 3, Mr.

Leahy "moved" Major Astro from a space station orbiting Earth to a moon base. Then, he took the major to Venus and finally to a base on Mars.On Sunday, Curtright called Leahy a local icon."Every kid from a certain generation knows him," Curtright said.

Fans were often card-carrying members of the Major Astro Club. Members would receive a space newsletter. One fan reportedly cut a hole in the family's carpet to hide and insure her card's safety, said Mr.

Leahy's wife, Wilma.In 1986 when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, some of the Major's youngest fans worried he was on it.This weekend, as word spread of Leahy's death, his fans took to the internet to wish him their thoughts and prayers.

"RIP, Major Astro!" wrote Linda Baughman the guestbook created in Mr. Leahy's memory on Legacy.com.In an interview with The Eagle on Sunday, Baughman said she remembered as a child running home after school each day to watch Major Astro episodes.

"He was always so kind and positive," Baughman said.Mr. Leahy is preceded in death by first wife, Billye Leahy, son; Tommy B. Leahy and parents; Thomas B. and Marcelle Leahy. Survivors include wife Wilma, children Lisa (David) Navarro of Wichita, Rodney (Wendy) Mumaw of Mansfield, Texas, Ryan Edward Leahy of Wichita; and five grandchildren.