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Film and TV History in October 1983

  • Oct 10 NBC premiere of true life drama "Adam", based on John Walsh's son's murder

Can't Slow Down

Oct 11 "Can't Slow Down" second studio album by Lionel Richie is released

The Sally Jessy Raphael Show

Oct 17 Talk show "The Sally Jessy Raphael Show" with Sally Jessy Raphael debuts on KSDK

Music History

Oct 27 Larry Flynt pays hitman $1M to kill Hugh Hefner, Bob Guccione, Walter Annenberg, and Frank Sinatra; Flynt's business manager immediately stops payment; Flynt claims he was just joking