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NAUVOO, Ill. — The Angel Moroni statue atop the Nauvoo Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was replaced Tuesday, according to Church officials. The statue was damaged over the summer when it was struck by lightning and Tuesday’s repair took place during a previously scheduled closure. According to officials, the fiberglass statues serve as both symbolic landmarks and lightning rods, attracting lightning strikes away from other parts of temples.

NEW YORK (AP) — Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit “Star Wars,” has died. He was 84. Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed the documentary “Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies,” wrote in a Facebook post. No cause of death was given. Ladd Jr., the son of “Shane” star Alan Ladd, started in the film business as his father’s stuntman but rose to become one of its leading — and most widely liked — executives.

Tony McEwing BiographyTony McEwing is an American award-winning Journalist currently serving at FOX11 as the anchor of Good Day LA on weekdays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. McEwing anchors alongside Araksya Karapetyan. He joined the KTTV FOX11 team in 1993. Tony McEwing EducationMcEwing enrolled at Northwestern University, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Education in 1978 and later joined the School of Law. Tony also earned a Master’s degree in editorial broadcasting from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

On May 8, 1926, Sir David Frederick Attenborough was born in England. He is a broadcaster, biologist, naturalist, and author. After being born in Isleworth, Middlesex, Attenborough was reared in College House on the campus of the University of Leicester, where his father, Frederick, served as the university’s president. His younger brother John worked as an executive for the Italian automaker Alfa Romeo, while his middle son Richard went on to become an actor and filmmaker.