"Beam me up" to a "TV dinner"

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If you've ever eaten a tv dinner and watched Star Trek, today is  probably 
not your day.
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Star Trek's "Scotty"--famous for "beam me up" that I hope Fred has  
recorded--has died.
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Gerry Thomas, the inventor of the "tv dinner," has also died.
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(GOOGLE NEWS)
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_Star Trek's 'Scotty' dead at 85_ 
(http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_355380.html) 
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA -   <NOBR>21 mi
By United Press  International. Canadian actor James Doohan, best known as 
"Star Trek's"  Scotty, died Wednesday in his Washington state home at the age of 
85.  ... 
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_Man credited for inventing the TV  dinner dies_ 
(http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3274448) 
Houston Chronicle, United States -  <NOBR>15  minu
— Gerry Thomas, credited with  inventing the TV dinner more than a  
half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at the age of 83.  ... 
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_Inventor of TV dinner dies at  age 83_ (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8645487/) 
MSNBC -   <NOBR>35 mi
PHOENIX - Gerry Thomas, the  former poultry company executive who helped 
marry American television with  mealtime as inventor of the TV Dinner, has  died 
at age 83 ...