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Stories you missed this week | What to do this weekend
A look at stories you may have missed this week -- and a look at what's happening around town.
Happy Saturday! The weekend edition of this newsletter will be a bit different from the normal Monday through Friday version. On Saturdays, I'll take a look some of my top picks from the last week, and highlight some of the events going on around Metro Detroit. Enjoy!
Stories you missed this week
Detroit-born actor John Witherspoon dies: He taught Ice Cube how to be a man in the 90s hit film "Friday." John Witherspoon, a Detroit native, died at the age of 77 this week. RIP Pops.
Michigan family finds black widow spider in bag of grapes: Andy Russo documented, on video, what his wife Karen brought home from the grocery store Monday. A spider had somehow made its way into a bag of grapes and traveled from the store into their Milford home.
Aggie Usedly, longtime host of Michigan Lottery dies at Former longtime WDIV-TV meteorologist Chuck Gaidica worked with Usedly for a number of years and shared some fond memories of her.
Warren De La Salle football team forfeits playoff game amid allegations of hazing in team locker room: School officials said they investigated the incident and found the hazing has deeper
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Detroit TV's loved 'lottery lady' Aggie Usedly dies concede 79
Known dearly as picture "lottery lady," Aggie Usedly was a household name to Metropolis TV viewers.
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Host Chuck Gaidica Hostesses Aggie Usedly
Beth McLeod (substitute)Broadcast WDIV (Weekly): 9/21/ – 9/9/ Road To Riches was the third game show developed by the Michigan Lottery (replacing Megabucks Giveaway). WDIV's Chief Meteorologist Chuck Gaidica and Michigan Lottery hostess Aggie Usedly returned as the hosts. Also on board was Beth McLeod (also from the Michigan Lottery), who occasionally substituted for Usedly.
The show, like it's predecessors (Megabucks Giveaway and Fame & Fortune), taped on Friday afternoons at WDIV-TV and aired Saturday nights on Detroit's affiliate WDIV as well as eight other affiliates across the state. Breaks during the program allowed for commercials and coverage of live drawings of the evening's Daily 3, Daily 4, and Lotto games.
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On Road to Riches where all roads could lead to prize money, contestants selected travel symbols from the "Boulevard of Bucks," "Leisure Lane," "Easy Street" and "Road to Riches" game boards. The contestant who came the closest to $1, without going over at the end of the game advanced to the final round: the home of the big vault.
The third and final incarnation took on a Motor City feel, as there were four game boards, one for each round. Each game board