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American actor (–)

For other people named Edward Herrmann, see Edward Herrmann (disambiguation).

Edward Kirk Herrmann (July 21, – December 31, ) was an American actor, director, and writer. He was known for his portrayals of Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the miniseries Eleanor and Franklin () and film musical Annie, Richard Gilmore in Amy Sherman-Palladino's comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls (–), and a ubiquitous narrator for historical programs on The History Channel and in such PBS productions as Nova. He was also known as a spokesman for Dodge automobiles in the s.

Herrmann started working in theatre on Broadway in with his debut in Moonchildren alongside James Woods. He received two Tony Award nominations, winning for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in Mrs. Warren's Profession in Herrmann received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning for his performance in The Practice in He also received a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination with the ensemble for Oliver Stone's Nixon (). Herrmann became known as a character actor having appeared in various films such as Warren Beatty's Reds (), Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo (), Garry Marshall's Overboard (), The Lost Boys (), Martin Scorsese's The Aviator () and Chris Rock's I Think I Love My Wife ().

Early life

Edward Kirk Herrmann was born on July 21, , in Washington, D.C., the son of Jean Eleanor (née O'Connor) and John Anthony Herrmann.

If you need to get in touch with the Regional Income Tax Agency to dispute a claim that you owe a penalty, for example, or to clear up some sort of misunderstanding, forget email. RITA doesn't have it.

You can call or you can send a letter or call during business hours. That's it.

Some taxpayers in the communities where RITA collects city taxes, such as Susan Sabo in Avon, who wanted to dispute a claim that she earned wages but didn't pay taxes, are shocked that email isn't an option. She said she can't call during the day when she works.

"They are the only government agency with which I have dealt with no ability to communicate via email," she wrote in a complaint to state politicians.

"I can't argue with that," said Gary Chips, director of member services for RITA. "We're working on it."

It takes about a minute to set up a Gmail account. What's the hold up?

Chips said a system must be designed to assure taxpayer questions are answered and said the agency just finished updating the computer system it uses to calculate and keep track of tax payments.

"The taxpayer portal could be rolled out by next year. I think we'll get to it this year," he said.

As for listing his e-mail or that of Executive Director Rick Carbone?

"We're not necessarily in the taxpayer assistance area," he said.

Clear water: The folks at the Greater Cleveland Aquarium say they've finally cleared up the cloudy water in the aquarium's shark tank.

Executive Director Tami Brown said Friday that technicians reconfigured the filtering system the week prior "and things cleared right up."

The ,gallon saltwater shark tank, the aquarium's lar