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Jean Shepherd based much of "A Christmas Story" on his experiences growing up in Hammond but many of the landmarks featured in the film have since disappeared from the landscape.

The Jean Shepherd biographer Eugene B. Bergmann died.

"You dont have a good guy without a bad guy. You dont have Luke Skywalker without Darth Vader. I was the Darth Vader of A Christmas Story," actor Zack Ward

Northwest Indiana entertainment impresario W.F. Bill Wellman brought countless acts to Northwest Indiana over the years.

Ralphie — the connoisseur of soap and deranged Easter Bunny who somehow managed not to shoot his eye out — will soon return to the big screen.

"Jean Shepherds status continues to grow thanks to social media and the vast amount of work Shep performed in each of the media fields ... Jean paved his own immortality.”

Shepherd is honored extensively in the Region. A community center is named after him in Hammond, where the Indiana Welcome Center hosts the annual "A Christmas Story Comes Home" exhibit.

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