The teenage tragedy song was written by Jean Dinning and her
husband, Red Surrey.

Dinning’s addiction to alcohol eventually ended his career. He would show
up at appearances too intoxicated to perform causing promoters to stop
booking him and he eventually faded from public view. Denning died from
a heart attack on March 22, 1986 in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was 52.

1951

The first official Vice President’s flag, with the vice presidential coat of arms, 
was established by executive order in 1936. The current flag (below) dates  
from 1975 when it was redesigned during Gerald Ford’s administration. 

Vice President Joe Biden