Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013)

(AP) – Legendary Disney Mouseketeer Annette Funicello died on Monday
from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis, a disease she battled for 
more than 25 years. The Disney company said she died peacefully at
Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif. 

                Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher 

                           (October 13, 1925 – April 8, 2013)

(Fox News) – Former British Prime Minister Margaret has died  after
suffering a stroke. She had been ill for some time.

"It is with great sadness that Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that
their mother died peacefully this morning,” Thatcher spokesperson Lord
Bell said in a statement.

Thatcher led Britain’s Conservatives to three election victories from 1979
to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by a British prime minister
since the early 19th century. Alongside former U.S. President Ronald
Reagan, Thatcher battled against communism and saw the Berlin Wall get
torn down in 1989.

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and U.S. President Ronald Reagan

 

                Milo O’Shea (June 2, 1926 – April 2, 2013)

New York (AP) – Irish character actor Milo O’Shea had roles in the NBC
television series “The West Wing” (1999 – 2006) and was often cast as
priests, playing one in the NBC sitcom “Cheers” (1982 – 1993). One of
his most memorable supporting roles was as a judge in the Sidney Lumet
directed 1982 film “The Verdict” starring Paul Newman. O’Shea also had
a career on Broadway, during which he earned two Tony nominations. He
died on Tuesday following a short illness.  

 
James T. Kirk (William Shatner) with his phaser rifle

A rare phaser rifle used by William Shatner in the second pilot made for 
the original Star Trek series sold recently for $231,000 at an auction
conducted by Julien’s. It is the second-highest paid at auction for a prop
from the 1960s edition of Star Trek, surpassed only by the $304,750 a
collector laid out for the captain’s chair in 2008. In 2006, a miniature
special effects model of the enterprise from Star Trek: The Next
Generation sold for $576,000. 

The phaser prop is made of wood with an aluminum barrel and is painted
with a metallic blue-green paint. The rifle was never appeared in another
episode, though it was seen in publicity photos of Shatner as Kirk and on
an early lunchbox (below).

Robert Joseph "Bobby" Bare is a country singer/songwriter known
for his hit ‘500 Miles Away From Home’. His first break in the country
music field came when Chet Atkins signed him to join RCA records
in 1962.

Bobby Bare’s first single for RCA records, released in 1962.