Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997)

Mitchum was a film actor, author, composer and singer. He is #23 on
the American Film Institute‘s list of the greatest male American screen
legends of all time. After being expelled from high school, he traveled
throughout the country on railroad cars, taking odd jobs to support
himself.

 
Sandy Kozel

 
  
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

The red-haired comedienne is best remembered in CBS TV’s
I Love Lucy (1951-1957). She was one of the most popular
and influential stars in America during her lifetime.

Chubby Checker performs “The Twist” for the first time on American
Bandstand

Chubby Checker (Ernest Evans) will be 72 in October

J.J. Cale (John Weldon Cale) (December 5, 1938 – July 26, 2013)

Cale was a Grammy Award–winning singer-songwriter and musician 
who was one of the originators of the Tulsa Sound, a loose genre 
drawing on blues, rockabilly, country, and jazz influences. He died
Friday, July 26 at Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California,
after suffering a heart attack.