Photos: Dean Simmons

Besides promoting shows and co-starring with celebrities, Buddy Simmons 
worked as a disc jockey for KVAN in Vancouver, WA and KRDR in Gresham, 
OR where he was the program director as well. It is widely believed that 
he was the first person to play country music on the radio in the Pacific 
Northwest. He also had TV shows on three different stations, “Northwest
Jamboree” on KPTV 12, “Hoedown” on KATU channel 2, and “The Buddy 
Simmons Show” seen on KGW channel 8. 

 
Buddy behind the KRDR microphone in Gresham, Or

Willie ‘Buddy’ Simmons (February 3rd, 1926 – August 21st, 2012)

       
       Tim Maguire

Jessica McClure Morales became 27 years old March 26

Suzanne Somers (Suzanne Marie Mahoney)

Actress, author, singer and businesswoman Suzanne Somers is known for 
her TV roles as Chrissy Snow on ABC televisions Three’s Company from 
1977-1984, and as Carol Lambert on Step by Step (ABC/CBS) from 1991
to 1998.

Suzanne Somers as the "Blonde in the T-Bird" in American Graffiti, 1973

Penny Marshall in dance school during the 1940s

Carole Penny Marshall

Marshall is a actress, television producer, film producer, and
television director. After appearing in several small roles for
television, she was cast as Laverne DeFazio on the ABC
sitcom Laverne & Shirley, which ran from 1976 until 1983,
during which Marshall was nominated for a Golden Globe
award for her performance three times

 
Richard Lynn Carpenter

Pop musician Richard Carpenter is best known as one half of 
the brother/sister duo The Carpenters, along with his sister
Karen Carpenter. He was a record producer, arranger, pianist
and keyboardist, and occasional lyricist, composer as well as
joining with Karen on harmony vocals. Karen suffered from
anorexia nervosa that ultimately claimed her life in 1983.