Ross Simpson
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.)
(July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006)
Betty Ford pauses at the casket of her husband, former US president
Gerald Ford, as it lies in state in the US Capitol in Washington on 1
January 2007.
Steve Allen (Stephen Valentine Patrick William)
(December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)
Writer, actor, and comedian Steve Allen served as the
first host of NBC’s famed late-night program The Tonight
Show. He achieved national attention as a last minute
guest host on Arthur Godfrey‘s Talent Scouts.
A Midnight Mass was broadcast on WPIX, channel 11 television for the first time. St.
Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City was the site for what has become an annual
Christmas Eve tradition on NBC.
