Mike Gracia

The song "Heartbreak Hotel" was Elvis Presley’s first on his new record label RCA
Victor. It topped Billboard‘s Top 100 chart for seven weeks, Cashbox‘s pop singles
chart for six weeks, it was number one on the Country and Western chart for a total 
of seventeen weeks and reached number three on the R&B chart. The record was
Presley’s first million-seller, and one of the best-selling singles of 1956. Guitarist
Chet Atkins and pianist Floyd Cramer added their talents to the recording session.

Janet Graeme Travell, M.D. (December 17, 1901 – August 1, 1997)

When John F. Kennedy won the Presidential race in 1960, he appointed 
Dr. Janet G. Travell as his personal physician. She was the first woman
appointed to the position. She continued to serve as Personal Physician
to the President following the assassination of Kennedy, with his successor
Lyndon B. Johnson through his re-election, but decided to leave the White
House in 1965.

President John F. Kennedy’s physician Dr. Janet Travell taking
questions from the press.

Abraham Charles "Abe" Vigoda (February 24, 1921 – January 26, 2016)

Vigoda is most notable for his portrayal of Sal Tessio in the 1972 Francis Ford
Coppola film The Godfather, for the 1990 film Joe Versus the Volcano, and for
his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Phil Fish on the television sitcom series Barney
Miller from 1975 to 1977 and on its spinoff show Fish that aired from February
1977 to June 1978 on ABC.

On January 22, 2016, Vigoda’s nephew, Jesse Vigoda Kurland, reported that
Abe Vigoda was dying and had been committed into a hospice, having stopped
taking his medication.

           
Mike Gracia

Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964)