Little Richard

The recording session took place at the legendary J&M Studio in New
Orleans. The song “Long Tall Sally” became one of Little Richard’s best-
known hits and has become a rock and roll standard covered by hundreds
of artists.

Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) turned 83 in December.

Tommy Kelly (April 6, 1925 – January 26, 2016)

(AP) – Tommy Kelly, who played the titular boy hero in
the 1938 movie "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," has
died. His son announced Tuesday that Kelly suffered
congestive heart failure on Jan. 25 in Greensboro, N.C.

Along with the adaptation of the Mark Twain novel for
which he’s best known, Kelly also appeared in "Gone
With the Wind”(1939), "He Walked By Nigh”(1948),
and "The West Point Story" in 1950 before retiring
from Hollywood at age 25.

Carlota Bradley

Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977)

On August 1, 1977, Powers had been covering bush fires in Santa
Barbara County in the KNBC helicopter (above) and was heading
back from flying over them. As he returned, the Bell 206 Jet Ranger
helicopter ran out of fuel and crashed in nearby Encino, several
miles short of its intended landing site at Burbank Airport, killing
Powers instantly. The National Transportation Safety Board report
attributed the probable cause of the crash to pilot error, poor
fuel management.