ROSS SIMPSON

              
                Edgar Allan Poe (January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849)

                      
                              Published originally in January 1845.

The first class of baseball “Hall of Famers” was comprised of 
Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and
Walter Johnson.

Barbara Hale (April 18, 1922 – January 26, 2017)

(AP) – Barbara Hale, a movie actress who found her most
famous role on television as steadfast secretary Della
Street in the long-running CBS series "Perry Mason" 
(1957 – 1966) has died.

Hale was surrounded by family when she died Thursday
at her Los Angeles area home, said Jaqueline Stander,
an agent for Hale’s son, actor William Katt ("The Greatest
American Hero," ”Carrie").

"She was gracious and kind and silly and always fun to be
with," Katt posted on his Facebook page Thursday, calling
Hale a wonderful actress and a "treasure as a friend and
mother." Hale reportedly died of complications from chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease.

SANDY KOZEL

The modern Coast Guard was formed by a merger of the Revenue
Cutter Service (created August 4,1790) and the U.S. Life-Saving
Service under the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Sir John Vincent Hurt (January 22, 1940 – January 27, 2017)

(FoxNews) – Award winning actor John Hurt reportedly died on Friday after a
battle with cancer.

The 77-year-old actor, who starred in films such as “Harry Potter” and “The
Elephant Man,” passed away after suffering from pancreatic cancer, according
to London’s Mirror newspaper.

Hurt contemplated his demise during an interview he did in 2015 while fighting
the disease.

“I can’t say I worry about mortality, but it’s impossible to get to my age and not
have a little contemplation of it,” Hurt said.

“We’re all just passing time, and occupy our chair very briefly.”

John Hurt in “Midnight Express”, 1978.