Pat and Shirley Boone

(People) – Singer Pat Boone’s wife of 64 years, Shirley Boone, has died.  

People reports that Boone died "peacefully" on Friday morning (Jan. 11)
at the couples’ Beverly Hills home. She had been suffering complications
from vasculitis, which she had contracted in 2018.

Her husband and their four daughters Cherry, Lindy, Debby and Laury
were by her bedside singing hymns when she died. Pat Boone tells
People he believes he will reunite with his high school sweetheart soon.

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Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950)

Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate
when Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell appointed Caraway to fill
her late husband Thaddeus’ seat; her appointment was formally confirmed by a special election held on this day in 1932.
 

On this day in 1971, the television sitcom "All In the Family" debuted
on CBS-TV. It is often regarded as one of the greatest TV series of
all time. It soon became the most watched show during summer
reruns and afterwards ranked number one in the yearly Neilsen
ratings from 1971 to 1976. TV Guide ranked “All in the Family” 
as the fourth-greatest show of all time. The final original show
was April 8, 1979.

From left: Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Carroll O’Connor, and Sally
Struthers.