LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Rhonda Fleming, the fiery redhead
who appeared with Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Ronald Reagan and other film stars of the 1940s and 1950s, has
died. She was 97. Her assistant Carla Sapon told The Associated
Press, Fleming died Wednesday in Santa Monica, California.
Rhonda Fleming (Marilyn Louis)
(August 10, 1923 – October 14, 2020)
TIM MAGUIRE
On October 16, 1987, in an event that had viewers
around the world glued to their televisions, 18-
month-old Jessica McClure is rescued after being
trapped for 58 hours in an abandoned water well
she had fallen into in Midland, Texas.
Today, Jessica (34) lives a quiet life in Midland,
Texas, where people still sometimes call her
“Baby Jessica.” Her husband, Danny and their
two children, Simon, and Sheyenne (below). She
had to undergo 15 surgeries after her rescue.
 
Today, the well is still there, in the backyard of another Midland
family. But it is safe now, capped and sealed in loving memory
of Jessica.
TIM MAGUIRE
I Love Lucy is television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour
episodes spanning six seasons (including the “lost” original
pilot and Christmas episode). The show starred Lucille Ball,
(left) her then real-life husband Desi Arnaz (right), with Vivian
Vance and William Frawley.
