William de Clerq Reynolds
(December 9, 1931 – August 24, 2022)

William Reynolds, who portrayed crime-stopping
Special Agent Tom Colby opposite Efrem Zimbalist
Jr. on the final seven seasons of the ABC crime
drama The F.B.I., has died.

A family spokesperson said Reynolds died Wednesday
in Wildomar, California, from non-COVID 19 complicated
pneumonia. 

The Los Angeles native also starred in three other series,
all short-lived: as the trumpet player on the 1959 NBC
drama Pete Kelly’s Blues, created by Jack Webb; on
ABC’s The Islanders, a 1960-61 adventure show set in
the East Indies; and on the World War II-set The Gallant
Men, which ran on ABC from 1962-63.

William Reynolds in an episode of Twilight Zone.

On August 30, 2003, the actor Charles Bronson, best known
for his tough-guy roles in such films as The Dirty Dozen
(1967) and  the Death Wish franchise (1974), died at the age
of 81 in Los Angeles.      

Bronson was born Charles Buchinsky on November 3, 1921,
in  Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, to Lithuanian immigrants. The
11th of 15 children, he worked in the Pennsylvania coal
mines as a teen and later served in the Army during World
War II. After the war, he worked a series of odd jobs and
took acting lessons. He had an uncredited part in the 1951
film You’re in the Navy Now, starring Gary Cooper, and a
small part (credited as Charles Buchinsky) in 1952’s Pat
and Mike, with Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. In
the mid-1950s, he changed his name to Bronson because
he believed it wasn’t smart for an actor have a Russian-
sounding last name at a time when there was a strong anti-Communist sentiment in America. (history.com)

On August 30, 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. He would
remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons, leaving a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual
as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

Thurgood Marshall
(July 2, 1908 – January 24, 1993)