Actor John Beasley, who played a kindly school bus driver
on the TV drama "Everwood" and appeared in dozens of
films dating back to the 1980s, died Tuesday after a "brief
and unexpected illness" at a hospital in his hometown of
Omaha.  

Beasley was born on June 26, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska 
and started acting at the age of 44 after working with the 
railroad as a clerk. He was 79.

Prolific actor and director Clint Eastwood was born on this day,
May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California.

He and his family moved a number of times before settling in
Piedmont, California. reports

Eastwood was drafted during the Korean War and stationed
in California — and upon his discharge from the Army in 1953,
Eastwood moved to Hollywood.

Likely best-known for portraying police Inspector "Dirty" Harry
Callahan, the Oscar-winning actor and filmmaker started his
noteworthy career with a screen test with Universal in 1954 —
which netted him a 40-week contract. 

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