On April 27, 2009, the struggling American auto giant General
Motors (GM) said it planed to discontinue production of its
more than 80-year-old Pontiac brand.

Pontiac’s origins date back to the Oakland Motor Car, which
was founded in 1907 in Pontiac, Michigan, by Edward Murphy,
a horse-drawn carriage manufacturer.

In 1909, Oakland became part of General Motors, a conglomerate
formed the previous year by another former buggy company
executive, William Durant. The first Pontiac model made its
debut as part of the Oakland line in the 1920s.         
        
        
       

The 2010 Pontiac G6: The final nail in the car coffin.

ED DANAHUE

1. 
   Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)

   
   

   Doctors determined that Ball had succumbed to a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm not directly related to her surgery
   on April 18 to install an aortic valve replacement.

   Lucille Ball was an actress, comedian, producer, and
   studio executive. She was recognized by Time in 2020
   for her work in all four of these areas.

   She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards,
   winning five times, and was the recipient of several
   other accolades, such as the Golden Globe Cecil B.
   DeMille Award and two stars on the Hollywood Walk
   of Fame.
   

FOX NEWS

On April 25, 1950, the Boston Celtics make Chuck Cooper, an
All-American forward from Duquesne University, the first
African American picked in NBA draft. With the selection,
the first pick in the second round, Cooper breaks the NBA’s
color barrier and changes the league for the better.

The legal drama series Perry Mason was originally broadcast on
CBS television from September 21, 1957, to May 22, 1966. The
title character, portrayed by Raymond Burr (1917 – 1993) is a
Los Angeles criminal defense lawyer who originally appeared
in detective fiction by Erle Stanley Gardner. Many episodes are
based on stories written by Gardner. 

Perry Mason was one of Hollywood’s first weekly one-hour series
filmed for television, and remains one of the longest-running and
most successful legal-themed television series.

The show has been a staple in syndication, running for many
years on local television stations and cable networks across
the United States.
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Erle Stanley Gardner (1889 – 1970)