John "Pops" Witherspoon (John Weatherspoon)
January 27, 1942 – October 29, 2019)
Witherspoon performed in dozens of television shows and films. He is
best known for his role as Willie Jones in the Friday series. The actor
died suddenly at his home.
Richard Edmund Williams (March 19, 1933 – August 16, 2019)
LONDON (AP) — Richard Williams, a Canadian-British animator whose work
on the bouncing cartoon bunny in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) helped
blur the boundaries between the animated world and our own, has died. His
daughter, Natasha Sutton Williams, said the Oscar-winning artist died from
cancer at his home in Bristol, England on Friday.
CARLATA BRADLEY
Prohibition came to an end when Utah became the 36th state to ratify
the 21st Amendment to the U.S.Constitution on this day in 1933.
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Walt Disney with cartoon character Mickey Mouse.
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)
Animator, voice actor, producer, and entertainer Walt Disney founded The
Walt Disney Company and created the iconic character Mickey Mouse. He
produced such classic films as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937),
and Cinderella (1950).
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Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018)
LOS ANGELES (AP) – "SpongeBob SquarePants" creator Stephen Hillenburg
has died.
Nickelodeon says Hillenburg died Monday of Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known
as ALS.
Hillenburg conceived, wrote, produced and directed the animated series that
began in 1999 and went on to spawn hundreds of episodes, movies and a
Broadway show.
He began his animation career in 1987, pursuing a degree in Experimental Animation at the California Institute of Arts in Valencia and earning his
Master of Fine Arts in 1992.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a massive
stroke that left him partially paralyzed.
Final report on President Wilson’s condition written by Dr. Dercum.
It was on this day in 1985.
"Peanuts," the comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz, appeared
for the first time in seven newspapers on this day in 1950.
Charles Monroe Schulz (November 26, 1922 – February 12, 2000)
Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) is 67 years old today.
Multi-instrumentalist and singer for The Police, Sting is known for such
hits as "Don’t Stand So Close to Me" and "Message in a Bottle." He also
became a successful solo artist, releasing his first album The Dream of
the Blue Turtles in 1985, followed by ten more albums within the next
two decades.
Sting (left) with other members of The Police.
