Charles Keating (October 22, 1941 – August 9, 2014) 

The classically trained Shakespearean actor Charles Keating, who won a
Daytime Emmy in 1996 for the NBC soap opera Another World, died of
cancer Saturday. On the big screen Keating appeared in 1992’s The
Bodyguard  and 1990’s Awakenings.

Charles Keating with his Daytime Emmy award

Clarence Leonidas "Leo" Fender (August 10, 1909 – March 21, 1991)

Fender created the famous Fender brand of guitars. He also created the
Music Man and G&L Musical Instruments companies. Before fame he made
money repairing radios as a teenager in California. In 2009 he was awarded
a Technical Grammy Award for his contributions of outstanding significance
to the recording field.

Leo Fender was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992 – a
unique achievement given that he never learned to play the instruments
which he made a career of building.

In 2009 he was awarded a Technical Grammy Award for his contributions of
outstanding significance to the recording field.

General George Washington awarding The Badge of Military Merit

The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the
name of the President to those wounded or killed, while serving with the
U.S. military.

The original Purple Heart, designated as the Badge of Military Merit, was
established by George Washington—then the commander-in-chief of the
Continental Army – by order from his Newburgh, New York headquarters
on August 7, 1782. The Badge of Military Merit was only awarded to three
Revolutionary War soldiers.

From then on as its legend grew; so did its appearance. Although never
abolished, the award of the badge was not proposed again officially until
after World War I.

Sally Struthers won two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of  Gloria Stivic on
the CBS television series All in the Family (1971-1979). Sally was born in
Portland, Oregon where she attended Grant High School. She received a
scholarship for the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts. Struthers
Made her TV debut as a dancer on a Herb Alpert special. She is presently a
spokesperson for the Christian Children’s Fund.

Walter Andrew Brennan ((July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) 
Born in Lynn, Massachusetts

Brannan played Grandpa McCoy on The Real McCoys (ABC/CBS) from
1957 to 1963. He is one of three men to win three acting Oscars, the
other two being Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day-Lewis, having won the
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1936, 1938 and 1940.

While in school, Brennan became interested in acting and began to
perform in vaudeville at the age of fifteen. He served in WWI and grew
pineapples in Guatemala before moving to Los Angeles.