(FOX NEWS) – Maureen (Flavin) Sweeney, a lighthouse worker
in Ireland whose critical weather reports helped ensure the
success of the epic D-Day invasion of Normandy in World War
II, died on Sunday at 100 years old, according to multiple
reports on Monday in Irish media.

Her death was received with reverence on Capitol Hill.

Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Michigan (below) told Fox News Digital. 
"Maureen Sweeney is a hero and saved countless lives of
Allies."

A young Maureen and the Blacksod Bay Lighthouse.

The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in
the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace
on December 10, 1901.

Swedish chemist Alfred Bernhard Nobel
(21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896)

Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman)
(December 5, 1932 – May 9, 2020)  

Singer, pianist, and songwriter Little Richard was an influential
figure in popular music and culture for seven decades. He is 
described as the "Architect of Rock and Roll." 

Little Richard was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
as part of its first group of inductees in 1986.

After a two-month illness, Richard died at the age of 87 at his
home in Tullahoma, Tennessee, from a cause related to bone
cancer. 

                                                

1962

Frances Hussey Sternhagen
(January 13, 1930 – November 27, 2023 at age 93)

 
Sternhagen was a popular character actress who
appeared on– and off-Broadway, in movies, and
on television for over six decades. She received
numerous accolades including two Tony Awards,
a Drama Desk Award, a Saturn Award, as well as
nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards.

She gained prominence and Primetime Emmy
Award nominations for her recurring roles as
Esther Clavin in the NBC sitcom Cheers
(1986–1993).

Clark Gable and  Vivien Leigh

Vivien Leigh ( born Vivian Mary Hartley)
(5 November 1913 – 8 July 19)

British actress Vivien Leigh won the Academy Award 
for Best Actress twice, for her performances as
Scarlett O’Hara in Gone with the Wind (1939) and  
Blanche DuBois in the film version of A Streetcar
Named Desire (1951), a role she had also played on
stage in London’s West End in 1949.

She also won a Tony Award for her work in the
Broadway musical version of Tovarich (1963).

Although her career had periods of inactivity, in
1999 the American Film Institute ranked Leigh as
the 16th-greatest female movie star of classic
Hollywood cinema. 
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

1965