Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966)

A pioneer of the American animation industry,Walt introduced
several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film
producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards earned
(22) and nominations (59) by an individual. 

Walt Disney was presented with two Golden Globe Special
Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award, among other honors.

Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry
by the Library of Congress and have also been named as some
of the greatest films ever by the American Film Institute.

Mark Twain at 15.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, later known as Mark Twain,
was born in Florida, Missouri, on November 30, 1835.

Clemens was apprenticed to a printer at age 13 and later
worked for his older brother, who established the Hannibal
Journal. In 1857, the Keokuk Daily Post commissioned him
to write a series of comic travel letters, but after writing five
he decided to become a steamboat captain instead.

Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929 – April 18, 2012)

Dick Clark was a television and radio personality and producer
who hosted American Bandstand from 1956 to 1989.

He also hosted five incarnations of the Pyramid game show from
1973 to 1988 and Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, which
broadcast New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York City’s Times
Square.

Dick Clark hosting the New Year’s eve special from New
York’s Times Square.

James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix.

On November 27, future rock superstar Jimi Hendrix was born
in Seattle, Washington. In his short career, he would establish
himself as one of the most innovative guitarists in rock ‘n’ roll.

Hendrix grew up playing guitar, inspired by blues greats like
Muddy Waters as well as early rockers. He joined the army in
1959 and became a paratrooper, but was honorably discharged
in 1961 after an injury that exempted him from duty in Vietnam.

   
TIM MAGUIRE

John F. Kennedy’s funeral procession to St. Matthew’s 
Cathedral.

    
    
  Funeral Mass card.