A young Frank Oz (left), Muppet Fozzie Bear, and Jim Henson

Puppeteer and film director Frank Oz was born Frank Richard Oznowicz
in Hereford, England. He launched his career as a teenager with Jim
Henson and the Muppets, and went on to become the performer behind
such characters as Miss Piggy, Grover, and Fozzie Bear. He also played
Yoda in the Star Wars franchise beginning in 1977. Oz has directed
several successful films, including the 1986 musical comedy Little Shop
of Horrors.

Frank Oz retired full-time from the Muppets in 2002.They are now handled
by Eric Jacobson and David Rudman. Oz still occasionally performs his
Sesame Street characters. 

Frank Oz lending popular Muppet Miss Piggy a HELPING HAND!

Shirley Temple Black is a film and television actress, singer, dancer, and
former U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She began her film
film career in 1932 at the age of three, and in 1934, found international fame
in Bright Eyes, 

Shirley is No.18 on the American Film Institute‘s list of the greatest female
American screen legends of all time, making her the highest-ranked living 
person on the list.

Mills began her acting career as a child, winning the BAFTA Award for Most
Promising Newcomer for Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for
Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year/Actress
in 1961. During her early career, she appeared in several Walt Disney films
and is perhaps best known for her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in
the Disney production The Parent Trap (1961). Hayley is the daughter of
Sir John Mills and the sister of actress Juliet Mills.

Annette Joanne Funicello (October 22, 1942 – April 8, 2013)

(AP) – Legendary Disney Mouseketeer Annette Funicello died on Monday
from complications due to Multiple Sclerosis, a disease she battled for 
more than 25 years. The Disney company said she died peacefully at
Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif. 

 

  Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003)

Fred Rogers was an educator, Presbyterian minister, songwriter, author,
and television host. Rogers was most famous for creating and hosting 
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood on PBS (1968–2001),