Mary Hopkin was one of the first musicians to
sign on to The Beatles’ Apple Label. She will
be 63 in May.

1968

Paul McCartney and Mary Hopkin

The teenage tragedy song was written by Jean Dinning and her
husband, Red Surrey.

Dinning’s addiction to alcohol eventually ended his career. He would show
up at appearances too intoxicated to perform causing promoters to stop
booking him and he eventually faded from public view. Denning died from
a heart attack on March 22, 1986 in Jefferson City, Missouri. He was 52.

Reg Presley (Reginald Maurice Ball) (June 12, 1941-February 4, 2013)

Presley had been diagnosed with lung cancer in December of 2011 and retired
from the music industry.

 
 
Norman Percevel Rockwell (February 3, 1894 – November 8, 1978)

Rockwell was a painter and illustrator who is most famous for the cover
illustrations of everyday life scenarios that he created for The Saturday
Evening Post magazine for more than four decades. He also did work
for the Boy Scouts of America, producing covers for their publication
Boys’ Life, calendars, and other illustrations.

“Grandpa’s Little Ballerina” (Feb. 3, 1923)

Nizon

“Self”

 
  1955

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Stan Musial, one of baseball’s greatest hitters and a Hall
of Famer with the St. Louis Cardinals for more than two decades, died
Saturday.

Stan the Man won seven National League batting titles, was a three-time
MVP and helped the Cardinals capture three World Series championships
in the 1940s.