MIKE GRACIA

Milton Berle (born Mendel Berlinger) (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002)

Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016)

According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Shandling suddenly collapsed
and was rushed to a hospital where he died of a massive heart attack. 

Bob Hope hosting the 25th Annual Academy Awards,

The 25th Academy Awards ceremony took place at the RKO Pantages Theatre
in Hollywood, California, and the NBC International Theatre in New York City.

It was the first Academy Awards ceremony to be televised, and the first ceremony
to be held in Hollywood and New York City simultaneously. It was also the only
year that the New York ceremonies were to be held in the NBC International
Theatre on Columbus Circle, which was shortly thereafter demolished and
replaced by the New York Coliseum convention center

ROSS SIMPSON

Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch) is 90 today.

Up-and-coming comedian Jim Carrey debuted
on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show, where he 
did a Elvis Presley impression.

James Eugene "Jim" Carrey turned 54 in January.