MIKE GRACIA
A plane similar to the one in which Patsy Cline died.
A Kansas City resident named Mildred Keith snapped what
is believed to be one of the last photographs of the country music star.
The comedic star John Candy died suddenly of a heart
attack on March 4, 1994, at the age of 43. At the time of
his death, he was living near Durango, Mexico, while
filming Wagons East, a Western comedy co-starring
comedian Richard Lewis. Lewis died recently on
February 27th.
1987
Richard Philip Lewis (June 29, 1947 – February 27, 2024)
Following a battle with Parkinson’s since April 2023, Lewis died
of a heart attack on February 27, 2024.
ROSS SIMPSON
James Wilson Marshall
(October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885)
The caption with this photo at the Library of Congress
claims that this was Marshall in front of the mill in 1850.
On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill on
the American River in Northern California. After James W.
Marshall, who’d been overseeing the sawmill’s construction,
found the gold nuggets he and his boss, John Sutter,
attempted to keep
the discovery a secret. However, word soon spread and by
1849 thousands of prospectors, who became known as 49ers,
were flocking to Coloma, California, site of Sutter’s Mill, and
the surrounding region, hoping to strike it rich.
James Marshall’s cabin.
John Augustus Sutter
(February 23, 1803 – June 18, 1880)
The spot where Marshall first discovered the gold that
started the California Gold Rush.
Johnny Carson best known as the host of The Tonight Show
Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992). Carson received six
Primetime Emmy Awards, the Television Academy‘s 1980
Governor’s Award, and a 1985 Peabody Award.
He was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in
1987. Carson was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
in 1992 and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 1993.
He once reportedly joked, "My giving advice on marriage is like
the captain of the Titanic giving lessons on navigation.” He was
79.
