Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen

                        (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000)

Steve Allen was an accomplished pianist and composer, actor, comedian,
and writer. He got his start in radio at KOY in Phoenix, Arizona and later 
gained national attention as a guest host on Arthur Godfrey’s Talent
Scouts. He went on to become the first host of The Tonight Show.

Allen won a Grammy award in 1963 for best jazz composition, with his
song The Gravy Waltz. His vast number of songs, over 14,000, has
never been equaled. He also wrote more than 50 books.

Tim in McHale’s Navy

Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway

Tim is best known for his portrayal of Ensign Charles Parker on the ABC
sitcom, McHale’s Navy (1962-1966). He also starred on The Carol Burnett
Show on CBS (1967-1978).

Before fame, Tim Conway took a job answering mail at a local Cleveland
radio station after graduating college.

                                                                                           
                                        Mike Gracia

Rogers in his teens

                             William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers 

                         (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935)

Rogers was a cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social commentator
and motion picture actor. He was one of the world’s best-known celebrities
in the 1920s and 1930s, known as “Oklahoma’s favorite son”.

John Candy as McNeil High School Student Council Treasurer
from 1968-69.

 

    John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994)

Candy rose to fame as a member of the Toronto branch of The Second
City and its related Second City Television series. He also appeared in
comedy films such as Stripes (1981), Splash (1984), Spaceballs (1987),
and Uncle Buck (1989). One of his most remembered performances was
as Del Griffith, the on-the-move shower-curtain ring salesman in the John
Hughes 1987 comedy film Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

While filming the Western parody Wagons East!, Candy died of a heart
attack in his sleep in Durango, Mexico, at the age of 43.

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