Robin Williams versatile range included "Aladdin’s" Genie, an
alien named Mork and Scottish nanny "Mrs. Doubtfire." He was
born in Chicago, Illinois.
Williams died at his Paradise Cay, California, home on August
11, 2014.
His cause of death was declared as suicide by hanging
amid Lewy body dementia (LBD) and other associated
factors.
Born in New York, Mel (Melvin James) Brooks is a actor,
filmmaker, comedian,songwriter, and playwright.
With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as
a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces
and parodies.
A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of 22 entertainers
to win the EGOT, which includes an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar,
and a Tony. He’s 99 years old today.
Groundhog Day premiered at the Fox Village Theatre on February
4, 1993 and was released by Columbia Pictures on February 12.
Earning over $105 million, it became one of the year’s highest-
grossing films. It also received generally positive reviews.
William (Bill) James Murray is 75.
Catherine O’Hara (March 4, 1954 – January 30, 2026)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara, a gifted Canadian
comic actor and “SCTV” alum who starred as Macaulay
Culkin’s harried mother in two “Home Alone” movies and
created the dramatically ditzy character of Moira Rose in
the Emmy-winning comedy “Schitt’s Creek,” died Friday.
O’Hara died at her home in Los Angeles “following a brief
illness,” according to a statement from her agency, Creative
Artists Agency. Further details were not immediately available.
She was 71.
1980
A young Dick Van Dyke with his father Loren,
taken circa 1927.
The sitcom created by Carl Reiner initially aired on CBS
from October 3, 1961, to June 1, 1966.
Richard Wayne Van Dyke, born in West Plains, Missouri, is an
actor and comedian. His work spans screen and stage, and
his awards include six Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award,
and a Tony Award.
He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1993,
and then the Television Hall of Fame in 1995.
He was recognized as a Disney Legend in 1998. He has been
honored with the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement
Award in 2013, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 2020.
