Paul Reubens ( Rubenfeld) (August 27, 1952 – July 30, 2023)

Well known actor Paul Reubens who played the role of
Pee-Wee Herman died Sunday of cancer which he had
been fighting for six years. 

On July 28, 1978, National Lampoon’s Animal House, a movie
spoof about 1960s college fraternities starring John Belushi,
(above) opened in theaters. Produced with an estimated budget
of $3 million, Animal House became a huge, multi-million-dollar
box-office hit, spawned a slew of cinematic imitations and
became part of pop-culture history with such memorable lines
as “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.”

Set at the fictional Faber College (the University of Oregon
served as a stand-in during filming).

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John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)

Comedian, actor, and musician John Belushi was one
of the seven original cast members of the NBC sketch
comedy show Saturday Night Live (SNL) that premiered
October 11, 1975.

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Starring from left: Robert Culp, William Katt, and Connie Sellecca.

The series premiered as a two-hour pilot movie on March 18, 1981,
and ran until February 2, 1983 on ABC. It was created by producer
Stephen J. Connell.

William Theodore Katt  will be 72 years old in February.

Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr. (7-24-1946 – 11-11- 2022)

NEW YORK (AP) — Gallagher, the long-haired, smash-’em-up
comedian who left a trail of laughter, anger and shattered
watermelons over a decadeslong career, has died. 

Craig Marquardo, in a statement identifying himself as
Gallagher’s “longtime former manager,” said that he died
Friday at his home in Palm Springs, California, after a brief
illness. Gallagher had numerous heart attacks over the years,
including one right before a scheduled show in Texas in 2012.