Robert Swan, the veteran character actor who appeared in key roles in the notable sports films Hoosiers, Rudy and The Babe, died Wednesday after a long battle with cancer at his home in Rolling Prairie, Indiana.
Swan also portrayed a Canadian Mountie in Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987) and a bloodied deputy in Oliver Stone’s Natural Born Killers (1994) and was other lawmen in Who’s That Girl (1987) and Mo’ Money (1992).
Journalist and former corporate defense attorney Megyn Kelly was a anchor at Fox News from 2004 to 2017, and a talk show host and news correspondent with NBC News from 2017 to 2018.
Fox News host Megyn Kelly is known for her work on America Live and America’s Newsroom. She hosted The Kelly File from 9 to 10 p.m. EST on weekdays. She began hosting Megyn Kelly Today on NBC in 2017.
Kelly played field hockey, basketball, and was a cheerleader in high school.
She practiced law for nearly a decade before finding success in broadcast journalism.
On this day in 1991, Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released after nearly seven years in captivity in Lebanon.
President George H.W. Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia on this day in 1992.
Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York on this day in 1783.
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993)
One of Frank’s last interviews (above), conducted by NBC’s Jamie Gangel for the Today Show. Aired on May 14, 1993. He died, after his long battle with prostate cancer just 18 days before his 53rd birthday at his home with his wife and children by his side.
Zappa is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his era. He worked as an independent artist for most of his career and remains a major influence on musicians and composers. His honors include an induction into the 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the 1997 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2000, he was ranked number 36 on VH1‘s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at number 71 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time", and in 2011 at number 22 on its list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
