Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives (June 14, 1909 – April 14, 1995)

Ives recorded "A Little Bitty Tear" and was responsible for Christmas
standards like "Holly Jolly Christmas”, featured in the 1964 CBS-TV
presentation of the stop-motion animated family special Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer.

Ives expanded his appearances in films between the 1950s and the
1960s with such films as The Big Country in 1958, for which he won
an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Burl Ives died from complications of oral cancer at the age of 85, at
his home in Anacortes, Washington.

Hank Williams, Sr.  (Hiram King Williams)  (9-17-1923 / 1-1-1953)

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Previously unreleased recordings of country music
legend Hank Williams performing songs on a 1950 radio show will be released
next month for download and on vinyl.

"The Garden Spot Programs, 1950" features 24 songs and jingles from a taped
show that aired on early country radio stations, sponsored by a Texas plant
nursery. Most of the tapes were lost, but only the copies from one station, KSIB-
AM in Creston, Iowa, survived. The recordings were transferred, restored and
mastered for release May 20 by Omnivore Records.

The singer’s daughter, Jett Williams, said in a written statement that no one knew
these recordings existed.

Williams’ biographer, Colin Escott, wrote the liner notes for the album and said
the recordings were used to augment live acts on local radio stations.

Roy Linwood Clark

Clark hosted Hee Haw on CBS television from 1969 to 1971 followed by
a 20 year run in syndication. He is a two-time winner of the National
Banjo Championship.Roy’s instrumental skill has had a great influence
on generations of bluegrass and country musicians. He is a member of
the Grand Ole Opry, since 1987 and The Country Music Hall of Fame.

Check out Roy’s official website:
http://thesuperpicker.com/index.html

                                         
                                        Mike Gracia

Robert Duvall’s film debut in To Kill a Mackingbird, 1962
 

Duvall in Apocalypse Now, 1979

Actor/director Robert Selden Duvall has been nominated for six 
Academy Awards, winning one for his performance in Tender
Mercies (1983), six Golden Globes, winning four, and has had
multiple nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen
Actors Guild Award, and Emmy Award. He received the National
Medal of Arts in 2005.