NEW YORK (AP — Linda Lavin, a Tony Award-winning stage
actress who became a working class icon as a paper-hat
wearing waitress on the CBS – TV sitcom "Alice," has died.

Her representative, Bill Veloric, said Lavin died in Los
Angeles on Sunday of complications from recently
discovered lung cancer.

Photo shows Linda Lavin (as waitress Alice Hyatt) and Vic Tayback (as Mel Sharples, owner of the diner) from "Alice."

James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024)

The 39th president of the United States.

The Carter Center  announced in a statement made today,
Jimmy Carter passed away peacefully Dec. 29 at his home
in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by family.  

Carter, the oldest living U.S. president of all time, died less
than three months after his 100th birthday and more than
a year after the Carter Center said he had opted to receive
hospice care at home with his family after "a series of short
hospital stays."

His specific cause of death was unclear. Carter’s death
followed the passing of his wife Rosalynn on Nov. 19,
2023. She died at the age of 96.
(FOX NEWS)

   
ROSS SIMPSON

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. is 70 years old today.

Washington is an actor, producer, and director. Known for 
dramatic roles on stage and screen, The New York Times
named him the greatest actor of the 21st century in 2020.

He has received several accolades, including two Academy
Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award as
well as nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Grammy
Award.

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, known as the Wrigley Company,
is a multinational candy and chewing gum company, based in
the Global Innovation Center  in Goose Island, Chicago, Illinois.