(FOX NEWS)

Comedian Tom Smothers has died at the age of 86.

The National Comedy Center, on behalf of his family,
said in a statement Wednesday that Smothers died
Tuesday at home in Santa Rosa, California.   

In 2023, Smothers announced he had been diagnosed
with stage two lung cancer.

Tommy with brother Dick…The Smothers Brothers.

Truman defies the Chicago Tribune and wins in 1948.

On December 26, 1972, former President Harry S. Truman        
was admitted to Kansas City’s Research Hospital and
Medical Center with pneumonia. He developed multiple
organ failure, fell into a coma, and died.
 

Then-President Richard Nixon called Truman a man of
“forthrightness and integrity” who had a deep respect
for the office he held and for the people he served, and
who “supported and wisely counseled each of his
successors.”

   
  
Official portrait of President Truman by Greta Kempton(1945)

(FOX NEWS) – Founding Dixie Chicks member Laura Lynch was
killed in a head-on collision in Texas. She was 65.

A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety told
Fox News Digital Laura Lynch was killed about 7 miles west of
Cornudas on Friday morning while driving her car, stating a car
hit her head-on while attempting to pass another vehicle on a
two-way highway.

Jim Ladd, the legendary disc jockey who was a staple of
FM rock radio and inspired songs by some of the format’s
top stars, died Saturday after suffering a heart attack.

Fellow DJ Meg Griffin announced Ladd’s death at the start
of his SiriusXM “Deep Tracks” show on Monday. 

The satellite radio service confirmed his death with a post
on X, formerly Twitter.
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