Former NBA champion player and coach Chris Ford, who
rose to prominence during his time with the Boston Celtics,
has died Tuesday. He made the first 3-pointer in NBA history
on Oct. 12, 1979.

Luigia "Gina" Lollobrigida (4 July 1927 – 16 January 20230)

ROME (AP) — Italian actor Gina Lollobrigida, who achieved
international film stardom during the 1950s and was dubbed
“the most beautiful woman in the world” after the title of one
her movies, died at a clinic in Rome on Monday. She was 95.

The agent, Paola Comin, didn’t provide details. But Lollobrigida
had surgery in September to repair a thigh bone broken in a fall.

She returned home and said she had quickly resumed walking.

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1957

Robert Edward Knievel II (May 7, 1962 – January 13, 2023)

(AP) – Famous American daredevil Robbie Knievel, who followed
in the footsteps of his father “Evel” Knievel, died Friday morning
after battling pancreatic cancer while in hospice care in Reno.

Robbie Knievel completed over 340 jumps, setting 20 world
records.

Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel
(October 17, 1938 – November 30, 2007)

Former Associated Press photographer Jack Smith, left, is
seen with fellow photographer Steven Nehl, then of the Oregonian newspaper.

SEATTLE (AP) — Jack Smith, an Associated Press photographer
who captured unforgettable shots of the eruption of Mount St.
Helens, the Exxon-Valdez oil spill, boxer Mike Tyson biting off
part of Evander Holyfield’s ear, and weeping figure skater Tonya
Harding at the Olympics during a 35-year career with the news organization, has died.

Smith passed away on Jan. 4 at his home in La Mesa, California.

The eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.

USA’s Tonya Harding, of Portland, Ore., shows her skate
to the judges after interrupting her free skating program
at the Winter Olympics in Hamar, Norway on Feb. 25, 1994.

Another of Jack Smith’s famous sports shots came in 1997, when boxer Mike Tyson bit off part of Evander Holyfield’s
ear during a fight in Las Vegas.

The Exxon-Valdez oil spill in 1989.

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All in the Family  television sitcom aired on CBS for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979.