James William Ercolani (June 8, 1936 – September 2, 2024),
known by his stage name James Darren. He died in his sleep
at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 88.

1961

  
CAMILLE BOHANNON

Sir George Ivan Morrison is a singer-songwriter and musician
from Northern Ireland whose recording career spans seven
decades. He’s 79 years old today.

ED DANAHUE

August 27 is known in some circles as Oil and Gas Industry
Appreciation Day. This date, in 1859, is also when Edwin
Drake drilled the first successful oil well in the world.

(Col) Edwin L. Drake (
March 29, 1819 – November 9, 1880)
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SANDY KOZEL

John Joseph "Jack" Geoghan (left ) (June 4, 1935 – August 23, 2003)
was an American serial child rapist and Catholic priest assigned to parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. He was reassigned to several parish posts involving interaction with
children, even after receiving treatment for pedophilia.

Geoghan was convicted of sexual abuse, laicized, and sentenced in
2002 to nine to ten years in Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center,
a maximum security prison.

Less than a year later, he was murdered there by Joseph Druce 
(above right) an inmate serving a life sentence. 

Phillip John Donahue (December 21, 1935 – August 18, 2024)

WASHINGTON (TND) — The host and creator of the"The Phil
Donahue Show" died Sunday after a lengthy illness.

According to a family statement, the television pioneer died 
at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.