SANDY KOZEL
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe defeated the heavily favored Jimmy Connors to became the first African-American male ever to win Wimbledon, the most coveted championship in tennis.
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr.
(July 10, 1943 – February 6, 1993)
CAMILLE BOHANNON
Eva Marie Saint and Brando in On the Waterfront (1954).
Brando received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academy Awards, two Golden
Globe Awards, one Cannes Film Festival Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. Brando is credited with being one of the
first actors to bring the Stanislavski system of acting and method
acting to mainstream audiences.
Brando died of respiratory failure from pulmonary fibrosis with congestive heart failure at the UCLA Medical Center. The cause
of death was initially withheld, with his lawyer citing privacy
concerns. He also suffered from diabetes and liver cancer.
Martin Mull, the comic musician and actor who started with 1970s
TV series “Fernwood 2 Night” and went on to appear as Colonel
Mustard in “Clue” and on “Arrested Development” and “Roseanne,”
died Thursday.
Mull passed at his Los Angeles home "after a valiant fight against
a long illness."
Wilbert (Bill) Francisco Cobbs (June 16, 1934 – June 25, 2024)
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Cobbs is known for such film roles as
Louisiana Slim in The Hitter (1979), Walter in The Brother from
Another Planet (1984), Reginald in Night at the Museum (2006)
and Master Tinker on Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).
He made his feature film debut in The Taking of Pelham One
Two Three in 1974. His role…(man on platform).
Bill Cobbs served in the U.S. Air Force as a radar technician for
eight years.
TIM MAGUIRE
