Norman Milton Lear (July 27, 1922 – December 5, 2023)

Norman Lear was a screenwriter and producer who wrote,
created or developed over 100 shows. Lear created and
produced numerous popular 1970s sitcoms, including
All in the Family (1971–1979).

Lear (right) speaks with Jean Stapleton and Carroll
O’Connor on the set of "All in the Family" (1970).

(FOX NEWS) – Denny Laine, co-founder of Wings with Paul
McCartney, died Tuesday after battling lung disease. He was
79.

The "Band on the Run" singer formed two of the biggest rock
bands of all time, both with The Moody Blues and McCartney’s
Wings.

Denny Laine with Linda and Paul McCartney…Wings.

(FOX NEWS) – Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O’Connor,
the first woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. 

The high court said O’Connor died Friday morning in Phoenix
of complications related to advanced dementia, probably
Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.

O’Connor is sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger as
her husband John O’Connor looks on.

A fire at Our Lady of Angels grade school in Chicago killed
87 children and three nuns on December 1, 1958; five more
children later died as a result of their injuries.

The Our Lady of Angels School was operated by the Sisters
of Charity in Chicago.

Henry Alfred Kissinger  (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023)

Henry Kissinger, the influential former U.S. Secretary of State
who earned a reputation as a sagacious diplomat but drew
international condemnation and accusations of war crimes
for his key role in widening the American presence in Vietnam
and the U.S. bombing of Cambodia, died Wednesday.

He served as Secretary of State and national security adviser
under two Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Gerald
Ford, and advised powerful leaders in both American political
parties for decades.

Henry Kissinger President Richard Nixon.

Kissinger and President Gerald Ford.