NEW YORK (AP) — Marcus Eliason, an international journalist
whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and skillful editing
graced Associated Press news wires for almost a half-century,
has died. He was 75.
He had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, developed
pneumonia earlier this week at a nursing home, and died on
Friday in a New York hospital.
From the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida,
the U.S. unmanned spacecraft Explorer 6 was launched into
an orbit around the earth. The spacecraft, commonly known
as the “Paddlewheel” satellite, featured a photocell scanner
that transmitted a crude picture of the earth’s surface and
cloud cover from a distance of 17,000 miles. The photo,
received in Hawaii, took nearly 40 minutes to transmit.
Released by NASA in September, the first photograph ever
taken of the earth by a U.S. satellite (below) depicted a
crescent shape of part of the planet in sunlight. It was
Mexico, captured by Explorer 6 as it raced westward over
the earth at speeds in excess of 20,000 miles an hour.
First satellite image of the Earth from space, taken by
Explorer 6 in 1959.
Explorer 6 Satellite (Reconstructed Replica) at the National Space Museum.
Clu Gulager (William Martin Gulager)
(November 16, 1928 – August 5, 2022)
Gulager first became known for his work in television, appearing
in the co-starring role of William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) in the
1960–1962 NBC television series The Tall Man and as Emmett
Ryker in another NBC Western series, The Virginian.
His first major film role was in Don Siegel‘s The Killers (1964)
with Lee Marvin and Ronald Reagan in his only movie role as
a villain.
Gulager died Friday of natural causes at the Los Angeles home
of his son John and daughter-in-law Diane.
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Samuel Gooden (September 2, 1934 – August 4, 2022)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Sam Gooden, one of the original members
of the Chicago soul group The Impressions and a member of the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, has died.
His daughter, Gina Griffin, said Gooden died Thursday, a month shy
of his 88th birthday, in his hometown of Chattanooga, Tennessee, surrounded by his family.
The Impressions formed in the 1950s after Gooden and brothers
Richard and Arthur Brooks met Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler
in Chicago.
