Eugene Andrew "Gene" Cernan (March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017)

(FoxNews) – Gene Cernan, an early NASA astronaut who was the last man to
set foot on the moon, died Monday, according to a NASA announced in a
tweet.

Cernan was the commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972 – the last lunar
mission and one of the final Apollo flights.

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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.)
(January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

At age 25, King became the pastor at Dexter Avenue
Baptist Church in Alabama. He received the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1964.

Green Bay Packers quarterback Bart Starr (above) was named the
Most Valuable Player of the first Super Bowl.

Robert Selden Duvall was born in The Plains, Virginia.

Actor and filmmaker Robert Duvall has been nominated for seven
Academy Awards, winning for his performance in Tender Mercies 
(1983), seven Golden Globes (winning four), and has multiple
nominations and one win each of the BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild
Award, and Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts
in 2005. Duvall has starred in some of the most acclaimed and
popular films and television series of all time, including The
Godfather (1972), The Godfather Part II (1974), Apocalypse
Now (1979), and Falling Down (1993).

Robert Duvall in Apocalypse Now.

2003

The song, “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” was written by Don Raye and Hughie
Prince, and was recorded at Decca‘s Hollywood studios, nearly a year before
the United States entered World War II. The flip side was "Bounce Me, Brother,
With a Solid Four". The Andrews Sisters introduced both songs in the Abbott
and Costello film, Buck Privates which was in production when they made the
record. "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" was nominated for an Academy Award for
Best Song and was ranked No. 6 on Songs of the Century.

William Christopher (October 20, 1932 – December 31, 2016)

(AP) – “M.A.S.H.” star William Christopher has died.

Christopher’s agent Robert Malcom said the actor died at 5:10 a.m. Saturday
at his home in Pasadena, California. He tells The Associated Press that
Christopher’s wife says her husband died peacefully.

Malcom said Christopher was diagnosed with cancer more than a year ago
and had been in hospice since the beginning of the week.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and his two sons.

Christopher is best known for the role of Father Francis Mulcahy on “M.A.S.H.,”
the 1970s TV show set during the Korean War.