MIKE GRACIA

Henry Fonda  Lt. jg U.S. Navy 1943-45 WW II.

Fonda in 1981 with his Best Actor Oscar for "On Golden Pond”.

Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982)

Alfonso Gonzales

LOS ANGELES (AP) –  It took more than 60 years but a University of Southern
California student has finally received his diploma.

Ninety-six-year-old Alfonso Gonzales received a bachelor of science degree in
zoology on Friday, making him the oldest graduate in USC history.

The World War II veteran thought he’d already graduated when he skipped commencement exercises in 1953 because of work obligations. He was
founding a soil company that he ran for 55 years.

But when relatives recently approached the university about getting a copy of
his diploma, they learned he was one unit short.

Although the school no longer offers a zoology major, it crafted an independent
study course through the gerontology school that included reading, video
assignments, visiting other classes, and writing a thesis about his life.

USC officials call Gonzales a "wonderful inspiration."

Gonzales while serving with the U.S. Navy in 1945.

Dressed in a cap and gown, Alfonzo Gonzales receives his diploma.

Camille Bohannon

George Carlin in the Air Force

George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008)

Burt Freeman Bacharach is 88 years old today.

Donald Jay "Don" Rickles was born in the New York City of Queens.

Don Rickles was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts specials. He also voiced the role of Mr.
Potato Head in the three Toy Story films. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy after his
high school graduation during World War II. He later studied at the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts but quit because of a lack of acting jobs. He then 
began performing stand up comedy in hotels in the Catskill Mountains in New
York. He soon met Frank Sinatra and, as is often said, the rest is history.

Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story (1995).

Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana)
(May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961)

Gary Cooper received five Academy Award nominations for Best
Actor and won the award for his roles in High Noon (1952) and
Sergeant York (1941). He also played roles in Mr. Deeds Goes
to Town (1936) and The Pride of the Yankees 1942). Before
fame, he managed a ranch and worked for a newspaper as a
cartoonist in Montana.