1973
   
       Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993)

Lillian Gish was a stage, screen and television actress whose film acting
career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987. The American Film Institute
(AFI) named Gish 17th among the greatest female stars of all time. She was
awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1971, and received an AFI Life
Achievement Award in 1984.

This 1911 silent film was the first movie to be made starring the 
actresses Lillian Gish and her sister Dorothy Gish. The one-
reel film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey where the first
studios of Americas motion picture industry were based at
the beginning of the 20th century. 

Sir Roger George Moore is the longest-serving James Bond actor, with twelve 
years in the role beginning in Live and Let Die (1973), followed by The Man
with the Golden Gun ((1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker
(1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983), and prior to his
retirement from the role in 1985 with A View to Kill. In 2004, Moore was voted
‘Best Bond’ in an Academy Awards poll and won with 62% of the votes in late
2008.

      Gary Ennis Collins (April 30, 1938–October 13, 2012)

BILOXI, Mississippi (AP) – Former master of ceremonies for the Miss
America Pageant, Gary Collins has died. 

Collins, a resident of Biloxi, Mississippi, died of natural causes just before
1 a.m. Saturday after he was brought to Biloxi Regional Medical Center,
according to Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove.

During the 1980s, Collins hosted the Miss America pageant and TV’s
"Hour Magazine."

As an actor he appeared in numerous movies and TV shows dating back
to the 1960s. He was a cast member of the series "The Wackiest Ship in
the Army" in the 1960s, and the star of the series "The Sixth Sense" in
the 1970s.

 
Elvis Presley with wife Priscilla

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – The former Beverly Hills home of the late Elvis Presley and
his wife Priscilla is up for sale for a cool $12.9 million. Real estate website operator
Trulia says the home hit the market on Wednesday the 10th. 

Like Elvis’ home in Memphis, known as Graceland, Elvis fans have for years flocked
to visit the property. According to the listing, the four bedroom, five bathroom French Regency estate sits on a 1.18 acre promontory overlooking Los Angeles.

According to Elvis Presley Enterprises, Presley first rented the house before the
couple bought it in 1967. It was sold in 1973, the same year Elvis and Priscilla
divorced. The estate was formerly available to lease for $25,000 a month.

Sammi Kraft in “The Bad News Bears”

Sammi Kane Kraft (April 2, 1992 – October 9, 2012)

(FoxNews) – The actress who portrayed a pitcher in the 2005 remake
of “The Bad News Bears” reportedly died from injuries suffered in an
apparent drunk-driving related crash in California.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Sammi Kane Kraft, 20, was a
passenger in a vehicle that rear-ended a tractor-trailer about 1:30 a.m.
Wednesday near the Crenshaw Boulevard exit of the Santa Monica
Freeway, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. The disabled
Audi Kraft was riding in was then struck by a Toyota Scion.

The driver, identified as Molly Adams, 21, of Santa Monica, was treated
for serious injuries at California Medical Center. The truck driver was
treated for minor injuries. Kraft was pronounced dead at Cedars Sinai
Medical Center from unspecified injuries, the CHP and a relative told
the newspaper.

Adams was booked on suspicion of felony driving under the influence,
officials with the California Highway Patrol said.

Kraft portrayed pitcher Amanda Whurlitzer in "The Bad News Bears,"
reprising the role made famous by Oscar-winner Tatum O’Neal.