Lena Horne was a singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer. Horne began
her career at the age of sixteen when she joined the chorus of the Cotton Club
nightclub before moving to Hollywood, where she obtained small parts in numerous movies, and more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky and Story Weather,
both 1943 musicals. Lena Horne found herself blacklisted and unable to get work in Hollywood during the “Red Scare” day’s because of her political views. She then 
returned to her roots as a performer in nightclubs and on television, while
releasing well-received record albums.

Born Louis Burton Lindley, Jr. better known by his stage name Slim Pickens,
was a rodeo performer and a film and television actor. He is best remembered
for his comic roles, notable in Dr. Strangelove (1964), Steven Spielberg’s 1941
(1979), and the 1974 Mel Brook’s film Blazing Saddles. In 1982, Pickens was
inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame in Oklahoma. He was also
inducted into the Pro Rodeo Cowboy Hall of Fame in Colorado Springs. Co
for his work as a Rodeo Clown.

Slim Pickens riding the bomb in Dr. Strangelove

In May 1955,  Marilyn Monroe started dating playwright Arthur Miller (above). The
relationship between Monroe and Miller began to develop, and although the couple
were able to maintain their privacy for almost a year, the press began to write about
them as a couple, often referred to as "The Egghead and The Hourglass".They were
soon married on June 29, 1956. After a stormy marriage, Marilyn divorced Miller,
citing “incompatibility of character”.  The divorce was finalized in January 1961.

After a June 28, 1967 evening supper club engagement in Biloxi, Mississippi, 
actress Jane Mansfield, accompanied by Sam Brody, her divorce lawyer and 
companion at the time, and their driver, Ronnie Harrison, along with the stars
three children Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska, set out in Stevens’ 1966 Buick 
Electra for New Orleans, where Mansfield was to appear in an early morning
TV interview.

Before leaving Biloxi, the party made a stop at the home of a family that lived
nearby. After a late dinner with these friends, during which the last photos of 
Mansfield were taken, the party set out for New Orleans. On the morning of
June 29 at approximately 2:25 a.m., on U.S. Highway 90, their the car crashed
into the rear of a tractor-trailer rig that had slowed because of a truck spraying
mosquito fogger. The automobile struck the rear of the trailer and went under
it. Riding in the front seat, all of the adults were killed instantly. The children
who were seated in the rear survived with minor injuries.

Jane Mansfield and Sam Brody

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Elaine Stewart, a leading lady in a series of films
in the 1950s, including "Brigadoon," and star of the 1970s game shows
"Gambit" and "High Rollers," has died. She was 81.

Her agent Fred Wostbrock told the Los Angeles Times that Stewart died
Monday at her home in Beverly Hills after a long illness.