ROSS SIMPSON
   

Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were married on this day in
1954. The marriage only lasted nine months.

Ed Byrnes (July 30, 1932 – January 8, 2020)

Byrnes was a popular actor, best known for his starring role in the ABC 
television series 77 Sunset Strip (1958 – 1964). He also was featured in
the 1978 film Grease as television teen-dance show host Vince Fontaine,
and was a charting recording artist with "Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me your 
Comb)" (with Connie Stevens). Byrnes died at his Santa Monica home 
of natural causes.

Buck Henry (Henry Zuckerman) (December 9, 1930 – January 8, 2020)

(FoxNews) – Buck Henry, the Hollywood screenwriter known for “The Graduate”
(1967), “What’s Up, Doc?” (1972) and co-creator of the NBC/CBS – TV comedy
series “Get Smart”(1965-1970) died Wednesday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack.

Buck Henry hosting Saturday Night Live on January 17, 1976.

Young Elvis poses for a 1937 family portrait with his parents Vernon
Presley and Gladys Presley in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
("THE FINAL SHOW" 26th June 1977 – INDIANAPOLIS)

Known as "The King of Rock n’ Roll," he rose to prominence in
the late 1950s, becoming a legendary presence in cultural history
and the best-selling solo artist in the history of pop. He released
such #1 singles as "Hound Dog," "Jailhouse Rock," and "Stuck
on You." 

(FoxNews) – Sean Kiernan may get as much as $4 million for a piece of 
Hollywood history that his father, Bob, acquired for just $3,500 and
refused to sell to Steve McQueen, the actor who drove it in the 1968
action film "Bullitt."

When the classic-car insurer Hagerty sent car expert Kevin Marti to
authenticate the vehicle, he couldn’t believe his eyes, according to a 
New York Times report: “Ninety-eight percent of the original car is
there,” Marti told Hagerty. “It’s an incredible artifact.”

Since ‘Bullitt’s’ release, the 1968 Highland Green Mustang has become
one of the best-known vehicles shown on the big screen. McQueen
himself even tracked down Bob Kiernan in 1977 and wrote him a letter
asking to buy the muscle car back, according to the Times.

“I would like very much to keep it in the family, in its original condition
as it was used in the film, rather than have it restored, which is simply
personal with me," McQueen wrote in the missive detailed by the Times
which reported that Bob Kiernan never wrote McQueen back.

Sean Kiernan of Nashville stands next to the Ford Mustang GT 390
driven by Steve McQueen in the cult classic film "Bullitt."

Steve McQueen, starring in the title role of "Bullitt," steps out of his
car after a pursuit through the hilly streets of San Francisco.