Nancy Kerrigan                             Tonya Harding
  
 

Olympic hopeful Nancy Kerrigan was attacked at a Detroit
ice rink following a practice session two days before the
Olympic trials. A man hit Kerrigan with a club on the back
of her knee, causing the figure skater to cry out in pain and bewilderment.

When the full story emerged a week later, the nation became
caught up in a real-life soap opera.

One of Kerrigan’s chief rivals for a place on the U.S. Figure
Skating Team was Tonya Harding. 

In mid-December 1993, Harding’s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly,
approached Shawn Eckardt about somehow eliminating
Kerrigan from the competition. Eckardt set up a meeting
with Derrick Smith and Shane Stant, who agreed to injure
Kerrigan for a fee.          

David Soul (David Richard Solberg)
(August 28, 1943 – January 4, 2024)

Actor David Soul,  the blond half of the TV crime-fighting duo
"Starsky and Hutch"who went on to become a successful pop
singer, has died.

Soul was a 3 pack a day smoker for fifty years. Although he
stopped smoking ten years prior, he was seriously affected
by COPD. He had also had a lung removed due to cancer.

Soul died in a London hospital, surrounded by family on
Thursday.   

1975

Rolling Stone named Franklin the greatest singer ever. ‘Most
magnificent sound to emerge from America.’

Guitarist Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones had the honor
of inducting the “Queen of Soul” into the Rock Hall in 1987.

Aretha Louise Franklin (March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018)

The report also stated that Williams had been severely beaten
and kicked recently (during a fight in a Montgomery bar a few
days earlier).

Hiram "Hank" Williams was a singer-songwriter. He is regarded as
one of the most significant and influential American singers and songwriters of the 20th century. Williams recorded 55 singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & Western Best Sellers
chart, five of which were released posthumously, and 12 of which reached No.1.

Hank Williams was born Hiram King Williams in Mount Olive,
Alabama, to a family of strawberry farmers and log company
workers, according to the Country Music Hall of Fame. 
(From Wikipedia)