1960s
Benjamin David Goodman
(May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986)
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton married each other
for the first time on March 15, 1964, in Montreal, Canada.
Adrian Joseph Cronauer was an American radio personality
and United States Air Force Sergeant, whose experiences as
an innovative disc jockey on American Forces Network during
the Vietnam War inspired the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam
starring Robin Williams as Cronauer (below).
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On March 11, 1903, musician and band leader Lawrence Welk
was born.
For the generation that grew up on the big bands of the 1930s
and ’40s, The Lawrence Welk Show was a blessed island of
calm in a world gone mad for rock and roll, and it aired like
clockwork every Saturday night from 1955 to 1982.
When ABC dropped The Lawrence Welk Show in 1971, Welk independently arranged a syndication deal that kept him on
the air for another 11 years and made him one of the richest
entertainers in America.
Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025)
NEW YORK (AP) — Roy Ayers, a legendary jazz vibraphonist, keyboardist, composer and vocalist known for his spacy, funky
1976 hit “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” that has been sampled
by such R&B and rap heavyweights as Mary J. Blige, N.W.A.,
Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Mos Def and Ice Cube, has died.
The Ayers family said in a Facebook post that he died Tuesday
in a New York City hospital after suffering from a long illness.