
James Franklin "Jimmy" O’Neill (January 8, 1940 – January 11, 2013)
The musical variety series Shindig! aired on ABC from September 16, 1964
to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O’Neill, a disc jockey in
Los Angeles at the time who also created the show along with his wife Sharon
Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz. Many popular performers of the
day appeared on the show.

Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman) (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016)
(FOXNEWS) – Gene Wilder, star of "Willy Wonka" and several classic Mel Brooks comedies, is dead. Wilder’s nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman said the comedy
legend died late Sunday in Stamford, Conn. from complications from Alzheimer’s disease, a condition the actor kept private for three years so as not to disappoint
fans. His nephew said, "He simply couldn’t bear the idea of one less smile in the
world,"