David Bowie (David Robert Jones)
(January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016)  

(Fox News) – Before blasting off into space in 1969 with his first single at the
top of the UK charts, “Space Oddity," the late David Bowie, who was then
called by his birth name: David Jones, hitchhiked from band to band in
pursuit of stardom.

Now, his most primitive recording as a member of The Konrads is heading
to auction in September, and is expected to sell for at least $13,000. 

Former The Konrads drummer and manager David Hadfield found the tape
today, which includes Bowie’s lead vocals on the song, “I Never Dreamed",
in an old bread basket sitting in his garage.

According to Hadfield, There is no other recording featuring David as lead
in existence.”

Adrian Cronauer (September 8, 1938 – July 18, 2018)

NORFOLK, Va. — The man whose military radio antics inspired a character
played by Robin Williams in the film "Good Morning, Vietnam" has died.

During his service as a U.S. Air Force sergeant in Vietnam in 1965 and 1966, Cronauer opened his Armed Forces Radio show with "Goooooood morning,
Vietnam!"  Williams made the refrain famous in the 1987 film, loosely based
on Cronauer’s time in Saigon.

1987

Roger Perry (May 7, 1933 – July 12, 2018)

(Fox News/Variety) – Character actor Roger Perry died
Thursday at his home in Indian Wells. Calif., after a
battle with prostrate cancer.

Perry compiled dozens of feature, television, and stage
credits during a long career that began when he was
discovered by Lucille Ball, who put the young actor
under contract to Desilu Studios. He co-starred with
Pat O’Brien in the ABC series “Harrigan and Son,”
and co-starred with Chuck Connors and Ben Gazzara
in the 90-minute drama “Arrest & Trial.”

Perry was a guest star on the “Star Trek” TV series in
a memorable first-season episode in 1967, “Tomorrow
Is Yesterday,” playing Captain John Christopher (below).

From left: Roger Perry and William Shatner

Charles Krauthammer (March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018)

Charles Krauthammer, a longtime Fox News contributor, Pulitzer
Prize winner, Harvard-trained psychiatrist and best-selling author
who came to be known as the dean of conservative commentators,
died today.

In August 2017, Krauthammer had a cancerous tumor removed from
his abdomen. The surgery was thought to have been successful;
however, on June 8, 2018, Krauthammer announced that his cancer
had returned and that doctors had given him only weeks to live.
 

While in his first year studying at Harvard Medical School, Charles
Krauthammer became permanently paralyzed from the neck down
after a diving board accident that severed his spinal cord. After 
spending 14 months recovering in a hospital, he returned to the
medical school, graduating as a psychiatrist.

Lee Ermey when he was an actual Drill Instructor Circa 1966.

Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018)

(Fox News) – R. Lee Ermey, a former Marine Corps drill instructor known
to millions of moviegoers as the sadistic Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in
Stanley Kubrick’s "Full Metal Jacket” (1987) died Sunday morning.

In a statement posted on Twitter,his longtime manager Bill Rogin said
Ermey had died due to complications from pneumonia.