Charles Keating (October 22, 1941 – August 9, 2014) 

The classically trained Shakespearean actor Charles Keating, who won a
Daytime Emmy in 1996 for the NBC soap opera Another World, died of
cancer Saturday. On the big screen Keating appeared in 1992’s The
Bodyguard  and 1990’s Awakenings.

Charles Keating with his Daytime Emmy award

              Marilyn Burns (born 1949/1950 – died August 5, 2014)

Burns was best known for her roles in Tobe Hooper‘s cult horror films The Texas
Chain Saw Massacre (1974), and Eaten Alive (1977). She also portrayed Linda 
Kasabian in the three-time Emmy-nominated CBS miniseries Helter Skelter (1976).

Burns was found dead Tuesday by family members at her Houston, Texas home,
cause of death was not given. An autopsy will be performed. 

From left, Press Secretary James Brady, President Ronald Reagan and the
Deputy Press secretary Karna Small-Bodman

James Scott "Jim" Brady (August 29, 1940 – August 4, 2014)

James Brady, the former White House press secretary who survived
being shot in the head during the 1981 assassination attempt on
President Ronald Reagan, died today.    

Brady was seriously injured by the assassination attempt and had
been confined to a wheelchair after the incident.

President Reagan waves to the crowd outside the Washington Hilton
moments before being shot on March 30, 1981. James Brady is seen
third from the left behind Reagan. 

Artist Bob Kane (born Robert Kahn; October 24, 1915 – November 3, 1998)

NEW YORK (AP) – Batman creator Bob Kane’s own copies of the Caped
Crusader’s earliest appearances are going up for auction. The comics
come from the collection of Hollywood screenwriter Bob Underwood.

ComicConnect is selling Kane’s file copies of Detective Comics Nos. 27
through 45 and Batman Nos. 1 through 3. The auction house declined to
put an estimate on their value, saying such items rarely come up for sale.

The sale also has a nearly mint copy of the first Incredible Hulk comic book,
a 1962 issue that is one of four copies known to exist. It could bring as much
as $300,000.

There is also a 1942 Archie comic book. Archie No. 1 marked the first time
the red-headed character appeared in his own magazine. Its pre-sale price 
estimate is $150,000.

The five-session auction begins Monday Aug 3 and runs through Aug. 29.

NEW YORK (AP) – Researchers say a ship unearthed at the site of New York’s
World Trade Center predates American independence.

Columbia University scientists say they’ve determined wood used in the ship’s
frame came from a Philadelphia-area forest in 1773 – three years before the
signing of the Declaration of Independence and start of the Revolutionary War.

Researchers say they’ve tentatively identified the ship as a Philadelphia-built
sloop, a ship designed by the Dutch to carry passengers and cargo over
shallow, rocky water.