Roger Joseph Ebert (June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013)

(AP) – Roger Ebert, the most famous and popular film reviewer of his time
who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and,
on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation’s most influential thumb,
died Thursday at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, his office said. Only
a day earlier, he announced on his blog that he was undergoing radiation
treatment after a recurrence of cancer. Ebert had been a film critic for the
Chicago Sun-Times since 1967.

Thomas Lawson McCall (March 22, 1913 – January 8, 1983)

Tom McCall was the Republican governor of Oregon for two terms from
1967 to 1975. Prior to his political career, McCall worked in the city room
of The Oregonian from behind a typewriter and was also a well respected
radio and television journalist.

Tom McCall and family hit the campaign trail in 1964

Historic speech given by Oregon Governer, Tom McCall, on
August 25th, 1970.

The plane landed at Carswell Air Force Base at 10:31 AM, two minutes before the estimated time of arrival calculated at take-off.
at take-off.

The fuselage of Lucky Lady ll is currently on display at the Planes of Fame
Museum in Chino, California.

 
First Strip

Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a long-
run comic strip created by Harold Foster in 1937. The strip currently appears
weekly in more than 300 newspapers, according to its to its distributor, King Features Syndicate.

Harold Rudolf Foster

 
   Pauline Esther Phillips (July 4, 1918 – January 16, 2013)

Phillips, also known as Abigail Van Buren, was a newspaper
advice columnist and radio show host who began the "Dear
Abby" column in 1956. She died Wednesday ending a long
battle with Alzheimer’s disease.