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Edmund Hillary (left) and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became first men
to  reach the top of Mount Everest on this day in 1953.

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy
(May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)

Commonly referred to by his initials JFK, John F. Kennedy 
was a politician who served as the 35th President of the
United States from January 1961 until his assassination 
in November 1963.

John F. Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy the morning of November 22,
1963.

On this day in 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the
Stamp Act before Virginia‘s House of Burgesses.

Today, churchgoers still attend services at St. John’s
Episcopal Church in Richmond, Va., where Patrick
Henry made his “Give me Liberty, or give me Death” 
speech.  

Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope  (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003)

Legendary vaudeville comedian, radio personality, and actor Bob
Hope entertained military personnel in 57 USO tours between 1942
and 1988. He performed hundreds of acts with his special humor
per year during the height of his career, hosted The Academy
Awards fourteen times, and appeared in over 70 films and shorts.

At a young age, he began performing for voluntary donations on the
Luna Park streetcar by singing and making jokes. In 1915 Bob Hope
won an amateur talent contest for his Charlie Chaplin impersonation.    

In 1997, the U.S. Congress declared Bob Hope the "first and only
honorary veteran of the U.S. armed forces."

Comedian Bob Hope and his wife, Dolores are shown in their Palm
Springs, Calif., home in May 1998.

Lorenzo “Larry” Caramella
(August 10, 1925 – January 16, 2018)

Returning from the war in 1946, Larry began his decades
long career in broadcasting as a DJ, booth announcer,
talk show host, newscaster and broadcast engineer. He
was with KPOJ, KXL, KGW, KPTV, and KATU along with
other stations.

NOTE: A committal service will be held Friday, May 11 at 1
P.M. at Willamette National Cemetary, 11800 SE Mt. Scott
Blvd in Portland, Oregon. A reception is scheduled for 1:45
P.M. at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery, 11801 SE Mt Scott
Blvd. Portland.

Announcer booth at KGW-TV, CH 8.

Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem  (April 27, 1932 – June 15, 2014) Born in
Detroit, Michigan.

Casey Kasem was the famed disc jockey of American Top 40, a national radio
show from 1970 until his retirement in 2009. He also provided the voice of
“Shaggy” (below) in the animated Saturday morning TV series Scooby-Doo.

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Guglielmo Marconi, (1st Marquis of Marconi) (April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937) 

Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his
pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his
development of Marconi’s law and a radio telegraph system. He is
credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel
Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of
their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

It was on this day in 1507.

On this day in 1945, U.S. and Soviet forces met at Torgau, Germany 
near the Elbe River.

The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope was placed into Earth’s orbit on
this day in 1990. It was released by the space shuttle Discovery
(below).

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)

The Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, won thirteen Grammy Awards and
became a legend for singing "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"
and "I’m Making Believe." Her rendition of "Summertime" with Louis
Armstrong is considered one of the best collaborations in music
history.

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in the recording studio.

Arthur William Bell 111 was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina.        
        
 

Art Died at his home in Pahrump, Nevada this morning. The
exact cause of death is not know at this time but, an autopsy
has been scheduled. He had suffered from health problems in
the previous years. Bell posted on his website in July 2016
that he had been hospitalized for pneumonia and revealed
at the time that he was suffering with chronic obstructive 
pulmonary disease. 


 

Art Bell behind the mic at KSBK in Okinawa.

Art Bell was a paranormal talk radio host of ”Coast to Coast”
(1988 – 2007) which originated from his home studio (above) 
in Pahrump, Nevada.

Art Bell in 1972 as a DJ with KUDE AM 1320 in Nephi,
Utah.