George Burns and Gracie Allen

Burns and Allen debuted as regulars on The Guy Lombardo Show on CBS
radio. When Lombardo switched to NBC, they took over his CBS spot with 
The Adventures of Gracie beginning September 19, 1934. Two years later
it evolved into the “Burns & Allen Show”. George and Gracie continued on
radio for 14 more years before making the switch to television.

Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar

(September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014)

Will Rogers (far right), Art Gillham, Wendell Hall, Carson Robison, Eveready Quartet, Graham McNamee and the Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra.

"The Eveready Hour" became radio’s first commercially sponsored network variety
program. The National Carbon Company was the first sponsor of the show which 
originated from WEAF Radio in New York.

The AR-812, manufactured in 1924, was the first commercial superhet.

Pictured on the air from left are: Jackson Beck (announcer), Joan
Alexander (Lois Lane) and Bud Collyer (Superman).

The Adventures of Superman was a long-running radio serial that originally
aired on the Mutual network from 1940 to 1949. The series, adapted from
the DC Comics character, shifted to ABC-Radio on October 29, 1949 and
continued until March 1, 1951. The 15-minute programs were sponsored
by Kellogg’s Pep.

     
     Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014)

Temple, the most famous child star of her time, died of natural causes on 
February 10 at her home in Woodside, California, surrounded by family
and caregivers.