ROSS SIMPSON

Roy Rogers (born Leonard Franklin Slye)
(November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998)

Rogers was a co-founder of the Sons of the
Pioneers who went on to became one of the
most popular Western stars of his era. Known
as the "King of the Cowboys", he appeared in
over 100 films and numerous radio and television
episodes of The Roy Rogers Show.

Roy Rogers on his palomino horse Trigger.

Heck Harper (Hector Vincent Flateau)
(Sept. 20, 1919 – Nov. 2, 1998)

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Singer/Dancer Paula Julie Abdul IS 60 years
young today.

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In 1904, more than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard
the steamboat General Slocum in New York’s East River. In
1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act making
the National Guard part of the U.S. Army in the event of war
or national emergency.

The excursion boat General Slocum lies beached off Hell
Gate in New York City’s East River, following a fire and
resulting panic. The disaster cost the lives of 1,030
mostly German immigrants, June 15, 1904. (AP)

Jim Seals was a one-half member of the American soft rock band
Seals and Crofts who are world-famous for their hits like summer
Breeze and Diamond girl. Jim Seals, half of the 1970s band Seals
and Crofts, died at the age of 80. Seals, half of the ‘Summer
Breeze’ duo Seals & Crofts (below).