Robert Guillaume (Robert Peter Williams)
(November 30, 1927 – October 24, 2017)

(AP) – Robert Guillaume, known for his Emmy, Tony and Grammy-
winning work, as well as TV sitcoms "Soap" and "Benson," has died.  

According to his widow, Donna Brown Guillaume, the St. Louis-born
performer died at home Tuesday in Los Angeles. He had been battling
prostate cancer.

Among Guillaume’s achievements was playing Nathan Detroit in the
first all-black version of "Guys and Dolls," earning a Tony nomination
in 1977. He became the first African-American to sing the title role of
"Phantom of the Opera," appearing with an all-white cast in Los
Angeles.

Fans may also know him as the voice of Rafiki in Disney’s "The Lion
King," for which he won a Grammy award for spoken-word recording
in 1995.

TIM MAGUIRE

Hermann Goering, a Nazi war criminal and founder of the Gestapo, poisoned himself just hours before his scheduled execution on this day in 1946.

On this day in 1917, Mata Hari, the archetype of the seductive female spy,
is executed for espionage by a French firing squad at Vincennes outside
of Paris.

The CBS-TV sitcom "I Love Lucy" premiered on this day in
1951. It starred Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and
William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran
from October 15, 1951 to May 6, 1957.

 

ED DONAHUE

The Battle of Saratoga was won by American soldiers during the Revolutionary War on this day in 1777.

A picture from the Police Gazette, showing a dying
President Garfield being comforted by his wife
Lucretia on this day in 1881.

On this day in 1934.

Bruno Richard Hauptmann (1899-1936) arrested as
a suspect in the Lindbergh kidnapping.

Charles Lindbergh Jr.

On this day in 1995.          

Theodore John Kaczynski turned 75 in May.

The CBS sitcom debuted on this day in 1970 and ran
till March 19, 1977.  It is one of the most acclaimed TV
programs in US television history. It received high
praise from critics during its run, including Emmy
Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series three years
in a row (1975–77), and continued to be honored long
after the final episode aired. In 2013, the Writers Guild
of America ranked The Mary Tyler Moore Show No. 6
in its list of the 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time

Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017)

Erin Marie Moran (October 18, 1960 – April 22, 2017)

Actress Erin Moran, best-known for her role as Joanie Cunningham on the hit
ABC-TV sitcom “Happy Days” has died. Harrison County, Indiana, authorities
were alerted to an unresponsive female Saturday, later identified as Moran.

Original air dates on ABC: January 15, 1974 – September 24, 1984.

Mary Tyler Moore (December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017)

(FoxNews) – Sitcom sweetheart Mary Tyler Moore, who gained fame
playing winsome television producer Mary Richards on the popular
1970s television series "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and broke
new ground as an independent career-woman in a leading role,
died today.

Although her name was most frequently associated with television
sitcoms, Moore also acted in theater and films, winning a Best Actress
Academy Award nomination for her role as an icy mother in 1980’s
"Ordinary People."

Off camera, she was known as a longtime animal rights champion and
a spokesperson for diabetes issues after being diagnosed with Type 1
diabetes, a life-threatening illness, when she was 33.