Sandy Kozel
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (August 13, 1899 – April 29, 1980)
When Hitchcock was about five years old, his father sent him to the local
police station to be locked up for five minutes for behaving poorly, hence
his lifelong fear of the police.
Francis Newton "Frank" Gifford (August 16, 1930 – August 9, 2015)
(AP) – Frank Gifford, a Hall of Fame football player for the New York Giants
and a legendary broadcaster, died Sunday morning at his Connecticut home
of natural causes. He was just seven days shy of his 85th birthday.
Gifford is survived, among others, by his wife, television personality Kathy
Lee Gifford.
Camille Bohannon
Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick "Tony" Benedetto) is 89 today.
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper (Roderick "Roddy" George Toombs)
(April 17, 1954 – July 30, 2015)
Canadian born Piper suffered a heart attack shortly before his death at
his home in California. He rose to fame in the 1980s as one of the biggest
stars of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) organization.
He took part in WrestleMania I back in 1985 and faced off against Hulk
Hogan and Mr. T, and after racking up 34 championships, he was inducted
into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2005.
In late 1978-early 1979, local wrestler Buddy Rose talked Piper into leaving
the California for even more fame in Don Owen’s Pacific Northwest Territory
where he teamed with Killer Tim Brooks, Rick Martel, and Mike Popovich to
win the NWA Pacific Northwest Tag Team Championship. Piper also won the
NWA Pacific Northwest Heavyweight Championship with victories over both
Lord Jonathan Boyd and "Playboy" Buddy Rose.
Piper also moved into acting, landing starring roles in John Carpenter film
"They Live" in 1988 and in "Hell Comes to Frogtown."
