Ronald Gabriel "Ron" Palillo (April 2, 1949 – August 14, 2012)

(Fox News) – Ron Palillo, who played Horshack on the hit 1970s ABC-TV
sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," died Tuesday morning at his home from
an apparent heart attack, his rep confirms to FoxNews.com. 

Peter Seamus Lorcan O’Toole is a retired Irish actor of stage and screen 
who achieved stardom in 1962 playing T. E. Lawrence in Lawrence of 
Arabia, and then went on to become a highly acclaimed film and stage 
actor. O’toole has been nominated for eight Academy Awards, and holds
the record for most competitive Academy Award acting nominations without 
a win. He has won four Golden Globes, a BAFTA, and an Emmy and was 
the recipient of an Honorary Academy Award in in 2003 for his work. 

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The career of Eva Marie Saint spans seven decades, starring in films,
on Broadway, and television. She won an Academy Award for Best 
Supporting Actress for her performance in the film On the Waterfront 
(1954), and later starred in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller North by
Northwest (1959). Saint received Golden Globe and BAFTA award
nominations for the drama film A Hatful of Rain (1957) and won an
Emmy Award for the television miniseries People Like Us (1990). Her
film career also includes roles in Exodus (1960), and Superman
Returns (2006).

 
Marlon Brando & Eva Marie Saint, “On the Waterfront”

 
Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint in "North by Northwest"

George Michael Cohan (July 3, 1878 – November 5, 1942)

George M. Cohan was a playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer,
dancer and producer. He began his career as a child, performing with
his parents and sister in a vaudeville act known as "The Four Cohans.

He is considered the father of American musical comedy. His life and
music were depicted in the Academy Award–winning film Yankee Doodle
Dandy (1942) and the 1968 musical George M!. A statue of Cohan in
Times Square in New York City commemorates his contributions to
American musical theatre.

 
   
    Lena Mary Calhoun Horne (June 30, 1917 – May 9, 2010)

The singer, actress, civil rights activist and dancer was born in
Brooklyn, New York. She joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at
the age of sixteen and became a nightclub performer before moving
to Hollywood, where she had small parts in numerous movies, and
more substantial parts in the films Cabin in the Sky (1940) and
Stormy Weather (1943).