Actor John Beasley, who played a kindly school bus driver
on the TV drama "Everwood" and appeared in dozens of
films dating back to the 1980s, died Tuesday after a "brief
and unexpected illness" at a hospital in his hometown of
Omaha.  

Beasley was born on June 26, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska 
and started acting at the age of 44 after working with the 
railroad as a clerk. He was 79.

Philip Edward Hartman
(Hartmann; September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998)

On May 28, 1998, the comedian and actor Phil Hartman, famous
for his work on Saturday Night Live and NewsRadio,was shot to
death by his wife, Brynn, in a murder-suicide. He was 49.

George Raymond Stevenson  (25 May 1964 – 21 May 2023 )

(FOX NEWS) – Ray Stevenson, a veteran actor of movies like
“Punisher: War Zone,” “Thor,” “RRR” and major TV shows
like “Vikings” and a Star Wars spinoff, has died. 

A rep for Stevenson confirmed that he died on Sunday.

No other details have been shared at this time.

Johnny Carson, the king of late-night television, hosted his
final episode of "The Tonight Show" on this day in history,
May 22, 1992, after a 30-year run.

Carson conducted about 22,000 interviews during his tenure
and was seen by more people on more occasions than anyone
else in U.S. television history. 

The long-running "The Tonight Show" was the first, and for
decades the most-watched, network talk program on TV, 
according to the Television Academy Foundation.

A scene from "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue."

The last episode of the hit television sitcom"I Love Lucy" aired
on this day in history, May 6, 1957.

William Asher, iconic producer, director and screenwriter, directed
the episode, which was titled "The Ricardos Dedicate a Statue."

 In the episode, Ball accidentally broke the statue — and decided
to pose in its place.

The TV sitcom originally aired on CBS from October
15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with a total of 180 half-hour
episodes, spanning six seasons.