Miss America, 1959

Mary Ann Mobley (February 17, 1939 – December 9, 2014)

Mary Ann Mobley, the first Miss Mississippi crowned Miss America, died
at her home in Beverly Hills, California Tuesday after a battle with breast
cancer. Mobley appeared opposite Elvis Presley in two 1965 films, “Girl
Happy” and “Harum Scarum”, and appeared on dozens of popular TV
series from the 1960s to the ’90s, including "Perry Mason," "The Love
Boat," "Love, American Style," and "Different Strokes".

The Supremes’ and the Temptations’ "TCB (Takin’ Care of Business")
special aired on NBC-TV. The special was taped before a live studio
audience in September 1968 and originally broadcast December 9,
1968, sponsored by the Timex watch corporation

The Adams Family cast

Kenneth “Ken” Patrick Weatherwax
(September 29, 1955 – December 7, 2014)

Ken Weatherwax, best known for playing Pugsley
Addams on the original The Addams Family TV 
series on ABC from 1964 to 196, died in his sleep
Sunday morning. 

After The Addams Family was canceled, Weatherwax
found it difficult to get work in Hollywood and was
typecast as Pugsley well into his teens.

At 17, he entered the U.S. Army and later made
appearances at conventions and performed some
small acting jobs including voice-overs. He had also
worked as a set builder on movie lots from 1992-2002.    

With the passing of Ken Weatherwax, the only regular
cast members from The Addams Family still living are
John Astin, Lisa Loring, and Felix Silla.

Winston Conrad "Wink" Martindale

The well known television game show host of Tic Tac Dough (NBC/CBS) 
was born in Jackson, Tennessee, and started his career as a disc jockey
at age 17 at WPLI in Jackson, earning $25 a week.

Wink Martindale in his debut role on TV was for a
children’s sci-fi program called “Mars Patrol”.

1959

Howard Andrew "Andy" Williams
(December 3, 1927 – September 25, 2012)

Andy Williams released seventeen Gold- and Platinum-certified
albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a television variety
show, from 1962 to 1971 on NBC, and numerous TV specials.

Before fame, Andy and his brother performed on multiple radio
stations as The Williams Brothers (below).  

The Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri is named after the
song he is most known for singing—Johnny Mercer and Henry
Mancini‘s "Moon River".

The Williams Brothers with Andy, third from the left