Marcia A. Strassman (April 28, 1948 – October 25, 2014)

(AP) – Marcia Strassman, who played Gabe Kaplan’s wife, Julie,
on the 1970s sitcom "Welcome Back, Kotter," has died.

Strassman’s sister, Julie, confirmed her death to the Associated
Press.

Strassman died at her Sherman Oaks, California, home on Friday
after battling breast cancer for seven years.

Strassman had numerous roles on television and in film during her
five-decade career.

She played nurse Margie Cutler on the first season of "M.A.S.H."
before her breakout role in "Welcome Back, Kotter."

Marcia Strassman and Gabe Kaplan starred in "Welcome Back, Kotter”
on ABC television from September 1975 to June 1979.

 
                                                                      Carlota Bradley

Patrick Leonard Sajdak is 68 years old today.

In 1968, Sajak joined the U.S. Army, and was sent to Vietnam,
where he served as a disk jockey on Armed Forces Radio. He
also worked as a radio newsman for a Chicago station and
was a weekend substitute weatherman on television.

"Wheel of Fortune" TV (Syndication) hosts Vanna White and Pat Sajak

 
                                                                    Carlotta Bradley

Jiles Perry "J. P." Richardson, Jr. (The Big Bopper) 
(October 24, 1930 – February 3, 1959)

DJ, singer, and songwriter Richardson died in a plane crash in
Iowa, along with Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and pilot Roger
Peterson.

Former Tonight Show host Jack Paar