Carol Creighton Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.
Burnett hosted “The Carol Burnett Show” on CBS from 1967 to 1978
after winning Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards for her work in
various genres. Before stardom she worked as an usherette and hat-
check girl while living in a boarding house for women pursuing acting
careers.
In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Carol Burnett Show #17 on their list
of the 60 Greatest Shows of All Time.
Ed Donahue
Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989)
Steven Patrick "Steve" Byrnes (April 14, 1959 – April 21, 2015)
A NASCAR broadcaster whose career included stints with CBS, Fox Sports Net
and TNN is dead. Steve Byrnes died in the early hours of Tuesday as a result
of complications from cancer in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Steve Byrnes (left) with racing legend Dale Earnhardt
Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was
born in Vernon, Texas.
Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary in Wyandotte, Michigan)
Majors is best known for his roles as Heath Barkley in the TV series
The Big Valley (1965–69), as Colonel Steve Austin in The Six Million
Dollar Man (1973–78) and as Colt Seavers in The Fall Guy (1981–86)
all ABC productions.
Major found work at the Los Angeles Park and Recreation Department
after rejecting an offer to play football professionally.
