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Gaetano Alberto "Guy" Lombardo
(June 19, 1902 – November 5, 1977)
NASCAR DRIVER CALE YARBOROUGH IS DEAD
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cale Yarborough, considered one of NASCAR’s all-time greatest drivers and the first to win three
consecutive Cup titles, died Sunday at the McLeod Hospice
House in Florence, South Carolina . He was 84.
NASCAR announced the death of the Hall of Famer and South
Carolina native in a statement. No cause was given.
1984 – The fourth and final Daytona 500 trophy for Cale.
COMEDY LEGEND HAS DIED AT AGE 97
Shecky on The Tonight Show, 1973.
Shecky Greene (Fred Sheldon Greenfield)
Shecky Greene, an entertainment legend whose very name
became synonymous with stand-up comedy, has died.
Greene died at 3:21 a.m. Sunday at his home in Las Vegas
of natural causes.
HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY
Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is 86 years old today.
Hopkins has received numerous accolades, including two
Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and a Laurence Olivier Award. He has also
received the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005 and the BAFTA
Fellowship for lifetime achievement in 2008.
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