Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr.
(November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023)

Lightfoot died at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto 
at the age of 84. His declining health had caused him to cancel
his tour three weeks earlier.

In 2022, Gordon Lightfoot received the Golden Plate Award of
the American Academy of Achievement.              

    
Tim Bachman (left) founded Bachman-Turner Overdrive
with his brothers and Fred Turner.

Timothy Gregg Bachman (August 1, 1951 – April 28, 2023)

Tim Bachman, a founding guitarist of Bachman-Turner Overdrive
has died at the age of 71 after battling cancer.      

Tim’s death was confirmed by his brother Randy Bachman and
his son via social media.

ROSS SIMPSON

Elvis Presley (The King of Rock and Roll) married Priscilla Beaulieu at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on
May 1, 1967.

On April 30, 1939, the New York World’s Fair opened in New
York City. The opening ceremony, which featured speeches
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (below) and New York
Governor Herbert Lehman, ushered in the first day of
television broadcasting by RCA in New York.

 A TV camera (right) at the New York World’s Fair.

1946

Charlie McCarthy and his ventriloquist partner Edgar Bergen
made their radio debut on NBC‘s The Royal Gelatin Hour in
1936, where they proved such a hit that the following year
the network gave them a starring role on The Chase and
Sanborn Hour, where they were initially supported by emcee
Don Ameche, singer Nelson Eddy, actress Dorothy Lamour,
and comedian W. C. Fields. The following year, Charlie would
be joined by a much dumber dummy, Mortimer Snerd” (below).

WC Fields (right) with Edgar Bergen And Charlie McCarthy.