William David Friedkin (August 29, 1935 – August 7, 2023)

   
LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the Oscar winning
director who became a top filmmaker in his 30s with the
gripping “The French Connection” and the horrifying “The
Exorcist” and struggled in the following decades to match
his early success has died. He was 87.

Friedkin died from heart failure and pneumonia at his home
in Bel Air, Los Angeles.

Friedkin (left) on set of The Exorcist.

Filmed in Portland, Oregon (2003).

Join us in honoring those who have been awarded the Purple Heart.         

 
In 1782, General George Washington created The Purple
Heart, then known as the “Badge for Military Merit.”

          
        

Then Navy Commander John F. Kennedy was
the only future President presented the
purple heart while recovering from back
surgery in 1944. 

Kennedy was injured while rescuing three  
members his crew when their PT-109 was
struck by a Japanese destroyer near the
Solomon Islands in 1943.

1949

“The Kinks” Band members (L-R) John Dalton, John Gosling, Mick Avory, Dave Davies, Ray Davies.

John Gosling (February 6, 1948 – August 4, 2023)

Gosling joined The Kinks in 1970, after a successful audition
of the band’s song "Lol.” "He was replaced by Gordon
Edwards in 1978.

In 1994, Gosling founded The Kast Off Kinks, alongside former
band members Mick Avory, Jim Rodford and John Dalton. He
retired in 2008.