Charles Robert Watts (June 2, 1941 – August 24, 2021)
(FoxNews) – Celebrity tributes to Rolling Stones drummer
Charlie Watts poured in on social media after the band
announced his death.
The musician “passed away peacefully in a London hospital
earlier today surrounded by his family,” a representative for
Watts confirmed to Fox News on Tuesday.
The band also confirmed his death on Twitter.
Stars from Paul McCartney to Ringo Starr shared tributes to
the musician on Twitter.
On August 24, 79 AD after centuries of dormancy, Mount Vesuvius
erupted in southern Italy, devastating the prosperous Roman cities
of Pompeii and Herculaneum and killing thousands. The cities,
buried under a thick layer of volcanic material and mud, were
never rebuilt and largely forgotten in the course of history.
In the 18th century, Pompeii and Herculaneum were rediscovered and
excavated, providing an unprecedented archaeological record of
the everyday life of an ancient civilization, startlingly preserved in
in sudden death.
Donald “Don” Everly (February 1, 1937 – August 21, 2021)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Don Everly, one-half of the pioneering
Everly Brothers whose harmonizing country rock hits impacted a generation of rock ‘n’ roll music, has died.
According to the Los Angeles Times, a family spokesperson said
Everly died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday. His brother,
Phil Everly, died in January 2014 at age 74.
Phil and Don
The modern United States receives its crowning star when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the
Union as the 50th state (above). The president also issued an order
for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows:
five six-star rows and four five-star rows. The new U.S. flag became
official July 4, 1960.
