ROCK SINGER HAS DIED AT AGE 79

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Bobby Rydell (Robert Louis Ridarelli)  
(April 26, 1942 – April 5, 2022)

Singer and actor Bobby Rydell mainly performed rock
and roll
music In the early 1960s and is well-known for
his song
"
Wild One". He died from complications of
pneumonia.

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OREGON ZOO RESIDENT LEAH DIES AT 47

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Leah the chimpanzee (May 15, 1974 – April 4, 2022) 


Zoo officials said, in an announcement made Monday, the
chimpanzee died in her sleep Sunday night. 

She is survived by her big sister Delilah, who turns 49 next
month, 50-year-old male Jackson and 53-year-old troop leader
Chloe.

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NEW HALL OF FAME NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

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NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2023 ballots had four new names
added Those names are Matt Kenseth, Tim Brewer, Sam Ard, and
A.J. Foyt Nominees for the Landmark Award were also announced
Voting for the Class of 2023 begins May 4.

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Attached to the Charlotte Convention Center, the NASCAR
Hall of Fame is a 86,500-square-foot, bold swoop of a
building that recalls the shape of a racetrack.

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LEADER ASSASSINATED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

The assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Just after 6 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally
shot while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room
at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis,
Tennessee. The civil rights leader
was in Memphis to support a sanitation workers’ strike and was on
his way to dinner when a bullet struck him in the jaw and severed
his spinal cord. King was pronounced dead after his arrival at a
Memphis hospital. He was only 39 years old.

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The balcony of the Lorraine Motel, Mulberry Street, Memphis, Tenn., April 6, 1968, just after the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr.’s assassination.

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Martin Luther King Jr.  (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

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AWARD WINNING ACTORS BIRTHDAY

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Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004)

Considered one of the most influential actors of the
20th century, Marlon Brando received
numerous
accolades
throughout his career which spanned
six decades, including two
Academy Awards, two
Golden Globe Awards, and three British Academy
Film Awards
. Brando was also an activist for many
causes, notably the
civil rights movement and
various
Native American movements.

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