The TV sitcom originally aired on NBC from
September 20, 1984, to April 30, 1992.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner (August 18, 1970 – July 20, 2025)

"The Cosby Show" star Malcom-Jamal Warner drowned while vacationing in Costa Rica.

Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation Department said Warner
had been swimming on Sunday afternoon at Playa Grande
de Cocles in Limon province when a current pulled him into
deeper waters.

Warner was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He was raised
by his mother, Pamela, who served as his manager. He was
named after Malcolm X and jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal.

Warner played bass guitar, performing in a band where he
recited poetry over the music.
(FOX NEWS/Wikipedia)

Robin McLaurin Williams was born in Chicago.

            1993

A Comedic actor whose versatile range included "Aladdin’s"
Genie, an alien named Mork and Scottish nanny named "Mrs.
Doubtfire."        

Williams received numerous accolades including an Academy
Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards,
five Grammy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He
was awarded the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2005.

1987

On July 21, 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completed
its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis landed
at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

TIM MAGUIRE

Carlos Humberto Santana Barragán is 78 years old today.

In 2023, Rolling Stone named him the 11th greatest guitarist
of all time. He has won 10 Grammy Awards and three Latin
Grammy Awards, and was inducted along with his namesake
band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.     

On July 20, 1988, Die Hard, an action film starring Bruce
Willis as wisecracking New York City cop John McClane,
opened in theaters across the United States.

A huge box-office hit, the film established Willis as a movie
star and spawned three sequels. Die Hard also became
Hollywood shorthand for describing the plot of other
actions films, as in “Speed is Die Hard on a bus.”

Bruce Willis (70) was spotted in public for the second time
since announcing his battle with frontotemporal dementia
and aphasia, on January 22.