In Memoriam

Born on August 6, 1911 she left us 77 years later on April 26, 1989.  In the 26 years since her passing she has been anything but forgotten.  Her films play constantly on TCM and "I Love Lucy", "The Lucy Show" and "Here's Lucy" are available in their entirety on DVD.  Her radio show "My Favorite Husband" is also accessible through iTunes.  On this day we remember a marvelous performer, one of the most gifted entertainers of the 20th century. In Memoriam Remembers: Lucille Ball    

Happy Birthday! Stafford Repp (April 26, 1918) Lane Smith (April 26, 1936) Jack Klugman (April 27, 1922) Robert Donner (April 27, 1931) Casey Kasem (April 27, 1932) Carolyn Jones (April 28, 1929) Madge Sinclair (April 28, 1938) Marcia Strassman (April 28, 1948) Bruno Kirby (April 28, 1949) Richard Carlson (April 29, 1912) Celeste Holm (April 29, 1917) Eve Arden (April 30, 1908) Al Lewis (April 30, 1923) Gary Collins (April 30, 1938) Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944) Kate Smith (May 1, 1907) Louis Nye (May 1, 1913) Glenn Ford (May 1, 1916) Jack Paar (May 1, 1918) Dan O'Herlihy (May 1, 1919) Art Fleming (May 1, 1924) Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885) Roscoe Lee Browne (May 2, 1925) Lorenzo Music (May 2, 1937) Lesley Gore (May 2, 1946) At Rest: Gypsy Rose Lee (April 26, 1970) Irene Ryan (April 26, 1973) Jim Davis (April 26, 1981) Broderick Crawford (April 26, 1986) Lucille Ball (April 26, 1989) Mason Adams (April 26, 2005) Edward R. Murrow (April 27, 1965) Ed

Happy Birthday! Frank Fontaine (April 19, 1920) Dick Sargent (April 19, 1930) Jayne Mansfield (April 19, 1933) Dudley Moore (April 19, 1935) Harold Lloyd (April 20, 1893) Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915) Eddie Albert (April 22, 1906) Aaron Spelling (April 22, 1923) Janet Blair (April 23, 1921) Shirley Temple Black (April 23, 1928) Jan Hooks (April 23, 1957) J.D. Cannon (April 24, 1922) Edward R. Murrow (April 25, 1908) At Rest: Alvin Childress (April 19, 1986) Allan Arbus (April 19, 2013) Jonathan Frid (April 20, 2012) Gummo Marx (April 21, 1977) Walter Slezak (April 21, 1983) Will Geer (April 22, 1978) Otto Preminger (April 23, 1986) Albert Salmi (April 23, 1990) William Dozier (April 23, 1991) Bud Abbott (April 24, 1974) George Sanders (April 25, 1972) Art Fleming (April 25, 1995) Ginger Rogers (April 25, 1995) Beatrice Arthur (April 25, 2009)

Happy Birthday! Howard Keel (April 13, 1919) Don Adams (April 13, 1923) Terry Lester (April 13, 1950) Sir John Gielgud (April 14, 1904) Rod Steiger (April 14, 1925) Marian Jordan (April 15, 1898) Hans Conried (April 15, 1917) Michael Ansara (April 15, 1922) Elizabeth Montgomery (April 15, 1933) Charlie Chaplin (April 16, 1889) Barry Nelson (April 16, 1917) Peter Ustinov (April 16, 1921) Edie Adams (April 16, 1927) David Graf (April 16, 1950) William Holden (April 17, 1918) At Rest: Ellen Corby (April 14, 1999) Anthony Newley (April 14, 1999) Clara Blandick (April 15, 1962) Raymond Bailey (April 15, 1980) Ernestine Wade (April 15, 1983) Rusty Burrell (April 15, 2002) Robert Urich (April 16, 2002) Kitty Carlisle Hart (April 17, 2007) Dick Clark (April 18, 2012)

Happy Birthday! Phil Leeds (April 6, 1916) Ivan Dixon (April 6, 1931) R.G. Armstrong (April 7, 1917) James Garner (April 7, 1928) Edward Mulhare (April 8, 1923) Ward Bond (April 9, 1903) Avery Schreiber (April 9, 1935) Harry Morgan (April 10, 1915) Chuck Connors (April 10, 1921) Jane Kean (April 10, 1923) Dale Messick (April 11, 1906) At Rest: Mickey Rooney (April 6, 2014) Marian Jordan (April 7, 1961) David Graf (April 7, 2001) Barry Nelson (April 7, 2007) Mike Wallace (April 7, 2012) Annette Funicello (April 8, 2013) Kevin Peter Hall (April 10, 1991) Natalie Schafer (April 10, 1991) Arnold Johnson (April 10, 2000) Larry Linville (April 10, 2000) Dixie Carter (April 10, 2010) Jean Vander Pyl (April 11, 1999) Roscoe Lee Browne (April 11, 2007) Jonathan Winter (April 11, 2013)

Happy Easter to All! This is a special post because several wonderful people were born and died on April 5th... Happy Birthday! Walter Huston (1883) Spencer Tracy (1900) Bette Davis (1908) Gregory Peck (1916) Christopher Hewett (1921) Gale Storm (1922) Chao-Li Chi (1927) Nigel Hawthorne (1929) Frank Gorshin (1933) At Rest: Dale Messick (2005) Charlton Heston (2008)