Macon retired from Fort Carson military base as head of aircraft maintenance.
Born 1923
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Fleming was known as the “Queen of Technicolor” for her red hair and green eyes.
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Redstone was an American businessman who served as the Executive Chairman at ViacomCBS.
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She was a member of the integrated all-female jazz band the International Sweethearts of Rhythm
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News Obituaries
Joseph Feingold (1923–2020), Holocaust survivor profiled in Oscar-nominated “Joe’s Violin”
Feingold’s donation of his beloved old violin to a Bronx schoolgirl inspired a moving documentary.
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Vandever’s death reportdedly leaves just four Navajo Code Talkers still living.
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Introduced the U.S. to sugar snap peas, mango, alfalfa sprouts, habanero peppers, blood oranges and starfruit.
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Misaka signed with the New York Knicks in 1947, just months after Jackie Robinson began his MLB career.
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Harrison Dillard, who won four Olympic gold medals, is considered one of the greatest hurdlers of all time.
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Maria Perego was an Italian puppeteer best known for creating Topo Gigio, a mouse puppet beloved by viewers of “The Ed Sullivan Show.”