Born 1924

He won gold for France at the 1948 Olympics in team pursuit cycling.

He was also a pioneering and respected surgeon.

She starred on Broadway in “Mame.”

Pointer often played alongside her daughter, Amy Irving, including in “Carrie.”

Schallock won a World Series ring in 1953 with the New York Yankees.

He was one of four Tuskegee Airmen who shot down three enemy planes in a single day.

Carter was the longest-lived president in U.S. history.

She loved to champion the work of young, up-and-coming designers.

Fernandez was just 17 when the Pearl Harbor attack was launched in Hawaii.

Her celebrated folk songs were beloved by generations of children.