Born 1927

Country singer Porter Wagoner, who would have celebrated his 87th birthday Aug. 12, introduced country music to millions as the host of television’s The Porter Wagoner Show. But Wagoner…

For 35 years, Peter Falk wore Columbo’s unmistakable rumpled trench coat as he shuffled his way through the lives of the rich and famous, casually unraveling seemingly perfect murders…

Dr. Joyce Brothers worked to make psychology available and helpful to more Americans. In her memory we bring you some of her wisest words.

His flamboyant and melancholy fictional works – among them “Chronicle of a Death Foretold,” ”Love in the Time of Cholera” and “Autumn of the Patriarch” – outsold everything published in …

Bob Keeshan played Clarabell the Clown on “Howdy Doody” before finding fame as Captain Kangaroo.

The way Edie Adams looked –– golden-haired, pretty and vivacious –– might lead some to assume that she was a stereotypical dumb blonde. In reality Adams was blonde, but she …

If you loved “The Carol Burnett Show” – and lots of us did – then you probably loved Harvey Korman, too.

In 1996, two actors died just one day apart but these two men were bound by more than just their dates of death…

She was the best-selling female singer of the 1950s.

His failed 1980s nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw the modern boundaries of cultural fights.