He was involved in Angola’s fight for independence from Portugal.
Born August 28
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She also designed the Sacagawea dollar coin.
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Shabalala’s group gained international fame when Paul Simon collaborated with them for his 1986 Grammy-winning album “Graceland”
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News Obituaries
Vonda McIntyre (1948–2019), author who gave George Takei’s Mr. Sulu his name
by Kirk FoxWrote novelizations of Star Trek films including “Search for Spock.”
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Andy Bathgate, Hall of Fame winger and 1959 NHL MVP, died February 26, 2016 according to The Associated Press. He was 83.
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Starred on the Disney Channel’s “The Jersey”
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Tommy Hanson, a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher, died Monday of organ failure, according to multiple news sources. He was 29. Hanson pitched for the Atlanta Braves from 2009 …
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Nancy Kulp no longer may be a household name, but it only takes watching a couple of episodes of “The Beverly Hillbillies” to understand her appeal as a comic actress.
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She wrote or collaborated on nearly 100 children’s books after making her debut with “Pumpkin Moonshine” in 1938.
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He combined comedy and acrobatics in the classic movie “Singin’ in the Rain.”