Born January 1932

She was believed to be the first woman to play the tuba in a major U.S orchestra.

She was the voice of the parasol-carrying Cindy Bear and did voice work for dozens of other cartoons.

Mona Lee Brock counseled tens of thousands of farmers through crises as a prominent volunteer at the National Farm Center Crisis Hotline.

The 10th-degree black belt was a friend of martial arts legend Bruce Lee.

Sang many ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ songs and drummed on the ‘Twin Peaks’ soundtrack…

Civil rights activist, historian, and journalist won a Pulitzer Prize.

Umberto Eco, the Italian author of “The Name of the Rose,” died Feb. 19, 2016, of cancer, according to The Associated Press. He was 84.