Died April 23

Brown also played a season of Major League Baseball before joining the NFL.

Roman was inducted into the Country Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

Thomas’ band helped shape 1980s college rock and the alternative boom to come.

McMichael later went on to pro wrestling stardom as one of the Four Horseman.

Carter also broke ground as New England’s first Black TV news anchor.

She had the idea for the iconic “Newhart” series finale.

He wrote Chesney’s hit “El Cerrito Place.”

He pulled three wounded men to safety under fire during the Vietnam War.

He was the first Native American to serve in the Oklahoma legislature.

He was the longest-serving Republican in U.S. Senate history.