Madonna

George Benson

Dick Clark & James Brown

Bar Kays

Charlie Rich, Conway Twitty, George Jones, Eddy Arnold

Chow Yun Fat

Marilyn Monroe, William Travilla (r)

Donna Summer & Gloria Gaynor

Tom Waits, Chuck E. Weiss, Rickie Lee Jones, Dr. John

Miles Davis

The Jacksons

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Sammy Davis, Jr. & Lola Falana

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Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014 ) was an American film and television actress, singer, dancer, and one-time U.S. ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia. She also served as Chief of Protocol of the United States, 1976–1977.

Temple began her film career in 1932 at the age of three and, in 1934, found international fame in Bright Eyes, a feature film designed specifically for her talents. She received a special Juvenile Academy Award in February 1935 for her outstanding contribution as a juvenile performer to motion pictures during 1934, and film hits such as Curly Top and Heidi followed year after year during the mid-to-late 1930s. Licensed merchandise that capitalized on her wholesome image included dolls, dishes, and clothing.

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RIP Shirley Temple Part 2

Shirley Temple celebrates her birthday in 1936 with her mother, Gertrude Temple.

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Her box office popularity waned as she reached adolescence, and she left the film industry in her teens. She appeared in a few films of varying quality in her mid-to-late teens, and retired completely from films in 1950 at the age of 22. She was the top box-office draw four years in a row (1935–38) in a Motion Picture Herald poll.

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Temple returned to show business in 1958 with a two-season television anthology series of fairy tale adaptations. She made guest appearances on television shows in the early 1960s and filmed a sitcom pilot that was never released. She sat on the boards of corporations and organizations including The Walt Disney Company, Del Monte Foods, and the National Wildlife Federation.

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Henry Willson with Shirley Temple in 1945.

Shirley Temple and actor Guy Madison arrive at the premiere of 'Since You Went Away'.

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17 year old Shirley Temple and her airman husband Sergeant John Agar, seen after their wedding at the Wilshire Methodist Church, Hollywood, Los Angeles, on Sept. 19, 1945.

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Shirley Temple and her Hollywood heartthrob, husband John Agar were blessed with a beautiful daughter, Linda Susan.



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In 1972, Temple was diagnosed with breast cancer. The tumor was removed and a modified radical mastectomy performed. Following the operation, she announced it to the world via radio, television, and a February 1973 article for the magazine McCall's. In doing so, she became one of the first prominent women to speak openly about breast cancer.

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One generation of American Sweethearts with the next: Shirley Temple Black and Annette Funicello at the 1961 Oscars. Hayley Mills, the latest child star of the day, was presented with an honorary Academy Award for the most outstanding juvenile performance of 1960. Shirley, arguably the biggest child star of all time, presented the Oscar to Hayley's fellow Disney star, Annette Funicello, since Hayley was unable to attend the ceremony on April 17, 1961 (two months before the premiere of "The Parent Trap").

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Shirley Temple Black arrives at the White House in Washington with her husband Charles Black on Sunday, December 6, 1998 to be honored Sunday night with Kennedy Center honors for her lifetime achievement in the arts. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

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Actress Shirley Temple and son Charles Black Jr. pose in the press room with her 42nd Annual Lifetime Achievement Award during the 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on January 29, 2006 in Los Angeles, California.

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Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, best known for the pioneering 1950s live television series Your Show of Shows and its successor Caesar's Hour, which influenced generations of comedians. He also acted in films, including the 1963 screwball comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

He Won Two Emmys and Was Nominated 11 Times

Caesar poses for a portrait in 1953 with his only wife, Florence, and their daughter, Karen.

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Sid Caesar, producer Max Liebman and Imogene Coca during a press conference on the last day of the Your Show of Shows in 1954.

He Was Also Prolific Stage Actor, Saxophonist, and Author

Caesar was considered a "sketch comic" and actor, as opposed to a stand-up comedian. He also relied more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. Unlike the slapstick comedy which was standard on TV, his style was considered "avant garde" in the 1950s. He conjured up ideas and scenes, and used writers to flesh out the concept and create the dialogue. Among the writers who wrote for Caesar early in their careers were Mel Brooks, Neil Simon, Larry Gelbart, Carl Reiner, Michael Stewart, Mel Tolkin and Woody Allen. "Sid's was the show to which all comedy writers aspired. It was the place to be", said Steve Allen.

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Caesar's television career began with an appearance on Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater in the fall of 1948. In early 1949, Caesar and Max Liebman met with Pat Weaver, vice president of television at NBC, which led to Caesar's first series, Admiral Broadway Revue with Imogene Coca. The Friday show was simultaneously broadcast on NBC and the DuMont network, and was an immediate success. However, its sponsor, Admiral, an appliance company, could not keep up with the demand for its new television sets, so the show was cancelled after 26 weeks—ironically, on account of its runaway success.

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Caesar was not a stand-up comedian. He was considered a "sketch comic, and actor. He conjured up ideas and enhanced scenes, but never wrote a word," and was thereby dependent on his writers for dialogue. He was "notorious" for deviating from the script and ad-libing dialogue. Caesar was also skilled at mime, dialects, monologues, foreign language double-talk, and general comic acting.

Caesar was able to pantomime a wide variety of things: a tire, a gumball machine, a lion, a dog, a punching bag, a telephone, an infant, an elevator, a railroad train, a herd of horses, a piano, a rattlesnake, and a bottle of seltzer. He was also able to create imaginary characters. Alfred Hitchcock compared him to Charlie Chaplin.

Carl Reiner - Of his double-talk routines, Carl Reiner said, "His ability to doubletalk every language known to man was impeccable, and during one performance Caesar imitated four different languages but with almost no real words. Despite his apparent fluency in many languages, Caesar could actually speak only English and Yiddish.

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Caesar on the set of his show 'Caesar's Hour' at the studios of WRCA-TV in December 1954 in New York City.

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In 1983, Caesar hosted an episode of Saturday Night Live, where he received a standing ovation at the start of the show and was awarded a plaque at the conclusion of the show declaring him an honorary cast member.

Sid Caesar, Jack Klugman and Jack Carter during the Golden Key Foundation Burlesque '80 Show at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

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Billy Crystal and Sid Caesar, recipient of the Pioneer Award at the 4th Annual TV Land Awards in 2006.

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Freddie James Prinze (born Frederick Karl Pruetzel; June 22, 1954 – January 29, 1977) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Prinze was the star of 1970s sitcom Chico and the Man.

Prinze was born Frederick Karl Pruetzel in New York City, the son of Edward Karl Pruetzel and his wife Maria Graniela Pruetzel. His mother was Puerto Rican and his father was a German immigrant who had arrived in the U.S. in 1934. Prinze identified himself as Puerto Rican, and for comedic purposes called himself a "Hungarican.

Prinze was raised in a mixed neighborhood in Washington Heights, New York City. When Prinze was a small child, his mother enrolled him in ballet classes to deal with a weight problem. Without telling his parents, Prinze successfully auditioned for the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, where he was introduced to drama and continued ballet—and where he discovered his gift for comedy while entertaining crowds in the boys restroom.

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Prinze suffered from depression, which deepened in the weeks following his divorce. On the night of January 28, 1977, after talking on the telephone with his estranged wife, Prinze received a visit from his business manager, Marvin "Dusty" Snyder. With his manager looking on, Prinze put a gun to his head and shot himself. He was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center to be placed on life support following emergency surgery. Prinze's family removed him from life support and he died at 1 p.m. on January 29. He was only 22 years okd.

In 1977, the death was ruled a suicide. In a civil case brought years later, a jury found that his death was accidental. Prinze had a history of playing russian roulette to frighten his friends for his amusement. However, Prinze had left a note stating that the decision to take his life was his alone.

Prinze's mother wrote a book about her son, The Freddie Prinze Story, which was published in 1978.

Freddie's funeral was held at the Old North Church, Forest Lawn, Hollywood Hills. It was attended by Freddie's wife, Jack Albertson, Paul Williams (who was a pallbearer) , and Tony Orlando. Tony gave the eulogy.

Freddie Prinze was buried February 1, 1977 in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in California.

February was a lucky month for Sly & the Family Stone, since the number one song in the USA 45 years ago today was "Everyday People," while the number one song in the USA 44 years ago today was "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."

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SLY & The FAMILY STONE L-R (back): Larry Graham, Gregg Errico, Freddie Stone, Cynthia Robinson; (front): Rose Stone, Sly Stone, Jerry Martini

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Back In The Day...

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