† Remembering - Oct 17: 1972 – Billy Williams, American singer (The Charioteers) (b. 1910) ============ 1991 – Tennessee Ernie Ford, American singer and actor (b. 1919) Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American recording artist and television host who enjoyed success in the country and Western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Today, he is best remembered for his hit recording of Sixteen Tons. On September 28, 1991, Ford fell into severe liver failure at Dulles Airport, shortly after leaving a state dinner at the White House hosted by then President George H. W. Bush. Ford died in H. C. A. Reston Hospital Center, in Reston, Virginia, on October 17—exactly 36 years after Sixteen Tons was released, and one day shy of the first anniversary of his induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame. youtube/watch?v=bUKXxGoXR9I ...........† ============== 2007 – Joey Bishop, American actor (b. 1918)Joey Bishop (February 3, 1918 – October 17, 2007), born Joseph Abraham Gottlieb, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comedy series playing a talk show host, then later hosted a late night talk show. He was a member of the so-called Rat Pack with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin. Bishop died on October 17, 2007, at his home in Newport Beach, California, from heart failure. He was the longest-lived and the last surviving member of the Rat Pack.......† ============== 2007 – Teresa Brewer, American singer (b. 1931) Teresa Brewer (May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American pop singer whose style incorporated elements of country, jazz, R&B, musicals and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of the 1950s, recording nearly 600 songs. Brewer died of a neuromuscular disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, at her home in New York, aged 76..........† ============== 2008 – Levi Stubbs, American singer and actor (Four Tops) (b. 1936) 2009 – Vic Mizzy, American composer (b. 1916)
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