Celebrating Those We Recognize for Greatness!
October 1st
Jimmy Carter (39th President of The US) - 100!
Julie Andrews - Actress (“The Sound of Music’) - 89
October 2nd
Sting - Singer/Songwriter - 73
October 4th
Susan Saranton - 78
October 7th
John “Cougar” Mellencamp - Singer/Songwriter - 73
October 8th
Sigourney Weaver - Actress (“Aliens”) - 75
Chevy Chase - Actor/Comedian - 81
October 9th
Sharon Osbourne (Wife of Singer Ozzy Osbourne) - 72
October 10th
David Lee Roth - Singer/Songwriter (Founder Member of Van Halen) - 70
Dale Earnhardt Jr. - Race Car Driver - 50
October 11th
Daryl Hall - Singer/Songwriter (Hall & Oates) - 78
October 13th
Paul Simon - Singer/Songwriter (Simon & Garfunkel) - 83
Demond Wilson - Actor/Minister - (Sanford & Son TV Series) - 78
October 15th
Linda Lavin - Actress/Singer (Alice & Barney Miller TV Series) - 87
October 16th
Tim Robbins - Actor - 66
Kim Wayans - Actress (In Living Color) - 63
October 17th
Mae Jemison - Astronaut - 68
Zigg Marley - Singer/Songwriter & Son of Bob Marley - 56
October 18th
Jean Claude Van Damme - Actor/Martial Artist - 63
Pam Dawber - Actress (Mindy of Mork & Mindy TV Series) - 73
Mike Ditka - Former Head Coach of Chicago Bears - 85
October 20th
Snoop Dogg (AKA Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr) Singer/Songwriter - 53
October 21st
Judge Judy - 82
October 22nd
Jeff Goldblum -Actor -72
Christoper Lloyd - Actor (Back To The Future) - 86
October 23rd
Martin Luther King III - Activist & Son of MLK Jr. - 67
Weird Al Yankovic - Actor - 65
October 25th
Marion Ross - Actress (Happy Days TV Series) - 96
October 26th
William Earl “Bootsy” Collins - Singer/Songwriter - 73
Pat Sajak - Former Host of Wheel of Fortune - 78
October 28th
Julia Roberts - Actress - 57
October 29th
Gabrielle Union - Actress - 52
Richard Dreyfuss - Actor - 77
October 30th
Henry Winkler - Actor (Happy Days) - 79
Fran Drescher - Actress (The Nanny TV Series) - 67
October 31st
Dan Rather - Former CBS News Anchor - 93
Honoring and remembering those who have passed on - Nyrobi Wheeler (Secretary)
Tito Jackson - Singer/Songwriter/Founding Member of Jackson 5 - 9/15/2024
Tommy Cash - Singer/Songwriter & Brother of Johnny Cash - 9/13/2024
Chad McQueen-Actor & Son of Actor Steve McQueen - 9/11/2024
Frankie Beverly - Singer/Songwriter - 9/10/2024
James Earl Jones - Actor - 9/9/2024
Phil Donahue - Long Time Talk Show Host - 8/18/2024
Peter Marshall - Longtime Host of Hollywood Squares - 8/15/2024
Wally Amos - Founder of Amos Cookies - 8/13/2024
Janis Joplin - Singer/Songwriter - 10/4/1970
Happy Heavenly Birthdays
Michael Landon - Actor - 10/31/1936-7/1/1991
Theodore Roosevelt -26th President of the US - 10/27/1858-1/6/1919
Mahalia Jackson - Gospel Singer - 10/26/1911-1/27/1972
Pablo Picasso - Painter - 10/25/1881-4/8/1973
Steve Jobs - Founder of Apple, Inc. - 10/24/1955-10/5/2011
Johnny Carson - The Tonight Show - 10/23/1925-1/23/2005
Jerome “Curly” Howard - Comedian (The Three Stooges) - 10/22/1903-1/18/1952
Groucho Marx - Comedian - 10/21/1890-8/19/1977
Dizzy Gillespie - Jazz Musician - 10/21/1917-1/6/1993
Carrie Fisher - Actress - 10/21/1956-12/27/2016
Bela Lugosi - Actor (Original Dracula) - 10/20/1882-8/16/1956
Tom Petty - Singer/Songwriter - 10/20/1950-10/2/2017
Matthew Perry - Actor (Friends) - 10/19/1969-10/28/2023
George C. Scott - Actor - 10/18/1927-9/22/1999
Chuck Berry - Singer/Songwriter - 10/18/1926-3/18/2017
Margot Kidder - Actress (Superman Movies) - 10/17/1948-5/13/2018
Evel Knievel - Stuntman - 10/17/1938-11/30/2007
Rita Hayworth - Actress - 10/17/1918-5/14/1987
Suzanne Somers - Actress (Three’s Company) - 10/16/1946-10/15/2023
Angela Lansberry - Actress (Murder She Wrote TV Series - 10/16/1925-10/11/2022
Tito Jackson - Singer/Songwriter/Founder of Jackson 5 - 10/15/1953-9/15/2024
Penny Marshall - Actress/Director - 10/15/1943-12/17/2018
Harry Anderson - Actor/Comedian (Night Court TV Show) - 10/14/1952-4/8/2013
Roger Moore - Actor (James Bond) - 10/14/1927-5/23/2017
Dwight D. Eisenhower - 34th President of the US - 10/14/1890-3/28/1969
Margaret Thatcher - Former Prime Minister - 10/13/1925-4/8/2013
Kelly Preston - Actress (Wife of John Travolta) - 10/13/1962-7/12/2020
Eleanor Roosevelt - Wife of Franklin D. Roosevelt - 10/11/1884-11/7/1962
John Lennon - Singer/Songwriter - 10/9/1940-12/8/1980
Bishop Desmond Tutu - 10/7/1931-12/26/2021
Allen Ludden - Actor/Husband of Betty White - 10/5/1917-6/9/1981
Bernie Mac - Actor/Comedian - 10/5/1957-8/9/2008
Ray Kroc - Founder of McDonald’s Restaurant - 10/5/1902-1/14/1984
Larry Fine - Comedian (The Three Stooges) - 10/5/1902-1/24/1975
Buster Keaton - Actor/Comedian - 10/4/1895-2/1/1966
Charlton Heston - Actor - 10/4/1923-4/5/2008
Rosa Parks - Civil Rights Activist - 10/4/1913-10/24/2005
Mahatma Gandhi - Civil Rights Activist - 10/2/1869-1/30/1948
Donny Hathway - Singer/Songwriter - 10/1/1945-1/13/1979
Walter Mattau - Actor - 10/1/1920-7/1/2000