Barabara Walters was one of the most famous American broadcast journalists, hosting numerous television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News. More recently, she created, produced, and co-hosted the daytime talk show The View, on which she appeared from 1997 until her retirement in 2014.

Vivienne Westwood was the fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.

Ian Tyson was the folk music icon who wrote “Four Strong Winds", performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia. Here's Neil young performing that song.

Pele led Brazil to victory in the 1958, 1962 and 1970 World Cups. He remains the national team's all-time leading scorer with 77 goals. He's widely considered to be one of the game's greatest.

Franco Harris was an NFL running back for 13 seasons, primarily with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was a key player in the "Immaculate Reception".

Terry Hall was the lead singer of The Specials, an English ska revival band known for "A Message to You Rudy".

Tom Browning was the World Series-winning pitcher who played the majority of his 12 MLB seasons with the Cincinatti Reds where he pitched the twelfth perfect game in baseball history on September 16, 1988.

Shirley Eikhard was the singer-songwriter best known for composing Bonnie Raitt's 1991 smash hit "Something To Talk About". Anne Murray so wanted to record this song herself back in 1985 that she named her album Something To Talk About.

tWitch was the runner-up on So You Think You Can Dance and Ellen DeGeneres's co-host and DJ on The Ellen DeGeneres Show .

Kirstie Alley was the actress best known for portraying Rebecca Howe on Cheers from 1987 to 1993. She also starred in the films Summer School, Shoot to Kill, Look Who's Talking and its two sequels, Madhouse, Sibling Rivalry, Village of the Damned, It Takes Two, Deconstructing Harry, For Richer or

Bob McGrath is the actor best known for playing Bob Johnson for 46 seasons on Sesame Street.

Gaylord Perry was the right-handed pitcher who pitched for eight different teams from 1962 to 1983. I owned his baseball card as a kid and was blown away by how small they had to make the font to fit his career on the card.

Christine McVie was the co-lead vocalist and keyboardist for Fleetwood Mac. Her biggest hit was "Don't Stop", which reached number three.

Irene Cara was the Oscar-winning singer and actress best known for "Fame" and "Flashdance... What a Feeling".

FOTM Alexander Mair co-founded Attic Records, which became one of the largest and most successful indie labels in Canadian history. Attic helped launch the careers of dozens of homegrown artists, including Anvil, Lee Aaron, Maestro Fresh Wes, the Nylons, Teenage Head and Triumph. In July, Al Mair was my guest

I received some sad news yesterday. Ed Karthaus passed away. I've been working from home since October 2011, but before that, I had worked in corporate office environments since graduating university in 1998. We're talking software company offices mimicked brilliantly in Office Space. I could write a book or two

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved,

Gallagher was the comedian whose trademarks are observational and prop comedy and smashing watermelons as part of his act.

For a period of time Fred Hickman and Nick Charles hosting CNN's Sports Tonight was appointment viewing for me. Fun fact: Fred Hickman caused a controversy when he cast his first place vote for the 2000 NBA Most Valuable Player Award for Allen Iverson, preventing Shaquille O'Neal from becoming the

Dan McCafferty was a founding member and lead singer of Nazereth, a Scottish band best known for "Hair of the Dog" and their cover of the Everly Brothers' "Love Hurts."

Aaron Carter was a pre-teen pop star, following in the footsteps of his older brother Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys fame. I never met Aaron, but I once played softball with Nick.

Nicknamed The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis has been described as "rock n' roll's first great wild man and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century. He recorded such hits as Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless", and "High School Confidential".

Bruce Sutter was the first pitcher inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame who never started a game. He was a six-time All-Star who led the National League in saves for five years and won the 1979 Cy Young Award. He posted 300 saves in a 12-year career with the

Robbie Coltrane is the actor who will be best remembered as Hagrid in the Harry Potter films, but I'll remember him from such films as "Nuns on the Run" and "The Pope Must Die."