Angela Lansbury was the actress best known for playing dauntless mystery novelist Jessica Fletcher on Murder, She Wrote but she earned Oscar nominations for her role as the maid in Gaslight, and as Sibyl in The Picture of Dorian Gray in 1945, and Laurence Harvey's manipulative mother in The Manchurian

Judy Tenuta was the stand-up comic who seemed to be everywhere in the 1980s. She was known for her whimsical and brash persona of "The Love Goddess," mixing insult comedy, observational humour, self-promotion, and bawdy onstage antics.

Loretta Lynn was known as  the Queen of Country. She recorded such hits as Coal Miner's Daughter, Don't Come Home A-Drinkin', Honky Tonk Girl and the feminist anthem, The Pill.

Sacheen Littlefeather endured racist mockery and threats of arrest and violence when she appeared on Marlon Brando’s behalf at the 1973 Oscars and declined his award for Best Actor. Nearly 50 years later, the Academy issued her an apology. “The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted

Coolio was the Grammy-winning rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including Gangsta's Paradise and Fantastic Voyage.

Louise Fletcher won an Academy Award for Best Actress for portraying Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, has died in Scotland. Prince Charles is now king.

Bernard Shaw was the lead news anchor for CNN from 1980 until his retirement in March 2001.

Mikhail Gorbachev was the former Soviet leader who brought the Cold War to a peaceful end. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990.

Len Dawson played 19 seasons as a quarterback, primarily with the Kansas City Chiefs, winning the Super Bowl MVP award for his performance in Super Bowl IV. He went on to have a successful career in media, hosting HBO's Inside the NFL from 1977 to 2001.

Anne Heche was an actor best known for such films as "Donnie Brasco," "Volcano" and "I Know What You Did Last Summer."

Olivia Newton-John was a four-time Grammy Award winner whose music career included five number-one hits and another ten top-ten hits on the Billboard Hot 100. She also starred in the musical film Grease including two major hit duets with co-star John Travolta: "You're the One That I Want" and "Summer

Gord Lewis was the founding guitarist of Teenage Head. Lewis formed Teenage Head while attending Westdale High School in Hamilton along with Frankie Venom, Steve Mahon, and Nick Stipanitz. Franie Venom passed away in 2008.

Vin Scully was the hall of fame broadcaster who called Dodger games in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, the longest tenured broadcaster with a single team in pro sports history.

Mike Filey was Toronto's best known historian who organized Heritage Toronto, a citizen's group interested in Toronto's history and wrote The Way We Were column for the Toronto Sun as well as more than two dozen books about the history of Toronto.

Nichelle Nichols was the actress revered by "Star Trek" fans for playing Lieutenant Uhura. She was among the first Black women to have a leading TV role, and later worked with NASA to recruit minorities for the space program.

Bill Russell was an  11-time NBA champion with the Boston Celtics and the first Black head coach in the league.

Tony Dow was the actor best known for playing Wally Cleaver on Leave it to Beaver. Dow reprised his role as Wally in a television movie and in The New Leave It to Beaver.

Paul Sorvino is the actor best known for portraying Paul Cicero in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas.

Pat John is the actor best known for playing Jesse Jim on the long-running Beachcombers television series. He played the role for 19 years.

James Caan was the actor best known for playing Sonny Corleone in “The Godfather.” He also had significant roles in films such as Brian's Song, Cinderella Liberty, The Gambler, Rollerball, A Bridge Too Far, Alan J. Pakula's Comes a Horseman, Thief, Gardens of Stone, Misery, Dick Tracy, Bottle Rocket, The

We live in a strange new world where you can be friendly with people you've never met. Shawn Hammond was a devout listener of Toronto Mike'd who tweeted at me often as @ledzephead, always with a thoughtful observation about an episode or simply to support me and what I do.

Philip Baker Hall was the actor best known for his roles in Secret Honor, Hard Eight, Duck, Say Anything..., Boogie Nights, The Truman Show, Magnolia, The Contender, Zodiac and Argo. And of course, he was Lt. Joe Bookman on Seinfeld.