In 1947, Herman was Emcee and also played at the third Cavalcade of Jazz concert held at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles which was produced by Leon Hefflin, Sr. on September 7, 1947.
Tito Puente
Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente (April 20, 1923 – May 31, 2000) was an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He was known as "The Musical Pope", "El Rey de los Timbales" (The King of the Timbales) and "The King of Latin Music".
He is best known for his Latin jazz works. He and his music appear in many movies such as "The Mambo Kings" and Fernando Trueba's "Calle 54". He guest-starred on several television shows, including "Sesame Street" and "The Simpsons". His most famous song is "Oye Como Va".
Jim Sasser
James Ralph Sasser (born September 30, 1936) is an American politician and attorney. He is a Democrat. He was a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1977 to 1995, and was Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee.
From 1996 to 1999, during the Clinton Administration, he was the United States Ambassador to China.
Albert A. Gore Sr.
Albert Arnold Gore Sr. (December 26, 1907 – December 5, 1998), known to some as Al Gore before the fame of his son, was an American politician who was a U.S. Representative and a U.S. Senator for the Democratic Party from Tennessee.
He was the father of Albert A. Gore Jr., the 45th Vice President of the United States (1993–2001).
Granville, Tennessee
Granville is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Tennessee, United States. Granville was the birthplace of U.S. Senator Albert Gore, Sr., father of former Vice-President Al Gore.
Carthage, Tennessee
Carthage is a town in and the county seat of Smith County, Tennessee, United States; it is part of the Nashville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,306 at the 2010 census.
Smith County, Tennessee
Smith County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 19,166. In the section known as Middle Tennessee, its county seat is Carthage.
Williamson County, Tennessee
Williamson County is a county in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 205,226. The county seat is Franklin.
Rutherford County, Tennessee
Rutherford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 262,604. Its county seat is Murfreesboro.
Animaniacs
Animaniacs is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger. It is the second animated series produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment alongside Warner Bros. Animation.
The show first aired on the Fox Network as part of its Fox Kids block from 1993 to 1995 before moving to The WB in 1995 until the series ended in 1998. It initially ran a total of 99 episodes and one movie being "Wakko's Wish".
"Animaniacs" is a variety show, with short skits with a large cast of characters.
• Yakko Warner is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He is tallest and the oldest siblings of the Warner Brothers.
• Wakko Warner is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He is the middle sibling of the Warner Brothers.
• Dot Warner is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. She is the youngest sibling of the Warner Brothers.
• Pinky is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He and the Brain are trying to take over the world.
• Brain is one of the five main characters of Animaniacs. He and Pinky are trying to take over the world.
A reboot of the series was announced by Hulu in January 2018 and expected to air starting in 2020 called Animaniacs (2020 TV series).
Joseph P. Riley Jr.
Joseph Patrick Riley Jr. (born January 19, 1943) is an American politician. He was the Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina. He was one of the longest serving mayors in the United States, having been in office from December 15, 1975 to January 11, 2016.
Moncks Corner, South Carolina
Moncks Corner is a town in and the county seat of Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 7,885 at the 2010 census.
Abdul Ghafoor
Dr. Abdul Ghafoor: (; 5 May 1959 – 28 January 2020) was an Indian politician. He was the Minister of Minority Welfare in Nitish Kumar government of Bihar from 2015 through 2017. He was a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly from 1995 to 2005 and again from 2010 until his death. His political party was Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD). Ghafoor was born Saharsa, Bihar.
Ghafoor died on 28 January 2020 at a hospital in Delhi at the age of 60.
Eville Gorham
Eville Gorham (PhD, LlD, DSc, FAAAS, FRSC, MNAS, FESA) (October 15, 1925 – January 14, 2020) was a Canadian-American biochemist and ecologist. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. His work focused on the chemistry of fresh waters and the ecology and biogeochemistry of peatlands. His works led to legislation and redesign of the power plants of the world to scrub sulfur and the nuclear test ban treaty.
Gorham died on January 14, 2020 at the age of 94.
Frank Edwards (politician)
Frank Edwards (September 16, 1950 – January 28, 2020) was an American Republican politician. He was the Mayor of Springfield, Illinois from December 2010 through April 2011. He was appointed by the Springfield City Council on December 28, 2010, after the death of Mayor Tim Davlin.
Edwards was killed in an airplane crash in Sangamon County, Illinois on January 28, 2020 at the age of 69.
Timothy Davlin
Timothy J. Davlin (August 27, 1957 – December 14, 2010) was an American Democratic politician. He was the mayor of Springfield, Illinois from April 2003 until his death in December 2010. He was born in Springfield. At the time of his death, he was being investigated for fraud and corruption during his time as mayor.
Davlin died by shooting himself in the chest at his home in Springfield on December 14, 2010. He was 53.
George Shirley
George Irving Shirley (born April 18, 1934) is an American operatic tenor. He was the first African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Shirley was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and raised in Detroit, Michigan.
Freddie Hubbard
Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was known for playing in the bebop, hard bop, and post-bop beginning in the early 1960s onwards.
Wes Montgomery
John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist. He was of the most important guitarists of the 20th century.
Montgomery died of a heart attack on June 15, 1968, while at home in Indianapolis.
David Wolf (astronaut)
David Alexander Wolf (born August 23, 1956) is an American astronaut, medical doctor and electrical engineer.
Wolf has been to space four times. Three of his spaceflights were short-duration Space Shuttle missions. In total Wolf has logged more than 4,040 hours in space. He is also a veteran of 7 spacewalks totaling 41hrs 17min in both Russian and American spacesuits.
Dickson City, Pennsylvania
Dickson City is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, north of Scranton. The population was 6,070 at the 2010 census.
Narciso Elvira
Narciso Elvira (born Narciso Chicho Delgado) Elvira; 29 October 1967 – 28 January 2020) was a Mexican Major League Baseball pitcher. Elvira was purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Mexican League in 1986. He played with the team at the Major League level in 1990. He was born in Tlalixcoyan, Veracruz, México.
Elvira was killed after being shot in Veracruz, Mexico on 28 January 2020 at the age of 52.
Katie McGlynn
Katie Louise McGlynn (born 16 July 1993 in Rochdale, Greater Manchester) is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as troubled pupil Jodie "Scout" Allen in the BBC One school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road", from 2011 to 2013; and Sinead Tinker in the long-running ITV soap opera, "Coronation Street", from 2013 to 2020.
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