1923 James Arness - Actor (Gunsmoke, How the West was Won, Hondo, The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory, The Thing, Them!) He was a Minneapolis, MN radio newscaster and the brother of Peter Graves


He was kind of a bad guy in Hondo. I guess he was a bad guy in The Thing too.







2005 Eddie Albert, age 99 – Actor (Green Acres, Roman Holiday, Oklahoma!, The Sun Also Rises, Switch) He was the father of actor Edward Albert


He was also in The Longest Day. I watch it every Memorial Day weekend.
On September 9, 1942, Albert enlisted in the United States Coast Guard and was discharged in 1943 to accept an appointment as a lieutenant in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V" for his actions during the invasion of Tarawa in November 1943, when, as the coxswain of a US Navy landing craft, he rescued 47 Marines who were stranded offshore (and supervised the rescue of 30 others), while under heavy enemy machine-gun fire.