1914 Dorothy Lamour - Actress (Donovan’s Reef, The Greatest Show on Earth, Slightly French, St. Louis Blues, My Favorite Brunette) She appeared in numerous 'Road' movies with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

I've been watching Christmas movies for December. Donavan's Reef is a John Wayne Christmas movie (and a darn good one). She was one of the costars.







1933 Mako – Japanese actor (Seven Years in Tibet, Conan the Barbarian, Pacific Heights, The Ugly Dachshund, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Pearl Harbor, M*A*S*H, Hawaiian Heat, McHale’s Navy, The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne)

There was hardly a TV show in the 60's and 70's that he wasn't on. I really liked him. He played several different characters in M*A*S*H through the series.







1967 Otis Redding, age 26 – Singer (Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, These Arms of Mine, Mr. Pitiful) He, and four members of his band, the Bar-Kays, were killed when their twin-engine plane crashed into a lake near Madison, Wisconsin

There sure were a lot of musicians that were killed in plane/helicopter crashes.