Fast facts about country music singer, sausage entrepreneur, and TV host Jimmy Dean and legendary crooner Bing Crosby

The screenwriter and producer, who originally went by his birth name Leonard Heideman, murdered his first wife during a psychotic episode in 1963, but was released after spending 14 months in a mental hospital and married two more times. He committed suicide in 2007 at age 78.

One of the few African Americans to have a successful career in pro wrestling pre-Civil Rights Act, the onetime NFL player was a major star in the Pacific Northwest region, winning several tag team and heavyweight championship belts.

The composer-conductor earned renown as one of the most prominent musical arrangers in the world's country music capital.

The race car driver turned football scout is the grandson of motorsports icon A.J. Foyt.

The comedian, filmmaker, and humanitarian appeared in at least 117 film and TV productions in a career that spanned over 50 years.

The television western series, which ran for two seasons starting in 1957, starred actor John Payne as a wandering gunfighter who favors peace over conflict.

The professional wrestler is best known for his stint in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), where he was a five-time World Heavyweight Champion.

Known for his resonant bass-baritone voice, the country music singer was one of the progenitors of the Nashville Sound.

In 1978, the Women's Bank, one of the first banks in the country run entirely by women, opened its doors in Denver. Today it is known as the Colorado Business Bank.

Note: While the original Equal Credit Opportunity Act that was passed in 1974 prohibited sex-based discrimination, the law was amended in 1976 to prohibit discrimination based on religion, color, and age, among other factors.