In a career spanning two decades, the Georgia-born comedian released more than a dozen albums, was a staple on the stand-up comedy circuit, and made numerous TV appearances. He died in 2014 of a heart attack at the age of 59, and was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame a year later.

Known for his tenures in WWE, particularly as leader of the Wyatt Family faction, the onetime amateur wrestler and college football player – given name Windham Rotunda – followed in the footsteps of his grandfather Blackjack Mulligan, his father Mike Rotunda, and uncles Barry and Kendall Windham. He died of a heart attack in August at the age of 36.

A follow-up to a previous segment highlighting some facts about the 1942 movie Casablanca.

The singer-songwriter-actor is best known for his novelty songs, including the 1958 hit "The Purple People Eater" and under the name Ben Colder. His acting roles include a recurring stint as Pete Nolan on the TV series Rawhide. Among other things, he is credited as the voice of the so-called "Wilhelm scream".

One of gospel music's first major recording stars, Sister Rosetta Tharpe pioneered a unique mixture of spiritual lyrics and electric guitar, later being referred to as "the original soul sister" and "the godmother of rock and roll". She was a major influence on artists such as Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Eric Clapton, and Elvis Presley.

One of wrestling's obscure figures, the NCAA All-American is best known for his brief stints in Central States Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling, and later worked as a referee.

(There's no Kussing, by the way.)

Little known facts about some of the country's most notable leaders, from Abraham Lincoln to Alexander Hamilton.

Facts about six of the speakers who were present at the historic March on Washington on August 28, 1963, including Martin Luther King.

In a career that spanned over 40 years and genres such as bop and fusion, the saxophonist-composer and 12-time Grammy winner played with jazz legends Miles Davis and Art Blakey, and recorded more than 20 albums as a bandleader.

Fast facts about Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, who co-starred in the 1954 film White Christmas and headlined radio's Crosby – Clooney Show.