Everything you need to know about the comedy legend.

Everything you need to know about the broadcasting icon.

One of several westerns that crowded the TV airwaves in the late '50s, Sugarfoot was part of the Warner Bros. stable of oaters. The show and its theme song were referenced on an episode of Arrested Development in 2005.

One of the architects of hardcore wrestling, the multiple-time world champion is considered one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time.

While serving time in prison for murder, David Marshall "Carbine" Williams invented the floating chamber and the short-stroke piston, both of which use the high-pressure gas generated in or close to the breech of the firearm to operate the action of semi-automatic firearms like the M1 Carbine, which is widely credited with helping the Allies win World War II. His life story was dramatized in the 1952 movie Carbine Williams starring Jimmy Stewart.

In the fall of 1967, ABC launched a new television western titled Custer, based on the life of General George Armstrong Custer, but protests from Native American groups and disappointing ratings resulted in its cancelation after only 17 episodes.

One of the worst serial killers in history, Albert Fish was suspected in at least five child murders during his lifetime, though he confessed to only three murders. Much like fellow cannibals Jeffrey Dahmer and Joe Metheny, Fish would dismember his victims. In Fish's case, he cooked their flesh and ate it for dinner.

More celebrities who either successfully or unsuccessfully ran for public office.

The multiple-time singles champion, christened Roland Daniels, took his ring name from the Jim Croce song about "Bad, Bad" Leroy Brown, which also became his theme song for several of his in-ring appearances.

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