Considered one of the greatest rappers of all time, the onetime drug dealer skyrocketed to fame in the mid-1990s but was murdered in a drive-by shooting in 1997 at the age of 24.

The Irish-born musician and singer-songwriter achieved worldwide fame as lead singer of the Cranberries but waged lifelong personal struggles and died in 2018 from drowning due to alcohol intoxication at the age of 46.

The wrestling promoter was the driving force behind the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), twice serving as its president.

Based on the DC Comics character, the Batman live-action television series has been called arguably the biggest TV phenomenon of the 1960s.

Fun facts about NFL football's "G.O.A.T."

The health guru and magazine publisher pioneered the organic food movement. 


Editor's Note: J.I. Rodale was present at the Dick Cavett Show taping on June 7, 1971 (not June 8, which was the day he died).

Fun facts about Christopher Columbus's October 12, 1492 discovery of the Americas.

Fast facts about music icons Bing Crosby and Duke Ellington, one of the former's many collaborators.

The radio and TV commentator is best known for his long stint as host of CBS News Sunday Morning, succeeding original host Charles Kuralt in 1994.

The broadcaster and humorist was a pioneer of Texas radio and television.