John Forsythe

Born John Lincoln Freund in Penns Grove, New Jersey to a factory worker, he was raised in Brooklyn. In 1936 at age 18, he became the announcer at the Dodgers' Ebbets Field. Best known as Blake Carrington on "Dynasty". And of course as the voice of the unseen Charlie Townsend on "Charlie's Angels" TV series, he also revived the role in the two more recent movies.

Betty Ford

Founder of the legendary eponymous Center for substance abuse in Rancho Mirage, California. Her openness in discussing her breast cancer and subsequent mastectomy greatly raised the visibility of a disease that Americans had previously been reluctant to talk about.

Bob Feller

Baseball Hall of Famer, "Rapid Robert", he won 266 for the Cleveland Indians, his only team.

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