Gene Rayburn Game show host
An opera singer turned disk jockey turned game show host.
From This is True for 28 November 1999
entertainment
TV, Film, and Music producers, directors, arrangers. (Writers are separate)
Simon Nkabinde Zulu music legend
Nkabinde helped popularize Zulu music.
From This is True for 25 July 1999
Daniel N. Cooke LA Police spokesman
He carried a badge. THE badge: 714.
From This is True for 2 May 1999
Jean Vander Pyl “Wilma Flinstone” voice
Few knew what she looked like, but most knew her voice.
From This is True for 11 April 1999
Gary Morton Comic
Not merely the second husband of redhead comedian Lucille Ball.
From This is True for 28 March 1999
Bobby Troup Composer and actor
A musician and actor, Troup entertained several generations.
From This is True for 7 February 1999
Julius Wechter “Spanish Flea” composer
Wechter is best known for writing “Spanish Flea” for Herb Alpert’s Tijuana Brass.
From This is True for 31 January 1999
Herman Wedemeyer Hawaii Five-O actor
Wedemeyer was a pro football player turned actor.
From This is True for 24 January 1999
Adelaide Hawley Cumming “Betty Crocker” actress
Cumming was the original “Betty Crocker”, but didn’t want to be defined by the role.
From This is True for 20 December 1998