Wilma Glodean Rudolph was born on June 23, 1940, in the St. Bethlehem section of Clarksville, Tenn., 45 miles north of Nashville, and grew up in Clarksville.
John Candy dies. The larger-than-life comedic star John Candy dies suddenly of a heart attack on this day in 1995, at the age of 43. At the time of his death, he was living near Durango, Mexico, while filming Wagons East, a Western comedy co-starring the comedian Richard Lewis.
Sugar Candice Montenegro was killed Sunday morning when her car was hit by a red light runner in the intersection of Broadway Road and 16th Street. The driver of the vehicle that struck Ms. Montenegroâs car has been identified by Phoenix Police accident investigators as 65 year old Eddie Lee Mays.