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.
Conaway was found unconscious on May 11, after what may have been an overdose of painkillers. He was taken off life support on May 26 and died May 27. For a brief ride down memory lane, here's a look at the Greased Lightning musical number, starring a very pre-Battlefield Earth John Travolta.