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Comedian Red Skelton, right, rehearses a scene with Bob Hope for a Bob Hope Christmas show in 1978. Skelton plays his

Vernon Presley, Elvis Presley's father, places a rose on his son's grave Nov. 24, 1977 as newspeople were permitted inside the grounds at Graceland in...

Yankees' slugger Reggie Jackson connects for his third home run in the eighth inning off a pitch from the Dodgers' Charlie Hough during game 6 of the...

Yankees Reggie Jackson watches the path of the ball as he hits his second homer in the fifth inning of the World Series game in New York Tuesday, Octo...

Yankees' slugger Reggie Jackson watches the path of his third home run in the eighth inning off a pitch from the Dodgers' Charlie Hough during game 6...

New York Yankees' outfielder Reggie Jackson swings manager Billy Martin across his waist prior to the start of Game 5 of the World Series in Los Angel...

Jody Scheckter holds his trophy aloft in the winner's circle after guiding his Canadian owned Wolf Ford to first place in Sunday's running, October 9,...

Niki Lauda of Austria pulls his protective hood over his head Friday, September 30, 1977 before the start of the first qualifying session for Sunday's...

South African race car driver Jody Scheckter just before the September 11, 1977 Grand Prix of Italy at Monza. A distant second in the drivers' champi...

Eddie Cheever, above, is more than your typical teenaged assigned-risk auto driver. At 19 years old, he's a hot item on the European Grand Prix racin...

Outside the gates at Forest Hill Cemeteries, David Clark sells bumper stickers and collector items off the back of his pickup truck, August 21, 1977....

Flower arrangements cover the area in front of the mausoleum containing the body of Elvis Presley after services Thursday afternoon, August 18, 1977,...

Fans reach out to touch floral arrangement at Forest Hills Cemetery, in Memphis where Elvis Presley was buried August 18, 1977. (AP Photo)

Jack Benny, the comic genius whose mastery of timing and delivery made generations of audiences laugh, from the days of vaudeville through the era of...

Passengers hold on tight, Sunday, June 26, 1977, as the famous Coney Island Cyclone heads for a drop in the track during the 50th anniversary party ri...

This view from the top of the north tower of the World Trade Center Thursday, May 26, 1977, shows climber George Willig, and accompanying police on th...

Elvis Presley is shown performing in Providence, R.I. on May 23, 1977, three months before his death. (AP Photo)

Texas Ranger pitcher, Gaylord Perry, was third pitcher in history to win one hundred or more games in each major league. He has 134 in the National L...

Joan Didion, author of

President Idi Amin of Uganda, left, talks with President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire during a working lunch April 23, 1977 in Kinshasa, Zaire. (AP Phot...

President Idi Amin of Uganda, left, takes a stroll with President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire prior to their luncheon April 23, 1977 in Kinshasa, Zaire....

New York Yankee outfielder Reggie Jackson grits his teeth as he prepares to hurl a long throw in from the field during spring training in March 1977....

Austria's Niki Lauda, driving for Ferrari, Friday, January 23, 1977 during a pit stop at the Grand Prix of Brazil. Lauda would go on to win his secon...

Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office, as his wife, Rosalynn, holds the family bible, during the inauguration ceremony in January of 1977. Administra...

A plane sits in the upper deck of Baltimore's Memorial Stadium after crashing into the stands, on Dec. 19, 1976, during a game between the Baltimore C...

Phil Mahre, 19, of White Pass, Washington, takes a gate in the giant slalom event of Men's World Series skiing competition in Bormio, Italy, Friday, D...

James Hunt, Britain's new world championship racing driver, sits at the wheel of his brand new Marlboro-McLaren M26 in which he will defend his title...

James Hunt, Britain's new world champion racing driver, is besieged by autograph hunters, November 7, 1976 at the

Britain's James Hunt on his arrival, October 26, 1976, at London's Heathrow airport. On Sunday, he became World Champion racing driver after coming t...

A right-wing extremist beats a student who has been lynched during a massacre of democracy protesters on the campus of Thammasat University in Bangkok...

All time major league home run king Hank Aaron takes a swing in his final game as a player, October 4, 1976. Aaron, who has announced his retirement,...

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Walter Alston announced September 27, 1976, that he will retire as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers at the end of this s...

Jimmy Carter stands in a large mound of peanuts at the Carter Peanut Warehouse in Plains, Ga., September 22, 1976. The Democratic party presidentia...

Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, left, of Poland, stands with Msgr. Arthur W. Rojek of Staten Island, and Terence Cardinal Cooke, Archbishop of New York, right...

Gloria Steinem, editor of

Exultation overcomes the members of the US women's relay team after Shirley Babashoff, in water, finished the final leg of the 4x100 meter relay to wi...

California's John Naber of the United States swimming team dives into the pool Thursday on one leg of the men's 4x100 meter relay in which his team se...

A fish eye view of the Verrazano Bridge showing the boroughs of Staten Island (left), and Brooklyn, New York City, June 15, 1976. (AP Photo/Jerry Mos...

Yogi Berra is shown during practice at Yankee Stadium on May 12, 1976. (AP Photo/stf)

J. Wes Gallagher is shown on May 1976. (AP Photo)

The East German bobsled quartet led by Meinhard Nehmer speeds through a snowstorm to complete a clean sweep of sledding gold medals at the Winter Olym...

Kathleen Cleaver speaks at a news conference in New York City, Friday, February 13, 1976, to announce the establishment of a defense committee for her...

Irving Jaffee, the only American ever to win three Olympic gold medals in skating, holds a picture of Peter Mueller of Mequon, WI, winning a gold in T...

The East German four-seater bobsled team whiz along the course at a trial run near Innsbruck, Austria, February 10, 1976, as they clock the fastest ti...

The East German crew of driver Mainhard Nehmer and brakeman Bernhard Germeshausen speed to victory in the two-man bobsled event at Innsbruck, Austria,...

Ben Hogan is shown speaking in this 1976 photo. (AP Photo)

The New York Nets' Julius Erving, known as Doctor J., hooks in his 9,994th basket as a professional against the St. Louis Spirits, December 27, 1975....

Mary Benny poses with Zubin Mehta, music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, after she made a formal presentation Thursday, October 23, 1975, of...

Carlton Fisk slams a 12th-inning home run to give Boston the sixth game of the World Series Tuesday night, October 22, 1975. Catcher is Cincinnati's...

Carlton Fisk slams a 12th-inning home run to give Boston the sixth game of the World Series Tuesday night, October 22, 1975. Catcher is Cincinnati's...