11:22. Actually Parkyakarkus died on the night of November 25, 1958. He had just sat down on the dais next to Milton Berle after roasting Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz when he suddenly slumped over onto Berle's lap. Uncle Miltie's shout of is there a doctor in the house was met with laughter from the audience, who didn't realize Berle was being serious.
The contributions of many of these people are still relevant today. Even if we don't know their names, the world is a better place for them having lived.
10:10 Trivia Note: By the time of the death from a heart attack, Sam Zimbalist was producing "Ben-Hur" before its director, William Wyler took over, and went on to win an Oscar(R) for Best Picture of 1959. (R)(C) A.M.P.A.S
I watched this when I saw that it was about passings in the year that I was born. Watching through I saw a good many names I recognized and some I didn’t and then came one Augustus Owsley Stanley. I thought to myself “Bear couldn’t have died in 1958“. That’s what I realized it was his grandfather. Every Deadhead knows that name.