I read "Gracie a Love Story" written by George Burns many yrs ago. You cannot read that wonderful book w/o shedding a tear at times. She was quite a woman and ahead of her time. May she and George rest in eternal peace.

Thank you for including the three civil rights workers❤

Thank u for ur lovely tributes. The 1960s, were a really turbulent time. I thank those 3 men, for their contributions twds the Civil rights movement. RIP Sam Cooke. And may God bless all of the decedents.🕊💐🌻🪽

So many heart attacks and pneumonia deaths at early age…. Still wish for the “Good Old Days”? Thank you for these uploaded tributes. Means a lot.

Thank you for including those who were murdered trying to make sure every citizen has the right to vote in the USA.

Thank you for doing this series. As I always say. Time is infinite, but life is not. I have all of these tributes.

Thank you for this video. One person who could have been included was the charismatic and very popular race car driver Eddie Sachs, who was affectionately called The Clown Prince Of Auto Racing. Eddie was a great race car driver, who won the pole position for the Indianapolis 500 in1960 and 1961and came second in the 1961 race. Sachs seemed destined for an Indy 500 win in his career but it never came. Unfortunately, Eddie was killed on May 30, 1964 during the running of the Indy 500 when he was involved in a fiery and horrific accident which was caused by rookie driver Dave MacDonald. To make matters worse, MacDonald was driving a relatively unsafe car and had been warned by other drivers about taking part in the big race.

Wonderful how you keep the memories of these greats alive... wow, Sam Cooke has been gone all this time! I was 3 years old in 1964 and got to share the air with all of these. Thank you. ❤

Two of my favorites, Gracie Allen & Cherrio Meredith. Two great comedians .RIP

R.I.P. Kitty Genovese.

Sometimes you're astonished that some have passed 60 yrs ago. Thank you

I have loved Alan Ladd all my life. His films are always fan to watch. I collect them in dvd and trying to get all those from the thirties in which he was extra or supporting player. God bless him for all the joy he has given us.

"There is not enough kindness in this world." (Closing Peter Lorre line from "The Mask Of Dimitrios" a great 1944 Warner Brothers mystery!)

Amazing to think the era many of these people were born in and what they witnessed in their lives.

R.I.P. to Kathryn Cord as Mrs. McGillicuddy on I Love Lucy and Perry Mason. Seems like their were too many actors, actresses and singers that died too young from Cancer, Strokes, Pneumonia or Drug Overdoses. Sad.

Thank you for your hard work!

I like this background music the best of any of these videos. Not sad at all, but pleasant and uplifting in a quiet way.

Also, Sean O'Casey, legendary Irish playwright, died on September 16, 1964 at the ripe old age of 100.

Thank you for including the three civil rights workers. But the names of Andrew Goodman and James Cheney are mixed up.

In looking at the image of Matilde Moisant, it is clear that she is sporting a decorative pendant incorporating a swastika. I did a quick check and it seems she stopped flying permanently in 1912, and this image was clearly snapped before that date. A little more checking revealed that up to the early 20th century (long before the Nazis) the swastika, a sacred symbol in Hinduism and Buhdism, was often used as a symbol of luck and was used in ornaments like this. Anyway I was curious and wanted to avoid any uninformed piling on against her in case anyone saw the symbol and didn't do homework. This is not to say that NO famous American aviator had an intellectual love affair with the Third Reich and eugenics....but that's a story for another day.

.....these tributes are so good, I look forward to each new one,.... hope you go back to the 1900s.....🎉

It seems that there was a lot of pneumonia going around back in 1964, because a number of celebrities passed away from it.

So many young people. 💔 Thank you Vince. Great work. 🌹

So many the victims of unavailable medical treatment that was not available in that time.

Eddie Sachs and Dave McDonald both died in a crash at the Indy 500 in May of 1964

Happy to see the Republican passed Civil Rights Act on here! Thanks!!

Nancy Astor was the second female MP in the UK, but she was the first to take her seat. The first, Constance Markievicz, was an Irish Republican and refused to appear in the House of Commons or pledge allegiance to the King.

I like this channel, the channel producers should consider using the same format and length to do a history recap of year. Maybe a second channel that focuses on history.

A very different world and yet many issues of the day are still being debated now.

Thank you for sharing these tributes. God Bless You and stay safe 🙏 ❤️

You included Fireball Roberts, but you forgot another NASCAR driver who died early in the year - Joe Weatherly, the so-called 'clown prince of NASCAR', who died in a racing accident at Riverside Raceway in California on January 19th at age 41. He was the defending (and two-time) champion of the NASCAR Grand National Series (today known as just the NASCAR Cup Series) at the time of his fatal accident.

Kitty Genovese's murder was a very sad event that had to lead to the development of the 9-1-1 system, only good thing was the killer was caught soon after and spent the rest of his miserable life in prison.

Nancy Aster was the target of one of the greatest verbal comebacks in History. At a cocktail party she approached Winston Churchill and told him "Winston if I were your wife, I'd poison you, to which Churchill replied, "Nancy if you were my wife, I'd take it."

Another fantastic video. Wanted to give Honorable Mention to author T. H. White who wrote the series of novels based on the legend of King Arthur ; most notably The Sword in the Stone. He passed away from heart failure on January 17, 1964. Also, according to Wikipedia, Lillian Copeland passed away on July 7, 1964. You have her date of death as June 7 in the video.

Ironic, his name is also his cause of death: Fireball.

Fireball Roberts got his nickname, "Fireball" because of his fastball when he pitched for the Zellwood Mud Hens an American Legion Baseball Team .

I always feel a bit sad for those who through some other set of circumstances, or personal choices, who could still be alive today.

Jim reeves was the pilot and crashed his plane, he died too young.

03/31/1964: Brazil entered the military coup, which began the 21-year period of military dictatorship (03/31/1964-03/15/1985).

Harpo was a genius

I wonder how far back you can go

RIP: Edward Van Sloan,...actor was in Frankenstein, Dracula (both 1931) and The Mummy (1932)....

Mr. Goodman’s and Mr. Chaney’s names are reversed.

You struck out leaving Fred Hutchinson off this list. He was 51 when he died of lung cancer in 1964. His death opened the door for St. Louis to steal the 1964 World Series. And you struck out leaving out Johnny Keane Cardinals manager of this "Bob Handley" team. He died in 1967 at age 58.

The Guy in the MIddle was James Chaney of the Civil rights Guys Andrew Goodman

Waite Phillips donated an office building in TULSA not Tulda

You mixed up the pictures of the 3 murdered civil rights activists. Goodman is on the far left, Cheney is in the middle.

I believe you mixed up the names of the three civil rights workers.

Seem most who died of natural causes in that era died from non-cancer reasons even though smoking was very common then. Today cancer is the most prevalent.

Is the background music by Hilary Stagg?

You forgot M. Peter lorre was in that as well

Note: the story that "38 people watched Kity Genovese stabbed to death" was a myth. The people heard something but it was not cleat what was happening.

7:30. According to husband George, Gracie was smart enough to be the World's Dumbest Woman.

Is that a swastika emblam on Matilde's chest?

Who gives a shite. Life goes on.

Thank you for the acknowledgment of the civil rights activists; but the name of the Black man was James Chaney...