Famous Photos of Elvis White House visit with President Richard Nixon
Bing Crosby's White Christmas - Most Famous Song of all time
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Bing Crosby Date of Birth: May 3, 1903 | Date of Death: October 14, 1977  Age at Death: 74 | Cause of Death: Heart attack Bing Crosby name will always be synonymous with the classic song White Christmas. Crosby's most successful recording, and the number one selling single for many years, until Elton John’s (beautiful tribute to Marilyn) changed the lyric to Candle in the Wind re-make the song a to Princess Diana, . Bing recorded more than 1700 songs for commercial release from 1926 to 1977. He would also go on to be successful in movies as well, most notably his "Road" movies with Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour. He also won an Academy award for Going My Way

August 16, 1977 Elvis was found dead in his bathroom at Graceland. This picture was taken by Elvis' cousin who was offer a deal by National Enquirer to photograph Elvis in his coffin. The payment was meager compared to the millions the Enquirer reaped for the cover story. Story behind the picture

Nick Ut's 1972 image of a naked girl fleeing her napalmed picture of Kim Phuc running from a Napalm attack as a memorable picture vividly depicting the art of war. Photographer Huynh Cong Ut, known by his colleagues as Nick, was working there as a photo journalist for Associated Press at the time and took a number of photographs of the villagers trying to escape the napalm. This one, epitomizing the savagery and tragedy of the conflict, won him the Pulitzer Prize and became one of the most published photos of the Vietnam war

Combat Photographer Eddie Adams who lifted his camera in synch with the general's gun, took the famed photo the nanosecond the bullet passed through the man's skull. The deadly blast from the snub-nosed gun poised inches from the scruffy, grimacing target conveys a violent echo off the page.

December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley paid a visit to President Richard M. Nixon at the White House in Washington, D.C. The meeting was initiated by Elvis, who wrote Nixon a six-page letter requesting a visit with the President and suggesting that he be made a "Federal Agent-at-Large" in the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. The events leading up to and after the meeting are detailed in the documentation and photographs, which include Elvis' handwritten letter, memoranda from Nixon staff and aides, and the thank-you note from Nixon for the gifts (including a Colt 45 pistol and family photos) that Presley brought with him to the Oval Office.

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