Della Reese born Delloreese Patricia Early; July 6, 1931 – November 19, 2017 was an American singer, actress, television personality, author and ordained minister. As a singer, she recorded blues, gospel, jazz and pop. Several of her singles made the US Hot 100, including the number two charting song, "Don't You Know?" 1959. As a television personality and actress, she was the first black woman to host her own talk show and appeared on the highly-rated CBS television series Touched by an Angel. Della appeared on The secret path as Honey

Antoine Caliste Domino Jr. February 26, 1928 – October 24, 2017, known as Fats Domino, was an American singer-songwriter and pianist. One of the pioneers of rock and roll music, Domino sold more than 65 million records. Born in New Orleans to a French Creole family, Domino signed to Imperial Records in 1949. His first single "The Fat Man" is cited by some historians as the first rock and roll single and the first to sell more than 1 million copies. Domino continued to work with the song's co-writer Dave Bartholomew, contributing his distinctive rolling piano style to Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" 1952 and scoring a string of mainstream hits beginning with "Ain't That a Shame" 1955. Between 1955 and 1960, he had eleven Top 10 US pop hits. By 1955, five of his records had sold more than a million copies, being certified gold

SGT LaDavid T. Johnson paid the ultimate sacrifice while serving the United States Army as a Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic with the 3d Special Forces Group, Fort Bragg, NC with duty in Niger. SGT Johnson was posthumously awarded a Silver Star for actions near Tonga Tongo, Niger in early October 2017. The joint United States - Nigerian team came under enemy fire, dismounted their vehicles in order to counter the attack, but quickly realized that they were greatly outnumbered and were forced to break contact. During the fallback, SGT Johnson was among other soldiers to assume a second fighting position and again engage the enemy. Forced to break contact again, he and two Nigerien soldiers attempted to push back toward their vehicles but were forced to flee on foot due to the heavy enemy fire. The militants closed in and killed the two Nigerien soldiers within about 600 meters. SGT Johnson made it nearly a kilometer and took cover behind thick brush, continuing to fight under suppressive e...