George Lowe - Mountain Climber

George Lowe was the last surviving member of the expedition that made the first successful conquest of Mount Everest. He was one of two New Zealanders with the 1953 British group that made the historic ascent.

Lowe,89, died on March 20, 2012 at a nursing home in Ripley, England after lengthy illness.

During the climb, he helped establish the final camp 1,000 feet below the Everest summit. The next day on May 28, 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the peak. Since then, over 4,000 have conquered the mountain.

He spent the rest of his life making documentaries of various climbing expeditions around the world. He directed the film "The Conquest of Everest" which was highly acclaimed.

Shadow Morton - Songwriter

Shadow Morton was a songwriter who could not read music or play an instrument. However, that never stopped him from writing hit songs in the 1960's. The all girl group the "Shangri-Las recorded hits with "Leader of the Pack" and "Remember Walking In The Rain".

Mr Morton died on February 14, 2013 from cancer at the age of 71 in Laguana Beach, California.

"Leader of the Pack" reached #1 on the hit chart and was also recorded by Bette Midler, Twisted Sister and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

He was also the producer for Janis Ian's "Society's Child" in 1967 and was involved with the three albums for Vanilla Fudge.

Andre Cassagnes - Inventor of Etch A Sketch

Andre Cassagnes was an electrical technician in the 1950's when he stumbled upon the Etch A Sketch idea. When he peeled a translucent decal from a light switch plate, he found that pencil mark images were transferred to the opposite face.

He created the toy with the gray screen, red frame and two white knobs which were twisted back and forth to create various images. He exhibited his creation at the Nuremberg Toy Fair in 1959 and developed a partnership with the Ohio Art Co based in Bryan, Ohio. The toy became the biggest seller during the 1960 holiday season. Since then, over 100 million have been sold worldwide.

Mr Cassagnes died on January 16, 2013 at the age of 86 in a suburb of Paris.

The toy gained considerable attention during the 2012 Presidential election when one of Mitt Romney's  advisers made a reference to it regarding the candidate's political views.

The toys were made in Ohio until 2000 before the firm moved their production to China.

Gail Harris - Ex New York Giant MLB PLayer

Gail Harris had a relatively undistinguished Major League baseball career. He spent three seasons with the New York Giants before they moved to San Francisco. He was the last player to hit a home run for the team when they played in New York City.

He was traded to the Detroit Tigers where he played through the 1960 season. He finished his career with a .240 batting average with 51 HR's and 190 RBI's. He remains as the answer to a trivia question regarding who hit the last home run hit for the New York Giants.

Harris, 81, died at his Gainesville, VA home on November 14, 2012. After his playing days were over, he spent a career as an insurance salesman. He also was an instructor in the Kansas City Royals farm system for a brief period.

Millie Parsons - Longest Tenured FBI Employee

Millie Parsons was the longest continually serving employee in the history of the FBI during a career which lasted 62 years, nine months and two days. During that time she never called in sick and was only late once when she got stuck in a stalled elevator.

She started as a junior-clerk typist in 1939. She later served as the secretary to the Special Agent in charge of the Washington D.C. field office under two dozen different bosses. Before the agency started hiring female agents in 1972, she occasionally posed as the companion to undercover agents.

Mrs Parsons, 99,  died on October 21, 2012 at her home in Silver Springs, MD from coronary heart disease. Her husband died in 1967 after 25 years of marriage. She left no immediate survivors.

Frank Wilson - Song Writer

Frank Wilson quote several hits for Motown stars during the 1960's and 70's. He worked with Marvin Gaye, the Supremes and Tempatations.

His biggest hits were "Love Child" for Diana Ross and the Supremes, "Chained" for Gaye and "All I Need" for the Temptations.

His biggest hit was probably "You Made Me So Very Happy" originally written for Brenda Halloway in 1967, but became even a bigger hit for Blood, Sweat and Tears.

Wilson, 71, died on September 27, 2012 from a lung infection. During the last couple of decades, Wilson was an active minister.

Scott McKenzie - Iconic Song From 1967

Scott Mckenzie sang the hit of his career when he recorded "San Francisco, Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair". It became the theme song of the counterculture movement during the "Summer of Love" in 1967.

He died on August 18, 2012 at the age of 73 after fighting a two year battle against Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disease of the nervous system.

"San Francisco" was written by John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, but McKenzie brought it to the top of the charts. McKenzie also co-wrote"Kokomo" which the Beach Boys brought to #1 in 1988.

Ignacy Skowron - Poish Veteran

Ignacy Skowron was a Polish soldier guarding a military depot near Gdansk along with 200 other troops when it came under attack from the German warship Schlezwig-Holstein on September 1, 1939. This was the opening battle of World War II. They fought 1,500 German troops ,but were eventually captured and became prisoners. Fortunately for Skowron, he was released in 1940 because of illness and he returned home.

Skowrow, 97, was the last surviving Polish soldier from the battle. He died on August 5, 2012 near his home in Kielce in the southern section of Poland.

After the war, he spent his career working for the Polish rail system until he retired in 1975. He participated often in the annual observance on September 1st to commemorate the battle. His last time was in 2009 before he suffered a variety of illnesses that lead to his death.

He spent time throughout his life retelling his story of the battle to younger generations.

Lesley Brown - "Test-tube Mother"

Lesley Brown attracted world-wide attention on July 25, 1978 when she gave birth to the first baby conceived through in vitro fertilization. Her daughter was known as the "test-tube baby". The procedure would be popularized to the extent that over 4 million babies have been born using that method.

She died on June 6, 2012 at the age of 64 in Bristol, England of complications from a gall bladder infection.

Her daughter's birth was quite controversial because it was in uncharted waters. Her neighborhood was surrounded by a huge media presence upon the birth. Four years later, she would conceive again using the same method.

Robert Kelleher - Oldest Federal Judge

Many members of the legal profession have served in the federal judiciary with great distinction. Robert Kelleher holds the record as the oldest to serve. He continued to hear cases until he died on June 20, 2012 at the age of 99.

He was appointed by President Nixon in 1970 and continued to serve in the Central District of California. He maintained an active docket of cases.

He was also an outstanding tennis player and was a member of the 1963 US Davis Cup team. He and his late wife won the mixed-doubles championship in 1947. He was inducted into the tennis Hall of Fame in 2000.