Conway Mill Trust

The dashing actor Tyrone Powell often starred in romantic or swashbuckling movies, including The Mark of Zorro, The Black Swan, and Blood and Sand. He was known for his stage work, too, particularly in the play “Mister Roberts. At the age of 44, Power had a heart attack and died while filming a dueling scene for Solomon and Sheba.

Harry “Bing” Crosby’s distinctive bass-baritone croon helped make him one of the most successful singers ever, selling more than 500 million records in his lifetime. His biggest hit was his version of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas,” which remains the best-selling song of all time. Crosby also won a Best Actor Oscar for the film Going My Way in 1944.

A cofounder of the Abbey Theatre, now also known as the national theater of Ireland, playwright John Millington Synge is perhaps the most famous for his play “The Playboy of the Western World.” The first-run production instigated rioting at the Abbey Theatre by attendees who thought the play slighted the virtue of Irish women. Synge died at the age of 37 from Hodgkin’s disease.