45 Famous MissouriansTriva, Quotes and More on Famous Missourians for Students of All Ages MARIES COUNTY Advocate WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 2019 We hope you learn a little about our great state of Missouri and these famous Missourians. This list is by no means all the famous Missourians, it’s not even the top 45, it’s just a good cross section. If there is a famous Missourian you would like to see in a future edition just let us know. Maya Angelou ................. page 3 George Washington Redd Foxx ..................... page 10 John Pershing ................ page 11 Bob Barker ...................... page 2 Carver ..................... page 12 John Goodman .............. page 15 Brad Pitt ......................... page 5 Yogi Berra ....................... page 2 Don Cheadle .................... page 4 Robert Calvin Hubbard ... page 16 Joseph Pulitzer .............. page 14 Chuck Berry ................... page 16 William Clark ................. page 10 Jesse James ................... page 11 Ginger Rogers .................. page 5 Linda Bloodworth- Pheobe Couzins ............. page 12 Don Johnson .................. page 14 Clarence Thomas .............. page 5 Thomason ................. page 2 Walter Cronkite ............... page 6 Meriwether Lewis .......... page 10 Harry S. Truman ............... page 6 Daniel Boone ................... page 3 Sheryl Crow ................... page 13 Rush Limbaugh ............... page 8 Tina Turner ...................... page 6 Omar Nelson Bradley ..... page 15 Walt Disney ..................... page 7 Stan Musial ..................... page 7 Mark Twain ..................... page 7 Molly Brown .................... page 3 Leo Drey ........................ page 15 Kevin Nealon ................. page 16 Porter Wagoner ............... page 4 John “Jack” Buck ............ page 11 Dick Van Dyke .................. page 9 Marie Watkins Oliver ..... page 13 Sam Walton ..................... page 8 Dale Carnegie .................. page 8 Cedric the Entertainer .... page 14 Charlie “Bird” Parker ...... page 12 Laura Ingalls Wilder ......... page 9 Ella Kate Ewing .............. page 13 J.C. Penney ...................... page 4 Leona Williams ................ page 9 MARIES COUNTY ADVOCATE ■ WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20, 2019 ■ PAGE 2B 45 Famous Missourians Bob Barker Linda Bloodworth- Yogi Berra (born Robert William Barker) Thomason (born Lawrence Peter Berra) Birthdate: Dec. 12, 1923 at Darrington, Wash. Birthdate: April 15, 1947 at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Birthdate: May 12, 1925 at St. Louis, Mo. Best known for: Hosting CBS’s The Price is Right from 1972 to 2007. Best known for: Creating/writing the CBS series Designing Women. Died: Sept. 22, 2015 at West Caldwell, N.J. Interesting facts: Barker resigned as host of Miss Universe and Miss Interesting facts: Bloodworth-Thomason wrote five episodes of the Best known for: His “Yogi-isms” and being one of the best baseball USA pageants because officials refused to stop giving fur coats as original series M*A*S*H. catchers in baseball history. awards. She lost her mother to AIDS, contracted through a blood transfusion. Interesting facts: The name “Yogi” comes from a childhood friend Barker spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian She considers the concern with correcting who said a character in a movie Reservation in Mission, South Dakota and the the world’s problems to be a family looked like Berra. U.S. Indian Census Rolls list him as an official tradition. Berra left school after 8th member of the Sioux tribe. Quotes: “Keep moving. Have a goal, grade to work and Quotes: “Nothing gives me quite so much joy one day you will arrive at a place play American Legion as when people tell me they’ve had their pets that is better than the place baseball. spayed or neutered.” where you were, even if it is only Quotes: “It ain’t over till “You can’t fool television viewers with dancing in your head.” it’s over.” girls and flashing lights.” “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might wind up someplace else.” For 35 years Bob Barker was the host of The Price Is Right game Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is the creator/writer of Designing Yogi Berra was an American professional baseball player, manager show. Not only is it the highest-rated daytime game show, it’s also Women and Evening Shade. She also served as Executive Producer, and coach. Berra was a key player for the New York Yankees for 18 the longest-running game show in TV history. He also served the along with husband Harry Thomason, on three other series, Hearts years, during which he played in a record 14 World Series winning show’s executive producer since 1987. Named the most popular Afire, Women of the House and Emeril. an unprecedented 10. He also established records for catchers of his game show host of all time in a national poll, he received the Lifetime A native of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Bloodworth-Thomason era: he held the benchmark for most home runs hit by a catcher, most Achievement Award for Daytime Television in 1999. received her B.A. in English from the University of Missouri. consecutive errorless games, and most consecutive chances handled. He made his motion picture debut in Universal Pictures’ Happy She moved to Los Angeles to work for the Wall Street Journal in Berra grew up in the Italian district of St. Louis where he Gilmore. He also played Mel Harris’ father in NBC’s Something So advertising and later joined the Los Angeles Daily Journal as a played softball, baseball, soccer, football and roller hockey. Right. Another honor came when one of the most historic sites in the reporter. He first played organized baseball with a YMCA team and later played history of television, Stage 33 at CBS Television City was re-dedicated Bloodworth-Thomason is the first American writer in television American Legion baseball. He batted left-handed and, like most as the Bob Barker Studio in ceremonies following the taping of the history to write 35 consecutive episodes of a series. catchers, threw right-handed. Berra acquired his famous nickname 5,000th episode of “The Price is Right.” Barker is the first performer to The Thomasons formed Mozark Productions for the development of from a teammate who thought he looked like a Hindu yogi when he whom CBS has ever dedicated a stage. quality entertainment. The name of the company is derived from the sat cross-legged as he waited to bat. Barker spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation combination of Missouri and Arkansas, their home states. Berra signed a contract with the American League (AL) New York in South Dakota. His family eventually moved to Springfield, Bloodworth-Thomason has received many awards, including Yankees in 1942. After a season in the minor leagues, he served in Mo., where he attended high school and Drury College on a numerous Emmy and Writers Guild nominations. Her shows have also the U.S. Navy during WWII and returned to minor-league baseball in basketball scholarship. WWII interrupted his studies and he joined received a number of civic and cultural awards which include Nancy 1946. He moved up to the New York Yankees toward the end of the the US Navy, becoming a fighter pilot, but the war ended before he Susan Reynolds Award for Sexual Responsibility in the Media from the 1946 season. Because Berra’s catching was initially erratic, he played was assigned to a seagoing squadron. Center For Popular Options; the Humanitarian Award from Funders mostly in the outfield until 1949, when he became the team’s regular Following his discharge Barker returned to Drury and took a job Concerned About AIDS; the first Freedom of Speech Award from catcher. He hit 20 or more home runs a season in 1949–58 and 1961, at a local radio station to help finance his studies. It was there he Americans for Democratic Action; the Trend Setter Award from the including a home run in his first World Series appearance. He was discovered that what he did best was to host audience participation National Health Council; and the Silver Satellite Award. She has also named the AL’s Most Valuable Player three times. Berra helped the shows. After graduating summa cum laude with a degree in been honored by the Women’s Legal Defense Fund in Washington, Yankees win World Series titles and he caught in more series games economics, he went to work for a radio station in Palm Beach, Florida. D.C. for her contribution to the advancement of women and families. than any other catcher. He also hit 12 World Series home runs. A year later he moved to Los Angeles, and within a week he was the In 1990, Ladies Home Journal named Bloodworth-Thomason After retiring as a player, Berra managed the Yankees in 1964, host of his own radio program, “The Bob Barker Show”. He made his one of America’s Fifty Most Powerful Women. In July of 1992, she winning the pennant but losing the World Series. He then moved debut in 1956 on national television as the host of the popular The produced the acclaimed documentary, The Man From Hope, which across town to the National League (NL) New York Mets as a coach New Truth and Consequences. Barker hosted “Truth or Consequences” introduced Bill Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in New and team manager, winning the NL pennant in 1973. Thereafter he for 18 years. York. In 1993, the Thomasons served as Co-chairs of the Presidential returned to the Yankees, serving as a coach. Berra was one of the few Barker has been twice named in the Guinness Book of World Inauguration. In 1996, she directed and produced A Place Called men to manage pennant winners in both leagues. He was elected to Records as television’s “Most Durable Performer,” at 3,524 shows, and America, which introduced President Clinton at the 1996 Democratic the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1972, and in 1998 the Yogi Berra Museum “Most Generous Host in Television history” for awarding $55 million in National Convention.