Naya Rivera
At the age of four, singer and actress Naya Rivera (January 12, 1987-July 8, 2020) started acting in television series such as “The Royal Family,” “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Family Matters” and “The Bernie Mac Show.” But on the hit musical comedy series “Glee.” she rose to national attention playing a gay cheerleader. At first, her part, the mean girl Santana Lopez, was a secondary character, but as she struggled with her sexual identity, she became a series regular. A lot of fans credited her with helping them be confident of their sexuality.
Charlie Daniels
In the 1960s, Charlie Daniels (October 28, 1936-July 6, 2020), a resident of Wilmington, N.C., was an in-demand Nashville session musician appearing on many Bob Dylan records, as well as on recordings with Marty Robbins, Claude King, the Marshall Tucker Band, Flatt & Scruggs, Pete Seeger, Leonard Cohen, Al Kooper, and Ringo Starr. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016, he also played gospel music and co-founded The Journey Home Project, a veterans charity.