Actor
Born Nov 20, 1917 · Wilkesboro, North Carolina, USA
Active 2003–2010 · Awards: Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Fear, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class, Commander's Grand Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, Friend of History Award
Robert Carlyle Byrd (born Cornelius Calvin Sale Jr.; November 20, 1917 – June 28, 2010) was an American politician and musician who served as a United States senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010.