photographer Bill Ray, passed the opportunity to work for National Geographic, to work for Life Magazine as a staff photographer instead

he worked at some incredibly historic moments, Marilyn singing Happy Birthday Mr President, and Elvis going into the Army, Ray Charles at Carnegie Hall, Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen on the set of “The Thomas Crown Affair” in 1967, and both on- and off-field photos of the first Super Bowl.

He had 46 covers of Newsweek

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2020/jan/20/life-magazine-photographer-bill-ray-in-pictures
https://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2020/01/27/obituaries/photographs-by-bill-ray/s/27billray-slide-YYMQ.html