Entertainment

Sully, the yellow Labrador who helped President George H.W. Bush in his final months, lay before his flag-draped casket. “Mission complete,” the caption read. But Sully’s mission wasn’t over.

In 1973, the Everly Brothers split up in front of an audience. Ten years later, Don and Phil walked onto the stage of London’s Royal Albert Hall together. Watch them sing “Let It Be Me.”

On September 19, 1981, Simon & Garfunkel reunited for a free concert on Central Park’s Great Lawn. Watch Art Garfunkel sing “Bridge Over Troubled Water” to one of the biggest crowds ever.

After the 2004 tsunami, a baby hippo was rescued off the coast of Kenya. Within minutes of arriving at Haller Park, he met his new best friend: Mzee, a giant tortoise about 130 years old.

In November 1964, Judy Garland shared the London Palladium stage with her 18-year-old daughter, Liza Minnelli. Watch them sing “Hello, Dolly!” and “Together (Wherever We Go).”

Koko the gorilla knew hundreds of signs, and she asked for a kitten. Watch her meet her new kittens and see how gentle a 230-pound gorilla can be.

Fernando Pavarotti baked bread for a living, but his son said he had a voice perhaps more beautiful than his own. Watch the two tenors sing “Panis Angelicus” together in Modena Cathedral.

In 1939, a young singer named Vera Lynn recorded “We’ll Meet Again.” Soldiers called her the Forces’ Sweetheart, and 81 years later the Queen quoted her song.

On a frigid November night in 2012, NYPD Officer Larry DePrimo noticed a man with no shoes and blistered feet. What he did next was caught on a stranger’s phone.

Jason McElwain, a team manager with autism, had never played in a varsity game. On senior night in 2006, his coach gave him a jersey and a chance.