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Happy 88th Birthday to LIFElegend "The Say Hey Kid" - Willie Mays - born today on May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama. He made is MLB debut for the New York Giants in 1951 and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979. He is pictured here in 1954 at spring training in Arizona. (Loomis Dean—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #thisweekinLIFE #LIFElegend #WillieMays https://www.instagram.com/p/BxH0ZeLDnBe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zhngb7q0j6qc

A young Parisian woman looking at a painting by LIFE legend Joan Miro on display at the Salon Du Jazz, a festival for jazz fans showing everything related to jazz music, Paris, France, 1952. The great Spanish artist Joan Miro was born 126 years ago on this day, April 20, 1893. (Nat Farbman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegend #Paris #Miro https://www.instagram.com/p/BwepKs5jYsq/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gilqhvble36t

LIFE legend Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color line when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers on this day in 1947. The baseball great is pictured here in his Brooklyn Dodgers uniform during filming of The Jackie Robinson Story. (Nina Leen—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #thisweekinLIFE #LIFElegend #JackieRobinson https://www.instagram.com/p/BwRyyrpjmzu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1plnqpydw865c

LIFE legend Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in 1953. He is pictured here with his pet poodle, Rufus, on his estate at Chartwell, near Westerham, Kent, England, 1950. (Mark Kauffman—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegend #wildLIFEwednesday #WinstonChurchill #dogsofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwo7xPUDlAK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4b1hpq5ylnt6

LIFE legend Pablo Picasso was born 137 years ago today on October 25, 1881 in Málaga, Spain. He is pictured here 'painting' with light in a long exposure photo from 1949. (Gjon Mili—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #PabloPicasso #LIFElegend #TBT https://www.instagram.com/p/BpW2vKghbFX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1etlnyotw12nq

The Guggenheim Museum in New York City, designed by #LIFElegend Frank Lloyd Wright opened to the public 59 years ago today on October 21, 1959. The museum is pictured here the year it opened. (Walter Sanders—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #Guggenheim #NYC https://www.instagram.com/p/BpMk4zuhjcJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1x2z0lc7i5fp5

LIFE legend Vivien Leigh was born 104 years ago today on Nov. 5, 1913 in Darjeeling, India. She is pictured here at home with her Oscar for Best Actress for her role as Scarlett in the 1939 film 'Gone With the Wind.' (Peter Stackpole—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegend #Oscars #VivienLeigh

Legendary LIFE photographer Ralph Morse was born 100 years ago today on Oct. 23, 1917 in New York, NY. The New York City native was LIFE's youngest World War II correspondent when the magazine hired him when he was just 24 and LIFE's longtime managing editor, George Hunt, reportedly once said: "If LIFE could afford only one photographer, it would have to be Ralph Morse." In March 2018, The Palm Beach Photo Center in West Palm Beach, Florida will have his first posthumous exhibit. See a sampling of his epic career here and on our Instagram story today. (Images by Ralph Morse—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #LIFElegend #Ralph Morse