Caryn Elaine Johnson….who? I thought the same. Better know by her stage name, Whoopi Goldberg, trailblazer of the first degree,

Which means she rose through the layers and quagmire up to another level, as she said once herself, living the American Dream,

Celebrated, acclaimed, cheered,

On stage, on screens big and small, one of the few performers (16) ever to win EGOT (an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony Award) —

Whoopi Goldberg: “We are here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.”