The last surviving member of a famous set of quadruplets from Beaumont has died.

When they were born on a cold and stormy Halloween in 1929, they were dubbed the 'A. B. C. D.' quadruplets: Anthony, Bernard, Carl, and Donald.

According to the Museum of the Gulf Coast, they were the second documented set of quadruplets born in the U.S. and the first surviving male quads in the world.

Newspapers and newsreels were infatuated with the Perricone quads.

Their birth in 1929 made worldwide headlines, and so did their first day of school in Beaumont in 1935.

The coverage of the famous quads from Beaumont did not stop there.

They became the only quadruplets ever drafted by the U.S. Army. With the help of then-Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, the Perricones were able to serve together in South Korea.

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