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Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/20 at 8:50 am

Hal Linden, American actor, singer, and director, turns 89 today.

He began his career as a big band musician and singer in the 1950s. After a stint in the United States Army, he began an acting career where he first worked in summer stock and off-Broadway productions. Linden found success on Broadway when he replaced Sydney Chaplin in the musical Bells Are Ringing. In 1971, he won a Best Actor Tony Award for his portrayal of Mayer Rothschild in the musical The Rothschilds. In 1974, he landed his best-known role as the title character in the television comedy series Barney Miller. The role earned him seven Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globe Award nominations. During the series' run, Linden also hosted two educational series, Animals, Animals, Animals and FYI. He won two special Daytime Emmy Awards for the latter series. Linden won a third Daytime Emmy Award for a guest-starring role on CBS Schoolbreak Special in 1995. Linden has since continued his career on the stage, in films and guest-starring roles on television.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/21/20 at 11:38 am

Happy 81st birthday to actress Kathleen Widdoes; she played the part of 'Emma Snyder' on the soap opera As The World Turns from 1985-2010, earning four Daytime Emmy Award nominations for the role.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/21/20 at 11:40 am

Kenny Rogers, American singer, songwriter, actor, record producer, and entrepreneur, turns 81 today.

Sadly, Kenny has passed away last night. :\'(

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/22/20 at 12:21 pm

Canadian actor William Shatner turns 89 years old today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/22/20 at 9:25 pm

American politician Orrin Hatch turns 86 today.

He served as a U.S. Senator from Utah for 42 years, from 1977 to 2019. This is a record for a Republican U.S. Senator; he is also the longest-serving Senator to represent the state of Utah.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: wagonman76 on 03/22/20 at 10:10 pm

Canadian actor William Shatner turns 89 years old today.


He looks great for his age. Never would have guessed he was that old.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/20 at 1:27 am

Mark Rydell, American actor, film director and producer, turns 92 today.

He has directed many Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox (1967), The Reivers (1969), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), The River (1984) and For the Boys (1991). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for On Golden Pond (1981).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/20 at 3:38 am

Barry Cryer, English writer, comedian and actor, turns 85 today.

He has written for many noted performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/20 at 1:13 am

Jim Lovell, NASA astronaut and a retired captain in the United States Navy, turns 92 today.

He is most famous as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission, which suffered a critical failure en route to the Moon but was brought back safely to Earth by the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell was also the command module pilot of Apollo 8, the first Apollo mission to enter lunar orbit. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon, the first of only three people to fly to the Moon twice, and the only one to have flown there twice without making a landing. Lovell was also the first person to fly in space four times.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/20 at 4:57 am

Humphrey Burton, British classical music television presenter, broadcaster, TV director, producer, impresario, lecturer and biographer of musicians, turns 89 today.

He helped spearhead the BBC's preparation for the opening of BBC-2, launched in April 1964, and the following year was appointed the BBC's first Head of Music and Arts 1965–67. In 1965 he won BAFTA's top award of the year (then SFTA) for creativity in music programming; credits include The Golden Ring, Elgar (producer), Master Class and Workshop. He then worked for eight years in commercial television, being one of the founder members of London Weekend Television, where after a spell as head of Drama, Arts and Music he resigned from management and devised, edited and presented the award-winning arts series Aquarius (1970–75), the forerunner of The South Bank Show. His direction credits included The Great Gondola Race and Anatomy of a Recording.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/20 at 8:38 am

Tom Monaghan, American entrepreneur, turns 83 today.

He founded Domino's Pizza in 1960. He owned the Detroit Tigers from 1983 to 1992. Monaghan also owns the Domino's Farms Office Park, located in the Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan, which he first started building during 1984.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 1:04 am

Alan Arkin, American actor, director and screenwriter, turns 86 today.

With a film career spanning six decades, Arkin is known for his performances in Popi; Wait Until Dark; The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming; The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter; Catch-22; The In-Laws; Edward Scissorhands; Glengarry Glen Ross; Thirteen Conversations About One Thing; Little Miss Sunshine; and Argo. He has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor twice for his performances in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Little Miss Sunshine and received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his performance in Argo.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 3:09 am

James Caan, American actor, turns 80 today.

After early roles in The Glory Guys (1965), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, El Dorado (1966), and The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence in the 1970s with significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Freebie and the Bean (1974), Rollerball (1975), Funny Lady (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), 1941 (1979), and Chapter Two (1979). For his signature role in The Godfather (1972), that of hot-tempered Sonny Corleone, Caan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/26/20 at 6:28 am

Anthony James Leggett, English-American professor of physics, turns 84 today.

Based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 1983. Leggett is widely recognised as a world leader in the theory of low-temperature physics, and his pioneering work on superfluidity was recognised by the 2003 Nobel Prize in Physics. He has shaped the theoretical understanding of normal and superfluid helium liquids and strongly coupled superfluids. He set directions for research in the quantum physics of macroscopic dissipative systems and use of condensed systems to test the foundations of quantum mechanics.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/26/20 at 11:17 am

James Caan, American actor, turns 80 today.


Also turning 80 today is American politician Nancy Pelosi. She is a Democrat who is currently in her second stint as Speaker Of The House.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/26/20 at 4:36 pm

Sandra Day O'Connor, retired Supreme Court Justice, turns 90 today.

She was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court; she was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and retired in 2006.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 03/26/20 at 7:04 pm

Sandra Day O'Connor, retired Supreme Court Justice, turns 90 today.

She was the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court; she was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and retired in 2006.


She’s as smoking hot as she was the day that Reagan appointed her.  :P

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/20 at 1:22 am

Julian Glover, English actor, turns 85 today.

With many stage, television and film roles since commencing his career in the 1950s. Glover has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company. His film roles have included General Maximilian Veers in The Empire Strikes Back, Aristotle Kristatos in the James Bond film For Your Eyes Only, Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Brian Harcourt-Smith in The Fourth Protocol. He also voiced the giant spider Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Glover has also appeared frequently on television, especially in Britain, including guest appearances in cult series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Remington Steele. From 2011 to 2016, he played the recurring supporting role of Grand Maester Pycelle in HBO's Game of Thrones, and in January 2013, appeared as General Beauvilliers in the BBC drama Spies of Warsaw.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/20 at 3:33 am

Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist, turns 90 today.

He is Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Henry Kendall and Richard Taylor, for work showing an internal structure for protons later known to be quarks. Dr. Friedman currently sits on the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/20 at 6:02 am

Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer, turns 90 today.

Her career in singing spans several decades, the majority of her successes being achieved whilst being a member of the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London. Bainbridge is a mezzo-soprano and contralto.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/20 at 8:23 am

Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster, journalist and author, turns 85 today.

He presented his television talk show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He has worked in radio broadcasting. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/20 at 1:37 am

Norman Tebbit, British politician and life peer, turns 89 today.

A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment (1981–83), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983–85), Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1985–87) and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–87). He was a member of parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1992, representing the constituencies of Epping (1970–74) and Chingford (1974–92).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/20 at 3:51 am

Terence Hill, Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer, turns 81 today.

He started his career as a child actor and went on to multiple starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors. Hill's most widely seen films include comic and standard Westerns all´Italiana ("Italian style Westerns", colloquially, "spaghetti westerns"), some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the American West. Of these, the most famous are Lo chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1971) and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. His film Django, Prepare a Coffin, shot in 1968 by director Ferdinando Baldi, and co-starring Horst Frank and George Eastman, was featured at the 64th Venice Film Festival in 2007.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/20 at 7:35 am

John Suchet, English author, newsreader, television presenter and musical host on Classic FM (UK), turn 80 today.

Suchet has two brothers, one of whom is the actor David Suchet. He is father of broadcast journalist Rory Suchet and uncle of broadcast journalist Richard Suchet.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/29/20 at 12:05 pm

John Suchet, English author, newsreader, television presenter and musical host on Classic FM (UK), turn 80 today.



Also turning 80 today: Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer best known for her performance of "The Girl From Ipanema" (1964).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/20 at 12:35 am

John Astin, American actor, turns 90 today.

He has appeared in numerous films and television series, as well as a television director and voice artist. He is especially remembered for starring as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993). Notable film projects include West Side Story (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962), Move Over Darling (1963), Freaky Friday (1976), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Frighteners (1996). His second wife was actress Patty Duke and he is the adoptive father of Duke's son, actor Sean Astin. Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/20 at 1:38 am

Warren Beatty, American actor and filmmaker, turns 83 today.

He has been nominated for fourteen Academy Awards – four for Best Actor, four for Best Picture, two for Best Director, three for Original Screenplay, and one for Adapted Screenplay – winning Best Director for Reds (1981). Aside from Orson Welles for Citizen Kane, Beatty is the only person to have been nominated for acting in, directing, writing, and producing the same film, and he did so twice: first for Heaven Can Wait (with Buck Henry as co-director), and again with Reds.American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/20 at 4:25 am

Norman Gifford, English cricketer, turns 80 today.

He played primarily as a left-arm spinner. Gifford played county cricket for Worcestershire, and Warwickshire, and represented England in fifteen Tests and two ODIs between 1964 and 1985. Cricket writer Colin Bateman said, "a spinner who pushed Derek Underwood out of the England side had to be something special, and Norman Gifford was just that. A great competitor with a deep knowledge of the game, 'Giff' could find turn from most surfaces despite firing in his left-arm deliveries"

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 03/30/20 at 5:21 pm

John Astin, American actor, turns 90 today.

He has appeared in numerous films and television series, as well as a television director and voice artist. He is especially remembered for starring as Gomez Addams in The Addams Family (1964–1966), reprising the role in the television film Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977) and the animated series The Addams Family (1992–1993). Notable film projects include West Side Story (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962), Move Over Darling (1963), Freaky Friday (1976), National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985), Teen Wolf Too (1987) and The Frighteners (1996). His second wife was actress Patty Duke and he is the adoptive father of Duke's son, actor Sean Astin. Astin was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for his directorial debut, the comedic short Prelude (1968).

O0

Of all the cast members of the original Addams Family tv show, he and Lisa Loring (who played his daughter, Wednesday Addams) are the only ones still alive.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 1:15 am

William Daniels, American actor, turns 93 today.

He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1999 to 2001. He is known for his performances as Mr. Braddock, Benjamin's (Dustin Hoffman's) father in The Graduate (1967), as Howard in Two for the Road, as John Adams in 1776, as Carter Nash in Captain Nice, as Mr. George Feeny in ABC's Boy Meets World and its sequel, Disney Channel's Girl Meets World, as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider, and as Dr. Mark Craig in St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 3:24 am

Richard Chamberlain, American stage and screen actor and singer, turns 86 today.

He became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). Since then, he has appeared in several mini-series such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983), and many successful films such as The Bourne Identity (1988) being the first man to play Jason Bourne, and he has performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 5:28 am

Shirley Jones, American singer and actress of stage, film and television, turns 86 today.

In her six decades of show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of well-known musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–74), which co-starred her real-life stepson David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 7:39 am

Carlo Rubbia, Italian particle physicist and inventor, turns 86 today.

He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 8:44 am

Herb Alpert, American jazz musician, turns 85 today.

He is most associated with the group variously known as Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass, Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, or TJB. Alpert is also a recording industry executive, the "A" of A&M Records, a recording label he and business partner Jerry Moss founded and eventually sold to PolyGram. Alpert also has created abstract expressionist paintings and sculpture over two decades, which are publicly displayed on occasion. Alpert and his wife, Lani Hall, are substantial philanthropists through the operation of the Herb Alpert Foundation. Alpert's musical accomplishments include five No. 1 albums and 28 albums total on the Billboard Album chart, nine Grammy Awards, fourteen platinum albums, and fifteen gold albums. Alpert has sold 72 million records worldwide. Alpert is the only recording artist to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968), and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 11:15 am

David Steel, British Liberal Democrat politician, turns 83 today.

He served as the Leader of the Liberal Party from 1976 until its merger with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the Liberal Democrats. He served as a MP from 1965 to 1997, and as a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) from 1999 to 2003, during which time he was the parliament's Presiding Officer. Since 1997, he has been a member of the House of Lords.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/20 at 1:53 pm

Israel Horovitz, American actor, director, and screenwriter, turns 81 today.

He has written more than 70 produced plays, many of which have been translated and performed in more than 30 languages worldwide. Among Horovitz's best-known plays are Line (a revival of which opened in 1974 and is NYC's longest-running play, now in its 40th year of continuous performance at Off-Off-Broadway's 13th Street Repertory Theatre), Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, The Primary English Class, The Widow's Blind Date, What Strong Fences Make, and The Indian Wants the Bronx, for which he won the Obie Award for Best Play, and which featured two yet-undiscovered future film stars: John Cazale and Al Pacino.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 12:52 am

Jane Powell, American singer, dancer and actress, turn 91 today.

She rose to fame in the mid-1940s with roles in various musicals as a contract player for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pictures. Powell was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where she achieved local fame as a singer, touring the state as the Oregon Victory Girl selling victory bonds. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Powell's vocal, dancing, and acting talents were utilized for lead and supporting roles in musicals such as A Date with Judy (1948) with friend Elizabeth Taylor, Royal Wedding (1951) with Fred Astaire, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) with Howard Keel and Hit the Deck (1955).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 04/01/20 at 1:00 am

Jane Powell, American singer, dancer and actress, turn 91 today.

She rose to fame in the mid-1940s with roles in various musicals as a contract player for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer pictures. Powell was born and raised in Portland, Oregon, where she achieved local fame as a singer, touring the state as the Oregon Victory Girl selling victory bonds. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Powell's vocal, dancing, and acting talents were utilized for lead and supporting roles in musicals such as A Date with Judy (1948) with friend Elizabeth Taylor, Royal Wedding (1951) with Fred Astaire, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) with Howard Keel and Hit the Deck (1955).

Amazing that she's still around!

I wonder if Ninny will select her for the Person Of The Day thread? We'll just wait and see...

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 1:03 am

Amazing that she's still around!

I wonder if Ninny will select her for the Person Of The Day thread? We'll just wait and see...
If I was in ninny's position, she would be my choice. Of which, there is another excellent choice for the day.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 04/01/20 at 1:06 am

If I was in ninny's position, she would be my choice. Of which, there is another excellent choice for the day.

O0

If I were filling in for her, I'd probably choose said person too.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 2:51 am

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, French physicist, turns 87 today.

He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips for research in methods of laser cooling and trapping atoms. Currently he is still an active researcher, working at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 4:36 am

Ali MacGraw, American actress, model, author, and animal rights activist, turns 81 today.

She first gained attention with her role in the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She reached international fame in 1970's Love Story, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1972, MacGraw was voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films. She went on to star in the popular action films The Getaway (1972) and Convoy (1978) as well as the romantic sports drama Players (1979), the comedy Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), and the historical novel-based television miniseries The Winds of War (1983). In 1991, she published an autobiography, Moving Pictures.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 04/01/20 at 5:29 am

Ali MacGraw, American actress, model, author, and animal rights activist, turns 81 today.

She first gained attention with her role in the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She reached international fame in 1970's Love Story, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1972, MacGraw was voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films. She went on to star in the popular action films The Getaway (1972) and Convoy (1978) as well as the romantic sports drama Players (1979), the comedy Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), and the historical novel-based television miniseries The Winds of War (1983). In 1991, she published an autobiography, Moving Pictures.


You don’t see her doing roles like Convoy anymore.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 5:32 am

You don’t see her doing roles like Convoy anymore.
I was surprise with her age, for I saw "Love Story" just after its initial release.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 04/01/20 at 5:41 am

I was surprise with her age, for I saw "Love Story" just after its initial release.


Maybe she and Ryan O’Neill could do a Love Story 2 sequel.

Story line takes place in a nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 5:42 am

Maybe she and Ryan O’Neill could do a Love Story 2 sequel.

Story line takes place in a nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It may be possible?

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/01/20 at 6:37 am

Phil Niekro, American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, turns 81 today.

He played 24 seasons in the majors (20 of them with the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves). Niekro's 318 career victories are the most by a knuckleball pitcher and ranks 16th on the overall all-time wins list. He won the National League (NL) Gold Glove Award five times, was selected for five All-Star teams, and led the league in victories twice and earned run average once. Niekro was also a key to the only two division titles Atlanta won before 1991.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 04/01/20 at 6:09 pm

Maybe she and Ryan O’Neill could do a Love Story 2 sequel.

Story line takes place in a nursing home during the COVID-19 pandemic.


It may be possible?


I do not see why not. It could be a blockbuster.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/20 at 12:50 am

I do not see why not. It could be a blockbuster.
...if they can get the film made, but certainly the script can be started to be written.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/20 at 12:57 am

Gloria Henry, American actress, turns 97 today.

Best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom, Dennis the Menace.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/20 at 3:49 am

Roy Masters, English-American radio host of a talk radio counseling show, Advice Line, turns 92 today.

He is an author and creator of a type of mindfulness meditation exercise, which has appeared in his books and recordings. Masters is the founder of the Oregon non-profit organization, Foundation of Human Understanding.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/20 at 6:32 am

Al Weis, Major League Baseball player, turns 82 today.

A light-hitting infielder with only seven career home runs, he is best remembered for a dramatic home run hit in game five of the 1969 World Series. He was a switch hitter until the end of the 1968 season, after which he batted exclusively right-handed.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/20 at 7:39 am

Penelope Keith, English actress, turn 80 today.

Active in all genres, including radio, stage, television and film and primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 04/02/20 at 5:27 pm

...if they can get the film made, but certainly the script can be started to be written.


Too bad I’m not in quarantine. Then I would have the time to put this together.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 04/02/20 at 11:41 pm

Gloria Henry, American actress, turns 93 today.

Best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom, Dennis the Menace.

Actually, she's 97 (born 1923).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/20 at 1:21 am

Actually, she's 97 (born 1923).
Sorry my maths is beginning to let me down now.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/20 at 1:21 am

Jane Goodall, British primatologist and anthropologist, turns 86 today.

Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her over 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees since she first went to Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania in 1960. She is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and the Roots & Shoots programme, and she has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. She has served on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project since its founding in 1996. In April 2002, she was named a UN Messenger of Peace.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/20 at 3:30 am

Jeff Barry, American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer, turns 82 today.

Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love", and "River Deep - Mountain High" (all written with his then-wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector); "Leader of the Pack" (written with Greenwich and Shadow Morton); and "Sugar, Sugar" (written with Andy Kim).

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 04/03/20 at 5:37 am

Gloria Henry, American actress, turns 97 today.

Best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom, Dennis the Menace.


I’d like to see her and Jay North (Dennis) do a reunion episode of DTM. Kinda like the Leave it to Beaver reboot of the 80s.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/20 at 2:00 am

Estelle Harris, American actress, voice artist and comedian, turns 92 today.

Recognized by her distinctive, high-pitched voice, she is best known for her roles as Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld, the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise, and Muriel on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/20 at 3:57 am

Monty Norman, English singer-songwriter and film composer, turn 92 today.

Best known for composing the "James Bond Theme". In the 1950s and early 1960s, Norman was a singer for big bands such as those of Cyril Stapleton, Stanley Black, Ted Heath, and Nat Temple. He also sang in various variety shows, sharing top billing with other singers and comedy stars such as Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Worth, Tommy Cooper, Jimmy James, Tony Hancock, Jimmy Edwards, and Max Miller. One of his songs, "False Hearted Lover", was successful internationally.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/20 at 5:18 am

Richard Attwood, British motor racing driver, turns 80 today.

During his career he raced for the BRM, Lotus and Cooper Formula One teams. He competed in 17 World Championship Grands Prix, achieved one podium and scored a total of 11 championship points. He was also a successful sports car racing driver and won the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans race, driving a Porsche 917.

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Written By: nally on 04/04/20 at 1:37 pm

Estelle Harris, American actress, voice artist and comedian, turns 92 today.

Recognized by her distinctive, high-pitched voice, she is best known for her roles as Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld, the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise, and Muriel on The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.

And I have seen her on the Suite Life, as noted in the Ninny thread. O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/20 at 2:31 am

Roger Corman, American independent filmmaker, producer, entertainment businessman, and actor, turns 94 today.

He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du cinéma, in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, a prolific multimedia company that helped to cement Fox as a major American television network, and is a long-time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/20 at 5:11 am

Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist, turns 91 today.
He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids". Giaever's share of the prize was specifically for his "experimental discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in superconductors". Giaever is an institute professor emeritus at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a professor-at-large at the University of Oslo, and the president of Applied Biophysics.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/20 at 6:48 am

Mary Costa, American opera singer and actress, turns 90 today.

She is best known for providing the voice of Princess Aurora, in the 1959 Disney film, Sleeping Beauty. Costa is an operatic soprano.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/20 at 8:44 am

Colin Powell, American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army, turns 83 today.

He was born in Harlem as the son of Jamaican immigrants. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor (1987–1989), as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Command (1989) and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1989–1993), holding the latter position during the Persian Gulf War. Powell was the first, and so far the only, African American to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/20 at 11:29 am

Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and the younger brother of Johnny Cash, turns 80 today.

While in the army, he was a disc jockey for the American Forces Radio Network. After the Army, Cash played with Hank Williams, Jr., and later gained a record deal from Musicor Records in 1965. A year later, he joined United Artists Records and just missed the Country Top 40 in 1968 with "The Sounds of Goodbye." In late 1969, while on Epic Records, he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, entitled, "Six White Horses." 1970 saw a pair of Top Ten singles, "One Song Away" and "Rise and Shine", written by Carl Perkins. Cash's final Top 20 hit, "I Recall a Gypsy Woman," was released in 1973..

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/05/20 at 1:43 pm

Roger Corman, American independent filmmaker, producer, entertainment businessman, and actor, turns 94 today.

He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Much of Corman's work has an established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Admired by members of the French New Wave and Cahiers du cinéma, in 1964 Corman was the youngest filmmaker to have a retrospective at the Cinémathèque Française, as well as the British Film Institute and the Museum of Modern Art. He was the co-founder of New World Pictures, a prolific multimedia company that helped to cement Fox as a major American television network, and is a long-time member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. In 2009, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award "for his rich engendering of films and filmmakers."


Is he related to the late Harvey Corman? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/20 at 12:35 am

Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss American biochemist, turns 100 today.

He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. From 2007 until 2014, he was the Honorary President of the World Cultural Council.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/20 at 4:16 am

James Watson, American molecular biologist, geneticist and zoologist, turns 92 today.

Best known as one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin. Watson, Crick, and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/20 at 6:31 am

Billy Dee Williams, American actor, artist, singer, and writer, turns 83 today.

He is best known for his role as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars film franchise. Williams has also appeared in critically acclaimed films like Brian's Song, Lady Sings the Blues, Mahogany, Nighthawks, and Batman, in which he played Harvey Dent.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/20 at 11:43 am

Honor Blackman, English actress, turns 94 today.

Widely known for the roles of Cathy Gale in The Avengers (1962–64), and Bond girl Pussy Galore in Goldfinger (1964).
Sadly Honor Blackman passed away today, at the age of 94, died from natural causes and not Covid-19 related.

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Written By: nally on 04/06/20 at 6:47 pm

Sadly Honor Blackman passed away today, at the age of 94, died from natural causes and not Covid-19 related.

Well, that's good that she didn't contract the Covid-19.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/06/20 at 7:01 pm

Well, that's good that she didn't contract the Covid-19.


Definitely.

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Written By: wagonman76 on 04/06/20 at 9:31 pm

Al Kaline, American baseball player (and later sportscaster) turns 85 today.


He just passed away at home today. My teen years were filled with listening to him and George Kell broadcasting the Tiger games. Never forget those voices. A Michigan legend. RIP.

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Written By: nally on 04/06/20 at 11:40 pm

He just passed away at home today. My teen years were filled with listening to him and George Kell broadcasting the Tiger games. Never forget those voices. A Michigan legend. RIP.

Oh no...I was not aware of that. :o

Guess we won't be seeing anymore of his batteries...oh wait, that's alkaline (one word). :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/20 at 2:17 am

Jane Priestman, British designer, turns 90 today.

She has performed a number of high-profile roles in design and architecture. She was appointed an OBE in 1991 for her work in design and an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University in 1998.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/20 at 7:13 am

Daniel Ellsberg, American activist and former United States military analyst, turns 89 today.

He, while employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times and other newspapers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/20 at 7:57 am

Francis Ford Coppola, American film director, producer, screenwriter and film composer, turns 81 today.

He was a central figure in the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. After directing The Rain People (1969), he co-wrote the 1970 film Patton, earning the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with co-writer Edmund H. North. His directorial prominence was cemented with the release in 1972 of The Godfather, a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from both critics and the public before winning three Academy Awards—including his second Oscar (Best Adapted Screenplay, with Mario Puzo), Best Picture, and his first nomination for Best Director.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/20 at 12:46 am

Shecky Greene, American comedian, turns 94 today.

He is known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, where he became a headliner in the 1950s. He has appeared in several films, including Tony Rome, History of the World, Part I and Splash, and has guest starred on such television shows as Mad About You, Laverne & Shirley, Love, American Style, and Combat!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/20 at 1:51 am

Tom Lehrer, American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, turns 92 today.

He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/20 at 4:41 am

Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor, turns 83 today.

He was initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s and one of the biggest French film stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. His best known credits include Breathless (1960) and That Man from Rio (1964).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/09/20 at 5:22 am

Shecky Greene, American comedian, turns 94 today.

He is known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, where he became a headliner in the 1950s. He has appeared in several films, including Tony Rome, History of the World, Part I and Splash, and has guest starred on such television shows as Mad About You, Laverne & Shirley, Love, American Style, and Combat!


One of his standard jokes in Las Vegas and on television went like this:

"Johnny was a good boy, never smoked, never drank, never dated. On his graduation day from college, his parents asked what he wanted. Johnny replied, 'A drunken broad that smokes.'"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/20 at 5:41 am

One of his standard jokes in Las Vegas and on television went like this:

"Johnny was a good boy, never smoked, never drank, never dated. On his graduation day from college, his parents asked what he wanted. Johnny replied, 'A drunken broad that smokes.'"
He-He!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/20 at 5:42 am

Michael Learned, American actress, turns 81 today.

Known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1979). She has won a record four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for The Waltons (1973, '74, '76), and one for Nurse (1982).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/20 at 8:23 am

Valerie Singleton, English television and radio presenter, turns 83 today.

Best known as a presenter of the popular children's series Blue Peter but who went on to present the BBC Radio 4 PM programme for ten years as well as a series of radio and television programmes on financial and business issues.

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Written By: nally on 04/09/20 at 1:53 pm

Michael Learned, American actress, turns 81 today.

Known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1979). She has won a record four Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series; three for The Waltons (1973, '74, '76), and one for Nurse (1982).


A woman with a name that normally applies to guys!

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/09/20 at 6:17 pm

A woman with a name that normally applies to guys!


Just like men named Dominique, or women names Sydney.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 12:53 am

Just like men named Dominique, or women names Sydney.
Over here the male version spelled Dominic, Dominique is female.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 12:54 am

John Watkins, South African cricketer, turns 97 today.

He played in fifteen Tests from 1949 to 1957. His best series with the bat was in Australia in 1952-53, when he made 352 runs at 35.20. In the Fifth Test at Melbourne, after Australia batted first and made 520, Watkins, batting at number three, hit 92 (his highest Test score) and 50 to help South Africa to victory by six wickets, to square the series two-all. His best bowling figures came in the next Test, against New Zealand at Wellington, where he opened the bowling, taking 4 for 22 in the second innings and figures of 50.5-31-51-5 for the match; again South Africa won. In his five Tests against New Zealand (in 1952-53 in New Zealand and in 1953-54 in South Africa) he took 18 wickets at 13.50

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 2:55 am

Liz Sheridan, American actress, turns 91 today.

Best known for her recurring role as Jerry Seinfeld's mother, Helen, in Seinfeld. She played the role for all nine seasons, from 1989 to 1998. She starred in the 1976 Broadway play Best Friend before moving on to regular supporting roles in films and television series such as Moonlighting, Kojak, The A-Team, Murder, She Wrote, and Cagney & Lacey. Her first major role was playing nosy neighbor Raquel Ochmonek on the NBC TV series ALF. In 2009, Sheridan starred in the romantic comedy Play the Game, about a young ladies' man who teaches his dating tricks to his lonely, widowed grandfather who is re-entering the dating world after a 60-year hiatus. The film stirred up some controversy due to its octogenarian sex scene between Sheridan and Andy Griffith.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/10/20 at 5:22 am

Over here the male version spelled Dominic, Dominique is female.


Yeah that usually how it works here in the States, but parents who want to see their newborn son beat up in the schoolyard chose the feminine version.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 5:29 am

Yeah that usually how it works here in the States, but parents who want to see their newborn son beat up in the schoolyard chose the feminine version.
Yes there is that problem, here in the UK Dominic is a respected name, even the incumbent Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in Parliament has that name. 

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/10/20 at 5:50 am

Yes there is that problem, here in the UK Dominic is a respected name, even the incumbent Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in Parliament has that name.


Here in Picksburgh, Domenic DeNucci is a respected figure. He was one of the old-time greats in studio wrestling. His signature move was his “airplane spin” maneuver, where he’d lift an opponent over his head, and then spin them until they passed out.  :o

He used to team up with Killer Kowalski and Bruno Sammartino in tag team matches.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 6:03 am

Here in Picksburgh, Domenic DeNucci is a respected figure. He was one of the old-time greats in studio wrestling. His signature move was his “airplane spin” maneuver, where he’d lift an opponent over his head, and then spin them until they passed out.  :o

He used to team up with Killer Kowalski and Bruno Sammartino in tag team matches.  8)
I would get dizzy doing that...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 6:41 am

Claude Bolling, French pianist, composer, and actor, turns 90 today.

He has written music for over one hundred films, including a 1957 documentary about the Cannes Film Festival, and films such as The Hands of Orlac (1960), World in My Pocket (1961), Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965), Atlantic Wall (1970), Borsalino (1970), To Catch a Spy (1971), Le Magnifique (1973), Borsalino & Co. (1974), Flic Story (1975), The Passengers (1977), Silver Bears (1978), California Suite (1978), L'Homme en colère (1979), The Awakening (1980), Willie & Phil (1980), Three Men to Kill (1980), The Bay Boy (1984), He Died with His Eyes Open (1985), Try This One for Size (1989) and Chance or Coincidence (1998).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/20 at 8:04 am

Gloria Hunniford, Irish television and radio presenter and singer, turns 80 today.

Known for programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as Rip Off Britain with Julia Somerville and Angela Rippon, and her regular appearances as a panellist on Loose Women. She has been a regular reporter on This Morning and The One Show.

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Written By: nally on 04/10/20 at 9:30 pm

Just like men named Dominique, or women names Sydney.

There are many unisex names, which apply roughly equally to males and females, but then there are some which apply overwhelmingly to one gender.

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Written By: nally on 04/10/20 at 10:27 pm

Anyways, American pro football personality John Madden turned 84 today (born 1936).

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Written By: nally on 04/11/20 at 12:53 pm

Ethel Kennedy, American human rights advocate, turns 92 today. She was married to Robert F. Kennedy from 1950 until he was killed in 1968; this inspired her to found the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Center.

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Written By: nally on 04/11/20 at 12:53 pm

American actress Louise Lasser turns 81 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/11/20 at 5:45 pm

There are many unisex names, which apply roughly equally to males and females, but then there are some which apply overwhelmingly to one gender.


We had this dude who worked for my company, who decided that he wanted to become a woman. Accordingly he (she) thought a name change would be in order. So he adopted the name “Kelly”.

Turned out to be a wise choice, because after a year or so he decided to go back to being a dude. Hopefully he did not get “the full Monty” when he transitioned to being a woman.  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 1:11 am

Beverly Cleary, American writer of children's and young adult fiction, turns 104 today.

One of America's most successful living authors, 91 million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first book was published in 1950. Some of Cleary's best known characters are Henry Huggins and his dog Ribsy, Ramona Quimby and Beezus Quimby, and Ralph S. Mouse.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 2:05 am

Jane Withers, American actress, model, and singer, turns 94 today.

Beginning a prolific career as a child actress at the age of three, Withers is a Young Artist Award–Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award honoree, best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s, as well as for her portrayal of "Josephine the Plumber" in a series of TV commercials for Comet cleanser in the 1960s and early 1970s and probably best known for playing the obnoxious Joy Smythe in the movie she paired with Shirley Temple, Bright Eyes. Also a singer, she debuted the Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn torch song "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" in 1944 in Glad To See You, a musical intended for Broadway which closed out of town in Philadelphia.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 2:53 am

Hardy Krüger, German actor, turns 92 today.

He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1944. Extremely popular in his own country, Krüger is also known for his appearances in international films like Hatari!, Sundays and Cybele, The Flight of the Phoenix and Barry Lyndon.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 4:33 am

Alan Ayckbourn, English playwright and director, turns 81 today.

He has written and produced more than seventy full-length plays in Scarborough and London and was, between 1972 and 2009, the artistic director of the Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, where all but four of his plays have received their first performance. More than 40 have subsequently been produced in the West End, at the Royal National Theatre or by the Royal Shakespeare Company since his first hit Relatively Speaking opened at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1969.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 5:07 am

Stirling Moss, English race car driver and sportscaster, turns 90 today.
Sadly Stirling Moss has died at the age of 90 after suffering following a long illness.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/20 at 5:24 am

Herbie Hancock, American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor, turns 80 today.

Starting his career with Donald Byrd, he shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet where Hancock helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. Hancock's music is often melodic and accessible; he has had many songs "cross over" and achieve success among pop audiences.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/12/20 at 8:32 am

Jane Withers, American actress, model, and singer, turns 94 today.

Beginning a prolific career as a child actress at the age of three, Withers is a Young Artist Award–Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award honoree, best known for being one of the most popular child film stars of the 1930s and early 1940s, as well as for her portrayal of "Josephine the Plumber" in a series of TV commercials for Comet cleanser in the 1960s and early 1970s and probably best known for playing the obnoxious Joy Smythe in the movie she paired with Shirley Temple, Bright Eyes. Also a singer, she debuted the Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn torch song "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" in 1944 in Glad To See You, a musical intended for Broadway which closed out of town in Philadelphia.


Josephine the Plumber was hot. Something about that tool belt...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/20 at 2:06 am

Edward Fox, English stage, film and television actor, turns 83 today.

He played the part of the professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963, in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973). He portrayed Edward VIII in the British television drama series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978). times.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 4:15 am

Loretta Lynn, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 88 today.

With multiple gold albums in a career spanning almost 60 years. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City", and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 7:11 am

Paddy Hopkirk, Northern Irish race car driver, turns 87 today.

He started his winning career in professional racing and rally driving in 1955. He finished third at the 1962 Monte Carlo Rally in a Sunbeam Rapier. Alongside Henry Liddon he won the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in a Mini Cooper S car number 37, with the registration number 33 EJB. They are the most recent all-British crew to have won the event.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 8:24 am

Shani Wallis, English-born American actress and singer of theatre, television and film, turns 87 today.

In both her native United Kingdom and in the United States. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the West End, and for the role of Nancy in the 1968 Oscar-winning film musical Oliver!.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 10:10 am

Erich von Däniken, Swiss author, turn 85 today.

In several books of his which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses. The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by a majority of scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 04/14/20 at 10:17 am

Erich von Däniken, Swiss author, turn 85 today.

In several books of his which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses. The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by a majority of scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience.


I read "Chariots of the Gods?" and his subsequent books in the 70s. Pseudoscience indeed, but there are things to be gleaned from them. There was also the "Pyramid Power" series of books back then. It was part of that air of mysticism that permeated the 70s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 11:43 am

I read "Chariots of the Gods?" and his subsequent books in the 70s. Pseudoscience indeed, but there are things to be gleaned from them. There was also the "Pyramid Power" series of books back then. It was part of that air of mysticism that permeated the 70s.
I have the books but never got round to reading them, there must had been documentaries on television?

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Written By: nally on 04/14/20 at 11:45 am

British actress Julie Christie turns 80 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/20 at 11:47 am

Bobby Nichols, American golfer, turns 81 today.

Best known for winning the PGA Championship in 1964. He began playing on the PGA Tour in 1960 and recorded 12 victories, one of which, the PGA National Team Championship, was not fully recognized until 2012. He was a member of the Ryder Cup team in 1967, and his best year on tour was 1974 when he won twice, earned $124,747 and finished 14th on the money list. Nichols, Jerry Heard, and Lee Trevino were struck by lightning at the Western Open on Friday, June 27, 1975. All three men came back to play professional golf. Nichols has had 12 holes-in-one in his professional career. The 1964 PGA Championship was played at the Columbus Country Club in Columbus, Ohio. Nichols won with a 271 total, three shots ahead of runners-up Arnold Palmer and defending champion Jack Nicklaus, playing in his hometown. This was a record low score for the PGA Championship and it stood for 30 years, until broken by Nick Price's 269 in 1994. Nichols was the first wire-to-wire winner since the PGA Championship switched format from match play to stroke play in 1958. He came close to winning a second major at the Masters in 1967, finishing second to his lifelong friend, Gay Brewer.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/14/20 at 5:07 pm

Erich von Däniken, Swiss author, turn 85 today.

In several books of his which make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses. The ideas put forth in his books are rejected by a majority of scientists and academics, who categorize his work as pseudohistory, pseudoarchaeology, and pseudoscience.


A colossal huckster who was promoted by Leonard Nimoy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/20 at 1:55 am

Claudia Cardinale, Italian Tunisian film actress and sex symbol, turns 82 today.

She appeared in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in several English film

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/20 at 6:10 am

Marty Wilde, English singer and songwriter, turns 81  today.

He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky, Kim and Roxanne Wilde.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/20 at 3:12 pm

Jeffrey Archer, English novelist and politician, turns 80 today.

Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969–1974), but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. He revived his fortunes as a best-selling novelist; his books have sold around 330 million copies worldwide.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 1:06 am

Pope Benedict XVI, turns 93 today.

He served as Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 2005 to 2013. Benedict's election occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Since his resignation, Benedict holds the unique title of "pope emeritus".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 4:41 am

Joan Bakewell, English journalist, television presenter and Labour Party Peer, turns 83 today.

Baroness Bakewell is President of Birkbeck, University of London. She is also an author and playwright and has been awarded Humanist of the year for services to humanism.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 6:46 am

Vince Hill, English traditional pop music singer and songwriter, turns 86 today.

He is best known for his recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune "Edelweiss" (1967) which reached No.2 on the UK Singles Chart (staying on the chart for 17 weeks). Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s, Hill hosted several hit TV shows during the seventies and eighties, including They Sold a Million (BBC), Musical Time Machine (BBC) and his own chat show Gas Street (ITV).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 7:43 am

Bobby Vinton, American singer and songwriter, turns 85 today.

In pop music circles, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music pays tribute to his Polish heritage. Known for his angelic vocals in love songs, his most popular song, "Blue Velvet" (a cover of Tony Bennett's 1951 song), reached No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, and made No.2 in the UK in 1990. It also served as inspiration for the film of the same name.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 10:20 am

Rich Rollins, American Major League Baseball third baseman, turns 82 today.

He played with the Minnesota Twins (1961–68), Seattle Pilots (1969), Milwaukee Brewers (1970) and Cleveland Indians (1970). During a 10-year baseball career, Rollins hit .269, 77 home runs, and 399 runs batted in.

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Written By: nally on 04/16/20 at 12:06 pm

Pope Benedict XVI turns 93 today.

He served as Pope of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City from 2005 to 2013. Benedict's election occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Since his resignation, Benedict holds the unique title of "pope emeritus".

He was the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. He was eventually succeeded by Pope Francis, who currently holds the post.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/20 at 12:07 pm

He was the first pontiff to resign in six centuries. He was eventually succeeded by Pope Francis, who currently holds the post.
...have you seen the Oscar nominated film "The Two Popes" yet?

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Written By: nally on 04/16/20 at 12:09 pm

...have you seen the Oscar nominated film "The Two Popes" yet?

Not yet.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 2:04 am

Chris Barber, English jazz musician, turns 90 today.

Best known as a bandleader and trombonist. As well as scoring a UK top twenty trad jazz hit, he helped the careers of many musicians, notably the blues singer Ottilie Patterson, who was at one time his wife, and vocalist/banjoist Lonnie Donegan, whose appearances with Barber triggered the skiffle craze of the mid-1950s and who had his first transatlantic hit, "Rock Island Line", while with Chris Barber's band. His providing an audience for Donegan and, later, Alexis Korner makes Barber a significant figure in the British rhythm and blues and "beat boom" of the 1960s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/20 at 4:53 am

John Barrett, British tennis player, television commentator and author, turns 89 today.

He had one sister, Irene Margaret Leppington (1925–2009), a research chemist. His father had the rare distinction of having played both for Leicester Tigers RFC as a wing three-quarter and for Leicester Fosse FC (the former Leicester City) as a wing half.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/20 at 1:56 am

Roger Graef, American-English criminologist, theatre director and filmmaker, turns 84 today.

Born in New York, he moved to Britain in 1962, where he has made acclaimed documentary films with his ability to gain access to hitherto closed institutions, including Government ministries and court buildings.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/20 at 3:00 am

Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist, turns 80 today.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985, along with fellow University of Texas researcher, Michael Brown, for their studies regarding cholesterol. They discovered that human cells have low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that remove cholesterol from the blood and that when LDL receptors are not present in sufficient numbers, individuals develop hypercholesterolemia and become at risk for cholesterol related diseases, notably coronary heart disease. Their studies led to the development of statin drugs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/20 at 3:03 am

Dickie Bird (born Harold Dennis Bird), English international cricket umpire, turns 87 today.

During his long umpiring career, he became a much-loved figure among players and viewing public, due to his excellence as an umpire, but also his many eccentricities. Bird played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and Leicestershire as a right-handed batsman, but only scored two centuries in 93 appearances. His career was blighted by a knee injury, which eventually caused him to retire aged 31. He umpired in 66 Test matches (at the time a world record) and 69 One Day Internationals including 3 World Cup Finals.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/20 at 4:30 am

Joseph Estrada, Filipino politician and former actor, turns 83 today.

He served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001 and as the 9th Vice President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He has been Mayor of the City of Manila, the country's capital, since 2013.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/19/20 at 7:58 am

Joseph Estrada, Filipino politician and former actor, turns 83 today.

He served as the 13th President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001 and as the 9th Vice President of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He has been Mayor of the City of Manila, the country's capital, since 2013.


I wonder if he’s related to Eric Estrada, the guy who played the role of “Paunch” in CHiPS?  ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/20 at 8:08 am

I wonder if he’s related to Eric Estrada, the guy who played the role of “Paunch” in CHiPS?  ???
The family name of Estrada is a popular Spanish surname, in both cases acting has been a part of their respective careers, Joseph being from The Philippines and Eric was born in New York, with both parents of Puerto Rican descent.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/20 at 12:56 am

Leslie Phillips, English actor, turns 96 today.

He came to prominence in films in the 1950s, acting as a suave charmer with an exaggerated upper class accent, in the style of Terry-Thomas. After notable success in the Carry On films and the Doctor series, he moved away from comedy into character roles in the Harry Potter series and many TV sitcoms, as well as stage work.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/20 at 3:03 am

K. Alex Müller, Swiss physicist and academic, turns 93 today.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987 with Georg Bednorz for their work in superconductivity in ceramic materials.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/20 at 4:24 am

George Takei, American actor, director, author, and activist, turns 83 today.

He is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the television series Star Trek. He also portrayed the character in six Star Trek feature films and one episode of Star Trek: Voyager. As of February 2017, his Facebook page has over 10 million followers since he joined in 2011, and the account frequently shares photos with original humorous commentary. Takei is a proponent of LGBT rights and is active in state and local politics. He has won several awards and accolades in his work on human rights and Japan–United States relations, including his work with the Japanese American National Museum.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/20 at 5:38 am

Peter Snow, British radio and television presenter and historian, turns 82 today.

Best known as an analyst of election results. He presented the 2016 BBC series, Trainspotting Live, along with co-presenters Dr Hannah Fry and Dick Strawbridge

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/20 at 7:26 am

Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter, turns 81 today.

He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country, and adult contemporary Billboard charts, including "Poetry in Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'". He also sang "Yellow Bird", an adaptation of the Haitian song.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/20 at 12:54 am

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, celebrates her 94th birthday today, with the gun salute ccancelled.

Elizabeth was born in London as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York, later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and she was educated privately at home. Her father acceded to the throne on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she was the heir presumptive. She began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1947, she married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a former prince of Greece and Denmark, with whom she has four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Andrew, Duke of York; and Edward, Earl of Wessex. When her father died in February 1952, she became Head of the Commonwealth and queen regnant of seven independent Commonwealth countries: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan, and Ceylon. She has reigned through major constitutional changes, such as devolution in the United Kingdom, Canadian patriation, and the decolonisation of Africa.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/20 at 4:12 am

Elaine May, American screenwriter, film director, actress, and comedienne, turns 88 today.

She made her initial impact in the 1950s from her improvisational comedy routines with Mike Nichols, performing as Nichols and May. After her duo with Nichols ended, May subsequently developed a career as a director and screenwriter. Her screenwriting has been twice nominated for the Academy Award, for Heaven Can Wait (1978) and the Nichols-directed Primary Colors (1998). May is celebrated for the string of films she directed in the 1970s: her 1971 black comedy A New Leaf, in which she also starred; her 1972 dark romantic comedy The Heartbreak Kid; and her 1976 gritty drama Mikey and Nicky, starring John Cassavetes and Peter Falk. In 1996, she reunited with Nichols to write the screenplay for The Birdcage, directed by Nichols.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/20 at 7:12 am

Angela Mortimer, English tennis player, turns 88 today.

She is married to the veteran BBC commentator and author John Barrett. Mortimer won three Grand Slam singles titles: the 1955 French Championships, the 1958 Australian Championships, and Wimbledon in 1961 when she was 29 years old and partially deaf. Mortimer teamed with Anne Shilcock to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon in 1955, her only women's doubles title at a Grand Slam. She teamed with Coghlan to reach the women's doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships. Mortimer and Peter Newman reached the mixed doubles final at the 1958 Australian Championships, her only mixed doubles final at a Grand Slam.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/20 at 8:23 am

Gary Peters, American baseball player, turns 83 today.

He was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played on two major league teams for 14 seasons, from 1959 through 1972. He was one of the best-hitting pitchers of his era.

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Written By: nally on 04/21/20 at 2:06 pm

American actor Charles Grodin turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/21/20 at 2:13 pm

Sister Helen Prejean, American Roman Catholic nun who is also an activist and author, turns 81 years old today. As an author she is best known for her 1993 bestselling book Dead Man Walking, based on her activism in advocating against the death penalty.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/21/20 at 5:52 pm

Sister Helen Prejean, American Roman Catholic nun who is also an activist and author, turns 81 years old today. As an author she is best known for her 1993 bestselling book Dead Man Walking, based on her activism in advocating against the death penalty.


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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/20 at 12:55 am

Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer, turns 83 today.

Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, one for the drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and the other for the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Nicholson is one of three male actors to win three Academy Awards. Nicholson is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s; the other is Michael Caine. He has won six Golden Globe Awards, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/22/20 at 4:14 am

Mel Carter. American singer and actor, turns 81 today.

He is best known for his 1965 million-selling recording, "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me".

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Written By: nally on 04/22/20 at 4:51 pm

Jack Nicholson, American actor and producer, turns 83 today.

Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. Nicholson has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice, one for the drama One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and the other for the romantic comedy As Good as It Gets (1997). He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the comedy-drama Terms of Endearment (1983). Nicholson is one of three male actors to win three Academy Awards. Nicholson is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting in every decade from the 1960s to the 2000s; the other is Michael Caine. He has won six Golden Globe Awards, and received the Kennedy Center Honor in 2001.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/20 at 2:14 am

Victoria Glendinning, British biographer, critic, broadcaster and novelist, turns 83 today.

She is an Honorary Vice-President of English PEN, a winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, was appointed a CBE in 1998 and is Vice-President of the Royal Society of Literature.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/23/20 at 4:47 am

Lee Majors, American film, television and voice actor, turns 81 today.

Majors is best known for portraying the characters of Heath Barkley in the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin in the American television science fiction action series The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978), and Colt Seavers in American television action series The Fall Guy (1981–1986).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/23/20 at 4:59 am

Lee Majors, American film, television and voice actor, turns 81 today.

Majors is best known for portraying the characters of Heath Barkley in the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin in the American television science fiction action series The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978), and Colt Seavers in American television action series The Fall Guy (1981–1986).


And also played the role of husband to Farrah Fawcett-Majors :-* for many years.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/20 at 1:58 am

Tommy Docherty, Scottish former football player and manager, turns 92 today.

Docherty played for several clubs, most notably Preston North End, and represented Scotland 25 times between 1951 and 1959. He then managed a total of 13 clubs between 1961 and 1988, as well as managing the Scottish national team. Docherty was manager of Manchester United between 1972 and 1977, during which time United were relegated to the Second Division but were promoted at the first attempt.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/20 at 4:14 am

Richard Donner, American director and producer of film and television, turns 90 today.

After directing the horror film The Omen (1976), Donner became famous for directing the first modern superhero film, Superman (1978), starring Christopher Reeve. Donner later went on to direct such films as The Goonies (1985) and Scrooged (1988), while reinvigorating the buddy film genre with Lethal Weapon (1987) and its sequels.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/20 at 6:59 am

Shirley MacLaine, American film, television and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist and author, turns 86 today.

An Academy Award winner, MacLaine received the 40th AFI Life Achievement Award from the American Film Institute in 2012, and received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts in 2013. She is known for her New Age beliefs, and has an interest in spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a series of autobiographical works that describe these beliefs, document her world travels, and describe her Hollywood career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/20 at 2:11 am

Al Pacino, American actor and filmmaker, turns 80 today.

He has had a career spanning over five decades, during which time he has received numerous accolades and honors both competitive and honorary, among them an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, four Golden Globe Awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Film Institute, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts. He is also one of few performers to have won a competitive Oscar, an Emmy, and a Tony Award for acting, dubbed the "Triple Crown of Acting".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/20 at 12:33 am

Shirley Cawley, British athlete, turns 88 today.

She won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland. She was born in Croydon and ran for the Croydon Harriers, she later married and became Shirley Berry.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/20 at 6:54 am

Carol Burnett, American actress, comedian, singer and writer, turns 87 today.

Her career spans seven decades of television. She is best known for her TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, originally aired on CBS. She has achieved success on stage, television and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedy roles. She has also appeared on various talk shows and as a panelist on game shows.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/20 at 7:56 am

Arno Allan Penzias, American physicist, radio astronomer and Nobel laureate in physics, turns 87 today.

He is co-discoverer of the cosmic microwave background radiation, which helped establish the Big Bang theory of cosmology. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. Penzias and Wilson received the 1978 Nobel Prize, sharing it with Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Kapitsa's work was unrelated to Penzias and Wilson's). In 1977, the two had received the Henry Draper Medal of the National Academy of Sciences. Penzias is also the recipient of The International Center in New York's Award of Excellence. In 1998, he was awarded the IRI Medal from the Industrial Research Institute.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/20 at 10:59 am

Duane Eddy, American guitarist, turns 82 today.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young". He had sold 12 million records by 1963.

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Written By: nally on 04/26/20 at 12:48 pm

Also turning 82 today is American singer Maurice Williams. He fronted the doo-wop band Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, best known for the 1960 hit "Stay" (which would later be covered by The Hollies (1963 on the UK charts), The Four Seasons (later in 1963) and Jackson Browne (1977, as a segue with "The Load-Out")).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/20 at 1:15 pm

Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer, turns 80 today.

A four-time Grammy Award winner, he is frequently credited with pioneering Italo disco and electronic dance music, and is dubbed the "Father of Disco". When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records. He produced singles for Donna Summer during the late-1970s disco era, including "Love to Love You Baby", "I Feel Love", "Last Dance", "MacArthur Park", "Hot Stuff", "Bad Girls", "Dim All the Lights", "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)", and "On the Radio", and is the founder of the former Musicland Studios in Munich, a recording studio used by many artists including Electric Light Orchestra, Led Zeppelin, Queen and Elton John. Moroder also composed the soundtrack for the film Midnight Express, which won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award, and contained the international hit "Chase".

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/26/20 at 1:51 pm

Giorgio Moroder, Italian singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer, turns 80 today.


He produced singles for Donna Summer during the late-1970s disco era, including "Love to Love You Baby”.


LTLYB ushered in a whole genre of songs that introduced vocals of orgasmic moans and groans, such as Andrea True’s “More More More”. Even Rod Stewart got into the act with “Tonight’s the Night”.  :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/20 at 2:25 pm

LTLYB ushered in a whole genre of songs that introduced vocals of orgasmic moans and groans, such as Andrea True’s “More More More”. Even Rod Stewart got into the act with “Tonight’s the Night”.  :P
...Rod Stewart, with actress Britt Ekland providing the noises.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/20 at 1:07 am

Anouk Aimée, French film actress, turns 88 today.

She has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years she studied acting and dance besides her regular education. Although the majority of her films were French, she also made a number of films in Spain, Great Britain, Italy and Germany, along with some American productions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/20 at 1:38 am

Pedro Ramos, American Major League pitcher , turns 85 today.

With a 15-year career from 1955 to 1967, and again from 1969 to 1970. He played for the Washington Senators, Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and the expansion Senators, all of the American League, and the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, all of the National League. He was elected to the American League All-Star team in 1959. He also led the league in losses four times in 1958 with 18, 1959 with 19, 1960 with 18 and in 1961 with 20. On April 11, 1961, Ramos became the first Twins pitcher to earn a victory after defeating the New York Yankees.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/20 at 2:00 am

Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer, turns 96 today.

She is the widow of renowned dancer and choreographer Roland Petit. Becoming famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in several Hollywood films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/20 at 5:45 am

Dorothy Manley, British sprint runner, turns 93 today.

She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, held in London, in the 100 metres where she won the silver medal with a time of 12.2 seconds. She was also a medallist in the 1950 British Empire Games, and the 1950 European Athletics Championships.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/20 at 9:58 am

Willie Nelson, American musician, singer, songwriter, author, poet, actor, and activist, turns 87 today.

The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger (1975) and Stardust (1978), made Nelson one of the most recognized artists in country music. He was one of the main figures of outlaw country, a subgenre of country music that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. Nelson has acted in over 30 films, co-authored several books, and has been involved in activism for the use of biofuels and the legalization of marijuana.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/20 at 12:21 pm

Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor of Western classical music, turns 84 today.

He is currently music director of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO). Mehta's father was the founder of the Bombay Symphony Orchestra, and from him, he received his early musical education. When he was 18 he enrolled in the Vienna state music academy where he graduated after three years with a diploma as a conductor. He began winning international competitions and conducted the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic at age 21. Beginning in the 1960s Mehta gained experience by substituting for celebrated maestros throughout the world.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/20 at 2:26 pm

Jill Gascoine, British actress and novelist, turns 81 today.
She sadly passed on yesterday at the age of 83.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/29/20 at 2:49 pm

April Stevens, American singer, turns 84 today.

She is best known for her 1963 Atco Records recording of "Deep Purple" (music by Peter DeRose and lyrics by Mitchell Parish) with her brother Antonino LoTempio (singing under the stage name Nino Tempo). A standard song that Larry Clinton and His Orchestra and band vocalist Bea Wain had popularized in 1939, the Stevens and Tempo version reached No.1 on the Hot 100 on 16 November 1963, and No.17 in the British charts. The song won the 1963 Grammy Award for Best Rock and Roll Recording. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/29/20 at 6:25 pm

I thought I would post up a video list of a few celebrities across the world that are not well known in hollywood but are still alive:

Lupita Tovar:
Mexican Actress
Current age: 105

Lukas Ammann
Swiss Actor
Current Age: 103
most famous for playing Graf Yoster

Connie Sawyer
American Comedienne and Actress
current age: 102

Mary Carlisle
American Actress
Current age: 101

Gisele Casadesus
French Actress
Current age: 101

Norman Lloyd:
American Actor
Current Age: 101

Amelia Bence
Argentinian Actress
Current Age: 101

Gertrude Jeanette:
American Actress
Current age: 100

Donata Szaflarska
Polish Actress
Current Age: 100

Irving Benson
American Actor
Current Age: 101

Zoltan Sarosy
Hungarian Chess Master
Current age: 109


This group certainly had a run of bad luck after this post which launched this thread.

Only Norman Lloyd is still among us.  :-\\

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Written By: wagonman76 on 04/29/20 at 7:10 pm

Wow I thought Norman Lloyd had passed long ago. I remember him from st elsewhere.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/29/20 at 7:16 pm

Wow I thought Norman Lloyd had passed long ago. I remember him from st elsewhere.


You might be thinking of Lloyd Nolan.

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Written By: wagonman76 on 04/29/20 at 9:52 pm

You might be thinking of Lloyd Nolan.


No it was Norman Lloyd. What I was thinking of was that Dr Auschlander died on the show. I had thought he died in real life and they wrote it into the show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/20 at 1:42 am

Thomas Moore, known as Captain Tom, celebrates his 100th birthday today.

Former British Army officer. Now promoted to Colonel. Known for his philanthropic work. Moore served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War. He later became an instructor in armoured warfare. After the war, he worked as managing director of a concrete company and was an avid motorcycle racer. On 6 April 2020, at the age of 99, he began to walk around his garden in aid of NHS Charities Together during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the goal of raising £1,000 by his hundredth birthday. By 20 April he had raised over £29 million.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/20 at 3:11 am

Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian, turns 94 today..

In a career spanning over seven decades she has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards (record tied with Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a Daytime Emmy Award and the Academy Award for her role in The Last Picture Show (1971). As Miss Chicago, Leachman competed in the 20th Miss America pageant and placed in the Top 16 in 1946. Leachman's longest-running role was the nosy and cunning landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Phyllis, in the 1970s. She also appeared in three Mel Brooks films, including Young Frankenstein (1974), starred as Beverly Ann Stickle on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life from 1986–88 and appeared as Daisy May Moses in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/20 at 6:32 am

Larry Niven, American science fiction writer, turns 82 today.

His best-known work is Ringworld (1970), which received Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named him the 2015 recipient of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award. His work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. His fantasy includes the series The Magic Goes Away, rational fantasy dealing with magic as a non-renewable resource.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/30/20 at 1:38 pm

Tony Harrison, English poet, translator and playwright, turns 83 today.

He was born in Leeds and he received his education in Classics from Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University. He is one of Britain's foremost verse writers and many of his works have been performed at the Royal National Theatre. He is noted for controversial works such as the poem "V", as well as his versions of dramatic works: from ancient Greek such as the tragedies Oresteia and Lysistrata, from French Molière's The Misanthrope, from Middle English The Mysteries. He is also noted for his outspoken views, particularly those on the Iraq War. In 2015, he was honoured with the David Cohen Prize in recognition for his body of work.

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Written By: nally on 05/01/20 at 4:58 pm

American musician Judy Collins turns 81 today. She specializes in folk, country, and soft pop music. Her 1967 hit "Both Sides Now" (written by Joni Mitchell) helped her achieve mainstream success.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 05/01/20 at 5:18 pm

American musician Judy Collins turns 81 today. She specializes in folk, country, and soft pop music. Her 1967 hit "Both Sides Now" (written by Joni Mitchell) helped her achieve mainstream success.


You're right about the folk part, but she has seldom done country (a few country flavored songs here and there, maybe) and "soft pop" sounds too "false" for the kind of authentic music she generally does.

Here's a classic song written about Judy Collins by her former paramour Stephen Stills:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMJug2iz3NA

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 05/01/20 at 5:20 pm

You're right about the folk part, but she has seldom done country (a few country flavored songs here and there, maybe) and "soft pop" sounds too "false" for the kind of authentic music she generally does.

Here's a classic song written about Judy Collins by her former paramour Stephen Stills:


Sorry, my bad. I was reading up on her on Wiki (as I often do on a daily basis; read about people with b'days today).

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 05/01/20 at 5:29 pm

Sorry, my bad. I was reading up on her on Wiki (as I often do on a daily basis; read about people with b'days today).


As a longtime Collins fan I am glad to set the record straight. It's also a good reminder that Wikipedia should never be taken as gospel but rather as a starting point to more authoritative sources.  :)

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Written By: nally on 05/01/20 at 5:52 pm

^ Well thank you. O0

Anyways, former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan is 90 years old today. He served two terms as mayor, from 1993-2001, and is the most recent Republican to serve as mayor of Los Angeles (this I know for a fact). When he took office after winning the 1993 mayoral election, it was the first time in 32 years that it was occupied by a Republican (the previous occupant of said party was Norris Poulson, from 1953-1961).

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Written By: nally on 05/02/20 at 10:38 am

Engelbert Humperdinck, male singer born in India (which was then under British rule) and raised in England, turns 84 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/02/20 at 11:13 am

Engelbert Humperdinck, male singer born in India (which was then under British rule) and raised in England, turns 84 today.


I wonder if his concert goers still throw their panties on stage when he’s performing? ???

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Written By: nally on 05/03/20 at 11:17 am

American singer-songwriter and record producer Jerry Samuels, better known as Napoleon XIV, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/03/20 at 11:17 am

American singer Frankie Valli turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/04/20 at 5:05 pm

Retired LPGA golfer Betsy Rawls turns 92 today. She won eight major championship events and 55 LPGA Tour career events between 1951 and 1972.

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Written By: nally on 05/04/20 at 5:09 pm

Happy 90th birthday to Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the musical Jackson family.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 12:53 am

Teddie Beverley (born Hazel P. Chinery), British singer, turns 93 today.

With her sisters, Joy (1924 to 2015), and twin Babs (1927 to 2018) formed The Beverley Sisters, a British female close harmony pop vocal and light entertainment trio, most popular during the 1950s and 1960s. Their style was loosely modelled on that of their American counterparts, the Andrews Sisters. Their notable successes included "Sisters" and the seasonal tunes "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus", "Little Donkey", and "Little Drummer Boy".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 2:45 am

Pat Carroll, American actress, voice actress and comedian. turns 93 today.

Known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid as well as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's Make Room for Daddy, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, NBC's ER, other guest-starring and series-regular roles on American television as well as voice-acting in several cartoon series. Carroll is an Emmy, Drama Desk and Grammy Award winner and a Tony Award nominee.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 6:30 am

Michael Murphy, American film, television and stage actor, turns 82 today.

He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including politicians, executives and lawyers. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman, having appeared in twelve films, TV series and miniseries directed by Altman from 1963 to 2004, including the title role in the miniseries Tanner '88.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/20 at 7:34 am

Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American director and producer, turns 80 today.

Beginning his career in British television, Lindsay-Hogg became a pioneer in music video production, directing promotional films by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Following his work with these bands, he branched out into film and theater, while still maintaining successful careers in television and music video production. Lindsay-Hogg was hired by the Beatles to direct a film. Originally conceived as a television special, Get Back was to feature footage of the Beatles recording a new album and rehearsing for a concert appearance. However, the sessions were extremely acrimonious, and the film and album were shelved for a time following the Beatles' rooftop concert in January 1969. The Beatles returned to the project, and released the newly retitled Let It Be (1970) along with an album of the same name.

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Written By: nally on 05/05/20 at 3:30 pm

Snap!!

Sorry, I did not notice your post. :-[ I'll take mine down!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/20 at 1:32 am

Rosemary Cramp, British archaeologist and academic, turns 91 today.

Specialising in the Anglo-Saxons. She was the first female professor appointed at Durham University and was Professor of Archaeology from 1971 to 1990. She served as President of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 2001 to 2004.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/20 at 2:40 am

Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach, turns 89 today.

Nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) center fielder who spent almost all of his 22-season career playing for the New York and San Francisco Giants, before finishing with the New York Mets. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/20 at 3:50 am

Leon Hughes, American singer, turns 88 today.

He is best known as the last surviving original member of The Coasters. The rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group scored the 1958 US No.1 single 'Yakety Yak', the 1959 US No.2 and UK No.6 single 'Charlie Brown', as well as 'Young Blood' and 'Poison Ivy'.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/20 at 1:52 am

Claude Raymond, Canadian baseball pitcher, turns 83 today.

He played for the Chicago White Sox (1959), Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves (1961–63 and 1967–69), Houston Colt .45's/Astros (1964–67) and Montreal Expos (1969–71). He was one of the few baseball players to wear glasses.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/07/20 at 3:04 am

Sidney Altman, Canadian-American molecular biologist, turns 81 today.
He is the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989 he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/20 at 2:21 am

David Attenborough, English broadcaster and naturalist, turns 94 today.

He was awarded Knight Bachelor in the 1985 Birthday Honours. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the Life collection, which form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black and white, colour, HD, 3D and 4K. Attenborough is widely considered a national treasure in Britain, although he himself does not like the term. In 2002 he was named among the 100 Greatest Britons following a UK-wide poll for the BBC. He is the younger brother of the director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough, and older brother of the motor executive John Attenborough.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/08/20 at 6:26 am

Jack Charlton, English footballer and manager, turns 85 today.

He played as a defender. He was part of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup. He is the elder brother of former Manchester United forward Bobby Charlton, who was also a teammate in England's World Cup final victory. He spent his entire club career with Leeds United from 1950 to 1973, helping the club to the Second Division title (1963–64), First Division title (1968–69), FA Cup (1972), League Cup (1968), Charity Shield (1969), Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (1968 and 1971), as well as one other promotion from the Second Division (1955–56) and five second-place finishes in the First Division, two FA Cup final defeats and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final defeat. His 629 league and 762 total competitive appearances are club records.

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Written By: nally on 05/09/20 at 12:18 pm

Happy 84th birthday to English actress Glenda Jackson, who went into politics in the early 1990s.

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Written By: nally on 05/09/20 at 12:23 pm

American musician Little Richard turns 87 today.

And now, five months later, Richard has passed away. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 05/09/20 at 12:46 pm

Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, is 83 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/09/20 at 1:47 pm

And now, five months later, Richard has passed away. :\'(


A fate that happens all too often to people whose birthdays are posted in this thread.  :-\\

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Written By: nally on 05/09/20 at 3:47 pm

A fate that happens all too often to people whose birthdays are posted in this thread.  :-\\

I know. Still, some of them end up living quite a long time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/20 at 7:02 am

George E. Smith, American scientist, applied physicist, and co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD), turn 90 today.

He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography". In 2017, Smith was announced as one of four winners of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, for his contribution to the creation of digital imaging sensors.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/20 at 7:51 am

Barbara Taylor Bradford, American novelist, turns 87 today.

Her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. It ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling novels of all-time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/20 at 1:57 am

Antony Hewish, British radio astronomer, turns 96 today.

He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle) for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/20 at 4:10 am

Mort Sahl, Canadian-born American stand-up comedian, actor and social satirist, turns 93 today.
Considered the first modern stand-up comedian since Will Rogers. He pioneered a style of social satire which pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/20 at 7:48 am

Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg), American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader, turns 84 today.

An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera Escalator over the Hill (released as a triple LP set), as well as a book of compositions that have been performed by many other artists, including Gary Burton, Jimmy Giuffre, George Russell, Art Farmer, John Scofield and her ex-husband Paul Bley.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/20 at 9:55 am

Johnny Devlin, New Zealand-Australian rock musician, turns 82 today.

Known as "New Zealand's answer to Elvis Presley". His cover of Lloyd Price's "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" in 1958 went to number one in the New Zealand charts with sales of more than 100,000, launching a long-term career. He spent much of his time in Australia from 1959 touring in support of The Everly Brothers and making appearances on Australian television shows such as Bandstand, Six O'Clock Rock and The Go!! Show. In 1964 he toured Australia and New Zealand as a support act for The Beatles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/20 at 1:05 am

Burt Bacharach, American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer, turns 92 today.

He has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many with lyrics written by Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/20 at 2:46 am

Felipe Alou, Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and manager, turns 85 today.

He managed the Montreal Expos (1992–2001) and the San Francisco Giants (2003–06). The first Dominican to play regularly in the major leagues, he is the most prominent member of one of the sport's most notable families of the late 20th century: he was the oldest of the trio of baseball-playing brothers that included Matty and Jesús, who were both primarily outfielders, and his son Moisés was also primarily an outfielder; all but Jesús have been named All-Stars at least twice. The family name in the Dominican Republic is Rojas, but Felipe Alou and his brothers became known by the name Alou when the Giants' scout who signed Felipe mistakenly thought his matronymic was his father's name.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/20 at 6:56 am

Susan Hampshire, English actress, turns 83 today.

Known for her many television and film roles. A three-time Emmy Award winner, she won for The Forsyte Saga in 1970, The First Churchills in 1971, and for Vanity Fair in 1973. Her other television credits include The Pallisers (1974), The Grand (1997–98), and Monarch of the Glen (2000–05).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/20 at 7:29 am

Miriam Stoppard, English doctor, author, television presenter and advice columnist, turns 83 today.

After qualifying as a doctor, Stoppard worked at the Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary and specialised in dermatology as a senior registrar at Bristol Royal Infirmary. She became a research director and then managing director in the pharmaceutical industry for Syntex. She became well known during the 1970s and 1980s as a television presenter on scientific and medical programmes such as Don't Ask Me and Where There's Life. Stoppard has written several books about health, including the Children's Medical Handbook, but particularly on the subject of women's health. She writes on health issues and acts as an agony aunt for the Daily Mirror, having previously answered readers' letters for The TV Times magazine. Her company, Miriam Stoppard Lifetime, sells her books and health products.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/20 at 2:05 am

Dominic Cossa, American operatic lyric baritone, turns 85 today.

He is particularly associated with the Italian and French repertoire.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/20 at 7:03 am

Zohra Lampert, American actress, turns 83 today.

She has had roles on film, television, and stage, including as the title character in the 1971 cult horror film Let's Scare Jessica to Death; she also starred alongside Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in the 1961 Splendor in the Grass.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/20 at 3:49 pm

Buck Taylor, American actor, turns 82 today.

Best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in 174 episodes during the last eight seasons of CBS's Gunsmoke television series (1967–1975). In recent years, he has painted the portrait of his friend and Gunsmoke series' star James Arness. Taylor's painting specialty is the American West, and each year, he creates the posters for several Texas rodeos. Taylor lives with his second wife on a ranch near Fort Worth, Texas.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/20 at 3:51 pm

Harvey Keitel, American actor and producer, turns 81 today.

An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and The Last Temptation of Christ.

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Written By: nally on 05/13/20 at 5:28 pm

Harvey Keitel, American actor and producer, turns 81 today.

An Oscar and Golden Globe Award nominee, he has appeared in films such as Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, Taxi Driver and The Last Temptation of Christ.

A talented guy, he is.

I have seen one film in which he has a major role: Sister Act, in which he plays the villain, a mobster named Vince who has a relationship with the lead character played by Whoopi Goldberg.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/14/20 at 12:47 am

Chay Blyth, Scottish yachtsman and rower, turns 80 today.

He was the first person to sail single-handed non-stop westwards around the world (1971), on a 59-foot boat called British Steel.

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Written By: nally on 05/14/20 at 1:04 pm

Robert Boyd, English pediatrician and academic, is 82 years old today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/20 at 1:44 am

Don Bragg, American athlete, turns 85 today.

He competed mainly in the pole vault and won a gold medal in that event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Bragg grew up in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he attended Penns Grove High School. Bragg was the last of the great pole vaulters to use an aluminum pole. From 1954 until 1960, he was always world ranked and capped a brilliant career in 1960 by setting a world record of 15' 9¼" (4.80 m) at the Olympic Trials and winning an Olympic gold medal with a vault of 15' 5" (4.70 m). He set a world indoor record of 15' 9½" (4.81 m) at Philadelphia in 1959 and, like Hall of Famer Cornelius Warmerdam, vaulted better indoors than outdoors.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/20 at 5:01 am

Madeleine Albright, American politician and diplomat, turns 83 today.

She is the first woman to have become the United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/20 at 7:29 am

Trini Lopez, American singer, guitarist, and actor, turns 83 today.

His first album included a version of "If I Had a Hammer", which earned him a Golden Disc. Other hits included "Lemon Tree", "I'm Comin' Home, Cindy" and "Sally Was a Good Old Girl". He designed two guitars for the Gibson Guitar Corporation, which are now collectors’ items.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/20 at 12:51 am

David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, English-Scottish soldier and politician, turns 94 today.

His younger brother was Sir Angus Ogilvy, the husband of HRH Princess Alexandra of Kent.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/20 at 3:35 am

Alan Kay, American computer scientist, turns 81 today.

He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is best known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface design.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/20 at 9:32 am

Anthony Eyton, English painter and educator, turns 97 today.

He is a figurative painter working in what could be termed the post-Impressionist tradition. He has exhibited extensively throughout Britain at leading galleries such as the Royal Academy, the Tate Gallery, the South London Gallery, the Hayward Gallery and the Imperial War Museum.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/20 at 1:55 am

Priscilla Pointer, American stage, film and television character actress, turns 96 today.

She began her career in the theater, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood to act in films and on television. She is the mother of Academy Award nominee Amy Irving, therefore making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto and the mother-in-law of documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser, Jr.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/20 at 5:44 am

Richard Body, English politician, turns 93 today.

He was Conservative Member of Parliament for Billericay from 1955 to 1959, for Holland with Boston from 1966 to 1997, and for Boston and Skegness from 1997 until he stood down at the 2001 general election. He was a long-standing member of the Conservative Monday Club, and came second in its 1972 election for chairman. Body also served as President of the Anti-Common Market League.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/20 at 9:29 am

Robert Morse, American actor and singer, turns 89 today.

Best known as the star of both the 1961 original Broadway production and 1967 film adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and as Bertram Cooper, from 2007 to 2015, in the AMC dramatic series Mad Men.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/20 at 12:00 pm

Dwayne Hickman, American actor and television executive at CBS, turns 86 today.

The normally brown-haired Hickman portrayed Chuck MacDonald, Bob Collins's (played by Bob Cummings) crazy teenaged nephew, on the 1950s NBC series The Bob Cummings Show (a.k.a. Love That Bob in reruns), and the blond title character in CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/20 at 1:59 pm

Bernadette Chirac, French politician, First Lady of France, turns 87 today.

She has been a leading member of the "Pièces Jaunes" (Yellow Coins), a charity that aids children in French hospitals by collecting small change. On 3 September 2007, she became the president of the "Fondation Claude-Pompidou" (Claude Pompidou Foundation), following the death of its founder, Claude Pompidou.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/18/20 at 5:34 pm

Priscilla Pointer, American stage, film and television character actress, turns 96 today.

She began her career in the theater, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood to act in films and on television. She is the mother of Academy Award nominee Amy Irving, therefore making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto and the mother-in-law of documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser, Jr.


Is she related to The Pointer Sisters? ???

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Written By: nally on 05/18/20 at 5:35 pm

Is she related to The Pointer Sisters? ???

Uhmmm... no.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/20 at 12:53 am

Trevor Peacock, English stage and television character actor and former screenwriter and songwriter, turns 89 today.

He is best known for playing Jim Trott in the BBC comedy series The Vicar of Dibley, alongside Dawn French. He wrote the 1960s pop classic "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter", which was recorded by Herman's Hermits. Other hit songs to his credit include "Mystery Girl" (recorded by Jess Conrad), "Made You" (Adam Faith), "Gossip Calypso" (Bernard Cribbins), "Stick Around" (Billy Fury), "That's What Love Will Do" and "Nature's Time For Love" (both recorded by Joe Brown).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/20 at 3:44 am

Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor and consultant, turns 87 today.

He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/20 at 6:56 am

James Fox, English actor, turns 81 today.

After an absence of almost ten years from mainstream cinema, Fox returned to the screen, appearing in Stephen Poliakoff's Runners (1983), A Passage to India (1984), and playing Anthony Blunt in the acclaimed BBC play by Alan Bennett, A Question of Attribution (1992). He also portrayed the character of Colonel Ferguson in Farewell to the King and the pro-German aristocrat Lord Darlington in The Remains of the Day (1993).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/20 at 9:49 am

Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong-born American actress, turns 81 today.

She played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian ancestry in major Hollywood film roles. The World of Suzie Wong was a "box-office sensation". Critics lavished praise on Kwan for her performance.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/20 at 1:07 am

Anthony Zerbe, American actor, turns 84 today.

Notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in The Omega Man, a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend; as a corrupt gambler in Farewell, My Lovely; as Abner Devereaux in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park; as villain Milton Krest in the James Bond film Licence to Kill; Rosie in The Turning Point, Admiral Dougherty in Star Trek: Insurrection and Councillor Hamann in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions. His latest appearance is in the 2013 American black comedy-crime film American Hustle.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/20 at 2:18 am

Sadaharu Oh, Japanese–Chinese baseball player and manager, turns 80 t0day.

How played 22 seasons for the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 1959 to 1980. Oh holds the world lifetime home run record, having hit 868 home runs during his professional career. He established many NPB batting records, including runs batted in (RBIs) (2,170), slugging percentage (.634), bases on balls (2,390), and on-base plus slugging (OPS) (1.080). In 1977, Sadaharu Oh became the first recipient of the People's Honour Award.

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Written By: nally on 05/21/20 at 1:22 pm

Bob Northern, American jazz musician who is a horn player and bandleader, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/20 at 1:41 am

Michael Constantine, American actor of Greek descent, turns 93 today.

He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in the surprise hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Earlier, he earned much acclaim for his extensive television work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal, Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's sitcom, Room 222, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1970; he was again recognized by the Emmy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Awards, the following year. After the conclusion of Room 222, Constantine portrayed night court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on the 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court, receiving his second Golden Globe nomination. Constantine reprised his role as Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/20 at 2:36 am

Richard Benjamin, American actor and film director, turns 82 today.

He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; Catch-22 (1970), from the Joseph Heller best-seller; Westworld (1973), a science-fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and The Sunshine Boys (1975), written by Neil Simon. After directing for television, Benjamin's first feature as director was the 1982 comedy My Favorite Year, for which star Peter O'Toole was nominated for an Academy Award. His other films as director include City Heat (1984), starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, Made in America with Whoopi Goldberg and The Money Pit (1986) with Tom Hanks.

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Written By: nally on 05/23/20 at 12:15 pm

Barbara Barrie, American actress, turns 89 years old today.

She's acted in film, television, and stage. She is also an accomplished author.

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Written By: nally on 05/23/20 at 12:24 pm

English actress Joan Collins is 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/24/20 at 11:33 am

Tommy Chong, Canadian-American comedian, turns 82 today. He is half the comedy duo Cheech And Chong.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/20 at 4:33 am

Jack Steinberger, American physicist, turns 99 today.

He, along with Leon Lederman and Melvin Schwartz, received the 1988 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of the muon neutrino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/20 at 5:27 am

Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director, turns 89 today.

He is the producer or director of 50 motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for three other films: Raging Bull, The Right Stuff, and Goodfellas.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/20 at 6:43 am

Sir Ian McKellen, English actor, turns 81 today.

He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BIF Award, two Saturn Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and two Critics' Choice Awards. He has also received two Oscar nominations, four BAFTA nominations and five Emmy Award nominations. He achieved worldwide fame for his notable film roles, which include Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies and Magneto in the X-Men films, both of which introduced McKellen to a new generation. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1979 Birthday Honours, was knighted in the 1991 New Year Honours for services to the performing arts, and made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality in the 2008 New Year Honours.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/20 at 1:01 am

Ernie Carroll, Australian entertainer, radio and television personality, comic writer, television producer, puppeteer and comic strip writer, turns 91 today.

Most recognised for his role as the man behind (and inside) Ossie Ostrich on Hey Hey It's Saturday, Cartoon Corner and The Daryl and Ossie Show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/20 at 1:17 am

Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and politician, turns 97 today.

He served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Born in Germany, Kissinger was a Jewish refugee who fled the Nazi regime with his family in 1938. He became National Security Advisor in 1969 and later concurrently United States Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances, with two members of the committee resigning in protest. Kissinger later sought, unsuccessfully, to return the prize after the ceasefire failed.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/20 at 4:48 am

Ray Daviault, Canadian baseball player, turns 86 today.

The right-handed pitcher, a native of Montreal, Quebec, had an 11-season (1953–1963) professional career, but spent only part of one season in the Major Leagues, appearing in 36 games (all but three in relief) for the 1962 New York Mets, the first season in that expansion team's history. He stood 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79 kg).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/20 at 5:33 am

Lee Meriwether, American actress, and model, turns 85 today.

She was the winner of the 1955 Miss America pageant. She is perhaps best known for her role as Betty Jones, Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law in the long-running 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977. She is also known for her role as John Schuck's long-haired wife, Lily Munster, in the 1980s sitcom The Munsters Today, as well as for her portrayal in 1966 of Catwoman in the film version of Batman and a co-starring role in science fiction television series, The Time Tunnel. Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children until the end of the series in September 2011.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/20 at 7:47 am

Louis Gossett, Jr., American actor, turns 84 today.

He is perhaps best known for his Academy Award-winning role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman, and his Emmy Award-winning role as Fiddler in the 1977 ABC television miniseries Roots. Gossett has also starred in numerous film productions including A Raisin In The Sun, The Landlord. Skin Game, Travels with My Aunt, The Laughing Policeman, The Deep, Jaws 3-D (1983), Wolfgang Petersen's Enemy Mine, the Iron Eagle series, Toy Soldiers and The Punisher, in an acting career that spans over five decades.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/20 at 12:44 am

Patrick McNair-Wilson, British Conservative politician, turns 91 today.

Hew was educated at Eton College and was commissioned in the Coldstream Guards 1947-52, serving in Palestine and North Africa. He joined the staff of Conservative Central Office in 1955 and was a director of the London Municipal Society and a broadcaster. McNair-Wilson was originally Member of Parliament for Lewisham West from 1964 until he lost the seat to Labour in 1966. He then won the 1968 by-election in the New Forest constituency, representing that seat until his retirement in 1997. He is the elder brother of the late Sir Michael McNair-Wilson, former MP for Newbury.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/20 at 7:20 am

Carroll Baker, American actress of film, stage, and television, turns 89 today.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Baker's range of roles from naive ingénues to brash and flamboyant women established her as both a serious dramatic actress and a pin-up. After studying under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio, Baker began performing on Broadway in 1954, where she was recruited by director Elia Kazan to play the lead in the film Tennessee Williams's Baby Doll (1956). Her role in the film as a sexually repressed Southern bride earned her BAFTA and Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe award for Most Promising Newcomer that year.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/28/20 at 8:28 am

John Karlen, American character actor, turns 87 today.

He played multiple roles (Willie Loomis, Carl Collins, William H. Loomis, Desmond Collins, Alex Jenkins and Kendrick Young) on the ABC serial Dark Shadows, in various episodes between 206 and 1245, which aired from 1966-1971. In 1971 Karlen starred as the male lead in Daughters of Darkness. He played Harvey Lacey, husband of Mary Beth Lacey (played by Tyne Daly), on the CBS crime series Cagney & Lacey (1982–88). Karlen recently reprised the role of "Willie Loomis" for a new series of Dark Shadows audio dramas, produced by Big Finish Productions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/20 at 1:39 am

Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist, turn 97 today.

Best known for his work as a member of The Dave Brubeck Quartet, in particular on the group's most famous album, Time Out (1959), with pianist Brubeck, drummer Joe Morello and alto saxophonist Paul Desmond. Wright had played with the Lonnie Simmons group, and led his own band, the Dukes of Swing, but his big break came when he was recruited by Dave Brubeck. He had a very solid, Kansas-city style, theoretically at odds with, but in practice an important component of, Brubeck's cool, mannered jazz. In addition to Brubeck, Wright has played with many jazz stars, including Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Carmen McRae, Buddy DeFranco, Cal Tjader, Kai Winding, Karen Hernandez, Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, Dottie Dodgion, Lee Shaw, Dorothy Donegan, and Monty Alexander.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/29/20 at 5:26 am

Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, turns 92 today.

In the 1960s, he proposed that broken symmetry in electroweak theory could explain the origin of mass of elementary particles in general and of the W and Z bosons in particular. This so-called Higgs mechanism, which was proposed by several physicists besides Higgs at about the same time, predicts the existence of a new particle, the Higgs boson, the detection of which became one of the great goals of physics. CERN announced on 4 July 2012 that they had experimentally established the existence of a Higgs-like boson, but further work would be needed to analyse its properties and see whether it had the properties expected from the Standard Model Higgs boson. The discovery of the Higgs boson prompted fellow physicist Stephen Hawking to note that he thought that Higgs should receive the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work, which he finally did, shared with François Englert in 2013.

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Written By: nally on 05/30/20 at 12:00 pm

John Henry Marks, English physician and author, turns 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/30/20 at 12:01 pm

Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright, is 88 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/31/20 at 11:12 am

Peter Yarrow - American musician - turns 82 today. He is one of two surviving members of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. (His bandmate Paul Stookey, whose birthday is in December, is the other.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/31/20 at 11:27 am

Peter Yarrow - American musician - turns 82 today. He is one of two surviving members of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary. (His bandmate Paul Stookey, whose birthday is in December, is the other.)


And a recipient of a Presidential Pardon in the final days of Jimmy Carter’s presidency in ‘81.  8). This was before the #MeToo era

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Written By: nally on 05/31/20 at 11:28 am

And a recipient of a Presidential Pardon in the final days of Jimmy Carter’s presidency in ‘81.  8)

Interesting, I had not known that. (Of course, I was only half a year old when he left office.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/31/20 at 1:35 pm

Interesting, I had not known that. (Of course, I was only half a year old when he left office.)


Apparently Mr. Yarrow had a bit of fondness for a 14 year old girl.  And long after he had done his 3 months in prison, ol' Jimmy decided to clear his record.  Am kinda surprised nobody has launched an effort to "cancel" Carter for this pardon, in this day and age of zero tolerance.

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Written By: nally on 05/31/20 at 6:40 pm

Director Clint Eastwood is 90 years old today. O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 1:14 am

Director Clint Eastwood is 90 years old today. O0
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I never realised he is 90, more 80 years old for me.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 1:15 am

Joan Copeland, American actress, turns 98 today.

She is the younger sister of playwright Arthur Miller. She began her career during the mid-1940s, appearing in theatre in New York City, where, shortly thereafter, she would become one of the very first members admitted to the newly formed Actors Studio. She moved into television and film during the 1950s. while still maintaining an active stage career. She is best known for her performances in the 1977 Broadway revival of Pal Joey and her award winning performance in the 1981 play The American Clock. She has also played a number of prominent roles on various soap operas throughout her career, including Andrea Whiting on Search for Tomorrow and Gwendolyn Lord Abbott on One Life to Live.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 2:47 am

Pat Boone, American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman, turns 86 today.

He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold over 45 million records, had 38 top-40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films. According to Billboard, Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley, and was ranked at No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995. Boone still holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 4:38 am

Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, British architect whose company, Foster + Partners, maintains an international design practice famous for high-tech architecture, turn 85 today.

He is the President of the Norman Foster Foundation. The Norman Foster Foundation promotes interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future. The foundation, which opened in June 2017, is based in Madrid and operates globally. He is one of Britain's most prolific architects of his generation. In 1999, he was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, often referred to as the Nobel Prize of architecture. In 2009, Foster was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award in the Arts category. In 1994, he received the AIA Gold Medal.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 7:56 am

Morgan Freeman, American actor, producer and narrator, turns 83 today.

He won an Academy Award in 2005 for Best Supporting Actor with Million Dollar Baby (2004), and he has received Oscar nominations for his performances in Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Invictus (2009). He has also won a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Freeman has appeared in many other box office hits, including Glory (1989), Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Seven (1995), Deep Impact (1998), The Sum of All Fears (2002), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), Wanted (2008), RED (2010), Now You See Me (2013), The Lego Movie (2014), and Lucy (2014). He rose to fame as part of the cast of the 1970s children's program The Electric Company. Noted for his deep-voice,

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 8:10 am

Gerald Scarfe, English cartoonist and illustrator, turns 84 today.

He has worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker. His other work includes graphics for rock group Pink Floyd, particularly on their 1979 album The Wall, its 1982 film adaption, and tour (1980-81), as well as the music video for "Welcome to the Machine". Scarfe was the production designer on the Disney animated feature Hercules (1997). Scarfe also provided the opening titles for Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/20 at 9:55 am

Rosaleen Linehan, Irish actress, turns 83 today.

In 1972, Linehan won a Jacob's Award for her RTÉ Radio comedy series Get an Earful of This. She was the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Irish Theatre Awards in 2008. In film, she has appeared as Nurse Callan in Ulysses, May Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977), Aunt Fitzeustace in Fools of Fortune, Mrs Canning in The Butcher Boy, Peggy Owens in About Adam, Mrs Matson in The Hi-Lo Country and Millie O'Dowd in The Matchmaker. In television, she was a voice artist on the Irish language children's TV series Inis Cúil in 2005, appeared in Hugh Leonard's BBC sitcom Me Mammy. More recently, she played Deirdre O Kane's mother in Bitter Sweet.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/20 at 5:17 am

Sally Kellerman, American actress, activist, author, producer, singer, and voice artist, turns 83 today.

Kellerman's acting career spans nearly 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. After M*A*S*H, she appeared in a number of the director's projects: the films Brewster McCloud (1970), Welcome to L.A. (1976) (produced by Altman, directed by his protege, Alan Rudolph), The Player (1992) and Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series Gun (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman has appeared in films such as Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972), Back to School (1986), plus many television series such as The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1965), Star Trek (1966), Bonanza (1966, 1970) The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006), 90210 (2008), Chemistry (2011), and Maron (2013).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/02/20 at 5:47 pm

Sally Kellerman, American actress, activist, author, producer, singer, and voice artist, turns 83 today.


She’s fared a lot better that many M*A*S*H cast members.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/20 at 1:25 am

Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist, turns 96 today.

Together with David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/20 at 10:52 am

Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, turns 91 today.

Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/20 at 1:44 am

Geoffrey Palmer, English actor, turns 93 today.

Known for his roles in British television sitcoms playing Jimmy Anderson in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79), Ben Parkinson in Butterflies (1978–83) and Lionel Hardcastle in As Time Goes By (1992–2005). His film appearances include A Fish Called Wanda (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Mrs. Brown (1997), and Tomorrow Never Dies (1997).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/20 at 3:58 am

Karolos Papoulias, President of Greece from 2005 to 2015, turns 91 today.

He was previously the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1985 to 1989 and from 1993 to 1996.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/20 at 6:54 am

Bruce Dern, American actor, turns 84 today.

He often playing supporting villainous characters of unstable nature. He was nominated for two Academy Awards, including one for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978) and one for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013). His other film appearances include The Cowboys (1972), Black Sunday (1977), Monster (2003), and The Hateful Eight (2015).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/20 at 8:14 am

Art Mahaffey, American baseball starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, turns 82 today.

He played for the Philadelphia Phillies (1960–65) and St. Louis Cardinals (1966). He batted and threw right-handed. In a seven-season career, Mahaffey posted a 59–64 record with 639 strikeouts and a 4.17 ERA in 999.0 innings pitched.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/20 at 9:00 am

George Reid, Scottish politician, turn 81 today.

From February 1974 to 1979 he served as a Scottish National Party Member of Parliament for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire. He was elected in 1999 as a Member of the newly established Scottish Parliament as a regional MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife. From 2003 to 2007 he served as member for the Ochil constituency and was appointed as the Scottish Parliament's second Presiding Officer.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 06/04/20 at 10:05 am

Belated happy birthday to Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople as well as a long and distinguished solo career who turned 81 yesterday! And he's still rockin'!! A truly great musical artist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/20 at 12:08 am

Bill Hayes, American actor of both the stage and television and a Billboard Hot 100 #1 recording artist, turns 95 today.

Following a successful career as a musician which began in the late 1940s, he began to focus on dramatic acting parts in the late 1960s, which led him to be cast in a role that gained him additional fame and notoriety to a younger generation. This new chapter in his long career began in 1970 when he originated the character of Doug Williams on NBC's Days of Our Lives, which he continues to play regularly to date on the serial.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/20 at 3:49 am

Moira Anderson, Scottish singer, turns 82 today.

In her early career Anderson made frequent appearances alongside fellow Scottish music stars, Kenneth McKellar and other Scottish stars. The pairing was celebrated in the 1971 "Two Ronnies" spoof sketch (Programme 3, 1st Series) featuring "Kenneth Anderson" and "Moira McKellar", in which Ronnie Corbett's Ken described Ronnie Barker's (rather hefty) Moira as "that beautiful lump of Dundee cake". In the early 1980s she made a successful album of duets with Sir Harry Secombe. She recorded "A Perfect Day" by Carrie Jacobs-Bond. Her musical directors over the years have included Peter Knight, Peggy O'Keefe and Nick Ingman. She has recorded many albums, including an Ivor Novello collection, conducted by Robin Stapleton, and made many appearances on the BBC TV's popular, long running series, The Good Old Days.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/05/20 at 7:44 am

Margaret Drabble, English novelist, biographer, and critic, turns 81 today.

Her first novels describe the life of young women during the 1960s and 1970s, for whom the conflict between motherhood and intellectual challenges is being brought into focus, while 1998's The Witch of Exmoor shows the withdrawn existence of an old author. Though inspired by her own life, her works are not mainly autobiographical.

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Written By: nally on 06/06/20 at 11:13 am

Albert II, former King of Belgium, turns 86 years old today. He reigned from 1993 until his abdication in 2013, a span of 20 years.

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Written By: nally on 06/06/20 at 11:14 am

American singer-songwriter Gary U.S. Bonds turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/07/20 at 12:25 pm

Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/07/20 at 12:48 pm

Happy 92nd birthday to James Ivory, who is an American director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/07/20 at 1:14 pm

Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor, turns 80 today.


Even in his 80s, adoring female fans throw their underwear at him whilst he performs on stage.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/20 at 4:24 am

Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor, turns 80 today.
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Happy 92nd birthday to James Ivory, who is an American director, producer, and screenwriter.
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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/20 at 4:25 am

Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor, turns 80 today.

Even in his 80s, adoring female fans throw their underwear at him whilst he performs on stage.  8)
There must be something special about these two?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/20 at 4:44 am

Robert Aumann, Israeli-American mathematician and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences, turns 90 today.

He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. Aumann received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics) in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis. He shared the prize with Thomas Schelling.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/20 at 6:25 am

Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress, turns 80 today.

She is the eldest daughter of Frank Sinatra and is widely known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". Other defining recordings include "Sugar Town", the 1967 number one "Somethin' Stupid" (a duet with her father), the title song from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, several collaborations with Lee Hazlewood such as "Jackson", and her cover of Cher's "Bang Bang".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/20 at 7:35 am

Ray Illingworth, English cricketer, cricket commentator and cricket administrator, turns 88 today.

As of 2015, he is one of only nine players to have taken 2,000 wickets and made 20,000 runs in first class cricket:302 He played for Yorkshire (1951–68 and 1982–83), Leicestershire (1969–78) and England (1958–73) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1960.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/20 at 9:03 am

Millicent Martin, English actress, singer and comedienne, turns 84 today.

She was the resident singer of topical songs on the weekly BBC Television satire show That Was The Week That Was (1962–63). For her work on Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for Side by Side by Sondheim (1977) and King of Hearts (1978), both for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other television roles include her recurring role as Gertrude Moon in the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–04).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/20 at 1:39 pm

James Darren, Italian-American television and film actor, television director and singer, turns 84 today.

He was the singing voice of Yogi Bear in the animated film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964), on the song "Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a". Prior to that, he was the singing voice of his own character "Jimmy Darrock" on an episode of The Flintstones. However the character's dialogue was provided by voice actor Lennie Weinrib. He then achieved success co-starring as impulsive scientist and adventurer Tony Newman on the science fiction series, The Time Tunnel (1966–1967).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/20 at 2:56 am

Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, turns 92 today.

His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination. Later, his 1988 special "Jackie Mason on Broadway" won another Emmy Award (for outstanding writing) and another Ace Award, and his 1992 voice-over of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski in The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown" won Mason a third Emmy Award. He has written and performed in six one-man shows on Broadway.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/20 at 5:13 am

Bill Virdon, American baseball outfielder, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB), turns 89 today.

He played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1965 and in 1968. He served as a coach for the Pirates and Houston Astros, and managed the Pirates, Astros, New York Yankees, and Montreal Expos. After playing in Minor League Baseball for the Yankees organization, Virdon was traded to the Cardinals, and he made his MLB debut in 1955. That year, Virdon won the National League Rookie of the Year Award. He slumped at the beginning of the 1956 season, and was traded to the Pirates, where he spent the remainder of his playing career. A premier defensive outfielder during his playing days as a center fielder for the Cardinals and Pirates, Virdon led a strong defensive team to the 1960 World Series championship. In 1962, Virdon won a Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Following the 1965 season, he retired due to his desire to become a manager.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/09/20 at 5:29 am

James Darren, Italian-American television and film actor, television director and singer, turns 84 today.

He was the singing voice of Yogi Bear in the animated film, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! (1964), on the song "Ven-e, Ven-o, Ven-a". Prior to that, he was the singing voice of his own character "Jimmy Darrock" on an episode of The Flintstones. However the character's dialogue was provided by voice actor Lennie Weinrib. He then achieved success co-starring as impulsive scientist and adventurer Tony Newman on the science fiction series, The Time Tunnel (1966–1967).


He was awesome as William Shatner’s  sidekick cop In the TJ Hooker TV series.  8)

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Written By: nally on 06/09/20 at 10:24 am

American basketball sportscaster Dick Vitale turns 81 today. He is also a former basketball coach.

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Written By: nally on 06/09/20 at 10:29 am

Jackie Mason, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, turns 89 today.

His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination. Later, his 1988 special "Jackie Mason on Broadway" won another Emmy Award (for outstanding writing) and another Ace Award, and his 1992 voice-over of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski in The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown" won Mason a third Emmy Award. He has written and performed in six one-man shows on Broadway.


Hmmm, Wiki has him being born in 1928, which would make him 92: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Mason

IMDB also confirms it: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556750/

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/20 at 10:33 am

Hmmm, Wiki has him being born in 1928, which would make him 92: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Mason

IMDB also confirms it: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0556750/
Thank you and updated.

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Written By: nally on 06/09/20 at 10:36 am

Thank you and updated.

Yeah, it's funny how other sources can disagree. (I first saw him listed on the June 9th page as 1931, but when I clicked on his name, it showed 1928...and most all other sources gave 1928.)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/20 at 12:55 am

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark), husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II, turns 99 today.

A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with the Mediterranean and Pacific fleets. After the war, Philip was granted permission by King George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was created Baron Greenwich, Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became monarch in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was formally made a British prince in 1957. Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth have four children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward. He has eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Through a British Order in Council issued in 1960, descendants of Philip and Elizabeth not bearing royal styles and titles can use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, which has also been used by some members of the royal family who do hold titles, such as Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward. A keen sports enthusiast, Philip helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving. He is a patron, president or member of over 780 organisations and serves as chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award for people aged 14 to 24. He is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family. Philip retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, at the age of 96, after having completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/20 at 1:39 am

Beryl Grey, English ballerina, turns 93 today.

In 1942, Robert Helpmann created the first role for her in his second ballet The Birds where she was The Nightingale. In April 1943, she created her first dramatic role as Duessa in Ashton's ballet, The Quest, which was based on Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene. On 1 March 1944, she first portrayed the main role of Giselle in Derby. She then performed the role in London for the first time on her seventeenth birthday. Grey is also known for her interpretation of Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis, which she first performed in 1946. She first performed the role of Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty on 20 June 1946 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/20 at 3:57 am

Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, Nobel Laureate and researcher, turns 83 today.

He is credited with the 1979 re-discovery of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, together with Barry Marshall. The duo proved to the medical community that the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is the cause of most peptic ulcers. At the University of Western Australia, with his colleague Barry J. Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the infectious cause of stomach ulcers. At the University of Western Australia, with his colleague Barry J. Marshall, Warren proved that the bacterium is the infectious cause of stomach ulcers. Warren helped develop a convenient diagnostic test (14C-urea breath-test) for detecting H. pylori in ulcer patients. In 2005, Warren and Marshall were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/11/20 at 7:28 am

Jackie Stewart, British former Formula One racing driver from Scotland, turns 81 today.

Nicknamed the "Flying Scot", he competed in Formula One between 1965 and 1973, winning three World Drivers' Championships, and twice runner-up, over those nine seasons.

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Written By: nally on 06/13/20 at 11:31 am

American singer and actor Bob McGrath turns 88 today (born 1932). He's best known for playing original human character Bob Johnson on the long-running educational television series Sesame Street.

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Written By: nally on 06/14/20 at 11:09 am

American actress Marla Gibbs turns 89 years old today (born 1931).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/14/20 at 3:35 pm

American actress Marla Gibbs turns 89 years old today (born 1931).


She's one of the few Jeffersons cast members to still be alive, having avoided the misfortune of Weezy, George, Mother Jefferson, Lionel (#1), Helen Willis, Tom Willis, Ralph the Doorman, and Charlie the Bartender who all have passed away.  :-\\

Lionel #2 and Jenny Willis Jefferson are still with us though.  :)  But at this point there's probably no chance of a reunion episode.

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Written By: nally on 06/16/20 at 12:26 pm

She's one of the few Jeffersons cast members to still be alive, having avoided the misfortune of Weezy, George, Mother Jefferson, Lionel (#1), Helen Willis, Tom Willis, Ralph the Doorman, and Charlie the Bartender who all have passed away.  :-\\

Lionel #2 and Jenny Willis Jefferson are still with us though.  :)  But at this point there's probably no chance of a reunion episode.

Of course not.

She also starred in the 80's NBC sitcom 2-2-7 as the lead character, and even sang its theme song.

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Written By: nally on 06/16/20 at 12:28 pm

on topic:
American author Joyce Carol Oates turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/16/20 at 12:29 pm

Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter, turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/20 at 7:41 am

Ken Loach, English director of television and independent film, turns 84 today.

He is known for his socially critical directing style and for his socialist ideals, which are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty, homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966) and labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/17/20 at 6:20 pm

But at this point there's probably no chance of a reunion episode.



Of course not.


I dunno.  You could have Marla and Lionel #2 and Lionel's wife do a reunion episode where George and Weezy are out of town, perhaps on a disastrous joint vacation with the Willises, and the three cast members try to deal with all those folks constantly calling them with their gripes.  It could be hilarious. 

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Written By: nally on 06/18/20 at 11:35 am

I dunno.  You could have Marla and Lionel #2 and Lionel's wife do a reunion episode where George and Weezy are out of town, perhaps on a disastrous joint vacation with the Willises, and the three cast members try to deal with all those folks constantly calling them with their gripes.  It could be hilarious.

How likely would that be to occur?

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Written By: nally on 06/18/20 at 11:35 am

Lou Brock, American baseball player and sportscaster, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/20/20 at 12:25 pm

Happy 89th birthday to American actress Olympia Dukakis.

She is a cousin of former Massachusetts governor Michael Dukakis, who won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/20/20 at 12:45 pm

I dunno.  You could have Marla and Lionel #2 and Lionel's wife do a reunion episode where George and Weezy are out of town, perhaps on a disastrous joint vacation with the Willises, and the three cast members try to deal with all those folks constantly calling them with their gripes.  It could be hilarious. 



How likely would that be to occur?


You never know. Maybe I should send a draft script to one of the studios.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/20 at 6:02 am

Bernard Ingham, British journalist and former civil servant, turns 88 today.

Best known as Margaret Thatcher's long-serving chief press secretary while she was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. He was knighted in Mrs Thatcher's 1990 resignation honours list.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/20 at 6:50 am

Lalo Schifrin, Argentine pianist, composer, arranger and conductor, turns 88 today.

He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, including the "Theme from Mission: Impossible" and "Enter the Dragon". He has received four Grammy Awards and six Oscar nominations. Associated with the jazz music genre, Schifrin is also noted for work with Clint Eastwood in the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/20 at 7:38 am

John Edrich, English first-class cricketer, turns 83 today.

During a career that ran from 1956 to 1978, was considered one of the best batsmen of his generation. Born in Blofield, Norfolk, Edrich came from a cricketing family, his four cousins, Eric Edrich, Bill Edrich, Geoff Edrich and Brian Edrich, all having played first-class cricket.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/21/20 at 9:02 am

Don Black, English lyricist, turns 82 today.

His works have included numerous musicals, movie themes and hit songs. He has provided lyrics for John Barry, Charles Strouse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Quincy Jones, Lulu, Jule Styne, Henry Mancini, Michael Jackson, Elmer Bernstein, Michel Legrand, Hayley Westenra, A. R. Rahman, Marvin Hamlisch and Debbie Wiseman. Black is perhaps best-known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, and for the James Bond theme songs he co-wrote with composer John Barry: "Thunderball", "Diamonds Are Forever" and "The Man with the Golden Gun".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/20 at 1:24 am

Doreen Mantle, South African-English actress, turns 94 today.

She is probably best known for her role as Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000). She has appeared in many British television series from the 1960s to the present, such as The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem (2006–09). She appeared in episode 63 of Father Brown in January 2018. Mantle has worked extensively on the stage in such productions as My Fair Lady, Keep It in the Family, The Seagull and Hamlet. She also toured Britain in Billy Liar in the role of Florence Boothroyd and performed at the National Theatre in The Voysey Inheritance. In 1979 she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Death of a Salesman. She has also done a great deal of radio work for BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service. Mantle played the long suffering wife of the rabbi in BBC Radio 4's comedy series The Attractive Young Rabbi. In 1983 Mantle played "Mrs Shaemen" in Yentl.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/20 at 2:15 am

Bruce Kent, British political activist and a former Roman Catholic priest, turns 91 today.

Active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), he was the organisation's general secretary from 1980 to 1985 and its chair from 1987 to 1990. He now holds the honorary title of vice-president. In 1960 he joined the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a specialist section of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/20 at 4:01 am

Prunella Scales, English actress, turns 88 today.

Best known for her role as Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers and her BAFTA award-nominated role as Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/20 at 4:35 am

Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, turns 84 today.

He wrote and recorded the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup The Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the Outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He is also known for his starring roles in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Heaven's Gate, and A Star Is Born, the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/20 at 5:40 am

Chris Blackwell, English businessman, turns 83 today.

Known as a record producer, and the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/20 at 9:27 am

Esther Rantzen, English journalist and television presenter, turns 80 today.

Best known for presenting the hit BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years from 1973 until 1994. She is well known for her work with various charitable causes. She is founder of the child protection charity ChildLine, which she set up in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness, which she set up in 2012.

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Written By: nally on 06/22/20 at 8:13 pm

Democratic politician Dianne Feinstein, currently the senior U.S. Senator from California, is 87 years old today (born 1933).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/20 at 12:18 am

Richard Bach, American writer, turns 84 today.

He is widely known as the author of some hugely popular 1970s best-sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977). Bach has authored numerous works of fiction and non-fiction, including One: A Novel (1989) and Out of My Mind (1999).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/20 at 2:36 am

Al G. Wright, American bandleader and conductor, turns 104 today.

He became director of the Purdue All-American Marching Band (AAMB) in 1954, becoming only the second person to hold the position, and served for 27 years until his retirement in 1981. Wright introduced a number of innovations to the Purdue band program, including elaborate football halftime shows and an expanded majorette corps featuring the Golden Girl and Silver Twins. He was also responsible for significantly expanding the band's reach beyond football, including several performances at Radio City Music Hall and international trips to Europe, South America, and Japan. In 1981 Wright received an honorary LLD from Troy State University, and in 1982 Purdue named him a Distinguished Alumnus. Dr Wright was inducted into the National Band Association Hall of Fame of Distinguished Band Conductors in 1986. Kappa Kappa Psi awarded him the Distinguished Service to Music Medal for concert band and marching band. He is also an honorary member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/20 at 5:10 am

Keith Burkinshaw, English footballer and football manager, turns 85 today.

He is one of the most successful managers of Tottenham Hotspur F.C., winning 3 major trophies for the club as manager there.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/20 at 7:55 am

Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish politician, turns 83 today.

He is the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/20 at 9:24 am

Lawrence Block, American crime writer, turns 82 today.

Best known for two long-running New York–set series about the recovering alcoholic P.I. Matthew Scudder and the gentleman burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr. Block was named a Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1994.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/20 at 12:13 am

June Lockhart, American actress, turns 95 today.

She played the mother in two TV series, Lassie and Lost in Space. She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/20 at 1:27 am

Clay Evans, African American Baptist pastor, turns 95 today.

He is the founder of the influential Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois famous for its gospel music infused Sunday service and choir. Rev. Clay Evans released his first musical project in 1984, What He's Done For Me with Savoy Records. His latest album, It's Me Again, released in 2006 by Meek Records, yet this failed to chart. The last album to chart was Constantly, also with Meek Records, that charted on the Billboard charts. All-in-all, he has had eleven albums that have charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart over the course of his career. He received a nomination for the Best Gospel Album at the 1997 Soul Train Music Awards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/20 at 3:27 am

Peter Blake, English pop artist, turns 88 today.

Best known for co-creating the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His other best known works include the cover of the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the Live Aid concert poster. Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/20 at 7:39 am

Eddie Floyd, American soul-R&B singer and songwriter, turns 83 today.

Best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s including the number 1 R&B hit song "Knock on Wood".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/20 at 8:45 am

Allen Fox, American tennis player, turns 81 today.

In the 1960s and 1970s he went on to be a college coach and author. He was ranked as high as U.S. No. 4 in 1962, and was in the top ten in the U.S. five times between 1961 and 1968.

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Written By: nally on 06/27/20 at 11:25 am

Shirley Anne Field, English actress, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/28/20 at 11:34 am

Mel Brooks - American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter - turns 94 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 06/28/20 at 11:35 am

Patrick Hemingway, American writer, turns 92 today. He is the second son of author Ernest Hemingway, and the first one born to Ernest's second wife Pauline.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/20 at 12:35 am

Cara Williams, American film and television actress, turns 95 today.

She is best known for her role as Billy's Mother in The Defiant Ones (1958), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and for her role as Gladys Porter on the 1960-1962 CBS television series Pete and Gladys, for which she was nominated for the Emmy Award for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/20 at 2:57 am

Bobby Morgan, American baseball infielder, turns 94 today.

He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1950 and 1958 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and Chicago Cubs. He began his pro career in 1944, playing for two minor league teams before he was drafted for World War II military duty and spent the 1945–46 seasons in the United States Army, where he served in the European Theater of Operations. In 1949, he was named Most Valuable Player and All-Star shortstop of the Triple-A International League after he won the league batting crown (.337) and collected 112 runs batted in as a member of the Montreal Royals.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/20 at 4:24 am

Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer, turns 81 today.

He played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971.

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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 06/30/20 at 12:51 am

Terry David Mulligan is 78 today.  :) Born in New Westminster, British Columbia he was the host of the CBC music video show Good Rockin' Tonite from 1983-1985.  He then went on to host Much West from 1985-1994.  His vast knowledge of music and pop-culture has spanned for nearly 5 decades.

Terry has been married to his wife Meg Mulligan since 1977 and they have four children. Mindy, Sean, Fynn, and Kate.  They also have 3 grandchildren, Kyle, Taleigha, and Avalyn.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 12:27 am

Olivia de Havilland, American actress, turns 104 today.

Her career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Gone with the Wind (1939), and her later award-winning performances in To Each His Own (1946), The Snake Pit (1948), and The Heiress (1949).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 2:27 am

Leslie Caron, Franco-American actress and dancer, turns 89 today.

She appeared in 45 films between 1951 and 2003. Her autobiography, Thank Heaven, was published in 2010 in the UK and US, and in 2011 in a French version. Veteran documentarian Larry Weinstein's Leslie Caron: The Reluctant Star premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on June 28, 2016. est known for the musical films An American in Paris (1951), Lili (1953), Daddy Long Legs (1955), Gigi (1958), and for the nonmusical films Fanny (1961), The L-Shaped Room (1962), and Father Goose (1964). She received two Academy Award nominations for Best Actress. In 2006, her performance in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit won her an Emmy for guest actress in a drama series. She is fluent in French, English, and Italian. She is one of the few dancers or actresses who has danced with Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Rudolf Nureyev.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 6:26 am

Jamie Farr, American television, film, and theatre actor, turns 86 today.

He is of Lebanese descent. He is known for playing a cross-dressing Corporal (later Sergeant) from Toledo, Ohio, bucking for a Section 8 discharge, in the role of Maxwell Q. Klinger in the CBS television sitcom M*A*S*H.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 9:11 am

Jean Marsh, English actress and writer, turns 86 today.

Marsh co-created and starred in the ITV series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–75), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck. She later reprised the role in the BBC's revival of the series (2010–12). Marsh also co-created the television series The House of Eliott in 1991. Her film appearances include Cleopatra (1963), Frenzy (1972), The Changeling (1980), Return to Oz (1985), Willow (1988) and Monarch (2000).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/01/20 at 2:01 pm

July 1st 1935 – David Prowse, English bodybuilder, weightlifter and character actor in British film and television, turns 85 today.

Worldwide, he is best known for physically portraying Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. Prior to his role as Vader, Prowse had established himself as a prominent figure in British culture as the first Green Cross Code man, a character used in British road safety advertising aimed at children.

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Written By: violet_shy on 07/01/20 at 2:30 pm

Born on November 8, 1914

Norman Lloyd is the oldest living celebrity still active in the industry today. He is 105 years old.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 1:05 am

Pierre Cardin, Italian-French fashion designer, turns 98 today.

He is known for his avant-garde style and his Space Age designs. He prefers geometric shapes and motifs, often ignoring the female form. He advanced into unisex fashions, sometimes experimental, and not always practical. He founded his fashion house in 1950 and introduced the "bubble dress" in 1954.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 3:23 am

Imelda Marcos, the widow of Ferdinand Marcos, the 10th president of the Philippines, turns 91 today.

She served as First Lady from 1965 to 1986 during the presidency of her husband. She remains one of the richest politicians in the Philippines through her collection of clothing, artwork, and jewelry, along with money in offshore bank accounts under the pseudonym "Jane Ryan". As a result, she has been called a kleptocrat by her critics who accuse her of plunder.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 7:35 am

Carlos Menem, Argentine politician, turns 90 today.

He was President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. He has been a Senator for La Rioja Province since 2005.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 8:28 am

Tom Springfield, English singer-songwriter and producer, turns 86 today.

He was an important figure in the 1960s folk and pop music scene. He is the brother of the late pop star Dusty Springfield, with whom he performed in The Springfields.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 11:45 am

David Owen, English physician and politician, turns 82 today.

He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, at the age of 38 the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post. In 1981, Owen was one of the "Gang of Four" who left the Labour Party to found the Social Democratic Party (SDP). Owen led the SDP from 1983 to 1987, and the continuing SDP from 1988 to 1990. He sat in the House of Lords as a crossbencher until March 2014, and now sits as an "independent social democrat".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/02/20 at 1:50 pm

Kenneth Clarke, British Conservative politician, turns 80 today.

He has represented Rushcliffe in Nottinghamshire as a Member of Parliament since 1970. Clarke, described by the press as a "Big Beast", has served in various British Cabinets as Chancellor of the Exchequer, Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, Education Secretary, Health Secretary and Minister without Portfolio. He has been the President of the Tory Reform Group since 1997.

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Written By: nally on 07/03/20 at 12:11 am

American TV host Hugh Downs is 99 years old today.

...and that was his final birthday. He has just passed on, as noted in a thread announcing this info. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 1:38 am

Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Thondup), turns 85 today.

He is the current and 14th Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are important monks of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism which was formally headed by the Ganden Tripas. From the time of the 5th Dalai Lama to 1959, the government of Tibet, the Ganden Phodrang, invested the position of Dalai Lama with temporal duties.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 2:52 am

Ennio Morricone, Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and former trumpet player, turns 81 today.

He composes a wide range of music styles, making him one of the most versatile, experimental and influential composers of all time, working in any medium.
Sadly, Ennio Morricone has now passed away at the age of 91.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 3:19 am

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor, turns 83 today.

He is originally from Russia and has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972. He has lived in Switzerland since 1978. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, he has recorded a large storehouse of classical and romantic works. His recordings have earned him five Grammy awards plus Iceland's Order of the Falcon.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/06/20 at 5:24 am

Tenzin Gyatso (born Lhamo Thondup), turns 85 today.

He is the current and 14th Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are important monks of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism which was formally headed by the Ganden Tripas. From the time of the 5th Dalai Lama to 1959, the government of Tibet, the Ganden Phodrang, invested the position of Dalai Lama with temporal duties.


A buddy of mine once met the Llama.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 5:25 am

A buddy of mine once met the Llama.  8)
I saw him pass by in a car in a convoy in Central London.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 5:34 am

Ned Beatty, American actor, turns 83 today.

He has appeared in more than 160 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 7:40 am

Gene Chandler, American singer, songwriter, talent scout, music producer and record label executive, turns 83 today.

Chandler is known best for his most successful songs "Duke of Earl" and "Groovy Situation" and his association with The Dukays, the Impressions and Curtis Mayfield.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/06/20 at 8:24 am

Mary Peters, English-Irish pentathlete and shot putter, turns 81 today.

At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Peters competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland won the gold medal in the women's pentathlon. She had finished 4th in 1964 and 9th in 1968. To win the gold medal, she narrowly beat the local favourite, West Germany's Heide Rosendahl, by 10 points, setting a world record score.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/20 at 12:20 am

Patricia Hitchcock, English actress and producer, turns 92 today.

She is the only child of English director Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of his films, starting with Stage Fright (1950).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/20 at 2:50 am

Ringo Starr, English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, turns 80 today.

He gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", "Good Night", and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others, including "What Goes On" and "Flying".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/20 at 5:20 am

Hamish MacInnes, Scottish mountaineer and author, turns 90 today.

In 1930. He made the first winter ascent of Crowberry Ridge Direct and of Raven's Gully on Buachaille Etive Mòr with Chris Bonington in 1953. He designed the first all-metal ice axe, and is credited with introducing the short ice axe and hammer with inclined picks for Scottish winter work in the early 1960s. He pioneered the exploration of the Glencoe cliffs for winter work with the Glencoe School of Winter Climbing and for many years led the area's Mountain Rescue team. He is recognised as having developed modern mountain rescue in Scotland, setting up the Search and Rescue Dog Association and the Avalanche Information Service, and inventing the MacInnes stretcher, which is used for rescues worldwide. In 1975, MacInnes was deputy leader to Bonington's Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition, which included Dougal Haston and Doug Scott. Although never an official member, MacInnes climbed extensively with the Creagh Dhu, Glasgow-based climbing club as well as with the rival Aberdeen clubs and joined forces with Tom Patey to make the first winter traverse of the Cuillin Ridge on Skye. He was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and received the Scottish Award for Excellence in Mountain Culture in 2008. He has been involved with a number of films, as climber, climbing double and safety officer, including The Eiger Sanction and The Mission, and has written numerous books on mountaineering, including the International Mountain Rescue Handbook (1972), regarded as the standard manual worldwide, and Callout (1973), his classic account of his experiences leading the Glencoe Rescue team.

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Written By: nally on 07/07/20 at 10:26 am

Ringo Starr, English musician, singer, songwriter and actor, turns 80 today.

He gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals, usually for one song on an album, including "With a Little Help from My Friends", "Yellow Submarine", "Good Night", and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others, including "What Goes On" and "Flying".


O0

And if his Beatles bandmate John Lennon were still with us, he'd be turning 80 in October. But he only lived to be half that. :\'(

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/07/20 at 5:25 pm

Ned Beatty, American actor, turns 83 today.

He has appeared in more than 160 films and has been nominated for an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain and a Golden Globe Award; he also won a Drama Desk Award.


160 films and all those awards...

But his most notable performance will always be from his first movie of them all, his “squeal like a pig” scene in Deliverance.  :-X. He nailed that role.

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Written By: nally on 07/07/20 at 5:26 pm

Charlie Daniels, American multi-instrumentalist, lyricist, and singer, turns 83 today.

Known for his contributions to country, bluegrass, and Southern rock music. He is perhaps best known for his number one country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia". Daniels has been active as a singer and musician since the 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008 and the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009. Daniels was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2016. He is known for portraying himself in Urban Cowboy, Yakety Yak, Take it Back, Trash Talk, The Fall Guy and King of the Hill, as well as appearances in The Lone Star Kid, 18 Wheels of Justice and Murder, She Wrote playing other characters.


But yesterday he passed away, reportedly from a stroke, as noted in the thread dedicated to him. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/20 at 1:14 am

Ronald I. Spiers, diplomat and United States Ambassador, turns 95 today.

During his career with the State Department, Spiers worked in a variety of assignments, often involving arms control. He served at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations (in Geneva), as a negotiator for the Statute of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and also was a U.S. negotiator in a series of arms negotiations with the Soviet Union, including the Partial Test Ban Treaty, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, First Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. In 1964 Spiers became director of NATO Affairs, serving until 1966, when he was appointed as the Political Counselor at the U.S. Embassy to the United Kingdom. In 1969 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs by President Nixon, serving until 1973 when he was chosen by President Nixon to be the first U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas. In 1974 he returned to London as Charge d'affairs and Deputy Chief of Mission, holding this post until 1977 when he was appointed by President Carter as the U.S. Ambassador to Turkey. In January 1980 he was selected to be Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research by President Carter. He was selected by President Reagan to be Ambassador to Pakistan in 1981. On August 4, 1983 President Ronald Reagan nominated Spiers to be Under Secretary of State for Management. He served through the Reagan Administration as Undersecretary of State. In 1989, President George H. W. Bush recommended him for selection as Undersecretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs. In this position Spiers became the highest-ranking American citizen in the United Nations Secretariat.

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Written By: nally on 07/09/20 at 1:17 am

Happy 88th birthday to retired American politician Ronald Dumsfeld... oops I mean Donald Rumsfeld.

He served two stints as Secretary of Defense. First from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again from January 2001 to December 2006 under President George W. Bush.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/20 at 2:07 am

Happy 88th birthday to retired American politician Ronald Dumsfeld... oops I mean Donald Rumsfeld.

He served two stints as Secretary of Defense. First from 1975 to 1977 under President Gerald Ford, and again from January 2001 to December 2006 under President George W. Bush.
Quote from Donald Rumsfeld: "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/20 at 3:50 am

Ben Roy Mottelson, American-born Danish nuclear physicist, turns 94 today.

He won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the non-spherical geometry of atomic nuclei.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/20 at 5:12 am

Ed Ames, American singer and actor, turns 93 today.

He is known for playing Mingo in the television series Daniel Boone, and for his pop hits of the 1960s including "My Cup Runneth Over", "Who Will Answer?" and "When the Snow is on the Roses". He was also part of the popular 1950s singing group with his siblings, The Ames Brothers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/09/20 at 5:53 am

David Hockney, English painter, draftsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, turns 83 today.

An important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considered one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century.

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Written By: nally on 07/09/20 at 12:09 pm

Quote from Donald Rumsfeld: "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know."


I remember hearing him say that once, during the GW Bush era. :D

...which makes the spoonerism of his name rather fitting!

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Written By: nally on 07/10/20 at 3:16 pm

Mavis Staples, American R&B-gospel singer, turns 81 today. She is a member of The Staple Singers, a group of sisters specializing in R&B/gospel/soul.

She and her sister Pervis (born sometime in 1935) are the only surviving members of the band, which was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 1999, and the Gospel Music Hall Of Fame in 2018.

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Written By: nally on 07/11/20 at 11:13 am

Oscar Wyatt, American businessman, turns 96 today.

He was the founder of Coastal Corporation and a decorated bomber pilot in World War II.

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Written By: nally on 07/12/20 at 12:50 pm

American comedian actor Bill Cosby turns 83 years old today. :-X

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/12/20 at 8:15 pm

American comedian actor Bill Cosby turns 83 years old today. :-X

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/20 at 1:18 am

Johnny Gilbert, American show business personality, turns 96 today.

He has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and announced a number of game shows from various eras, dating as far back as the 1950s. He is known primarily for his work as the announcer and audience host for the syndicated version of the quiz show Jeopardy!.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/20 at 2:28 am

Suzanne Zimmerman, American swimmer and Olympic medalist, turns 95 today.

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Zimmerman won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/20 at 4:03 am

Ian Reed, Australian discus thrower, turns 93 today.

He represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 1950 Commonwealth Games in the men's discus throw event.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/20 at 5:52 am

Gordon Lee, English footballer and football manager, turns 86 today.

He played 120 league matches in a 12-year career in the Football League, before going on to greater success as a manager. A right-back during his playing days, he moved from Hednesford Town to Aston Villa in 1955. He spent the next eleven years with the "Villans", winning a Second Division championship medal in 1959–60, a League Cup winners medal in 1961, as well as a League Cup runners-up medal in 1963. He then moved on to Shrewsbury Town in 1966, where he made the shift from player to coach.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/20 at 8:42 am

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian playwright, poet and essayist, turns 85 today.

He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first African to be honoured in that category.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/20 at 12:54 pm

Patrick Stewart, English actor, turns 80 today.

His work has included roles on stage, television, and film in a career spanning almost six decades. He is a multiple time Olivier, Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Saturn Award nominee. Beginning his career with a long run with the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stewart received the 1979 Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Antony and Cleopatra on the West End. Stewart's first major screen roles were in BBC-broadcast television productions during the mid-late 1970s, including Hedda, and the I, Claudius miniseries. In the 1980s, Stewart began working in American television and film, with roles such as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its successor films, as Professor Charles Xavier in the X-Men series of superhero films, the lead of the Starz TV series Blunt Talk, and voice roles such as CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock in American Dad! and the narrator in Ted. Having remained with the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 2008 Stewart played King Claudius in Hamlet on the West End and won a second Olivier Award.

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Written By: nally on 07/13/20 at 4:50 pm

Johnny Gilbert, American show business personality, turns 96 today.

He has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and announced a number of game shows from various eras, dating as far back as the 1950s. He is known primarily for his work as the announcer and audience host for the syndicated version of the quiz show Jeopardy!.


And he is still the current announcer of Jeopardy!, although that game show is currently on production hiatus due to COVID.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/14/20 at 12:25 am

Nancy Olson, American actress, turns 92 today.

She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and also later appeared in Disney's The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/20 at 12:24 am

Norm Sherry, American catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball, turns 89 today.

A right-handed hitter, Norm Sherry spent seven years working his way up through the Dodger farm system, and another two in military service. By the time Norm reached the Dodgers, in 1959 for a two-game "cup of coffee," he was 28 years of age and the team was based in Los Angeles. Sherry made the team as second-string backstop (behind John Roseboro) from 1960 through 1962. As for Sherry, he batted .283 with 8 home runs in a part-time role in 1960, but his statistics suffered as he sat on the bench, or in the bullpen, in 1961–62. His average dropped to .256 (1961), and then to .182 (1962). The Dodgers sold his contract to the New York Mets on October 14, 1962. He batted only .136 in a career-high 63 games played (and 147 at-bats) in New York in 1963, and his major league playing career ended. All told, in 194 games over all or part of 5 seasons, Sherry batted .215 with 18 home runs, and .288 with runners in scoring position.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/16/20 at 1:34 am

Buddy Merrill, American guitar player and steel guitar player, turns 84 today.

He joined The Lawrence Welk Show in 1955, the same year it first went national on ABC. On the Welk Show, he performed his guitar version of "Blue Suede Shoes," a popular hit by Elvis Presley in 1956. He briefly left the show from 1959 to 1962 when he was drafted by the Army. On his return to the Music Makers he was joined in the band's rhythm section with fellow guitarist Neil Levang. For the next twelve years the two would perform together on television. Merrill used a Fender Stratocaster guitar for many of his TV appearances. In 1974, Merrill left the Welk orchestra to devote more time to writing music and recording for Accent Records. He continued to perform live, either as a solo artist or with a band, until 1988 when he retired from the road. He continued to perform as a studio musician. He penned a symphonic work, "Living Sea", as well as original compositions for tape programmers and television commercials.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/20 at 10:18 am

Norm Sherry, American catcher, manager, and coach in Major League Baseball, turns 89 today.

A right-handed hitter, Norm Sherry spent seven years working his way up through the Dodger farm system, and another two in military service. By the time Norm reached the Dodgers, in 1959 for a two-game "cup of coffee," he was 28 years of age and the team was based in Los Angeles. Sherry made the team as second-string backstop (behind John Roseboro) from 1960 through 1962. As for Sherry, he batted .283 with 8 home runs in a part-time role in 1960, but his statistics suffered as he sat on the bench, or in the bullpen, in 1961–62. His average dropped to .256 (1961), and then to .182 (1962). The Dodgers sold his contract to the New York Mets on October 14, 1962. He batted only .136 in a career-high 63 games played (and 147 at-bats) in New York in 1963, and his major league playing career ended. All told, in 194 games over all or part of 5 seasons, Sherry batted .215 with 18 home runs, and .288 with runners in scoring position.


O0

He had a younger brother, Larry Sherry, who also played in Major League Baseball, but Larry is no longer with us. :\'( (He would have turned 85 a week from Saturday, but kicked the bucket in late 2006 at age 71.) Larry and Norm were teammates on the Dodgers from 1959 through 1962.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/20 at 10:22 am

Happy 95th birthday to Rosita Quintana, Argentinian-born actress, singer, and songwriter. She was one of the top leading ladies of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. In 2016, she received the Mexican Academy of Film Arts and Sciences' Golden Ariel Award for her career.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/20 at 11:27 am

Hall-of-Fame baseball manager Joe Torre is 80 years old today.

He is best known for his 12-season managerial stint with the New York Yankees (1996 through 2007). He guided the Yankees into the postseason all 12 of those years, winning the American League East division in 10 of them. (In 1997 and 2007 they won the wildcard spot, only to exit early in the ALDS.) In six of those seasons, the Yankees won the AL pennant, four of which resulted in World Series Championships (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000). (In 2001 and 2003 they lost the World Series.)

Prior to his NYY managerial stint, he was the skipper of the St. Louis Cardinals from 1990 into 1995. After he stepped down as NYY manager, he managed the L.A. Dodgers from 2008 through 2010. When he was the Dodgers' manager, the team won the NL West division in both 2008 and 2009, swept the NLDS, but lost the NLCS to the Philadelphia Phillies both times. In 2010 the Dodgers didn't reach the postseason at all.

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Written By: nally on 07/19/20 at 12:54 pm

American actress/dancer/singer Helen Gallagher turns 94 years old today (born this day in 1926).

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Written By: nally on 07/19/20 at 1:29 pm

Rachel Robinson, the widow of baseball Hall-of-Famer Jackie Robinson, turns 98 today.

She is a retired nurse and professor.

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Written By: nally on 07/22/20 at 10:28 am

American politician Bob Dole turns 97 today. He was a long-time Republican Senator from Kansas, and was the party's 1996 Presidential nominee (losing easily to incumbent Bill Clinton).

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Written By: nally on 07/22/20 at 10:29 am

Alex Trebek, Canadian-born TV presenter, turns 80 today.

He has hosted many TV game shows in his career, most notably Jeopardy! from 1984 to present.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/22/20 at 5:25 pm

American politician Bob Dole turns 97 today. He was a long-time Republican Senator from Kansas, and was the party's 1996 Presidential nominee (losing easily to incumbent Bill Clinton).


And later became a paid spokesman for Viagra!

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Written By: nally on 07/22/20 at 5:26 pm

And later became a paid spokesman for Viagra!

::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

You seem to find some of the oddest facts about certain celebs.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/22/20 at 5:27 pm

::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

You seem to find some of the oddest facts about certain celebs.


I’m a cornucopia of trivia.  :P

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Written By: nally on 07/25/20 at 10:54 am

Comedic actress Ruth Buzzi turned 84 yesterday. She is perhaps best known for her role on the NBC sketch comedy Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968-1973).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/20 at 3:31 am

James Lovelock, English biologist, chemist independent scientist, environmentalist, and futurist, turns 101 today.

He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/26/20 at 12:50 pm

Olivia de Havilland, American actress, turns 104 today.

Her career spanned from 1935 to 1988. She appeared in 49 feature films, and was one of the leading movie stars during the golden age of Classical Hollywood. She is best known for her early screen performances in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and Gone with the Wind (1939), and her later award-winning performances in To Each His Own (1946), The Snake Pit (1948), and The Heiress (1949).
Sadly she has now passed away at the age of 104.

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Written By: nally on 07/27/20 at 4:43 pm

Joy Whitby, UK television presenter, turns 90 today. She specializes in production of children's TV shows in her native UK.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/20 at 2:42 am

Randy Sparks, American musician, singer-songwriter, turns 87 today.

He is the founder of The New Christy Minstrels and The Back Porch Majority.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/29/20 at 5:00 am

Daniel McFadden, American econometrician, turns 83 today.

He shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman. McFadden's share of the prize was "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice". He is the Presidential Professor of Health Economics at the University of Southern California and Professor of the Graduate School at University of California, Berkeley.

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Written By: nally on 07/29/20 at 11:55 pm

American politician Bob Dole turns 97 today. He was a long-time Republican Senator from Kansas, and was the party's 1996 Presidential nominee (losing easily to incumbent Bill Clinton).

And today is his wife Elizabeth's 84th birthday.

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Written By: nally on 08/08/20 at 11:37 am

Actor Dustin Hoffman turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/13/20 at 12:36 pm

Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General, turns 87 today.

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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 08/13/20 at 2:22 pm

She's one of the few Jeffersons cast members to still be alive, having avoided the misfortune of Weezy, George, Mother Jefferson, Lionel (#1), Helen Willis, Tom Willis, Ralph the Doorman, and Charlie the Bartender who all have passed away.  :-\\

Lionel #2 and Jenny Willis Jefferson are still with us though.  :)  But at this point there's probably no chance of a reunion episode.


I would certainly hope not.  It wouldn't be the same without all of the original cast members.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/20 at 5:50 am

Last Tuesday, Arlene  Dahl, American actress, turned 95.

A Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract star, she achieved notability during the 1950s. She has three children, the eldest of whom is actor Lorenzo Lamas. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Classical Hollywood cinema era.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/20 at 11:46 am

Leslie Marr, English race car driver, turns 98 today.

He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, making his debut on 17 July 1954 at the British Grand Prix. Racing in his private Connaught, he finished in 13th place, but retired from his last world championship race in 1955, after a damaged brake pipe caused him to spin off. Marr competed in several non-Championship races, with his best results including winning the 1955 Cornwall MRC Formula 1 Race and finishing fourth in the New Zealand Grand Prix the following year.   

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/20 at 1:14 pm

Richard R. Ernst, Swiss chemist and academic, turns 87 today.

He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1991 for his contributions towards the development of Fourier transform Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy while at Varian Associates, Palo Alto and the subsequent development of multi-dimensional NMR techniques. These underpin applications to both to chemistry with NMR spectroscopy and to medicine with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

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Written By: nally on 08/15/20 at 7:08 pm

Maxine Waters, American politician, turns 82.

She is a Democrat from California serving in the U.S. House Of Representatives.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 1:21 am

Inez Voyce, American baseball player, turns 96 today.

She was the first basewoman who played from 1946 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at 5' 6", 148 lb., she batted and threw left-handed.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 5:25 am

Ann Blyth, American actress and singer, turns 92 today.

Often cast in Hollywood musicals, but also successful in dramatic roles. Her performance as Veda Pierce in the 1945 film Mildred Pierce was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 7:22 am

John Standing, English actor, turns 86 today.

He began his career in Peter Brook's 1955 production of Titus Andronicus starring Laurence Olivier and wife Vivien Leigh  and later played leading parts in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, Ring Around the Moon, A Sense of Detachment by John Osborne, and Noël Coward's Private Lives, with Maggie Smith. He was nominated for an Olivier award (1979) for Close Of Play at the National Theatre. He made his film debut in The Wild and the Willing (1962), going on to appear in King Rat (1965), Walk, Don't Run (1966), The Psychopath (1966), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), The Elephant Man (1980), Nightflyers (1987), Mrs. Dalloway (1997), and A Good Woman (2004). One of his first major television roles was as Sidney Godolphin in the BBC twelve part serial, The First Churchills (1969). Other television appearances include Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1979); the ITV sitcom The Other 'Arf (1980–84), with Lorraine Chase; The Choir (1995) and King Solomon's Mines (2004). In the USA, he made guest appearances in numerous weekly programmes including L.A. Law, Civil Wars and Murder, She Wrote, and co-starred briefly with Robert Wagner and Samantha Smith in the action series Lime Street (1985).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 8:49 am

Ketty Lester, American singer and actress, turns 86 today.

Known for her 1962 hit single "Love Letters", which reached the Top 5 of the charts in the U.S. and the UK. She is also known for her role in the American television series, Little House on the Prairie. 1934 – Pierre Richard, French actor, director, and screenwriter

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 10:06 am

Trevor McDonald, Trinidadian-British newsreader and journalist, turns 81 today.

Best known for his career as a news presenter with ITN. He was knighted in 1999 for his services to journalism.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 11:10 am

Billy Joe Shaver, Texas country music singer and songwriter, turns 81 today.

His 1973 album Old Five and Dimers Like Me is a classic in the outlaw country genre.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/16/20 at 12:25 pm

Bruce Beresford, Australian film director, turns 80 today.

He has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career. Notable films he has directed include Breaker Morant (1980), Tender Mercies (1983), Crimes of the Heart (1986) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989).

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Written By: nally on 08/18/20 at 11:41 pm

Happy 93rd birthday to former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter, whose husband Jimmy currently holds the record for President with the longest lifespan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/20 at 2:57 am

Walter Bernstein, American screenwriter and film producer, turns 101 today.

He was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s. His screenwriting career began to emerge from the blacklist when director Sidney Lumet hired him to write the screenplay for the 1959 Sophia Loren movie That Kind of Woman. From then on Bernstein was able to work openly on films such as Paris Blues (1961) and Fail-Safe (1964). He also contributed, without receiving credit, to the screenplays of The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Train (1964), and was one of several writers who worked on the script for the ill-fated Something's Got to Give, which was left uncompleted at the time of the death of its star, Marilyn Monroe, in 1962. Paris Blues marked his first feature film collaboration with director Martin Ritt, a friend since the 1940s (and himself a victim of the Hollywood blacklist); they subsequently worked together on The Molly Maguires (1970), which Bernstein also co-produced with Ritt, and The Front (1976). The latter film, a dramatic comedy about a restaurant cashier (played by Woody Allen) with no real talent or political convictions who is hired to act as a "front" for blacklisted television writers during the 1950s, earned Bernstein an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay and the WGA Award for Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen. The same year, Bernstein also made a cameo appearance in Allen's film Annie Hall.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/20 at 3:53 am

Don King, American boxing promoter, turns 89 today.

Known for his involvement in historic boxing matches. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction (and later pardon), and civil cases against him. King's career highlights include, among multiple other enterprises, promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila". King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio César Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Bernard Hopkins, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr. and Marco Antonio Barrera. Some of these boxers sued him for allegedly defrauding them. Most of the lawsuits were settled out of court.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/20/20 at 5:00 am

Don King, American boxing promoter, turns 81 today.

Known for his involvement in historic boxing matches. He has been a controversial figure, partly due to a manslaughter conviction (and later pardon), and civil cases against him. King's career highlights include, among multiple other enterprises, promoting "The Rumble in the Jungle" and the "Thrilla in Manila". King has promoted some of the most prominent names in boxing, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Larry Holmes, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Julio César Chávez, Ricardo Mayorga, Andrew Golota, Bernard Hopkins, Félix Trinidad, Roy Jones Jr. and Marco Antonio Barrera. Some of these boxers sued him for allegedly defrauding them. Most of the lawsuits were settled out of court.


Wikipedia puts him at 89, born in 1931.  ???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_King_(boxing_promoter)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/20/20 at 5:03 am

Hideki Shirakawa, Japanese chemist, engineer, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba and Zhejiang University, turns 84 today.

He is best known for his discovery of conductive polymers. He was co-recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger. Japanese chemist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

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Written By: nally on 08/22/20 at 11:51 am

Happy 81st birthday to American baseball player Carl Yastrzemski. He is the paternal grandfather of current San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski.

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Written By: nally on 08/23/20 at 12:09 pm

Vera Miles, retired American actress, turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/23/20 at 12:10 pm

Former California governor Pete Wilson is 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/23/20 at 12:12 pm

Happy 89th birthday to actress Barbara Eden.

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Written By: nally on 08/25/20 at 1:16 pm

American actor Tom Skerritt is 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/25/20 at 1:21 pm

Scottish actor Sean Connery celebrates his 90th birthday today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/20 at 4:00 am

Scottish actor Sean Connery celebrates his 90th birthday today.
I saw a report on television it made my heart jump till I heard they were celebrating his birthday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/20 at 4:00 am

Don Denkinger, American baseball player and Major League Baseball umpire, turns 84 today.

He worked in the American League from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL adopted uniform numbers in 1980. He is best remembered for the incorrect call he made at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/28/20 at 4:50 am

Don Denkinger, American baseball player and Major League Baseball umpire, turns 84 today.

He worked in the American League from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL adopted uniform numbers in 1980. He is best remembered for the incorrect call he made at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.


He was playing baseball at the age of 62? Cool.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/20 at 1:55 am

He was playing baseball at the age of 62? Cool.  8)
It seems he was umpiring at the age of 62.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/20 at 1:56 am

Betty Lynn, American actress, turns 94 today.

She is best known for her role as Thelma Lou, Deputy Barney Fife's girlfriend, on The Andy Griffith Show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/20 at 11:28 am

William Friedkin, American film and television director, producer and screenwriter, turns 85 today.

Closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he is perhaps best known for directing The French Connection (1971) and The Exorcist (1973), the former of which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director. Some of his other films include the pioneering queer drama The Boys in the Band (1970), the international suspense thriller Sorcerer (1977), the highly controversial 1980 crime film Cruising (1980), the action thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), the psychological horror film Bug (2006), and the dark comedy Killer Joe (2011).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/20 at 12:08 pm

Elliott Gould (born Elliott Goldstein), American actor, turns 82 today.

Ross and Monica's dad!

He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s. In addition to his performance in the comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gould is perhaps best known for his significant leading roles in Robert Altman films, starring in M*A*S*H (1970), The Long Goodbye (1973), and California Split (1974). More recently, he has gained recognition for his recurring supporting roles as Jack Geller on Friends (1994–2004), as Reuben Tishkoff in the Ocean's Trilogy (2001–2007), and as Ezra Goldman in Ray Donovan (2013–2015). Until its cancellation, he had a leading role in the 2017 TV series Doubt.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/29/20 at 12:14 pm

Elliott Gould (born Elliott Goldstein), American actor, turns 82 today.

Ross and Monica's dad!

He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s. In addition to his performance in the comedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Gould is perhaps best known for his significant leading roles in Robert Altman films, starring in M*A*S*H (1970), The Long Goodbye (1973), and California Split (1974). More recently, he has gained recognition for his recurring supporting roles as Jack Geller on Friends (1994–2004), as Reuben Tishkoff in the Ocean's Trilogy (2001–2007), and as Ezra Goldman in Ray Donovan (2013–2015). Until its cancellation, he had a leading role in the 2017 TV series Doubt.


He’s also known for his roles in Ocean’s 8, 11, and 13.  8)

Oh wait, I see you mentioned the Oceans Trilogy already.  :-[

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Written By: nally on 08/30/20 at 1:00 pm

American businessman Warren Buffett is 90 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/20 at 3:34 am

Warren Berlinger, American actor, turns 83 today.

He appeared in both the Broadway stage and Hollywood movie productions of Blue Denim (winning a Theatre World Award for the stage version), and also Happy Time, Anniversary Waltz (later adapted as the movie Happy Anniversary), and Come Blow Your Horn in 1961. He also performed in the 1963 London stage production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying at the Shaftesbury Theatre. His career as a character actor began in 1956 with the film Teenage Rebel. Then in the movies Because They're Young (1960), The Wackiest Ship In The Army (1960) Billie (1965) and Thunder Alley (1967). In 1965, Berlinger was the star of Kilroy, a segment of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. In 1966, he played Phillip Short in the movie Spinout. Later appearances included episodes of Charlie's Angels, Happy Days (including an appearance as "tough-as-nails" United States Army recruiter Sergeant Bechler), on Marlo Thomas' TV show That Girl, as Thomas' stingy cousin Howard in Season 1, Episode 27.Love, American Style, Operation Petticoat, Friends, Columbo and Murder, She Wrote. In 1973, he was a regular cast member of the short-lived situation comedy A Touch of Grace. His other films include The Long Goodbye (1973), The Girl Most Likely to... (1973), Lepke (1975), I Will, I Will... for Now (1976), The Shaggy D.A. (1976), The Magician of Lublin (1979), The Cannonball Run (1981), The World According to Garp (1982), Ten Little Indians (1989), Hero (1992) and That Thing You Do! (1996).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/20 at 5:38 am

Martin Bell, English journalist, politician, and British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician, turns 82 today.

He became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in the white suit".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/31/20 at 8:28 am

Jack Thompson, Australian actor and one of the major figures of Australian cinema, turns 80 today.

He was educated at University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as The Club (1980), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Breaker Morant (1980). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/20 at 2:05 am

Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist, turns 85 today.

In 1964, Garland left a position in theatre design to devote himself to a career as a cartoonist. At this time, with Barry Humphries, he created the Barry McKenzie comic strip in Private Eye. Garland also worked for The Spectator and other journals. In 1966, he was appointed the first political cartoonist of The Daily Telegraph where he remained until 2011, with a break from 1986 to 1990 when he was one of the founding journalists of The Independent. He was political cartoonist on the New Statesman during the 1970s and worked for The Spectator for many years. In 2012, he was appointed Cartoonist of the 2012 London Olympics by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. In this role he undertook a series of drawings, woodcuts and paintings, published in the book Drawing the Games. His work is represented in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the Ashmolean Museum. He has exhibited woodcuts at the Fine Art Society in Bond Street, and his publications include: (illustrated) Horatius, by T. B. Macaulay (1977); An Indian Journal (1983); Twenty Years of Cartoons (1984); Travels With My Sketchbook (1987); Not Many Dead (1990); (illustrated )The Coma, by Alex Garland (2004); I Wish… (2007); Mommy, Daddy, Evan, Sage, by Eric McHenry (2011).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/20 at 5:19 am

Al Geiberger, American golfer, turns 83 today.

He won 11 tournaments on the PGA Tour, one of which was the 1966 PGA Championship, a major title. He won the Tournament Players Championship in 1975, and played on the Ryder Cup teams in 1967 and 1975. Geiberger also won 10 times on the Senior PGA Tour, now called the Champions Tour.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/20 at 7:35 am

Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer, turns 81 today.

She began her career as a stand-up comedian, and performing Off-Broadway during the 1960s.

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Written By: nally on 09/02/20 at 4:35 pm

Marge Champion, American actress and dancer, turns 101 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/20 at 1:57 am

Irene Papas, Greek actress and occasional singer, turns 94 today.

She has starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She became famous in Greece, and then an international star of feature films such as The Guns of Navarone and Zorba the Greek. She was a powerful presence as a Greek heroine in films including The Trojan Women, Iphigenia, and played the eponymous parts in Antigone (1961) and Electra.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/20 at 2:00 am

Bob Newhart, American stand-up comedian and actor, turns 91 today.

Noted for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery. Newhart came to prominence in the 1960s when his album of comedic monologues,

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/20 at 6:10 am

Dick Clement, English writer, turns 83 today.

Known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais. They are most famous for British television series including The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/20 at 10:22 am

George Lazenby, Australian actor and former model, turns 81 today.

He is best known for being the second actor to portray James Bond in the Eon series, which he did in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service.

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Written By: nally on 09/05/20 at 11:15 am

Actress Raquel Welch turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/20 at 1:08 pm

Bill Mazeroski, American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman, turns 84 today.

Nicknamed "Maz", he spent his entire 17-year career playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1956–72. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/05/20 at 2:36 pm

Bill Mazeroski, American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman, turns 84 today.

Nicknamed "Maz", he spent his entire 17-year career playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates, from 1956–72. He was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.


The House That Maz Built was just sold by Maz for a cool $150k.  ;)

https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/bill-mazeroskis-former-hempfield-house-sells-for-150000/

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/20 at 4:09 am

Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese scientist, turns 81 today.

He was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987, for his discovery of the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity. Although he won the Nobel Prize for his work in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist by training and he again changed fields following his Nobel Prize win; he now studies neuroscience, examining the molecular, cellular and neuronal basis of memory formation and retrieval. 

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Written By: nally on 09/06/20 at 12:52 pm

American comedian JoAnne Worley turns 83 today.

She was a cast member of Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

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Written By: nally on 09/06/20 at 6:09 pm

Lou Brock, American baseball player and sportscaster, turns 81 today.

And that was his final birthday, because he just passed away today. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/20 at 3:59 am

Sonny Rollins (born Walter Theodore Rollins), American jazz tenor saxophonist, turns 90 today.

Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded at least sixty albums as leader and a number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser."

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/07/20 at 5:38 am

Sonny Rollins (born Walter Theodore Rollins), American jazz tenor saxophonist, turns 90 today.

Widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded at least sixty albums as leader and a number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser."


He played the iconic sax solo on The Rolling Stones hit, Waiting on a Friend.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/20 at 8:10 am

Dario Argento, Italian film director, producer, film critic and screenwriter, turns 80 today.

He is best known for his work in the horror film genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, and for his influence on modern horror movies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/10/20 at 8:45 am

Diana Rigg, English actress, turns 80 today.

She is known for playing Emma Peel in the 1960s TV series The Avengers (1965–68), and Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones (2013–present).
It has been announced that Diana Rigg has sadly passed away today at the age of 82.

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Written By: nally on 09/10/20 at 11:45 am

It has been announced that Diana Rigg has sadly passed away today at the age of 82.

Yep, just found that out this morning. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 09/10/20 at 11:45 am

Philip Baker Hall, American actor turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 09/13/20 at 12:12 pm

Actress Eileen Fulton turns 87 today. She is most notable for her 50-year role on the CBS soap opera As The World Turns.

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Written By: nally on 09/13/20 at 12:13 pm

Don Bluth, American animator, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/13/20 at 12:38 pm

Happy 89th birthday to American actress Barbara Bain.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/13/20 at 1:33 pm

Happy 89th birthday to American actress Barbara Bain.


Born Mildred Vogel and she was once married to Martin Landau.

She smoked in Mission Impossible back in the 60s..

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/20 at 6:53 am

Norm Crosby, American comedian and actor, turns 93 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/20 at 8:25 am

Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/15/20 at 10:26 am

Ashley Cooper, Australian tennis player, turns 84 today.

...who is actually a guy, even though that name is often associated with females.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/20 at 10:27 am

...who is actually a guy, even though that name is often associated with females.
I had a schoolmate with the name Ashley.

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Written By: nally on 09/15/20 at 10:27 am

Baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry turns 82 today. He played from 1962 through 1983 with nine different teams, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall Of Fame in 1991.

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Written By: nally on 09/15/20 at 10:28 am

I had a schoolmate with the name Ashley.

I know that it can apply to both genders.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/20 at 1:25 pm

Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/20 at 1:54 am

George Chakiris, American actor, singer, and dancer, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/16/20 at 4:59 pm

Janis Paige, American retired actress and singer, is still with us, turning 98 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/20 at 12:54 am

Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, turns 87 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/20 at 3:08 am

Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 87 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/18/20 at 5:31 am

Robert Blake, American actor, producer, and screenwriter, turns 87 today


Robert was the epitome of cool back in the 70s.  8)

https://nostalgiacentral.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/baretta000.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/18/20 at 8:10 am

Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/19/20 at 11:44 am

American singer Bill Medley turns 80 today. He is the surviving half of the musical duo known as The Righteous Brothers.

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Written By: nally on 09/19/20 at 4:11 pm

UK actress Rosemary Harris celebrates birthday #93 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/20/20 at 12:00 pm

Actress Sophia Loren turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/20 at 1:27 am

Fay Weldon, English author and playwright, turns 89 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/20 at 7:20 am

Bill Smith, American clarinet player and composer, turns 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/22/20 at 12:39 pm

Former long-time L.A. Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda turns 93 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 09/22/20 at 12:40 pm

Joni James, American traditional-pop singer, is 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/23/20 at 2:14 am

Henry Blofeld, English cricketer and journalist, turns 81 today.

Henry's father (Thomas Robert Calthorpe Blofeld, 1903–1986) was at Eton with Ian Fleming and his name is believed to have been the inspiration for the name of James Bond supervillain, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/20 at 12:52 am

Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter, turns 98 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/24/20 at 5:17 am

Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and educator, turns 89 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/24/20 at 5:23 am

Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and educator, turns 89 today.


Her nickname is now Black “lives” Adder.  ;D

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Written By: nally on 09/25/20 at 5:04 pm

Her nickname is now Black “lives” Adder.  ;D

Dude, not funny. ::)

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Written By: nally on 09/25/20 at 5:04 pm

Anyhoo... American news journalist Barbara Walters turns 91 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/20 at 6:45 am

Claude Jarman, Jr., American actor and producer, turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/20 at 9:58 am

Freddy Quinn, Austrian singer, guitarist, and actor, turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/27/20 at 1:10 pm

Happy 81st birthday to Kathy Whitworth, American golfer. She has won 88 LPGA titles, the most of any female pro golfer.

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Written By: nally on 09/28/20 at 5:07 pm

Retired English trade union leader Alice Mahon turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/29/20 at 8:57 pm

American musician Jerry Lee Lewis turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 09/30/20 at 9:27 am

Traditional-pop singer Johnny Mathis turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/30/20 at 9:30 am

Happy 87th birthday to Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 09/30/20 at 9:46 am

Happy 87th birthday to Cissy Houston, mother of the late Whitney Houston.



Cissy Houston is one of the backup singers on Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion".

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Written By: nally on 09/30/20 at 11:08 pm

Cissy Houston is one of the backup singers on Paul Simon's "Mother and Child Reunion".

Thank you, that is an interesting tidbit of info there.

Cissy is also the aunt of Dionne Warwick.

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Written By: nally on 09/30/20 at 11:31 pm

Happy 89th birthday to actress Angie Dickinson.

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Written By: nally on 10/01/20 at 10:56 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter turns 96 today. (He is the first President to reach that age.)

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Written By: nally on 10/01/20 at 4:49 pm

Julie Andrews turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/02/20 at 4:47 pm

Baseball player Maury Wills turns 88 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/02/20 at 6:18 pm

Baseball player Maury Wills turns 88 today.


Back when Maury played for the Picksburgh Pirates, I got him to autograph my baseball glove.  8)

But I played with the glove so much that the signature wore off. My baseball that was signed by relief pitcher Elroy Face met a similar fate.  ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/20 at 2:14 am

Glynis Johns, South African-born British actress and singer, turns 97 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/20 at 2:57 am

Herbert Kretzmer, South African-English journalist and songwriter, turns 95 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/20 at 4:52 am

Neal Ascherson, Scottish journalist and author, turns 88 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/20 at 9:10 am

Dean Prentice, Canadian ice hockey player, turns 88 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/20 at 10:00 am

Barry Switzer, American football player and coach, turns 83 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/20 at 11:08 am

Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer, turns 80 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/20 at 1:51 am

Eileen Derbyshire, English actress, turns 83 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/20 at 4:33 am

Melvyn Bragg, English journalist, author, and academic, turns 81 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/20 at 5:53 am

Jack Cullen, American baseball player, turns 81 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/20 at 6:54 am

Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee, turns 80 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/20 at 1:28 am

Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 89 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/20 at 4:17 am

Julian Thompson, English general and historian, turns 86 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/20 at 5:48 am

Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist, turns 85 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/20 at 7:29 am

Yvonne Brewster, Jamaican actress and theatre director, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/20 at 8:16 am

Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/20 at 8:54 am

John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author, turns 81 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/07/20 at 9:40 am

Bill Snyder, American football player and coach, turns 81 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 2:50 am

M. Russell Ballard, American lieutenant and religious leader, turns 92 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 3:47 am

Neil Harvey, Australian cricketer, turns 92 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 6:06 am

Betty Boothroyd, English academic and politician, British Speaker of the House of Commons, turns 91 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 6:49 am

Faith Ringgold, American painter and activist, turns 91 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 7:57 am

Ray Reardon, Welsh snooker player and police officer, turns 88 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 8:46 am

Albert Roux, French-English chef, turns 85 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 9:13 am

Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter, turns 80 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 10:01 am

Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman, turns 84 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 11:15 am

Merle Park, British ballerina and educator, turns 83 today

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/08/20 at 11:37 am

Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter, turns 80 today


Crikey!  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 12:38 pm

Walter Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey coach and author, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/08/20 at 2:04 pm

Fred Cash, American soul singer, turns 80 today

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Written By: nally on 10/10/20 at 1:07 pm

Gail Halvorsen, male American air force pilot known as the "Berlin Candy Bomber," turns 100 years old today.

His nickname "The Berlin Candy Bomber" originated when he began dropping candy to German children during the Berlin Airlift from 1948 to 1949.

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Written By: nally on 10/10/20 at 1:09 pm

Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/20 at 12:40 am

Robert Coles, American psychologist, author, and academic, turns 91 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/20 at 2:15 am

Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster, turns 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/20 at 3:24 am

Richard Meier, American architect, designed the Getty Center and City Tower, turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/20 at 3:55 am

Tony Kubek, American baseball player and sportscaster, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/20 at 4:59 am

Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter, turns 85 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/12/20 at 5:14 am

Sam Moore, American soul singer-songwriter, turns 85 today.


His biggest hit was “Soul Man” as part of the dynamic musical duo Sam and Dave.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/20 at 6:15 am

Robert Mangold, American painter, turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 1:05 am

Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader, turns 96 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 2:15 am

Richard Howard, American poet, critic, and translator, turns 91 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 5:04 am

Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer and politician, turns 86 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/13/20 at 5:30 am

Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader, turns 96 today.


Wow, did not realize that old. I really liked her song “Somebody’s Knockin’”.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 5:52 am

Terry Gibbs, American vibraphone player and bandleader, turns 96 today.

Wow, did not realize that old. I really liked her song “Somebody’s Knockin’”.  8)
That is Terri Gibbs from 1981, this Terry Gibbs is a man!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 7:14 am

Etterlene DeBarge, American singer-songwriter, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 8:01 am

Bruce Morrow, American radio host and actor, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 8:39 am

Shirley Caesar, American gospel singer-songwriter, turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 8:57 am

Melinda Dillon, American actress, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 9:33 am

Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues, and soul singer, turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/20 at 9:52 am

Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist and bandleader, turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 3:05 am

Joyce Bryant, American actress and singer, turns 92 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 4:43 am

Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran, turns 82 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/14/20 at 5:12 am

Farah Pahlavi, Empress of Iran, turns 82 today.


One of my teachers was friends with Farah and the Shah.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 5:19 am

Melba Montgomery, American country music singer, turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 6:23 am

Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 7:05 am

Rocky Thompson, American golfer and politician, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 10:16 am

Cliff Richard, Indian-English singer-songwriter and actor, turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 11:12 am

J. C. Snead, American golfer, turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 11:58 am

Herbert Kretzmer, South African-born English journalist and lyric writer, turn 94 today.

He is best known as the lyricist for the English-language musical adaptation of Les Misérables as well as for his long-time collaboration writing the English-language lyrics to the songs of French chansonnier Charles Aznavour.
Sadly Herbert Kretzmer has now passed away at the age of 95.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/20 at 12:46 pm

Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor, director, and screenwriter, turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/20 at 1:57 am

Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/20 at 3:01 am

Dick McTaggart, Scottish boxer, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/20 at 3:56 am

Bobby Morrow, American sprinter, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/20 at 4:27 am

Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/20 at 5:24 am

Linda Lavin, American actress and singer, turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/15/20 at 6:30 am

Peter C. Doherty, Australian surgeon and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/16/20 at 10:57 am

British-born actress Angela Lansbury turns 95 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/16/20 at 11:00 am

Spanish actress Carmen Sevilla turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/17/20 at 11:34 am

Actress Marsha Hunt (white) turns 103 today.

Not to be confused with a same-named Afro-American actress who turned 74 back in April.

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Written By: nally on 10/18/20 at 12:03 pm

American football player-turned-coach Mike Ditka turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/18/20 at 12:09 pm

Happy 82nd birthday to actress Dawn Wells, whose best known role on television was 'Mary Ann Summers' on the sitcom Gilligan's Island.

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Written By: nally on 10/18/20 at 12:16 pm

Songwriter Cynthia Weil is 80 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/18/20 at 2:46 pm

American football player-turned-coach Mike Ditka turns 81 years old today.


Mike’s mother was one of the cafeteria ladies at my grade school.  8)

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Written By: nally on 10/19/20 at 11:31 pm

Mike’s mother was one of the cafeteria ladies at my grade school.  8)

Yes, you said that last year. I remember. ;)



His mother was one of the cafeteria ladies when I was in grade school.  8)

Yep.

The favorite day in the cafeteria was Wednesday when we’d always have pizza - Sicilian style.

One day a couple of the 6th graders stole the pizza from a couple of first graders. Their punishment? They got spanked in the principal’s office, with the PA system turned on, with The Battle Hymn of the Republic playing in the background.  :o

And that was the last time those two knuckleheads ruined anybody’s pizza day.  ;D. Sister Victor ruled the roost.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/20 at 1:58 am

Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer, turns 87 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/20 at 4:11 am

Wanda Jackson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 83 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/20 at 5:49 am

Juan Marichal, Dominican baseball player and sportscaster, turns 83 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/20 at 1:12 pm

Happy 80th birthday to Spencer Davis, a Welsh musician whose eponymous group, The Spencer Davis Group, had success in the 1960s as part of the British Invasion.
Sadly Spencer Davis passed away today.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 4:06 am

Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer, turns 93 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 4:32 am

Jim Parks, English cricketer and manager, turns 89 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 6:54 am

Maureen Duffy, English author, poet, and playwright, turns 87 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 8:44 am

Francisco Gento, Spanish footballer and manager, turns 87 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 9:10 am

Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster, turns 80 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 10:02 am

Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author, turns 80 today

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Written By: nally on 10/21/20 at 10:24 am

Geoffrey Boycott, English cricketer and sportscaster, turns 80 today


Frances FitzGerald, American journalist and author, turns 80 today


A certain British rock musician who goes by the name Manfred Mann also turns 80 today. His birth name was Manfred Sepse Lubowitz. He was a founding member of the 1960s rock band which he named after himself (as well as Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the 1970s).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 11:29 am

A certain British rock musician who goes by the name Manfred Mann also turns 80 today. His birth name was Manfred Sepse Lubowitz. He was a founding member of the 1960s rock band which he named after himself (as well as Manfred Mann's Earth Band in the 1970s).
O0

He was to be my next entry here.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/21/20 at 11:29 am

Rhoda Gemignani, American actress, turns 80 today

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Written By: nally on 10/21/20 at 11:57 am

O0

He was to be my next entry here.

Splendid. O0

I was looking over Wikopedia for famous birthdays today (for notable names to post here or on the Ninny thread), and I came across his name.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/20 at 2:40 am

"Great Scott!"

Christopher Lloyd, American actor, comedian and producer, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/20 at 7:42 am

Derek Jacobi, English actor, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/20 at 9:08 am

John Blashford-Snell, English soldier, author, and explorer, turns 84 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/20 at 10:33 am

Donald McIntyre, New Zealand opera singer, turns 86 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/20 at 11:14 am

Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique, turns 81 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/20 at 12:17 pm

George Cohen, English footballer, turns 81 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/22/20 at 2:33 pm

Tony Roberts, American actor and singer, turns 81 today

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Written By: nally on 10/22/20 at 5:27 pm

Tony Roberts, American actor and singer, turns 81 today


George Cohen, English footballer, turns 81 today



Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique, turns 81 today



Wow, three famous people all born on this day in 1939 still alive! O0

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Written By: nally on 10/24/20 at 12:08 pm

Bill Wyman, longtime bassist of The Rolling Stones, turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/27/20 at 12:29 pm

Actress Lara Parker is 82 years old today.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/27/20 at 12:32 pm

Actress Lara Parker is 82 years old today.


Dark Shadows!!!  :)

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Written By: nally on 10/27/20 at 12:33 pm

Dark Shadows!!!  :)

That's right! She played the part of "Angelique" on that show!

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/27/20 at 12:36 pm

That's right! She played the part of "Angelique" on that show!


She played MANY parts on that show. 

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Written By: nally on 10/27/20 at 12:38 pm

She played MANY parts on that show.

Yes, but Angelique was her primary character...I think.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 10/27/20 at 12:51 pm

Yes, but Angelique was her primary character...I think.


Yes, she is remembered as Angelique, but she also played Alexis and Catherine among others as the show moved back and forth in time periods and into parallel time. Her final character was Catherine, in parallel time. All of the cast played several characters depending on what era they were in at any given time. It was the show's creator Dan Curtis's idea to accommodate the show's low budget. Other advisors and sponsors thought that the public wouldn't like this and find it confusing, but the public loved it.

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Written By: nally on 10/28/20 at 6:24 pm

British actress Joan Plowright turns 91 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/30/20 at 6:14 pm

Pro baseball pitcher Jim Perry turns 85 years old today.

(He is not to be confused with a same-named TV presenter who passed away a few years back. That guy's birth surname was Dooley; he used his mom's maiden name professionally.)

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Written By: nally on 10/30/20 at 6:34 pm

American football player-turned-coach Dick Vermeil turns 84 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/20 at 8:47 am

Scottish actor Sean Connery celebrates his 90th birthday today.
Sadly, Sean Connery has passed away today aged 90 in his sleep after being unwell for some time.

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Written By: nally on 10/31/20 at 6:34 pm

Sadly, Sean Connery has passed away today aged 90 in his sleep after being unwell for some time.

Yep, he made it to 90 and then kicked the bucket two months later. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 10/31/20 at 6:34 pm

TV newsman Dan Rather is 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/01/20 at 11:38 am

Happy 85th birthday to South African golfer Gary Player.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/20 at 2:47 am

Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player, turns 86 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/20 at 3:54 am

Jay Black, American singer, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/20 at 5:16 am

Queen Sofía of Spain, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/20 at 10:54 am

John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician, turns 93 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 12:49 am

Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania, turns 94 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 1:55 am

Violetta Elvin, Russian ballerina, turns 96 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 3:39 am

Brian Robinson, English cyclist, turns 90 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 4:47 am

Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts, turns 87 today

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/03/20 at 5:03 am

Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts, turns 87 today


Here’s a memorable photo from his run for the Presidency of the USA.

https://images.dailykos.com/images/210299/story_image/Dukakis-Tank-Ad-e1384898913712.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 6:44 am

Amartya Sen, Indian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 87 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/20 at 7:35 am

Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, turns 87 today

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Written By: nally on 11/03/20 at 9:47 am

Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts, turns 87 today

Here’s a memorable photo from his run for the Presidency of the USA.

https://images.dailykos.com/images/210299/story_image/Dukakis-Tank-Ad-e1384898913712.jpg

Yes, he was the Democratic nominee for U.S. President in 1988.

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Written By: nally on 11/03/20 at 9:47 am

Lois Smith, American character actress, turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/03/20 at 11:50 am

Yes, he was the Democratic nominee for U.S. President in 1988.


And that tank photo-op destroyed his campaign prospects. He looked ridiculous.

I recall George H. W. Bush did a photo op around the same time, manning an anti-aircraft gun. The tall Bush, who also sported a WW2 Distinguished Flying Cross 8), came off as adventurous and powerful, while Dukakis looked like a kid dressing up for Halloween.  ;D. Between that and Willie Horton, Dukakis was toast.

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Written By: nally on 11/04/20 at 6:00 pm

Happy 83rd birthday to actress Loretta Swit.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/20 at 12:59 am

Giuseppe Salvioli, Italian football player, turns 103 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/20 at 2:41 am

Yitzchok Scheiner, American-Israeli rabbi, turns 98 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/20 at 3:12 am

Lester Piggott, English jockey and trainer, turns 85 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/20 at 5:20 am

Harris Yulin, American actor, turns 83 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/05/20 at 6:33 am

Elke Sommer, German actress, turns 80 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 2:45 am

Darleane C. Hoffman, American nuclear chemist, turns 94 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 4:50 am

Bobby Bowden, American football player and coach, turns 94 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 6:06 am

Paolo Taviani, Italian film director and screenwriter, turns 89 today

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/08/20 at 7:00 am

Elke Sommer, German actress, turns 80 today


Born Elke Baronin von Schletz. Back in the day she did some nice pictorials.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 7:05 am

Jim Redman, English-Rhodesian motorcycle racer, turns 89 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 9:04 am

Alain Delon, French-Swiss actor, producer, screenwriter, turns 85 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 9:35 am

Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet, turns 82 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 10:54 am

Ben Bova, American journalist and author, turns 88 today

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/08/20 at 12:04 pm

Richard Stoker, English composer, author, and poet, turns 82 today


Descendant of Bram?  ???

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Written By: nally on 11/08/20 at 12:06 pm

Alex Trebek, Canadian-born TV presenter, turns 80 today.

He has hosted many TV game shows in his career, most notably Jeopardy! from 1984 to present.

Someone's going to have to take over as Jeopardy! host now... :-[

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 12:07 pm

Descendant of Bram?  ???
It does not look to be so.

BTW, Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, was born this day in 1847.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/08/20 at 12:12 pm

It does not look to be so.

BTW, Bram Stoker, Irish novelist and critic, was born this day in 1847.


Whoa, that’s certainly a coincidence.  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/20 at 12:30 pm

Meg Wynn Owen, Welsh actress, turns 81 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/20 at 1:40 am

Roger McGough, English author, poet, and playwright, turns 83 today

I used to see him went out shopping.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/20 at 5:36 am

Whitey Herzog, American baseball player and manager, turns 89 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/20 at 7:35 am

Ingvar Carlsson, Swedish economist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Sweden, turns 86 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/20 at 8:40 am

Bob Graham, American lawyer and politician, 38th Governor of Florida, turns 84 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/20 at 2:21 am

Richard Connolly, Australian hymnodist, turns 93 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/20 at 3:19 am

Tommy Facenda, American rock & roll singer and guitarist, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/20 at 7:42 am

Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter, turns 91 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/20 at 1:07 am

Alicia Ostriker, American poet and scholar, turns 83 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/20 at 2:24 am

Denise Alexander, American actress, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/20 at 3:53 am

Barbara Boxer, American journalist and politician, turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/20 at 6:19 am

Dennis Coffey, American guitarist, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/11/20 at 6:56 pm

Barbara Boxer, American journalist and politician, turns 80 today.

O0

A retired U.S. Senator from California; she held the position for 24 years (1993-2017) before retiring in favor of Kamala Harris, who in turn will be replaced by someone else in the near future (because Ms. Harris just got elected VP a short while ago).

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Written By: nally on 11/14/20 at 1:01 pm

Kathleen Hughes, American actress, turns 92 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/15/20 at 10:07 am

UK singer and actress Petula Clark turns 88 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/15/20 at 10:07 am

And happy 86th birthday to American actress Joanna Barnes.

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Written By: nally on 11/15/20 at 10:08 am

Actor Ed Asner is 91 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/15/20 at 10:09 am

Kathleen Hughes, American actress, turns 92 years old today.


Born Elizabeth Margaret von Gerkan, her most recent film credit is in 2017’s Swamp Women Kissing Booth.  8)

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 11/15/20 at 10:19 am

And happy 86th birthday to American actress Joanna Barnes.


She used to be on game shows all the time in the 60s and early 70s. She was one of those Peggy Cass type people.

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Written By: nally on 11/15/20 at 10:29 am

She used to be on game shows all the time in the 60s and early 70s. She was one of those Peggy Cass type people.

Yes, she served as a frequent celebrity panelist on What's My Line (two different versions in the 1960s).

I also remember her from the original Parent Trap, in which she played the wicked woman that the twins' father plans to marry. She played the corresponding character's mother (a minor role) in the remake 37 years later.

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Written By: nally on 11/16/20 at 10:26 am

Country music performer Troy Seals is 82 today. (He is a cousin of Jim Seals of Seals And Crofts.)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/20 at 2:23 am

Colin McDonald, Australian cricketer, turns 92 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/20 at 4:16 am

Orlando Peña, Cuban-American baseball player and scout, turns 87 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/20 at 7:09 am

Jim Inhofe, American soldier and politician, senior senator of Oklahoma, turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/20 at 7:52 am

Jim Inhofe, Jean Faut, American baseball player and bowler, turns 95 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/20 at 9:37 am

Bobby Joe Conrad, American football player, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/17/20 at 11:06 am

And happy 82nd birthday to Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 12:36 am

William Russell, English actor, turns 96 today,

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 1:05 am

Larry King, American journalist and talk show host, turns 87 today,

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 2:18 am

Jerry Sheindlin, American judge and author, turns 87 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 5:55 am

David Lloyd-Jones, English conductor, turns 86 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 7:50 am

Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host, turns 84 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 8:23 am

Yuan T. Lee, Taiwanese-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 84 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 9:45 am

Penelope Leach, English psychologist and author, turns 83 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/20 at 11:22 am

Ted Turner, American businessman and philanthropist, founded Turner Broadcasting System, turns 82 today

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Written By: nally on 11/19/20 at 12:11 pm

Jerry Sheindlin, American judge and author, turns 87 today


Husband of Judge Judy, whose own courtroom programme has been on the air for nearly a quarter-century.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/19/20 at 5:12 pm

Husband of Judge Judy, whose own courtroom programme has been on the air for nearly a quarter-century.


He’s also Judy’s ex-ex husband, as they married... then divorced... then remarried.

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Written By: nally on 11/19/20 at 6:06 pm

He’s also Judy’s ex-ex husband, as they married... then divorced... then remarried.

That is true, they have had two stints of marriage. And I think both had previously been married individually (that is, different respective spouses).

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Written By: nally on 11/21/20 at 10:39 am

Actress Marlo Thomas turns 83 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/21/20 at 12:01 pm

Actress Marlo Thomas turns 83 today.


And she’s as hot as ever.  :-*

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Written By: nally on 11/22/20 at 11:24 am

Henry Lee, Chinese-American criminologist and academic, turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/22/20 at 3:43 pm

Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter, turns 80 today

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/20 at 12:18 am

Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager, turns 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/20 at 1:18 am

Robert Towne, American actor, director, and screenwriter, turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/20 at 2:32 am

Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/23/20 at 4:46 pm

Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager, turns 90 today.

Ah, beat me to it. O0

In 2003, at age 72 (a month before his birthday), he guided the Miami Marlins to a World Series title, making him the oldest person to manage a World Series-winning team. (He returned to the team eight years later, at age 80, making him the second-oldest manager in MLB history. Only Connie Mack was an active manager at an older age.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/23/20 at 6:23 pm

Jack McKeon, American baseball player and manager, turns 90 today.


Any relation to Nancy McKeon :-*?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/20 at 12:49 am

Oscar Robertson, American basketball player and sportscaster, turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/20 at 3:20 am

Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman, 5th Commissioner of the National Football League, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/24/20 at 5:06 pm

Any relation to Nancy McKeon :-*?

No, he isn't.

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Written By: nally on 11/26/20 at 10:31 am

Singer Tina Turner turns 81 today (not 82).

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Written By: nally on 11/28/20 at 12:15 pm

Happy 91st birthday to Berry Gordy Jr., the founder of Motown Records.

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Written By: nally on 11/29/20 at 10:24 am

Baseball announcer Vin Scully turns 93 today. He is best known for calling Dodgers baseball games for 67 seasons (1950 through 2016), beginning when the franchise was in Brooklyn...and ultimately moved west.

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Written By: nally on 11/29/20 at 10:25 am

Happy 80th birthday to musician Chuck Mangione, who plays the flugelhorn and trumpet, and is also a composer.

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Written By: nally on 11/29/20 at 10:27 am

Actress Diane Ladd turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/29/20 at 11:09 am

American record producer and musician Meco turns 81 today. He is best known for his 1977 recording "Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/20 at 12:58 pm

Joe B. Hall, American basketball player and coach, turns 92 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/20 at 1:31 pm

Steele Hall, Australian politician, 36th Premier of South Australia, turns 92 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/20 at 2:15 pm

Bob Moore, American bassist and bandleader, turns 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/20 at 1:45 am

Woody Allen, American actor, director, and screenwriter, turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/20 at 4:05 am

Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and model, turns 93 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/20 at 4:57 am

Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer, turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/20 at 6:19 am

Gordon Crosse, English composer and academic, turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/20 at 8:13 am

Lee Trevino, American golfer and sportscaster, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/20 at 9:52 am

Leon Litwack, American historian and author, turns 91 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/20 at 10:37 am

David Piper, English race car driver, turns 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/20 at 1:56 pm

Edwin Meese, American colonel, lawyer, and politician, 75th United States Attorney General, turns 89 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 12:26 am

Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter, turns 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 1:33 am

Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 87 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 3:32 am

Nicolas Coster, British-American actor, turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 6:02 am

Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut, turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 7:41 am

Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman, turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 8:41 am

Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic, turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/03/20 at 10:19 am

1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress, turns 89 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/03/20 at 4:55 pm

1931 – Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress, turns 89 today.


Jaye was smoking hot on The Gong Show.  :P

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Written By: jaminhealth on 12/03/20 at 6:08 pm

Angela Lansbury 95

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Written By: jaminhealth on 12/03/20 at 6:17 pm

Betty White 99 Jan 2021

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Written By: nally on 12/04/20 at 4:39 pm

Betty White 99 Jan 2021

If she makes it to next month, then that'll be true!



Angela Lansbury 95

We already acknowledged that in mid-October, when it was her birthday.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/20 at 4:40 pm

TV game show host Wink Martindale turns 88 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/04/20 at 4:41 pm

TV game show host Wink Martindale turns 88 today.


They don’t make game show hosts like Wink any more.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/20 at 4:41 pm

Actor Max Baer Jr. turns 83 today.

He was best known on TV for playing the part of Jethro Bodine on the 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. He is the last surviving member of said programme.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/20 at 4:41 pm

They don’t make game show hosts like Wink any more.

I remember him as the emcee of the 1980s version of High Rollers, a programme I enjoyed.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 1:23 am

Hermano da Silva Ramos, French-Brazilian race car driver, turns 95 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 2:43 am

William John McNaughton, American bishop, turns 94 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 3:02 am

Peter Alliss, English golfer, turns 87 today.

He is now a television presenter and commentator, author and golf course designer.
Sadly, Peter Alliss passed away over the weekend at the age of 89. He was known as the "the voice of golf".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 4:15 am

Noam Chomsky, American linguist and philosopher, turns 92 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 5:39 am

Ellen Burstyn, American actress, turns 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 7:07 am

Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author, turns 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 8:58 am

Stan Boardman, English comedian, turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/20 at 12:39 pm

Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass singer and musiciann, turns 89 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/07/20 at 6:12 pm

Actor Max Baer Jr. turns 83 today.

He was best known on TV for playing the part of Jethro Bodine on the 1960s sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. He is the last surviving member of said programme.


Jethro made a fortune from his 70s action flick, Macon County Line.  8)

He was also buddies with Paul Snider, who was the husband of Dorothy Stratten :-* as well as a co-founder of The Chippendales all-male revue.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 4:05 am

Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist, turns 97 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 4:43 am

Vladimir Shatalov, Kazakhstani general, pilot, and astronaut, turns 93 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 4:45 am

Chuck Yeager, American general and the first pilot confirmed to have exceeded the speed of sound in level flight, is 93 today.
Sadly, Chuck Yeager has passed away at the age of 97.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 5:52 am

Peter Parfitt, English cricketer, turns 84 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 6:26 am

Red Berenson, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 7:12 am

Jerry Butler, American singer-songwriter and producer, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 8:10 am

James Galway, Irish flute player, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/20 at 9:24 am

Brant Alyea, American baseball player, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/08/20 at 12:32 pm

Sadly, Chuck Yeager has passed away at the age of 97.

yep, heard about that yesterday on the news. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/09/20 at 10:28 pm

UK actress Judi Dench turned 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/11/20 at 10:29 am

Happy 80th birthday to actress Donna Mills.

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Written By: nally on 12/11/20 at 4:41 pm

Actress Rita Moreno turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/11/20 at 5:36 pm

Happy 80th birthday to actress Donna Mills.


Born Donna Jean Miller.

Back in ‘87 and ‘89, she did pictorials in Playboy mag, but they were not nudie pix.  ;D

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Written By: nally on 12/12/20 at 10:47 am

Born Donna Jean Miller.

Right. Of course, LOTS of famous people go by alternate names.



Back in ‘87 and ‘89, she did pictorials in Playboy mag, but they were not nudie pix.  ;D

Good for her. ::)

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Written By: nally on 12/12/20 at 10:48 am

American R&B singer Dionne Warwick turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/12/20 at 10:49 am

American TV host Bob Barker turns 97 today.

Best known as the host of the current version of The Price Is Right for its first 35 years (1972-2007 before retiring), he also has other hosting credits to his name.

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Written By: nally on 12/12/20 at 11:06 am

Happy 83rd birthday to singer Connie Francis, who also did some acting.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/12/20 at 3:28 pm

Happy 83rd birthday to singer Connie Francis, who also did some acting.


Born Concetta Franconero. Her brother, George Franconero Jr. was a lawyer who was rubbed out by the mob back in ‘81, because he was a government informant about La Cosa Nostra activities.  :o

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Written By: nally on 12/12/20 at 5:00 pm

Born Concetta Franconero. Her brother, George Franconero Jr. was a lawyer who was rubbed out by the mob back in ‘81, because he was a government informant about La Cosa Nostra activities.  :o

That's right...and she anglicized her name. O0

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Written By: nally on 12/13/20 at 11:43 am

Charley Pride, American country music singer, musician/guitarist, recording artist, performer, business owner, and former baseball player, turns 86 today.

His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career (1966–87), he garnered 52 top-10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 40 of which made it to Number One. He has appeared with country music star Brad Paisley and was featured in the 2016 CMA Awards.

...and sadly, Mr. Pride has passed away yesterday from COVID complications. :\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/13/20 at 11:44 am

Happy 91st birthday to Canadian actor Christopher Plummer.

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Written By: nally on 12/13/20 at 11:51 am

Happy 95th birthday to American comedian Dick VanDyke.

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Written By: nally on 12/13/20 at 11:54 am

Baseball pitcher Carl Erskine turns 94 years old today. He spent his entire 12-season career with the Dodgers franchise, joining them in Brooklyn in 1948, and staying with them as they moved west to Los Angeles, and retired with them midway through the 1959 season.

He pitched two no-hitters, both during the Brooklyn era (1952 and 1956). He was part of the 1955 squad that captured the World Series title.

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Written By: nally on 12/13/20 at 12:03 pm

George Shultz, American politician/economist/businessman, turns 100 today (born 1920). He served in various positions under three different Republican presidents (Nixon, Reagan, G.W. Bush) and is one of only two people to have held four different Cabinet posts.

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Written By: nally on 12/14/20 at 7:18 pm

Abbe Lane - American actress/singer/dancer - turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/15/20 at 11:45 am

Happy 81st birthday to Supremes member Cindy Birdsong.

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Written By: nally on 12/16/20 at 5:00 pm

Today is the 83rd birthday of actress Joyce Bulifant.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/16/20 at 6:33 pm

Today is the 83rd birthday of actress Joyce Bulifant.


She was awesome in the hit TV series “Big John, Little John”.

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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 12/17/20 at 12:38 am

Happy 74th birthday to Emmy Award-Winning Canadian Comedic Actor and Second City Comedy Troupe Toronto branch Alumni Eugene Levy.

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Written By: nally on 12/17/20 at 8:33 pm

Pope Francis turned 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/19/20 at 11:05 am

Happy 96th birthday to actress Cicely Tyson.

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Written By: nally on 12/21/20 at 10:26 am

Actress Jane Fonda turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/21/20 at 10:29 am

Phil Donahue, American TV host, turns 85 today. He was known for his long-running television talk show, the Phil Donahue Show, which ran for nearly 30 years in syndication. It was the first TV talk show that involved audience participation. He has been dubbed "the king of daytime talk."

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Written By: nally on 12/23/20 at 7:28 pm

Japanese emperor Akihito turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/25/20 at 11:17 am

Bob James, American musician, turns 81 today. Grammy Award-winning jazz keyboardist, arranger, and record producer. He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela," the theme song for the TV sitcom Taxi. He is most famous for standards such as "Nautilus", "Westchester Lady", "Heads", "Night Crawler", "Touchdown", "Blue Lick", "Sign Of the Times", "Spunky", "Marco Polo", "Courtship" and "Just One Thing".

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Written By: nally on 12/25/20 at 11:18 am

Emmanuel Agassi, Iranian boxer and former tennis coach, is 90 today. He is the father of tennis pro Andre Agassi, whom he coached.

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Written By: nally on 12/26/20 at 11:49 am

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, a founding member of Motown band The Four Tops, turns 85 today. In fact, he's the group's lone surviving original member, performing today with Ronnie McNeir, Lawrence "Roquel" Payton Jr. (son of original member Lawrence Payton), and Alexander Morris.

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Written By: nally on 12/26/20 at 11:50 am

Phil Spector celebrates his 81st birthday today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/26/20 at 1:44 pm

Phil Spector celebrates his 81st birthday today.


He’ll be celebrating birthdays in the slam, at least until 2024 when he first comes up for parole.

Ol’ Phil married the friend of one of my co-workers back in ‘06, but they split up in ‘16 due to “irreconcilable differences”.

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Written By: nally on 12/26/20 at 4:07 pm

He’ll be celebrating birthdays in the slam, at least until 2024 when he first comes up for parole.

Right. I was just acknowledging the fact that he was born on this day in 1939.



Ol’ Phil married the friend of one of my co-workers back in ‘06, but they split up in ‘16 due to “irreconcilable differences”.

Really?! I had no idea! :o

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/26/20 at 5:58 pm

Ol’ Phil married the friend of one of my co-workers back in ‘06, but they split up in ‘16 due to “irreconcilable differences”.



Really?! I had no idea! :o


Turns out he was the one who filed for divorce. Rachelle still lives in Phil’s “Wall of Sound” mansion though. Big step up from Beaver Falls.

He accused Rachelle of purchasing a $350,000 airplane, an Aston Martin and a Ferrari, expensive plastic surgery, expensive jewelry and two homes for her mom while only giving him $300 a month to survive in jail.

https://www.the-sun.com/news/1230581/phil-spector-ex-wife-bizarre-resemblance-still-cares/

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Written By: nally on 12/27/20 at 12:56 pm

Actor John Amos turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/28/20 at 4:55 pm

Happy 86th birthday to actress Dame Maggie Smith.

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Written By: nally on 12/28/20 at 9:45 pm

Phil Niekro, American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, turns 81 today.

He played 24 seasons in the majors (20 of them with the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves). Niekro's 318 career victories are the most by a knuckleball pitcher and ranks 16th on the overall all-time wins list. He won the National League (NL) Gold Glove Award five times, was selected for five All-Star teams, and led the league in victories twice and earned run average once. Niekro was also a key to the only two division titles Atlanta won before 1991.

Sadly, Mr. Niekro has just passed away today. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/29/20 at 1:21 pm

Happy 88th birthday to actress Inga Swenson.

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Written By: nally on 12/30/20 at 6:52 pm

Paul Stookey from the trio Peter, Paul & Mary, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/30/20 at 6:53 pm

And happy 85th birthday to Dodgers great Sandy Koufax.

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Written By: nally on 12/30/20 at 6:58 pm

Russ Tamblyn is still with us, turning 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/31/20 at 5:53 pm

Welsh actor/director Anthony Hopkins turns 83.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/21 at 11:54 am

Frank Langella, American actor, is 83 today (born 1938).

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Written By: nally on 01/01/21 at 12:02 pm

Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer, is 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/03/21 at 11:28 am

Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player, turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 10:27 am

Marianne Werner, German shot putter, turns 97 today.

She specialized in throwing events. She competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and earned two medals in the shot put. She won the European title in this event in 1958 and finished fifth in 1954.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 10:51 am

Barbara Rush, American actress, turns 94 today.

In 1954, Rush won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American black-and-white science fiction film, It Came From Outer Space.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 11:40 am

Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter, turns 84 today.

She has been nominated for three Academy Awards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 12:22 pm

Sir William Deane, Australian barrister and jurist, turns 90 today.

He served as the 22nd Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2001. He was previously a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1982 to 1995.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 12:40 pm

January 4th 1931 – Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator, turns 90 today.

Her first collection of poems was published in 1968 and was called Vina nu e a mea (It Is Not My Fault). She was censored between 1971 and 1978 by the communist government in Romania after the publication of her second collection of poems, Captivitatea cercului (Trapped in a Circle). The first English translation of her work, a collection of poems called The Hunchbacks’ Bus, was published in 2016. Several of her works have also been translated into German. English translations of her work were included in the anthology Something is still present and isn't, of what's gone.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 1:48 pm

Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author, turn 89 today.

He served under five United States presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gerald Ford. Hill is best known for his act of bravery while in the presidential motorcade on November 22, 1963 when United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. During the assassination, Hill ran from the Secret Service follow up car, behind the presidential limousine, leaped onto the back of it and shielded Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the stricken president with his body as the car raced to Parkland Memorial Hospital. This action was documented in the Zapruder film. Since the death of Nellie Connally in September 2006, Hill is the last surviving person who was in the presidential limousine that day.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 2:08 pm

Carlos Saura, Spanish director and screenwriter, turn 89 today.

Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is counted among Spain’s three most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career that spans over half a century. Several of his films have won many international awards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 3:14 pm

Rudolf Schuster, Slovak politician, turns 87 today.

He was elected on 29 May 1999 and inaugurated on 15 June. In the presidential elections of April 2004, in which he sought re-election, Schuster was defeated. He received only 7.4% of the vote, with three other candidates (Ivan Gašparovič, Vladimír Mečiar and Eduard Kukan) receiving more than that. He was succeeded by Ivan Gašparovič.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 3:56 pm

Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano, turns 84 today.

She is considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, as well as a major soprano earlier in her career. She is a member of a pioneering generation of African-American opera and classical singers (including Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett and Reri Grist) who followed Marian Anderson in the world of opera and classical music paving the way for future African-American opera and concert singers. Bumbry's voice was rich and dynamic, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 5:02 pm

John Gorman, singer, turns 85 today.

He was the founder of the comedy music group The Scaffold, best known for their 1967 hit single Lily the Pink, and its successor the band Grimms – the 'G' in Gorman providing the 'G' in Grimms. He also made a comedy musical album for DJM Records, Go Man Gorman. During the 1970s he made brief film appearances in Frankie Howerd's medieval set farce Up the Chastity Belt (1971), Melody (1971), Terry Gilliam's Jabberwocky (1977), where he is credited as 'second peasant', and The Music Machine (1979) as a newsagent.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/21 at 5:09 pm

No, he's 85 (born 1936, not '37).
oops, and thanks

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/04/21 at 6:31 pm

Dyan Cannon, American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter, turns 84 today.

She has been nominated for three Academy Awards.


And she is as hot as ever.  :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 12:37 am

Walter Mondale, American Democratic Party politician, turns 93 today.

He served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–81) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–76). He was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 2:44 am

Murli Manohar Joshi, Indian politician, turns 87 today.

He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the former Member of Parliament for Kanpur parliamentary constituency. He was formerly a professor of Physics in Allahabad University. He was one of the key leader of the BJP. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources Development minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 3:34 am

Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet and author, turns 90 today.

Known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and especially Beethoven.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 4:57 am

Robert Duvall, American actor and director, turns 90 today.

His career spans more than six decades. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies) and seven Golden Globe Awards (winning four), and has won a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2005.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/05/21 at 5:34 am

Walter Mondale, American Democratic Party politician, turns 93 today.

He served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–81) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–76). He was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide.


He was also the father of Eleanor Mondale.  :-*

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 6:20 am

Juan Carlos I of Spain, turns 83 today.

He is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from November 1975 until his abdication in June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the Rey Emérito ("King Emeritus").

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 8:10 am

Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist, turns 81 today.

He is a member of the Australian pop music group The Seekers, for whom he plays double bass and sings. He is easily recognisable by his black-framed "Buddy Holly" style glasses, and, during live performances, often acts as the group's compère.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/21 at 9:59 am

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter, turns 80 today.

Miyazaki co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed numerous films with Ghibli, including Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), and Porco Rosso (1992). The films were met with critical and commercial success in Japan. Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke was the first animated film ever to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and briefly became the highest-grossing film in Japan following its release in 1997; its distribution to the Western world greatly increased Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. His 2001 film Spirited Away became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards and is frequently ranked among the greatest films of the 2000s. Miyazaki's later films—Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Wind Rises (2013)—also enjoyed critical and commercial success. Following the release of The Wind Rises, Miyazaki announced his retirement from feature films, though he returned to work on a new feature film in 2016.

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Written By: nally on 01/05/21 at 10:35 am

Walter Mondale, American Democratic Party politician, turns 93 today.

He served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–81) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–76). He was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide.


O0

I decided to mention him on the Ninny thread today, since he held a public office in the U.S.



He was also the father of Eleanor Mondale.  :-*

Yes, his daughter Eleanor is sadly no longer with us. :\'( However, she has two brothers who are still alive.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/21 at 1:41 pm

Sylvia Syms, English actress, turns 87 today.

Best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), The Tamarind Seed (1974) and The Queen (2006). She remains active in films, television and theatre.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/21 at 2:27 pm

Nino Tempo, American musician, singer, and actor, turns 86 today.

Known best for his 1963 duet "Deep Purple" on Atco with his sister Carol (singing under the stage name April Stevens), which scored No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Rock And Roll Recording, selling more than one million copies and earning a gold disc.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/21 at 3:19 pm

Darlene Hard, American tennis player, turns 85 today.

Known for her volleying ability and strong serves, she captured singles titles at the French Championships in 1960 and the U.S. Championships in 1960 and 1961. With eight different partners, she won a total of 13 women's doubles titles in Grand Slam tournaments. Her last doubles title, at the age of 33 at the 1969 US Open, came six years after she had retired from serious competition to become a tennis instructor. She also played the US Open singles tournament in 1969, losing in the second round to Françoise Dürr.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/21 at 12:54 am

Terry Moore, American actress, turn 92 today.

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Come Back, Little Sheba (1952). She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/07/21 at 3:33 am

John E. Walker, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 80 today.

He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1997. As of 2015 Walker is Emeritus Director and Professor at the MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

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Written By: nally on 01/08/21 at 11:40 pm

Bob Eubanks - American TV host and former disc jockey - turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/21 at 11:51 pm

Welsh singer Shirley Bassey is 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/21 at 11:53 pm

Charles Osgood (American soldier and journalist) is 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/09/21 at 11:45 am

Former long-time L.A. Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda turns 93 years old today.

...and that ended up being his final birthday, since he passed away a couple nights ago from heart failure. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 01/09/21 at 11:47 am

Joan Baez, American folk singer and activist, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/10/21 at 12:19 pm

Today is the 82nd birthday of David Horowitz, an American activist and conservative writer.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/10/21 at 12:26 pm

Today is the 82nd birthday of David Horowitz, an American activist and conservative writer.


I thought he died a couple of years ago.

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Written By: nally on 01/10/21 at 12:27 pm

I thought he died a couple of years ago.

Nope, he's still with us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz

Perhaps you might have been thinking of a person with a similar name?

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/10/21 at 1:15 pm

Nope, he's still with us: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz

Perhaps you might have been thinking of a person with a similar name?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz_(consumer_advocate)

His tag line was “Fight Back, and don't let anyone rip you off!”  8)

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Written By: nally on 01/10/21 at 1:24 pm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz_(consumer_advocate)

His tag line was “Fight Back, and don't let anyone rip you off!”  8)

Yeah, that guy is deceased. His middle name was Charles.


The guy whose birthday today, his middle name was Joel.

There are also other notable guys with that name, apparently: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Horowitz_(disambiguation)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 12:41 am

Honourable mention:

Ágnes Keleti, Hungarian Olympic gymnast, turned 100 last Saturday.

She is the oldest living Olympic champion and medalist, reaching her 100th birthday January 9, 2021. While representing Hungary in the Summer Olympics, she won 10 Olympic medals including five gold medals, three silver medals, and two bronze medals, and is considered to be one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time. She holds more Olympic medals than any other individual with Israeli citizenship, and more Olympic medals than any other Jew, except Mark Spitz. She was the most successful athlete at the 1956 Summer Olympics. In 1957, Keleti immigrated to Israel, where she lived before returning to Hungary in 2015.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 12:50 am

Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, and Nobel Prize laureate, turns 97 today.

He received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 2:25 am

Alfonso Arau, Mexican actor and director, turns 89 today.

He directed the films Zapata: The Dream of a Hero, Like Water for Chocolate (adapted from the novel written by his ex-wife Laura Esquivel), A Walk in the Clouds with Keanu Reeves and Anthony Quinn, and the Hallmark Hall of Fame production A Painted House, adapted from the John Grisham novel of the same name. Among a plethora of roles in his career, Arau played "Captain Herrera", a lieutenant of Federal general "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western The Wild Bunch, chief bandit "El Guapo" in Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars (USA, 1980), and the smuggler "Juan" in Romancing the Stone (USA, 1984) starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 3:41 am

Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, turns 87 today.

He served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 6:11 am

Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician, turns 83 today.

He was President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. Joining the NUM at the age of nineteen in 1957, he became one of its leading activists in the late 1960s. He led an unofficial strike in 1969, and played a key organising role during the strikes of 1972 and 1974, the latter of which helped in the downfall of Edward Heath's Conservative government.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 7:26 am

Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine ski racer, turns 81 today.

She was an Olympic gold medallist and double world champion in 1960.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 9:11 am

Andres Tarand, Estonian geographer and politician, turns 81 today.

He served as the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1994 to 1995. He was also a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, between 2004 and 2009.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/21 at 10:46 am

Gérson (Gérson de Oliveira Nunes), Brazilian footballer, turns 80 today.

Nicknamed Canhotinha de ouro (literally: Golden left foot), is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the club sides of Flamengo, Botafogo, São Paulo and Fluminense. He is widely known as being "the brain" behind the Brazilian Football Team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/21 at 4:19 am

Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic, turns 92 today.

MacIntyre's After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He is senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/21 at 6:52 am

Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright, turns 91 today.

She has won a number of awards, including the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979 and a Lifetime Achievement from the Irish Book Awards (2012). The Old Jest, a novel about the Irish War of Independence, was later made into a film called The Dawning, starring Anthony Hopkins, produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/21 at 7:54 am

George Joseph Kresge), American mentalist, turns 86 today.

He became popular on television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's comic strip Mandrake the Magician, which features a crime-fighting stage magician. He has always presented himself as an "entertainer," never as a psychic, who operates on the basis of suggestion, not the paranormal or supernatural.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/21 at 10:36 am

Jennifer Hilton, Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, English police officer and politician, turns 85 today.

A former police officer with the Metropolitan Police. She was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in the 1989 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Hilton was appointed a life peer in the House of Lords having previously served as a Commander of the Metropolitan Police in London, UK. She was elevated to the peerage on 14 June 1991 as Baroness Hilton of Eggardon, of Eggardon in the County of Dorset.  She is a trustee of the Police Rehabilitation Trust.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/21 at 2:13 pm

Shirley Eaton, English actress, turns 84 today.

She appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and gained her highest profile for her appearance as Bond Girl Jill Masterson in the James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). Eaton also had roles in the early Carry On films. Preferring to devote herself to bringing up a family, Eaton retired from acting in 1969. She achieved the most recognition for her performance as Jill Masterson in the 1964 James Bond film Goldfinger (1964). She appeared on the cover of Life magazine in her gold-painted persona. Her character's death, being painted head to toe in gold paint and suffering "skin suffocation", led to an urban myth that Eaton had died during filming. She appeared in a 2003 episode of the series MythBusters to dispel the rumour.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/21 at 3:12 pm

Bob Hewitt, Australian-South African tennis player, turns 81 today.

He has won 15 major titles and a career Grand Slam in both men's and mixed doubles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 1:13 am

Ron Tauranac, British-Australian engineer and racing car designer, turns 96 today.

Who with Formula One driver Jack Brabham founded the Brabham constructor and racing team in 1962. Following Brabham's retirement as a driver at the end of the 1970 season, Tauranac owned and managed the Brabham team until 1972, when he sold it to Bernie Ecclestone. He remained in England to assist with a redesign of a Politoys Formula One chassis for Frank Williams in 1973 and helped Trojan develop a Formula One version of their Formula 5000 car.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 5:39 am

Renato Bruson, Italian opera singer, turns 85 today.

He is widely considered one of the most important Verdi baritones of the late 20th and early 21st century.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 7:25 am

Frances Sternhagen, American actress, turns 91 today.

She has appeared on- and off-Broadway, in movies, and on TV since the 1950s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 8:09 am

Tord Grip, Swedish footballer and manager, turns 83 today.

He has worked with several national teams, including England, Sweden, Indonesia, Mexico, the Ivory Coast and Kosovo.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 10:27 am

Anna Home, English television producer and executive, turns 83 today.

She worked for most of her career at the BBC. With Joy Whitby and Molly Cox, she developed Jackanory.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 2:18 pm

Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player, turns 82 today.

He played the majority of his National Hockey League (NHL) career for the Minnesota North Stars, for whom he stands second all-time in games played in goal.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/13/21 at 3:37 pm

Meinhard Nehmer, German bobsledder, turns 80 today.

He competed from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won four medals with three golds (Two-man: 1976, Four-man: 1976, 1980) and one bronze (Two-man: 1980). Nehmer also carried the East German flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/13/21 at 7:00 pm

Frances Sternhagen, American actress, turns 91 today.

She has appeared on- and off-Broadway, in movies, and on TV since the 1950s.


She’s a classic character actress. Many people do not remember her name,  it she’s known as “that lady... who played in that thing...”  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 3:54 am

Carole Cook, American actress and singer, turns 97 today.

She became a protégé of actress and comedian Lucille Ball in 1959, when the television star brought Cook to Hollywood to appear in the “Desilu Review”. It was Ball who gave the ingenue her stage name of "Carole", for Ball's friend Carole Lombard. Ball reportedly told Cook, "you have the same healthy disrespect for everything in general". Cook appeared regularly on The Lucy Show and Here's Lucy. Ball was matron of honor at Cook's wedding in 1964 to actor Tom Troupe, to whom she remains married; the couple have no children together.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 5:05 am

Martin Holdgate, English biologist and academic, turns 90 today.

He taught at Manchester University, Durham University and Cambridge, as well as undertaking expeditions to Tristan da Cunha, south-west Chile and the Antarctic. He was Chief Biologist to the British Antarctic Survey, then research director of the Nature Conservancy Council and, for eighteen years, Chief Scientist and head of research at the Department of the Environment. Subsequently, he was Director General of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.After his formal retirement, he was a member of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution and served as co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests, and Secretary of the UN Secretary General's High-Level Board on Sustainable Development.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 5:41 am

Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer, turns 80 today.

She made her screen debut in the 1967 film The Happening, and rose to fame that same year with her portrayal of famed outlaw Bonnie Parker in Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, for which she received her first Academy Award nomination.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 10:43 am

Don Garlits, American race car driver and engineer, turns 89 today.

Considered the father of drag racing, he is known as "Big Daddy" to drag racing fans around the world. A pioneer in the field of drag racing, he perfected the rear-engine Top Fuel dragster, an innovation motivated by the loss of part of his foot in a dragster accident. This design was notably safer since it put most of the fuel processing and rotating parts of the dragster behind the driver. The driver was placed in front of nearly all the mechanical components, thus protecting the driver and allowing him to activate a variety of safety equipment in the event of catastrophic mechanical failure or a fire. Garlits was an early promoter of the full-body, fire-resistant Nomex driving suit, complete with socks, gloves, and balaclava.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 12:42 pm

Jack Jones, American singer and actor, turns 83 today.

He is primarily a straight-pop singer (even when he recorded contemporary material) whose forays into jazz are mostly of the big-band/swing variety. He has won two Grammy Awards. Jones continues to perform concerts around the world, and remains popular in Las Vegas. He is perhaps most widely known for his recordings of "Lollipops and Roses" (1962 Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance), "Wives and Lovers" (1964 Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance), "The Race Is On", "The Impossible Dream", "Call Me Irresponsible", and "The Love Boat Theme". He also sang the opening theme tune for the 1968 film, Anzio ("This World Is Yours").

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 1:06 pm

Pierre Darmon, French tennis player, turn 87 today.

He was French national junior champion in 1950. He was France's top-ranked tennis player from 1957 to 1969, and won the national title nine times in that period. He also won the French national doubles championship in 1957 (with Paul Rémy), 1958 (with Robert Haillet), 1961 (with Gérard Pilet), and 1966 (with François Jauffret). In 1963, Darmon was the runner-up in singles at the French Open, where he beat Manuel Santana in five sets in the semi-finals before losing to Roy Emerson in the final in four sets. Also in 1963, he reached the finals at Wimbledon in doubles, along with partner Jean Claude Barclay. He was international veterans mixed doubles champion with his wife Rosie Darmon in 1961, and in 1968 and 1975 with Gail Chanfreau.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/21 at 1:47 pm

Happy 85th birthday to American musician Clarence Carter.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/21 at 1:51 pm

Morihiro Hosokawa, former Prime Minister of Japan, turns 83 years old today. He served as PM for less than a year - August 1993 to April 1994 - leading a coalition government which was the first non-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government of Japan since 1955. He was forced to resign, which is why he held the office for a short period of time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 2:37 pm

Sonny Siebert, American baseball player, turns 84 today.

A former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966 against the Washington Senators. He was originally drafted simultaneously by the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Hawks of the NBA.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/14/21 at 3:09 pm

Sonny Siebert, American baseball player, turns 84 today.

A former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher from 1964 to 1975. He finished with a record of 140-114 and a 3.21 ERA. He threw a no-hitter on June 10, 1966 against the Washington Senators. He was originally drafted simultaneously by the Cleveland Indians and the St. Louis Hawks of the NBA.

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Written By: nally on 01/15/21 at 5:51 pm

Margaret O'Brien, American actress and singer, turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/16/21 at 11:20 am

Marilyn Horne, American mezzo-soprano opera singer, turns 87 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/17/21 at 7:46 am

TV legend Betty White turns 99 today, born on 1-17-1922.

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Written By: nally on 01/17/21 at 11:10 am

^ O0

Also, TV talk show host Maury Povich turns 82 today, and his syndicated programme is still active on the airwaves.

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Written By: nally on 01/17/21 at 11:34 am

James Earl Jones, American actor turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/18/21 at 11:35 am

Phil Spector celebrates his 81st birthday today.

He’ll be celebrating birthdays in the slam, at least until 2024 when he first comes up for parole.

Turns out, last month was his final birthday, since he kicked the bucket a couple days ago. So he won't be living to see parole.

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Written By: nally on 01/18/21 at 11:36 am

Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic, is 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/18/21 at 11:43 am

Singer-songwriter Bobby Goldsboro turns 80 years old today. He had a string of pop and country hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including his signature No. 1 hit "Honey", a country-pop crossover hit which sold over 1 million copies in the United States, and the UK top-10 single "Summer (The First Time)".

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/18/21 at 5:56 pm

Turns out, last month was his final birthday, since he kicked the bucket a couple days ago. So he won't be living to see parole.


I wonder if they gave him “The Epstein”? ???

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Written By: nally on 01/18/21 at 11:56 pm

I wonder if they gave him “The Epstein”? ???

I don't know for sure. Besides, he already has his own thread.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/21 at 12:38 am

Tippi Hedren, American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model, turns 91 today.

A successful fashion model from her twenties, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines among others, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961. She received world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller The Birds in 1963, for which she won a Golden Globe, and the psychological drama Marnie in 1964. Hedren has appeared in over eighty films and TV shows including Charlie Chaplin's final film, A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), the Alexander Payne political satire Citizen Ruth (1996), and the David O. Russell existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004), and her contributions to world cinema have been honored with the Jules Verne Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame among others.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/21 at 1:18 am

Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author, turns 90 today.

He is a retired television news anchor who partnered with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1975.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/21 at 3:31 am

Richard Lester, American film director based in Britain, turns 89 today.

Lester is known for his work with the Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/19/21 at 5:40 am

Tippi Hedren, American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model, turns 91 today.

A successful fashion model from her twenties, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines among others, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961.


Also known as mother to Melanie Griffith.

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Written By: nally on 01/19/21 at 4:44 pm

Tippi Hedren, American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model, turns 91 today.

A successful fashion model from her twenties, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines among others, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961. She received world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller The Birds in 1963, for which she won a Golden Globe, and the psychological drama Marnie in 1964. Hedren has appeared in over eighty films and TV shows including Charlie Chaplin's final film, A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), the Alexander Payne political satire Citizen Ruth (1996), and the David O. Russell existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004), and her contributions to world cinema have been honored with the Jules Verne Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame among others.


Also known as mother to Melanie Griffith.

O0

That's right, there are a number of mother-daughter celebrity pairs out there. :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 12:43 am

Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese zoologist, turns 92 today..

Known for his studies on the taxonomy and ecology of planarians. In 1950, the Kyoto Normal College was renamed Kyoto Gakugei University and Kawakatsu returned to the institution as a student of natural science and met professor Kazunosuke I. Okugawa, who studied the taxonomy and fauna of microturbellarians from Lake Biwa. In the spring of 1951, Kawakatsu became a private helper of Prof. Okugawa in his research on the sexual induction in asexual forms of Japanese freshwater planarians. He graduated in 1953 and became an assistant at the same university, starting to study planarians, remaining in the institution until 1961.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 4:16 am

David Lee, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 90 today.

He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert C. Richardson and Douglas Osheroff "for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3." Lee is professor emeritus of physics at Cornell University and distinguished professor of physics at Texas A&M University.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 7:39 am

Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and astrobiologist of Sinhalese ethnicity, turns 82 today.

His research interests include the interstellar medium, infrared astronomy, light scattering theory, applications of solid-state physics to astronomy, the early Solar System, comets, astrochemistry, the origin of life and astrobiology. A student and collaborator of Fred Hoyle, the pair worked jointly for over 40 years as influential proponents of panspermia. In 1974 they proposed the hypothesis that some dust in interstellar space was largely organic, later proven to be correct.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 11:49 am

Ray Anthony, American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor, turns 99 today.

He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra..

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 2:04 pm

Tom Baker, English actor, turns 87 today.

He is well known for his portrayal of the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981, a longer tenure than any other actor in the title role, and provided narration in the television comedy series Little Britain. His voice, which has been described as "sonorous", was voted the fourth-most recognisable in the UK in 2006.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/21 at 4:00 pm

Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.), American colonel, pilot, and astronaut, turns 91 today.

He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and as the lunar module pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, he and mission commander Neil Armstrong were the first two humans to land on the Moon.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 3:54 am

Yoshiko Kuga, Japanese actress, turns 91 today.

In June 1946, Toho had sponsored a search for "new faces", choosing Kuga as one of 48 new actresses and actors from 4,000 applicants. In 1947, she made her debut as one of the lead actresses in the omnibus movie Four Love Stories (四つの恋の物語, Yottsu no Koi no Monogatari). She was one of the actors active in the 1948 union strike at Toho studios. In the 1950s, she started working independently and starred in many productions of the Shochiku studios under the direction of Keisuke Kinosheesha. Other important directors include Kenji Mizoguchi (The Woman in the Rumor), Yasujirō Ozu (Equinox Flower), and Tadashi Imai (An Inlet of Muddy Water).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 5:09 am

Tony Marchi, English footballer, turns 88 today.

He played for Tottenham Hotspur in the position of wing half from 1950 until 1965, which was broken up by a two-year spell in Italy with Vicenza and Torino. During much of his career at Spurs, Marchi was mostly used as an understudy to Danny Blanchflower and Dave Mackay. However, in the 1962-63 following injuries he established himself in the side and was a member of the 1963 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final winning team. He was one of seventeen players used by Spurs in their Double winning side of 1960–61. He also later managed Cambridge City and Northampton Town.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 10:00 am

Jack Nicklaus, nicknamed The Golden Bear, is a retired American professional golfer, turns 81 today.

He is widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, winning a record 18 career major championships, while producing 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes, over a span of 25 years. Nicklaus focused on the major championships (Masters Tournament, U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship), and played a selective schedule of regular PGA Tour events, yet still finished with 73 victories, third on the all-time list behind Sam Snead (82) and Tiger Woods (79).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 10:15 am

Audrey Dalton, Irish actress, turns 87 today.

In 1953 she secretly married UCLA student and basketball player James H. Brown of Los Altos, California, who later became a TV executive and assistant director. In 1977 she divorced Brown, father of her four children, after 25 years of marriage, and in 1979 married Rod F. Simenz, an engineer. Among her many television appearances were six episodes of Wagon Train between 1958 and 1964. She made a guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1961 as Kate Eastman in "The Case of the Injured Innocent." In 1962 she appeared on Gunsmoke in "The Renegades".

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/21/21 at 10:42 am

Audrey Dalton, Irish actress, turns 87 today.

In 1953 she secretly married UCLA student and basketball player James H. Brown of Los Altos, California, who later became a TV executive and assistant director. In 1977 she divorced Brown, father of her four children, after 25 years of marriage, and in 1979 married Rod F. Simenz, an engineer. Among her many television appearances were six episodes of Wagon Train between 1958 and 1964. She made a guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1961 as Kate Eastman in "The Case of the Injured Innocent." In 1962 she appeared on Gunsmoke in "The Renegades".


She also played in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 11:04 am

Antonio Karmany, Spanish cyclist, turns 87 today.

Concentrating on the European road races.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 11:05 am

Audrey Dalton, Irish actress, turns 87 today.

In 1953 she secretly married UCLA student and basketball player James H. Brown of Los Altos, California, who later became a TV executive and assistant director. In 1977 she divorced Brown, father of her four children, after 25 years of marriage, and in 1979 married Rod F. Simenz, an engineer. Among her many television appearances were six episodes of Wagon Train between 1958 and 1964. She made a guest appearance on Perry Mason in 1961 as Kate Eastman in "The Case of the Injured Innocent." In 1962 she appeared on Gunsmoke in "The Renegades".


She also played in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.  8)
...and in The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 11:30 am

January 21st 1937 – Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, turns 84 today.

As the younger son of Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria, is the heir presumptive to both the headship of the former Bavarian royal house and the Jacobite succession. He was born a Prince of Bavaria, as a member of the royal line of the House of Wittelsbach, but has been using the title "Herzog in Bayern" or Duke in Bavaria, since he was adopted as an adult by his great-uncle, Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria, the last bearer of that title of a junior branch of the House of Wittelsbach, from whom he inherited considerable estates at Tegernsee Abbey (including a brewery), Banz Abbey and Kreuth.

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Written By: nally on 01/21/21 at 11:38 am

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo turns 80 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 11:40 am

Spanish tenor Placido Domingo turns 80 years old today.
A few years back, I hear Placido Domingo rehearsing for the Proms Concert in Hyde Park, London. He made my walk through the park very pleasant.

...his name translates as 'Peaceful Sunday'.

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Written By: nally on 01/21/21 at 11:42 am

A few years back, I hear Placido Domingo rehearsing for the Proms Concert in Hyde Park, London. He made my walk through the park very pleasant.

...his name translates as 'Peaceful Sunday'.

I actually knew that! O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/21/21 at 2:55 pm

Steve Paxton, American dancer and choreographer, turns 82 today.

His early background was in gymnastics while his later training included three years with Merce Cunningham and a year with José Limón. As a founding member of the Judson Dance Theater, he performed works by Yvonne Rainer and Trisha Brown. He was a founding member of the experimental group Grand Union and in 1972 named and began to develop the dance form known as Contact Improvisation, a form of dance that utilizes the physical laws of friction, momentum, gravity, and inertia to explore the relationship between dancers.

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Written By: nally on 01/22/21 at 4:46 pm

Happy 89th birthday to actress Piper Laurie.

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Written By: nally on 01/22/21 at 4:53 pm

Graham Kerr, English chef and author, is 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/23/21 at 3:00 pm

Larry King, American journalist and talk show host, turns 87 today,

And that turned out to be his final birthday...because now, two months later, he succumbed to Covid (or maybe it was something different). :\'(

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Written By: nally on 01/23/21 at 3:04 pm

Chita Rivera - American singer/dancer/actress of Puerto Rican descent - turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/24/21 at 10:49 am

Two famous American male singers turn 80 today: Neil Diamond and Aaron Neville.

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Written By: nally on 01/24/21 at 11:09 am

Doug Kershaw, American fiddle player and singer turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/21 at 3:36 am

Graham Kerr, English chef and author, is 87 today.
I remember watching Graham Kerr during my teen years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/21 at 3:36 am

Benny Golson, bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger, turns 92 today.

He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer reformed the Jazztet in 1982. In addition to "I Remember Clifford", many of Golson's compositions have become jazz standards including "Blues March", "Whisper Not", and "Killer Joe".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/21 at 4:10 am

Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator, turns 83 today.

He is the creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/21 at 2:10 am

Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator, turns 92 today.

He was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as North-America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/21 at 4:35 am

Huey "Piano" Smith, American rhythm-and-blues pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll, turns 87 today.

His piano playing incorporated the boogie styles of Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, and Albert Ammons, the jazz style of Jelly Roll Morton and the rhythm-and-blues style of Fats Domino. Steve Huey of AllMusic noted that "At the peak of his game, Smith epitomized New Orleans R&B at its most infectious and rollicking, as showcased on his classic signature tune, 'Don't You Just Know It.'"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/21 at 8:06 am

Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor, turns 87 today.

Facetiously dubbed "Mr. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson, Uecker has served as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts since 1971. He was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with its 2003 Ford C. Frick Award in recognition of his broadcasting career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/21 at 10:41 am

Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter, turns 83 today.

He acted, wrote and directed off-Broadway theater and cabaret before settling in Hollywood in the late 1960s. Under contract to Columbia Pictures, Jaglom guest-starred in such TV shows as Gidget (1965) and The Flying Nun (1967), and acted in a number of films which included Richard Rush's Psych-Out (1968), Boris Sagal's The Thousand Plane Raid (1969), Jack Nicholson's Drive, He Said (1971), Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie (1971), Maurice Dugowson's Lily, aime-moi (1975) and Orson Welles' never-completed The Other Side of the Wind (2018).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/26/21 at 7:01 pm

Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor, turns 87 today.


Wow. I thought that he’d bit it years ago.  :-[

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Written By: wagonman76 on 01/27/21 at 1:15 am

Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author, turns 90 today.

He is a retired television news anchor who partnered with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1975.


Wow I was always under the impression that he left the show because he died.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 2:12 am

Michael Craig, Indian-English actor and screenwriter,, turns 93 today.

He began working in films in 1949, as an extra. He was then talent-spotted at the Oxford Playhouse and gained his first speaking part in 1953 in Malta Story. Groomed as a star by the Rank Organisation, he appeared in a number of films, including Campbell's Kingdom (1957), Sea of Sand (1958), The Silent Enemy (1958), Sapphire (1959), Doctor in Love (1960), Cone of Silence (1960), Mysterious Island (1961), The Iron Maiden (1962), A Choice of Kings, Modesty Blaise (1966), Turkey Shoot (1982), Ride a Wild Pony (1975) and Appointment with Death (1988). He received a BAFTA Best actor nomination for his performance in Sea of Sand (1958). His television credits include Arthur of the Britons (1973), The Emigrants (1976), Rush (1976), The Danedyke Mystery (1979), The Professionals (1980), Shoestring (1980), The Timeless Land (1980), Triangle (1981–83), Tales of the Unexpected (1982), Robin of Sherwood (1986), Doctor Who (in the serial Terror of the Vervoids 1986), the Australian series G.P. (1989–95), Brides of Christ (1991), Grass Roots (2000) and Always Greener (2003). He was the subject of an hour-long interview on his life and career recorded for and broadcast on Talking Pictures TV in 2018.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 3:34 am

Nigel Vinson, Baron Vinson, British entrepreneur, inventor, philanthropist and Conservative member of the House of Lords, turns 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 5:28 am

Hans Modrow, Polish-German lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of East Germany, turns 93 today.

Best known as the last communist premier of East Germany. Taking office in the middle of the Peaceful Revolution, he was the de facto leader of the country for much of the winter of 1989 and 1990, attempting to delay German reunification.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 7:09 am

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Egyptian-Swiss businessman, turns 92 today.

His residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. Fayed's business interests include ownership of Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods Department Store. Al-Fayed sold Fulham F.C. to Shahid Khan in 2013. Fayed famously had a son, Dodi, from his first marriage to Samira Khashoggi from 1954 to 1956. Dodi was in a romantic relationship with Diana, Princess of Wales, when they both died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 8:21 am

Édith Cresson, French politician and diplomat, turns 87 today.

She is the first, and so far only, woman to have held the office of Prime Minister of France. Other than her breakthrough gender role, her term was uneventful. Her political career ended in scandal as a result of corruption charges dating from her tenure as European Commissioner for Research, Science and Technology.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 10:24 am

George Follmer, American race car driver, turns 87 today.

In 1972, Follmer was the Can-Am champion, substituting for the injured Mark Donohue in Penske Racing's Porsche 917/10, causing the racing press to dub Follmer "George Am". He was vice-champion in 1973 driving for Rinzler and 1974 in a Shadow. He collected 6 wins and 13 podiums in the three-year spell. He is the only driver to win the Can-Am and Trans-Am championship in the same year. Follmer competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup series in 1974, with appearances in 13 of 30 races. He collected three top 5 finishes and a pole position. In 1974 and 1975, he raced at the International Race of Champions, where he won a race.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 11:57 am

Samuel C. C. Ting, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 85 today.

He received the Nobel Prize in 1976, with Burton Richter, for discovering the subatomic J/ψ particle. He is the founder and principal investigator for the international $2 billion Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment which was installed on the International Space Station on 19 May 2011.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 2:12 pm

James Cromwell, American actor, turns 81 today.

Some of his more notable films include Babe (1995), Star Trek: First Contact (1996), L.A. Confidential (1997), The Green Mile (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), The Queen (2006), W. (2008), Secretariat (2010), The Artist (2011), and Still Mine (2012). Cromwell is also known for his performances in television such as Angels in America (2003), Six Feet Under (2003–2005), American Horror Story: Asylum (2012–2013), Boardwalk Empire (2012–2013), Halt and Catch Fire (2015), The Young Pope (2016), Succession (2018–2019), and Counterpart (2018–2019). Cromwell has been nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards, as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Babe (1995). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for his role in American Horror Story: Asylum (2012) and a Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor for his role in Still Mine (2013).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/27/21 at 3:58 pm

James Cromwell, American actor, turns 81 today.


Let’s not forget perhaps his finest role, as Warden Hazen in The Longest Yard, costarring with Adam Sandler.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 4:08 pm

Let’s not forget perhaps his finest role, as Warden Hazen in The Longest Yard, costarring with Adam Sandler.  8)
It is "Babe" for me, but he is an outstanding actor.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/21 at 6:13 pm

Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian, turns 94 today..

In a career spanning over seven decades she has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards (record tied with Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a Daytime Emmy Award and the Academy Award for her role in The Last Picture Show (1971). As Miss Chicago, Leachman competed in the 20th Miss America pageant and placed in the Top 16 in 1946. Leachman's longest-running role was the nosy and cunning landlady Phyllis Lindstrom on the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Phyllis, in the 1970s. She also appeared in three Mel Brooks films, including Young Frankenstein (1974), starred as Beverly Ann Stickle on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life from 1986–88 and appeared as Daisy May Moses in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).
Sadly Cloris Leachman has now sadly passed away at the age of 94.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/27/21 at 6:27 pm

Sadly Cloris Leachman has now sadly passed away at the age of 94.


Sadly we will not see her on any new TV shows.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/21 at 1:47 am

Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-American sculptor and illustrator, turns 92 today.

Best known for his public art installations typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who died in 2009; they had been married for 32 years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/21 at 4:11 am

David Lodge, English author and critic, turn 86 today.

A professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham until 1987, he is known for novels that satirise academic life, notably the "Campus Trilogy" – Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984) and Nice Work (1988). The second two were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Another theme is Roman Catholicism, beginning from his first published novel The Picturegoers (1960). Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. Since retiring, he has continued to publish literary criticism, which often draws on his experience as a recipient novelist and scriptwriter. Not to be confused with the British character actor David Lodge (1921–2003).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/21 at 4:49 am

January 28th 1936 – Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo), American actor, director, and writer, turns 85 today.

A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he played Hawkeye Pierce in the war television series M*A*S*H (1972–1983). He has had recurring roles on television programs such as The West Wing, and 30 Rock, and has appeared critical acclaim for films such as Same Time, Next Year (1978) alongside Ellen Burstyn and his directorial debut film The Four Seasons (1981) opposite Carol Burnett. Alda is also known for his performances in Woody Allen's dramedy film Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), David O. Russell's comedy Flirting with Disaster (1996), Steven Spielberg's Cold War drama film Bridge of Spies (2015), and Noah Baumbach's relationship drama Marriage Story (2019). In 2004, Alda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Martin Scorsese's Hollywood epic The Aviator. He is also known as Uncle Pete in Louis C.K.'s Peabody Award–winning tragicomedy web series Horace and Pete. Alda has also received three Tony Award nominations for his performances in The Apple Tree (1967), Jake's Women (1992), and Glengarry Glen Ross (2005). In 2019, Alda received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/21 at 9:41 am

Jack Hill, American director and screenwriter, turns 88 today.

His father was a set designer for Warner Brothers since 1925, and later for Walt Disney Studios, where he eventually designed the Disneyland Castle. Jack went to the University of California to study film, where he was a classmate of Francis Ford Coppola--they worked together on student productions and later both apprenticed with Roger Corman, working on The Terror, among other films. While Coppola went on to Oscardom, Jack continued with low-budget exploitation films, several of which were highly profitable, especially The Big Doll House, which initiated the short-lived women-in-prison genre. His so-called "blaxploitaton" films Coffy and Foxy Brown were major hits. Nowadays his films are hailed as cult classics, thanks primarily to Quentin Tarantino, who saw Jack Hill's work as it made its way to video, with almost all of his films now available for viewing on various streaming channels as well as DVD releases.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/28/21 at 11:26 am

January 28th 1935 – David Lodge, English author and critic, turns 86 today.

A professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham until 1987, he is known for novels that satirise academic life, notably the "Campus Trilogy" – Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses (1975), Small World: An Academic Romance (1984) and Nice Work (1988). The second two were shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Another theme is Roman Catholicism, beginning from his first published novel The Picturegoers (1960). Lodge has also written television screenplays and three stage plays. Since retiring, he has continued to publish literary criticism, which often draws on his experience as a recipient novelist and scriptwriter. Not to be confused with the British character actor David Lodge (1921-2003).

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Written By: nally on 01/30/21 at 12:08 pm

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/21 at 12:20 pm

British actress Vanessa Redgrave is 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/21 at 12:20 pm

Actor Gene Hackman turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/31/21 at 11:33 am

Philip Glass, American composer and pianist, turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/01/21 at 4:50 pm

Don Everly, the surviving half of pop music duo The Everly Brothers, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/02/21 at 11:20 am

Comedian Tom Smothers turns 84 today. He and his younger brother Dick are known as the comedy duo The Smothers Brothers.

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Written By: nally on 02/04/21 at 11:06 am

Stan Lundine, former Lieutenant Governor of New York, turns 82 today. A Democrat, he was LG from the start of 1987 until the end of 1994, serving under the late Mario Cuomo.

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Written By: nally on 02/05/21 at 4:47 pm

American soul singer-songwriter Barrett Strong turns 80 today.

As a performer he was best known for his 1960 hit single "Money (That's What I Want)" (which he recorded in 1959, at age 18); he also wrote lyrics for several songs by The Temptations.

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Written By: nally on 02/07/21 at 11:37 am

Puerto Rican baseball pitcher Juan Pizarro is 84 years old today. He was active in MLB for 18 seasons (1957 through 1974) with a handful of teams.

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Written By: nally on 02/08/21 at 11:10 am

John Williams (American composer/conductor/musician) turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/08/21 at 12:31 pm

TV journalist Ted Koppel turns 81 years old today. He was born in England as the son of a Jewish couple who fled from Germany; the family moved to the U.S. in 1953 when Ted was 13; he became a naturalized American citizen ten years after that. He worked for the ABC network for much of his career, and was best known for hosting ABC's late-night news programme Nightline for its first 25 years of existence (1980-2005), and over the past 15+ years he has branched out to other news media roles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 1:03 am

John B. Cobb, American philosopher and theologian, turns 94 today.

He is often regarded as the preeminent scholar in the field of process philosophy and process theology, the school of thought associated with the philosophy of Alfred North Whitheead. Cobb is the author of more than fifty books. In 2014, Cobb was elected to the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 2:23 am

Roger Mudd, American journalist correspondent and anchor for CBS News and NBC News, turns 93 today.

He worked most recently as the primary anchor for The History Channel. Previously, Mudd was weekend and weekday substitute anchor for the CBS Evening News, the co-anchor of the weekday NBC Nightly News, and the host of the NBC-TV Meet the Press, and American Almanac TV programs. Mudd is the recipient of the Peabody Award, the Joan Shorenstein Award for Distinguished Washington Reporting, and five Emmy Awards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 4:39 am

Enrico Schiavetti, Italian football player, turns 101 today.

He played for 3 seasons (53 games, 1 goal) in the Serie A for A.S. Roma.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 6:09 am

Tatsuro Hirooka, Japanese baseball player and manager, turns 89 today.

He was awarded the Central League rookie of the year award in 1954.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 7:46 am

Gerhard Richter, German visual artist, turns 89 today.

He has produced abstract as well as photorealistic paintings, and also photographs and glass pieces. He is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary German artists and several of his works have set record prices at auction.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 9:06 am

Lionel Fanthorpe, English-Welsh British priest and entertainer, turns 86 today.

He also worked as a dental technician, journalist, teacher, television presenter, author and lecturer. Born in Dereham in Norfolk, he lives in Cardiff in South Wales, where he served as Director of Media Studies and tutor/lecturer in Religious Studies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 9:54 am

Ron Logan, Disney theatrical producer and professor, turns 83 today.

He was a former executive vice president of Walt Disney Entertainment (now Walt Disney Creative Entertainment). After retiring from the company in 2001, he is now a professor at the University of Central Florida Rosen College of Hospitality Management in Orlando, Florida, United States.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 12:08 pm

Dame Janet Suzman, South African/British actress, turns 82 today.

She enjoyed a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles, among others, on TV. In her first film, Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), her performance as Empress Alexandra Feodorovna earned her several honours, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Suzman later starred in a wide range of classical and modern drama as well as directing many productions, both in Britain and South Africa. She is a niece of Helen Suzman, South African politician and anti-apartheid campaigner. Suzman herself appeared in a film that looked closely at the apartheid issue, A Dry White Season (1989). She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to drama.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/09/21 at 2:43 pm

Barry Mann, American pianist, songwriter, and producer, turns 82 today.

He is part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/21 at 2:25 am

Leontyne Price, American operatic soprano, turns 94 today.

She rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was the first African American to become a leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera, and one of the most popular American classical singers of her generation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/21 at 3:05 am

Robert Wagner, American actor of stage, screen, and television, turns 91 today.

Best known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He also had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and made twelve guest appearances (2010-2019) as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. in the police procedural NCIS. In films, Wagner is known for his role as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy of films (1997, 1999, 2002), as well as for A Kiss Before Dying (1956), The Pink Panther (1963) and its 1983 sequel, Harper (1966), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) and many more. He is the widower of actress Natalie Wood.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/10/21 at 5:05 am

Robert Wagner, American actor of stage, screen, and television, turns 91 today.


And widower of Natalie Wood.  :-*The

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/21 at 6:07 am

And widower of Natalie Wood.  :-*The
I never know he married her twice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/21 at 6:08 am

James Edward Maceo West, American inventor and acoustician, turns 90 today.

He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and design of microphones and techniques for creating polymer foil electrets.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/21 at 9:19 am

Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist, turns 84 today.

She is known for her No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love"; and "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack is the only solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year on two consecutive years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won at the 1973 Grammys and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won at the 1974 Grammys.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/21 at 12:37 pm

Mary Rand, English sprinter and long jumper, turns 81 today.

She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. She remains the only Great Britain female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.

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Written By: nally on 02/10/21 at 1:14 pm

Robert Wagner, American actor of stage, screen, and television, turns 91 today.

Best known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He also had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and made twelve guest appearances (2010-2019) as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. in the police procedural NCIS. In films, Wagner is known for his role as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy of films (1997, 1999, 2002), as well as for A Kiss Before Dying (1956), The Pink Panther (1963) and its 1983 sequel, Harper (1966), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) and many more. He is the widower of actress Natalie Wood.

And widower of Natalie Wood.  :-*


I never know he married her twice.

Apparently so. And their second marriage ended in her death.

Anyway I remember him as the male star of Hart to Hart, which I have been watching the reruns of in recent months.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/10/21 at 6:16 pm

Apparently so. And their second marriage ended in her death.


Indeed. And Mr. Wagner is noted as a “person of interest” in Natalie’s death. A few years ago her death certificate was modified to reflect “death by drowning” as opposed to the original “death by accidental drowning”.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 3:32 am

Lucile Randon, French nun and Supercentenarian, turns 117 today.

She worked as a gouvernante in various families, and became a religious sister at age 41. For 31 years she worked in a hospital in Vichy, then moved to a nursing home in Haute-Savoie for 30 years, and finally to Toulon since 2009. She is known by her religious name Sœur André and uses a wheelchair. Randon had three brothers, and a twin sister who died as an infant. On her birthday in 2019, she commented: "115 years is enough, I hope the Good Lord takes me this year". Toulon's mayor, Hubert Falco, presented her with the city's honorary citizenship. She also was reacquainted, 88 years later, with Didier Borione, 91, for whom she cared when he was two years old, and who located her using the Internet. Sshe is the oldest living person in Europe and the second-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Kane Tanaka.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 5:10 am

Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer, turns 80 today.

He has over 55 releases, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2012 as co-writer of the song "Real in Rio" from the animated film Rio. Mendes is a unique example of a Brazilian musician primarily known in the United States, where his albums were recorded and where most of his touring took place.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 8:01 am

Budge Patty (John Edward Patty), American tennis player, turns 97 today.

His career spanned a period of 15 years after World War II. He won two Grand Slam singles titles in 1950.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 8:44 am

Dennis Skinner, British politician, turns 89 today.

He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolsover from 1970 to 2019. He is a member of the Labour Party. Known for his left-wing views and acerbic wit, he belonged to the Socialist Campaign Group of Labour MPs. He was a member of Labour's National Executive Committee, with brief breaks, for thirty years, and was the chairman of the Committee in 1988–89. He was one of the longest serving members of the House of Commons and the longest continuously-serving Labour MP.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 10:57 am

Dame Mary Quant, British fashion designer, turns 87 today.

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants, and by promoting these and other fun fashions she encouraged young people to dress to please themselves and to treat fashion as a game. Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential fashion journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, wrote: "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to British fashion.

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Written By: Contigo on 02/11/21 at 11:08 am

Indeed. And Mr. Wagner is noted as a “person of interest” in Natalie’s death. A few years ago her death certificate was modified to reflect “death by drowning” as opposed to the original “death by accidental drowning”.

Seems lots of people out there are convinced he killed her.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 12:02 pm

Tina Louise (born Tina Blacker), American actress and singer, turns 87 today.

Known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. She began her career on stage during the mid-1950s before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/21 at 2:47 pm

Bill Lawry, Australian cricketer and sportscaster, turns 84 today.

He played for Victoria and Australia. He captained Australia in 25 Tests, winning nine, losing eight and drawing eight, and led Australia in the inaugural One Day International match, played in 1971.

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Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 4:41 pm

Tina Louise (born Tina Blacker), American actress and singer, turns 87 today.

Known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. She began her career on stage during the mid-1950s before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.


She is now the last surviving member of the "Gilligan's Island" cast.

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Written By: Contigo on 02/11/21 at 5:04 pm

She is now the last surviving member of the "Gilligan's Island" cast.

That and the radio still works  ;D ;D
The tribe has spoken and she's the last one voted off the island. 
I watched this show in its infancy, hard to believe everyone but her has passed on.

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Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 5:07 pm

Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer, turns 80 today.

He has over 55 releases, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song in 2012 as co-writer of the song "Real in Rio" from the animated film Rio. Mendes is a unique example of a Brazilian musician primarily known in the United States, where his albums were recorded and where most of his touring took place.

O0

His band the Brasil 66 has put out lots of great music.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/11/21 at 6:44 pm

Tina Louise (born Tina Blacker), American actress and singer, turns 87 today.

Known for playing movie star Ginger Grant in the CBS television situation comedy Gilligan's Island. She began her career on stage during the mid-1950s before landing her breakthrough role in 1958 drama film God's Little Acre for which she received the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year.





I watched this show in its infancy, hard to believe everyone but her has passed on.


She’s the only one left? ???

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Written By: nally on 02/11/21 at 11:12 pm

She’s the only one left? ???

Yeah, Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) checked out not all that long ago.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=62438.0

You even replied to that thread.

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Written By: nally on 02/12/21 at 9:22 pm

Bill Russell, American basketball player and coach, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/12/21 at 9:23 pm

Jewish-American author and educator Judy Blume, who specializes in children's literature, turns 83 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/13/21 at 6:11 am

Yeah, Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) checked out not all that long ago.

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=62438.0

You even replied to that thread.


I just wanted to make sure.  ;)

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Written By: nally on 02/13/21 at 11:57 am

On topic: American actor George Segal turns 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/13/21 at 2:30 pm

Retired film & tv actress Kim Novak turns 88 years old today.

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Written By: Contigo on 02/13/21 at 3:31 pm

This is an interesting thread for me, because I thought half of the celebs here still alive, died a long time ago.  ;D I'm happy for them they are still around and kicking, it's better than the alternative ;D

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/13/21 at 6:13 pm

This is an interesting thread for me, because I thought half of the celebs here still alive, died a long time ago.  ;D I'm happy for them they are still around and kicking, it's better than the alternative ;D


Strangely enough, it’s usually not a long time after a celebrity gets acknowledged here that they end up on the Celebrity Deaths log.

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Written By: nally on 02/14/21 at 11:40 am

Strangely enough, it’s usually not a long time after a celebrity gets acknowledged here that they end up on the Celebrity Deaths log.

as well as the 'Dead People Birthdays For Today' thread.

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Written By: nally on 02/14/21 at 11:40 am

Anyways, happy 89th birthday to Swedish actress Harriet Andersson.

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Written By: nally on 02/15/21 at 10:44 am

British actress Claire Bloom turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/17/21 at 1:30 pm

Former pro baseball personality Roger Craig turns 91 today. During his playing career he was a pitcher in the 1950s and 1960s. After retiring from playing, he became a coach (mainly for the San Diego Padres; in fact he was one of the team's inaugural coaches in 1969) and a manager (briefly for the Padres in the late 1970s, and then for the San Francisco Giants from 1985-1992).

He won two World Series rings with the Dodgers franchise (1955 in Brooklyn, 1959 in Los Angeles), and another one with the St. Louis Cardinals (1964). He won a fourth one as a coach in 1984 with the Detroit Tigers, who beat his former team, the Padres, in that series.

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Written By: nally on 02/17/21 at 1:33 pm

Christina Pickles, English-American actress turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/18/21 at 2:03 pm

Happy 88th birthday to Yoko Ono.

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Written By: nally on 02/19/21 at 2:07 pm

Today we can wish Smokey Robinson a happy 81st birthday! O0

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/19/21 at 3:18 pm

British actress Claire Bloom turns 90 years old today.


She was hot in High Plains Drifter.

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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 02/19/21 at 4:58 pm

Loverboy guitarist Paul Warren Dean is 75 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/20/21 at 12:41 pm

Bob Richards, American Olympic track-and-field athlete turns 95 years old today.

He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the only male two-time champion in the event in Olympic history.

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Written By: nally on 02/20/21 at 12:45 pm

Actor Sidney Poitier is 94 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/20/21 at 12:47 pm

Happy 87th birthday to American race car driver Bobby Unser. He is a member of the Unser automobile racing family. Al Sr., Jerry, and Louis are his brothers. Robby is his son. Al Jr. and Johnny are his nephews.

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Written By: nally on 02/20/21 at 12:49 pm

Buffy Sainte-Marie, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer, is 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/24/21 at 11:31 am

Happy 90th birthday to American actor/musician Dominic Chianese.

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Written By: nally on 02/24/21 at 11:33 am

Joanie Sommers, American singer & actress, turns 80 today. Her signature hit was the 1962 top-10 single "Johnny Get Angry."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/21 at 3:06 am

Herb Elliott, Australian 1500 metres runner, turns 83 today.

He is arguably the world's greatest middle distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3.36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. In the 1500 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he won the gold medal and bettered his own world record with a time of 3:35.6.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/21 at 7:38 am

David Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, British film producer and educator, environmentalist and member of the House of Lords, turns 80 today.

His productions include Chariots of Fire, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local Hero, Midnight Express and Memphis Belle. He sits on the Labour benches in the House of Lords, although he is not principally a politician. In 2019 he was appointed chair to the select committee on democracy and digital technologies. The committee published its findings in its Digital Technology & the Resurrection of Trust report in June 2020. 

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/25/21 at 3:16 pm

Tom Courtenay, award-winning English actor, turns 84 today.

After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Courtenay achieved prominence in the 1960s with a series of acclaimed film roles, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962)⁠, for which he received the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles⁠, and Doctor Zhivago (1965), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Other notable film roles during this period include Billy Liar (1963), King and Country (1964), for which he was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival, King Rat (1965), and The Night of the Generals.

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Written By: nally on 02/26/21 at 6:28 pm

Happy 90th birthday to English actress Josephine Tewson.

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Written By: nally on 02/27/21 at 12:26 pm

Today is the 91st birthday of actress Joanne Woodward.

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Written By: nally on 02/27/21 at 12:26 pm

American character actress Barbara Babcock turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/27/21 at 2:34 pm

American character actress Barbara Babcock turns 84 years old today.


I always have had a thing for red heads.  :P

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Written By: nally on 03/01/21 at 11:32 am

Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor is 94 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/01/21 at 3:29 pm

Harry Belafonte, American singer-songwriter and actor is 94 years old today.


Father of Shari Belafonte-Harper.  :-*

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Written By: nally on 03/01/21 at 3:56 pm

Father of Shari Belafonte-Harper.  :-*

That's true, many of these older celebs have offspring who are also famous.

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Written By: nally on 03/02/21 at 4:57 pm

Mikhail Gorbachev, the final leader of the Soviet Union, turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/03/21 at 1:45 pm

Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese soldier and politician who was the 52nd Prime Minister of Japan, turns 97 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/04/21 at 2:05 pm

Happy 83rd birthday to actress Paula Prentiss.

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Written By: nally on 03/05/21 at 10:50 pm

Happy 91st birthday to Del Crandall, an American baseball player and manager. A native of Ontario, California, he played mostly for the Braves franchise (starting in 1949 when they were in Boston, ending in 1963 when they were in Milwaukee). He later managed the Milwaukee Brewers for a few years in the 1970s.

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Written By: nally on 03/06/21 at 12:19 pm

William H. Webster - an American attorney and jurist who most recently served as Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council - turns 97 today.

He held the position of Chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2005 until 2020, a span of 15 years. Before that, he was United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri in the early 1960s, the very first Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (early 1970s), Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (1973-1978), 3rd Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1978-1987), and the 14th Director of Central Intelligence (1987-1991).

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Written By: nally on 03/07/21 at 10:40 am

Willard Scott, American television personality and actor, turns 87 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/07/21 at 12:33 pm

Willard Scott, American television personality and actor, turns 87 years old today.


He was the original dude to portray Ronald McDonald.  8)

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Written By: nally on 03/07/21 at 2:00 pm

He was the original dude to portray Ronald McDonald.  8)

Interesting, I had not realised that.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/07/21 at 3:07 pm

He was the original dude to portray Ronald McDonald.  8)



Interesting, I had not realised that.


That’s where I come in...  ;)

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Written By: nally on 03/09/21 at 12:55 pm

Joyce Van Patten, American actress, turns 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/09/21 at 12:56 pm

...and happy 88th birthday to R&B singer Lloyd Price.

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Written By: nally on 03/09/21 at 12:57 pm

Country music singer Mickey Gilley is 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/10/21 at 2:06 pm

Actor Chuck Norris turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/10/21 at 2:06 pm

Dean Ormsby Torrence, the surviving half of surf-rock duo Jan & Dean, also turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/10/21 at 10:45 pm

Also happy 83rd birthday to American guitarist Norman Blake.

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Written By: nally on 03/11/21 at 2:04 pm

Rupert Murdoch - Australian-born American media mogul - turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/11/21 at 10:50 pm

Longtime ABC newsman Sam Donaldson turns 87 today. He served as the network's Chief White House Correspondent twice, from 1977-1989 and again from 1998-1999.

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Written By: nally on 03/12/21 at 11:34 pm

Happy 89th birthday to American activist Andrew Young, who was the 14th U.S. Ambassador to the U.N.

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Written By: nally on 03/12/21 at 11:35 pm

Actress Barbara Feldon turns 88 today. She was probably best known for her role as Agent Ninety-Nine on the spy sitcom Get Smart.

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Written By: nally on 03/12/21 at 11:36 pm

Francisco J. Ayala, an evolutionary biologist and philosopher originally from Spain, turns 87 today. He gained American citizenship half a century ago.

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Written By: nally on 03/13/21 at 10:41 am

American cartoonist Al Jaffee turns 100 today. He is notable for his work in the satirical magazine Mad, including his trademark feature, the Mad Fold-in. Jaffee was a regular contributor to the magazine for 65 years and is its longest-running contributor.

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Written By: nally on 03/13/21 at 10:43 am

American musician Neil Sedaka turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/13/21 at 4:03 pm

Actress Barbara Feldon turns 88 today. She was probably best known for her role as Agent Ninety-Nine on the spy sitcom Get Smart.


She’s still as hot as ever.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/21 at 11:47 am

Michael Caine, English actor and author, turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/21 at 11:49 am

Naina Yeltsina, the widow of late Russian president Boris Yeltsin, turns 89 today. She was married to Boris from 1956 until his death in 2007. She was the first First Lady of Russia, from 1991 through the end of 1999.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/21 at 9:54 pm

Michael Caine, English actor and author, turns 88 today.


American musician Quincy Jones also turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/15/21 at 6:04 pm

Mike Love, lead vocalist of the surf rock band The Beach Boys, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/15/21 at 7:10 pm

Phil Lesh, bass guitarist of rock band The Grateful Dead, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/15/21 at 7:11 pm

American actor Judd Hirsch, who has taken on a number of TV roles in his career, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/16/21 at 10:50 am

TV host Chuck Woolery is 80 years old today.

He is primarily known for hosting game shows, but he also had a career in music early in his adult life; in the 1960s he was a member of a folk duo known as the Avant-Garde, which scored a hit with "Naturally Stoned" in 1968.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/21 at 4:33 am

John Kander, American composer, turns 94 today.

Known largely for his work in the musical theater. As part of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb (featuring lyricist Fred Ebb), Kander wrote the scores for 15 musicals, including Cabaret (1966) and Chicago (1975), both of which were later adapted into acclaimed films. He and Ebb also wrote the standard "New York, New York" (also known as "Theme from New York, New York").

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/21 at 5:05 am

F. W. de Klerk (Frederik Willem de Klerk), South African lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 85 today.

He served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as Deputy President from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule, he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a conservative and an economic liberal, he led the National Party from 1989 to 1997. He is the recipient of a wide range of awards—including the Nobel Peace Prize—he was widely praised for dismantling apartheid and bringing universal suffrage to South Africa.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/21 at 5:39 am

Ron Atkinson, English football player and manager, turns 82 today.

In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was one of Britain's best-known football pundits. He spent his playing career at Oxford United, where he still holds the club record for appearances. As a manager, he won the FA Cup with Manchester United in 1983 and 1985 and the Football League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991 and Aston Villa in 1994.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/21 at 6:42 am

Fidel V. Ramos, Filipino general and politician, turns 93 today.

He served as the 12th president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998. He is the only career military officer who reached the rank of five-star general/admiral de jure who rose from second lieutenant up to commander-in-chief of the armed forces. During his six years in office, Ramos was widely credited and admired by many for revitalizing and renewing international confidence in the Philippine economy. At age 92, he is currently the oldest living former Philippine president.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/21 at 7:09 am

Ole Barndorff-Nielsen, Danish mathematician and statistician, turns 86 today.

He became interested in statistics when, as a student of actuarial mathematics, he worked part-time at the Department of Biostatistics of the Danish State Serum Institute. He graduated from the University of Aarhus (Denmark) in 1960, where he has spent most of his academic life, and where he became professor of statistics in 1973. However, in 1962-1963 and 1963-1964 he stayed at the University of Minnesota and Stanford University, respectively, and from August 1974 to February 1975 he was an Overseas Fellow at Churchill College, Cambridge, and visitor at Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge University.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/18/21 at 7:19 am

Carl Gottlieb, American screenwriter, actor, comedian and executive, turns 83 today.

He is probably best known for co-writing the screenplay for Jaws and its first two sequels, as well as directing the 1981 film Caveman.

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Written By: nally on 03/19/21 at 6:16 pm

Happy 85th birthday to Swiss actress (and former model) Ursula Andress.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/21 at 1:06 pm

Patrick "Pat" Corrales, retired Major League Baseball personality, turns 80 today. He was a catcher for four different teams during his playing career (1964-1973); his managerial career spanned from 1978-1987 with three different teams; he was also on the coaching staff of four different teams (1976 into 1978, and again from 1989-2011).

He was the first person of Mexican descent to be a MLB manager.
He was also the first manager to be fired while his team was in first place: in 1983 he was managing the Phillies; they had a record of 43-42 and decided to let him go. The Cleveland Indians hired him shortly thereafter, making him only the fourth manager to manage in both the NL and AL in the same calendar year.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/21 at 1:11 pm

American writer Lois Lowry turns 84 years old today. She is mainly known for writing children's books and young adult novels.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/21 at 1:12 pm

Actor Hal Linden turns 90 today.

His original last name is one we can't say on here, because it has a substring that is a swearword. No wonder he decided to change it!

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/20/21 at 1:18 pm

Actor Hal Linden turns 90 today.

His original last name is one we can't say on here, because it has a substring that is a swearword. No wonder he decided to change it!


Hal Lipsh*tz kinda had a nice ring to it.

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Written By: nally on 03/21/21 at 11:09 am

Kathleen Widdoes, American actress turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 1:30 am

E. D. Hirsch (Eric Donald Hirsch Jr), American educator and academic literary critic, turns 93 today.

He is professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. In the 1960s Hirsch's Validity in Interpretation made an important contribution to contemporary literary theory and established him as "the founder of contemporary intentionalism," defending the notion of objectivity in humanistic studies and distinguishing between the "meaning" of a text, which relates to understanding and does not change, and its "significance", which relates to explanation and changes over time. In popular culture Hirsch is best known for his work on cultural literacy, and is the founder and chairman of the Core Knowledge Foundation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 4:49 am

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese contemporary artist, turns 92 today.

She works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 6:16 am

William Shatner, Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer, who cannot sing, turns 90 today.

In his seven decades of acting, he became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. Shatner has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe, and a series of science fiction novels called TekWar, that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986) and hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 11:02 am

Pat Robertson, American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, former Republican presidential candidate, and former Southern Baptist minister, turns 91 today.

He advocates a conservative Christian ideology and is known for his past activities in Republican party politics. He is associated with the Charismatic Movement within Protestant evangelicalism. He serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). He appears daily on The 700 Club, CBN's flagship television program.

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Written By: nally on 03/22/21 at 11:29 am

William Shatner, Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer, who cannot sing, turns 90 today.

In his seven decades of acting, he became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. Shatner has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe, and a series of science fiction novels called TekWar, that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986) and hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series.


I've never known him to sing anyways. Basically I know him for his acting. O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 11:41 am

I've never known him to sing anyways. Basically I know him for his acting. O0
He (William Shatner), made an infamous cover of The Beatles "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 1:01 pm

Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter, turns 91 today.

One of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, Sondheim has been praised for having “reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackle "unexpected themes that range far beyond the traditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication." His shows have been acclaimed for addressing "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience," with songs often tinged with "ambivalence" about various aspects of life. His best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). He is also known for writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). He has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer), a Special Tony Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 2:47 pm

May Britt (born Maybritt Wilkens), Swedish actress, turns 87 today.

She had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She was married to American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. from 1960 to 1968. In the late 1950s, Britt relocated to Hollywood after signing with 20th Century Fox. She starred in a few movies, including The Young Lions (1958) with Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, The Hunters (1958) with Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner and Murder, Inc. (1960) with Peter Falk, as well as a much-criticized remake of The Blue Angel (1959) in the legendary role first created by Marlene Dietrich in 1930.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 3:29 pm

Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 80 today.

With singer Chad Stuart formed Chad & Jeremy that were a folk duo who became popular during the British Invasion. They also appeared on The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Patty Duke Show, and Batman. Their first single was "Yesterday's Gone", a Stuart composition that became their only hit record in the UK, reaching No. 37 in December 1963.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 5:22 pm

M. Emmet Walsh, American character actor and comedian, turns 86 today.

He has appeared in over 200 films and television series, including in small but important supporting roles in dozens of major studio features of the 1970s and 1980s. He starred in Blood Simple (1984), the Coen Brothers' first film, which resulted in him winning the Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead. He also appeared in Carl Reiner's comedy The Jerk (1979), Robert Redford's drama Ordinary People (1980), Ridley Scott's science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), Barry Sonnenfeld's steampunk western Wild Wild West (1999) and Brad Bird's animated film The Iron Giant (1999).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/21 at 5:23 pm

Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-British singer-songwriter and musician, turns 85 today.

He was born in Nairobi to English parents. His music is an eclectic mix of folk music and popular songs in addition to radio airplay hits. He is best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability as well as his guitar skills. He is widely known for his version of "Wind Beneath My Wings" (1982), as well as his own compositions "Durham Town (The Leavin')" (1969) and "I Don't Believe in 'If' Anymore" (1970). American audiences are most familiar with his 1970 hit "New World in the Morning" and his 1975 hit "The Last Farewell", the latter of which is his only single to hit the Billboard Hot 100 (it made the Top 20) and also hit No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/22/21 at 6:42 pm

Pat Robertson, American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, former Republican presidential candidate, and former Southern Baptist minister, turns 91 today.

He advocates a conservative Christian ideology and is known for his past activities in Republican party politics. He is associated with the Charismatic Movement within Protestant evangelicalism. He serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). He appears daily on The 700 Club, CBN's flagship television program.


He may “advocate a Christian theology”, but back in the early 2000s, he was rubbing elbows with convicted Liberian war criminal Charles Taylor, in a gold mining enterprise.

A jag off that I used to work with, who was a flunkie at my company for years, essentially oversold his resume to Robertson, and got in on the action. I always thought the guy was a shmuck and when he set up with Robertson and Taylor, that was confirmation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/21 at 1:39 am

Neal Edward Smith, American politician, turns 100 today.

He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for the Democratic Party from Iowa from 1959 until 1995—the longest-serving Iowan in the United States House of Representatives.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/21 at 2:25 am

Olga Kennard (née Weisz), British scientist specialising in crystallography, and founder of the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, turns 97 today.

Her research focused on determining the structures of organic molecules, including the first three dimensional structure of adenosine triphosphate and particularly the different forms of DNA. Together with JD Bernal she believed in the value of collating scientific data in a central archive, this began the Cambridge Structural Database (CSD), collating crystal structures of mainly organic molecules. Kennard was also involved, at CSD, in the founding of the Protein Data Bank, and of the EMBL nucleotide sequence data library (later, European Nucleotide Archive).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/21 at 5:19 am

Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player, turns 89 today.

He played in the National Hockey League from 1951 to 1972. During this time, he played for the New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. While with Montreal, Don won five Stanley Cups 1956-57-58-59-60. Marshall played 1176 career NHL games, scoring 265 goals and 324 assists for 589 points.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/21 at 7:21 am

Barry Cryer, English writer, comedian and actor, turns 86 today.

He has written for many noted performers, including Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Sir Bruce Forsyth, Sir David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Spike Milligan, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise. He also wrote episodes for the television comedy series Doctor in the House.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/21 at 7:47 am

Robert Gallo, American biomedical researcher, turne 84 today.

He is best known for his role in the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/21 at 8:14 am

Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University, turns 88 today.

He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later severely criticised for both ethical and scientific reasons. He has authored various introductory psychology textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. He is also the founder and president of the Heroic Imagination Project.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/21 at 1:54 am

Byron Janis American classical pianist, turns 93 today.

He made several recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips series Great Pianists of the 20th Century. His discography covers repertoire from Bach to David W. Guion and includes major piano concertos from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Liszt to Prokofiev.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/21 at 3:45 am

Alex Olmedo, Peruvian-American tennis player, turns 85 today.

He was listed by the USTA as a "foreign" player for 1958, but as a U.S. player for 1959. He helped win the Davis Cup for the United States in 1958 and was the No. 2 ranked amateur in 1959. Olmedo won two Majors in 1959 (Australia and Wimbledon) and the U.S. Pro Championships in 1960, and was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/21 at 4:19 am

Bob Mackie, American fashion designer and costumer, turns 81 today.

Best known for his dressing of entertainment icons such as Ann-Margret, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Diahann Carroll, Carol Channing, Cher, Marlene Dietrich, Barbara Eden, Lola Falana, Judy Garland, Mitzi Gaynor, Elton John, Bette Midler, Liza Minnelli, Marie Osmond, Joan Rivers, Diana Ross, RuPaul, Tina Turner, Sylvie Vartan, Vanna White, and Alison Scoffins. He was the costume designer for all the performers on The Carol Burnett Show during its entire eleven-year run, and designed the costumes for its spinoff, Mama's Family, and for the 1993 television adaptation of Gypsy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/21 at 4:21 am

American actor George Segal turns 87 years old today.
Sadly George Segal passed away yesterday.  :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/21 at 3:16 am

Jim Lovell, American astronaut, naval aviator, and mechanical engineer, turns 93 today.

In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became one of the first three humans to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission which, after a critical failure en route, circled around the Moon and returned safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control. Lovell had previously flown on two Gemini missions, Gemini 7 in 1965 and Gemini 12 in 1966. He was the first person to fly into space four times. One of 24 people to have flown to the Moon, Lovell was the first person to fly to it twice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/21 at 8:58 am

Humphrey Burton, English classical music television presenter, broadcaster, TV director, producer, impresario, lecturer and biographer of musicians, turns 90 today.

He helped spearhead the BBC's preparation for the opening of BBC2, launched in April 1964, and the following year was appointed the BBC's first Head of Music and Arts 1965–67. In 1965 he won BAFTA's top award of the year (then SFTA) for creativity in music programming; credits include The Golden Ring, Elgar (producer), Master Class and Workshop. He then worked for eight years in commercial television, being one of the founder members of London Weekend Television, where after a spell as head of Drama, Arts and Music he resigned from management and devised, edited and presented the award-winning arts series Aquarius (1970–75), the forerunner of The South Bank Show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/25/21 at 1:55 pm

Tom Monaghan, American entrepreneur, turns 84 today.

He founded Domino's Pizza in 1960. He owned the Detroit Tigers from 1983 to 1992. Monaghan also owns the Domino's Farms Office Park, located in the Ann Arbor Charter Township, Michigan, which he first started building during 1984.

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Written By: nally on 03/26/21 at 4:46 pm

Current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/30/21 at 6:33 pm

Actor John Astin turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/30/21 at 6:35 pm

Australian singer-songwriter Rolf Harris is also 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/30/21 at 6:37 pm

Happy 84th birthday to Warren Beatty, an American actor/director/producer/screenwriter.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/30/21 at 6:55 pm

Actor John Astin turns 91 today.


Husband to Patty Duke Astin, and adoptive father of Sean “Rudy” Astin.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 1:25 am

Australian singer-songwriter Rolf Harris is also 91 today.
In the UK, he is a fallen celebrit.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 1:26 am

William Daniels, American actor, turns 94 today.

Known for his roles as Dr. Mark Craig in the NBC drama St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Emmy Awards, and as George Feeny in the ABC sitcom Boy Meets World. He was president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1999 to 2001. He is also associated with his performances as the father of Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in The Graduate (1967), as Howard in Two for the Road, as John Adams in the 1972 musical film 1776, as Carter Nash in Captain Nice, and as the voice of KITT in Knight Rider. In 2014, he returned to his role as Mr. Feeny in Girl Meets World, the sequel to Boy Meets World

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 2:15 am

John Jakes, American historical fiction, turns 89 today.

His Civil War trilogy, North and South, has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Family Chronicles. He has used the pen name Jay Scotland.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 4:47 am

Richard Chamberlain, American actor and singer, turns 87 today.

He became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961–1966). He subsequently appeared in several TV mini-series, such as Shōgun (1980) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and was the first to play Jason Bourne in the 1988 made-for-TV movie The Bourne Identity. Chamberlain has also performed classical stage roles and worked in musical theatre.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 7:43 am

Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Spanish Cardinal of the Catholic Church, turns 94 today.

On 5 April 1993 Martínez was named Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, an office of special importance when the papacy is vacant. He served in that position until his 80th birthday. He was the acting sovereign of Vatican City from the death of Pope John Paul II to the election of Pope Benedict XVI. Martínez retired as Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life on 11 February 2004. He participated as a Cardinal elector in the 2005 Papal conclave, but he lost the right to participate in future conclaves on his 80th birthday. On his 80th birthday he also ceased to be Camerlengo, and was succeeded in that post by Tarcisio Bertone, who also served as Secretary of State.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 9:33 am

Shirley Jones, American actress and singer, turns 87 today.

In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 12:45 pm

Herb Alpert, American trumpeter, turns 86 today.

He led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. His career highlights as a musician include recording five No. 1 albums; charting 28 albums on the Billboard magazine album chart; achieving sales of 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums; and earning nine Grammy Awards. He has sold 72 million records worldwide. Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love With You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 2:51 pm

Marge Piercy, American poet and novelist, turns 85 today.

Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller, a sweeping historical novel set during World War II. Piercy's work is rooted in her Jewish heritage, Communist social and political activism, and feminist ideals.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/31/21 at 4:45 pm

Carlo Rubbia, Italian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 87 today.

He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Simon van der Meer for work leading to the discovery of the W and Z particles at CERN.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/31/21 at 6:11 pm

Shirley Jones, American actress and singer, turns 87 today.

In her six decades in show business, she has starred as wholesome characters in a number of musical films, such as Oklahoma! (1955), Carousel (1956), and The Music Man (1962). She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing a vengeful prostitute in Elmer Gantry (1960). She played the lead role of Shirley Partridge, the widowed mother of five children, in the musical situation-comedy television series The Partridge Family (1970–1974), which co-starred her real-life stepson, David Cassidy, son of Jack Cassidy.


She is also an heiress to the Jones Brewing Company fortune.  8)

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Written By: nally on 03/31/21 at 6:33 pm

Herb Alpert, American trumpeter, turns 86 today.

He led Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. His career highlights as a musician include recording five No. 1 albums; charting 28 albums on the Billboard magazine album chart; achieving sales of 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums; and earning nine Grammy Awards. He has sold 72 million records worldwide. Alpert is the only musician to hit No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop chart as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love With You", 1968) and an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).

O0

I knew he primarily performed instrumental songs, but yes, he also sang on a few. :)

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Jonathan Haze (born Jack Schachter), American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager, turns 92 today.

He is best known for his work in Roger Corman films, especially the 1960 black comedy cult classic, The Little Shop of Horrors, in which he played florist's assistant Seymour Krelboined.

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Milan Kundera, Czech-born novelist, poet, and playwright, turn 92 today.

He went into exile in France in 1975, becoming a naturalised French citizen in 1981. Kundera's Czechoslovak citizenship was revoked in 1979. He received Czech citizenship in 2019. He "sees himself as a French writer and insists his work should be studied as French literature and classified as such in book stores". Kundera's best-known work is The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Prior to the Velvet Revolution of 1989, the communist régime in Czechoslovakia banned his books. He leads a low-profile life and rarely speaks to the media. He was thought to be a contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was also a nominee for other awards.

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Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce), American actress, singer, and dancer, turns 92 today.

She rose to fame in the mid-1940s with roles in various Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. As a teenager, she relocated to Los Angeles, California, where she signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Powell's vocal, dancing, and acting talents were utilized for lead and supporting roles in musicals such as A Date with Judy (1948, with friend Elizabeth Taylor), Royal Wedding (1951, with Fred Astaire), Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954, with Howard Keel) and Hit the Deck (1955). By the late 1950s, her film career slowed, leading her to transition to theatre with performances in various touring shows as well as two Broadway productions. In 1985, Powell relocated with her fifth husband, former child star Dickie Moore (who died in 2015), to New York City and Wilton, Connecticut, where she is occasionally active in local theatre.

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Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Algerian-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 88 today.

He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips for research in methods of laser cooling and trapping atoms. Currently he is still an active researcher, working at the École normale supérieure (Paris).

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Ali MacGraw, American actress and activist, turns 82 today.

She gained attention with her role in the film Goodbye, Columbus (1969), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. She gained an international profile for her role in the film Love Story (1970), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 1972, MacGraw was voted the top female box office star in the world and was honored with a hands and footprints ceremony at Grauman's Chinese Theatre after having been in just three films. She went on to star in the popular action films The Getaway (1972) and Convoy (1978) as well as the romantic sports drama Players (1979), the comedy Just Tell Me What You Want (1980), and the historical novel-based television miniseries The Winds of War (1983). On October 24, 1969, MacGraw married film producer Robert Evans and their son, Josh Evans, is an actor, director, producer and screenwriter. They divorced in 1972 after she became involved in a public affair with Steve McQueen on the set of The Getaway. She married McQueen on July 13, 1973, in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and divorced him in 1978.

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Jordan Charney, American actor, turns 84 today.

Many of his earliest roles were on daytime television, with appearances in numerous soaps. Jordan created the role of creepy Julian Dark in the early to mid-1960s on the CBS soap, The Secret Storm. He played Sam Lucas, a former convict who became a lawyer, in both Another World and its spin-off Somerset, playing the role from 1967 to 1974. He also appeared as Lt. Vince Wolek on One Life to Live (1975–1977). Other roles were on Love of Life and All My Children. Charney portrayed newspaper editor Ted Bergman in the 1977 CBS series The Andros Targets. In 1980, he played Capt. Roger Westerby, an old flame of Corabeth Godsey, in a season eight episode of The Waltons. He had a recurring role as Frank Angelino, Jack Tripper's boss, on Three's Company (1981–1983). He is often cast as a judge, attorney, prison warden, or police officer. He has made appearances on Falcon Crest, Dynasty, Night Court and 100 Centre Street, among many other series. He can also be seen in the recurring role of Judge Donald Karan on Law & Order. Charney has also appeared in such films as The Hospital, Network, and Ghostbusters, and can be heard in several episodes of the CBS Radio Mystery Theater.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/01/21 at 7:20 pm

Ali MacGraw, American actress and activist, turns 82 today.


And she’s as smokin’ hot as ever.  :-*

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/21 at 1:12 am

Gloria Henry (born Gloria Eileen McEniry), American actress, turns 98 today.

Best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom Dennis the Menace.

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Roy Masters, English-American radio host of a talk radio counseling show Advice Line, turns 93 today.

He is an author and creator of a type of mindfulness meditation exercise, which has appeared in his books and recordings. Masters is the founder of the Oregon non-profit organization, the Foundation of Human Understanding.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/02/21 at 5:32 am

Gloria Henry (born Gloria Eileen McEniry), American actress, turns 98 today.

Best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom Dennis the Menace.


Jay North, who played Dennis, will be 70 years old later this year.  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/21 at 7:23 am

Roddy Maude-Roxby, English actor, turns 91 today.

He has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's The Aristocats, where he voiced the evil butler Edgar Balthazar (his only voice role); Unconditional Love; and Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart, playing Thompson.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/21 at 8:00 am

Al Weis, American professional baseball player, turns 83 today.

He played in Major League Baseball as an infielder from 1962 to 1971 for the Chicago White Sox and the New York Mets. A light-hitting batter with only seven career home runs, he is notable for hitting a dramatic home run in Game 5 of the 1969 World Series. He was a switch hitter until the end of the 1968 season, after which he batted exclusively right-handed.

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Anthony Lake, American diplomat and political advisor, turns 82 today.

He served as the 18th United States National Security Advisor from 1993 to 1997 and as the 6th Executive Director of UNICEF from 2010 to 2017.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/21 at 11:09 am

Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater, turn 81 today.

He is the 1962 World Champion, four-time Canadian national champion, and 1960 Olympic bronze medallist. At the 1962 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he landed the first triple Lutz jump in international competition and won the world title.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/21 at 11:25 am

Lise Thibault, Canadian politician, turns 82 today.

She served as the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec from 1997 to 2007 and later spent six months in jail for misuse of public funds and ordered to repay the government.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/21 at 1:08 pm

Dame Penelope Keith, English actress and presenter, active in all genres, including radio, stage, television and film, turns 81 today.

Primarily known for her roles in the British sitcoms The Good Life and To the Manor Born. She succeeded Lord Olivier as president of the Actors' Benevolent Fund after his death in 1989, and was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2014 New Year Honours for services to the arts and to charity.

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Written By: nally on 04/02/21 at 1:10 pm

Happy 80th birthday to American radio host Dr. Demento (real name: Barret Eugene "Barry" Hansen).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/02/21 at 1:43 pm

James "Sonny" Throckmorton, American country music singer and songwriter, turns 80 today.

Known primarily for his songwriting, Throckmorton has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had minor success as a recording artist, having released two major-label albums: The Last Cheater's Waltz in 1978 on Mercury Records and Southern Train in 1986 on Warner Bros. Records. Throckmorton is a member of the Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame, and has been awarded Songwriter of the Year by both Broadcast Music Incorporated and the Nashville Songwriters Association International.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/21 at 12:40 am

Poul Schlüter, Danish politician, turns 92 today.

He served as Prime Minister of Denmark from 1982 to 1993. He was the first member of the Conservative People's Party to become Prime Minister, as well as the first conservative to hold the office since 1901.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/21 at 1:18 am

Bob Dornan, American politician, turns 88 today.

A Republican, Dornan served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1983 and from 1985 to 1997. He unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for president of the United States in 1996.

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Dame Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist, turns 87 today.

Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 60-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees since she first went to Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania in 1960, where she witnessed human-like behaviours amongst chimpanzees, including armed conflict. In April 2002, she was named a UN Messenger of Peace. In 2003, she received the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, presented by His Royal Highness Prince Charles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/21 at 6:14 am

Pamela Allen (née Griffiths), New Zealand children's writer and illustrator, turns 87 today.

She has published over 50 picture books since 1980. Sales of her books have exceeded five million copies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/21 at 7:26 am

Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg), American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer, turns 83 today.

Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are "Do Wah Diddy Diddy", "Da Doo Ron Ron", "Then He Kissed Me", "Be My Baby", "Chapel of Love", and "River Deep - Mountain High" (all written with his then-wife Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector); "Leader of the Pack" (written with Greenwich and Shadow Morton); "Sugar, Sugar" (written with Andy Kim); "Without Us" (written with Tom Scott).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/03/21 at 7:38 am

Paul Craig Roberts, American economist and author, turns 82 today.

He formerly held a sub-cabinet office in the United States federal government as well as teaching positions at several U.S. universities. He is a promoter of supply-side economics and an opponent of recent U.S. foreign policy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 12:32 am

Estelle Harris (née Nussbaum), American actress, turns 93 today.

Known for her exaggerated shrill, grating voice. She is best known for her roles as Estelle Costanza on Seinfeld, the voice of Mrs. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise, Muriel in The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and Mama Gunda in Tarzan II.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 1:00 am

Monty Norman (born Monty Noserovitch), English singer and film composer, turns 93 today.

Best known for composing the "James Bond Theme". In the 1950s and early 1960s, Norman was a singer for big bands such as those of Cyril Stapleton, Stanley Black, Ted Heath, and Nat Temple. He also sang in various variety shows, sharing top billing with other singers and comedy stars such as Benny Hill, Harry Secombe, Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Harry Worth, Tommy Cooper, Jimmy James, Tony Hancock, Jimmy Edwards, and Max Miller. One of his songs, "False Hearted Lover", was successful internationally.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 2:58 am

Catherine Tizard, New Zealand politician, turns 90 today.

She served as Mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first woman to hold either office.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 4:13 am

Clive Davis, American record producer, A&R executive, music industry executive, and lawyer, turns 89 today.

He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer. From 1967 to 1973, Davis was the president of Columbia Records. He was the founder and president of Arista Records from 1975 through 2000 until founding J Records. From 2002 until April 2008, Davis was the chair and CEO of the RCA Music Group (which included RCA Records, J Records and Arista Records), chair and CEO of J Records, and chair and CEO of BMG North America.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 7:42 am

Johanna Reiss (born Johanna "Annie" de Leeuw), Dutch-American writer and longtime resident of New York City, turns 89 today.

Her most recent work, A Hidden Life, was published by Melville House Publishing in January 2009. In her books, Reiss has presented her childhood experience as a Jewish girl in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 11:28 am

Brian Hewson, English middle-distance runner, turns 88 today.

He represented Great Britain at the 1956 and 1960 Olympics. He won the gold medal in the 1500 metres at the 1958 European Championships. Hewson was one of the first men to run a four-minute mile, clocking 3:59.8 at the White City Stadium in London on 28 May 1955. As he placed third to László Tábori and Chris Chataway, he became the first to run a mile in less than four minutes and not finish in the top two; before that race, only Roger Bannister and John Landy had run a four-minute mile.

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JoAnne Carner, American former professional golfer, turns 82 today.

Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to win three different USGA championship events. Tiger Woods is the only man to have won the equivalent three USGA titles. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Carol Semple Thompson have also won three different USGA titles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 2:59 pm

Darlene Hooley, American politician, turns 82 today.

A former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's 5th congressional district. A high school teacher by profession, she served as a city councilwoman, state legislator, and county commissioner in Oregon before being elected to the House in 1996. In her post-congressional career, she remains engaged in civic life in Oregon and works as a strategic planning consultant.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 3:42 am

Roger Corman, American film director, producer, and actor, turns 95 today.

He has been called "The Pope of Pop Cinema" and is known as a trailblazer in the world of independent film. Many of Corman's films are based on works that have an already-established critical reputation, such as his cycle of low-budget cult films adapted from the tales of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 4:20 am

Ivar Giaever, Norwegian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 92 today.

He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson "for their discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in solids". Giaever's share of the prize was specifically for his "experimental discoveries regarding tunnelling phenomena in superconductors". Giaever is a professor emeritus at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the president of the company Applied Biophysics.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 5:23 am

Colin Powell, American politician, diplomat and retired four-star general, turn 84 today.

He served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. Powell was the first African-American Secretary of State. Prior to the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008, Powell and his successor, Condoleezza Rice, were the highest-ranking African Americans in the history of the federal executive branch (by virtue of the Secretary of State standing fourth in the presidential line of succession). Powell served as the 16th United States National Security Advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 7:00 am

Tommy Cash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 81 today.

His elder brother was Johnny Cash. After high school graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and worked as a DJ for the American Forces Radio Network. After the Army, Cash played with Hank Williams Jr., and eventually gained a record deal from Musicor Records in 1965. A year later, he joined United Artists Records and just missed the Country Top 40 in 1968 with "The Sounds of Goodbye." In late 1969, while on Epic Records, he delivered his biggest hit, a tune dedicated to John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., entitled "Six White Horses". 1970 saw a pair of Top Ten singles, "One Song Away" and "Rise and Shine", written by Carl Perkins. Cash's final top 20 hit, "I Recall a Gypsy Woman", was released in 1973.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 8:33 am

Mary Costa, American singer and actress, turns 91 today.

Her most notable film credit is providing the voice of Princess Aurora in the 1959 Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty, for which she was named a Disney Legend in 1999. Costa is an operatic soprano. She is a recipient of the 2020 National Medal of Arts.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 10:10 am

April 5th 1934 – John Carey, British literary critic, 87 today.

A Professor of English Literature at the University of Oxford. He is known for his anti-elitist views on high culture, as expounded in several books. He has twice chaired the Booker Prize committee, in 1982 and 2004, and chaired the judging panel for the first Man Booker International Prize in 2005.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 11:06 am

Giovanni Cianfriglia, Italian actor, turns 86 today.

He debuted as the body double of Steve Reeves in Hercules, then he started appearing, often uncredited, as a stuntman in dozens of genre films. Since the second half of the sixties he starred in several adventure films and Spaghetti Westerns in leading roles using the stage name Ken Wood.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 11:54 am

Glenn Jordan, American director and producer, turns 85 today.

He has directed multiple episodes of Family and has helmed numerous television movies, several based on real persons as diverse as Benjamin Franklin, George Armstrong Custer, Lucille Ball, Christa McAuliffe, and Karen Ann Quinlan. His directing credits include small-screen adaptions of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Les Misérables, Hogan's Goat, Eccentricities of a Nightingale, A Streetcar Named Desire, O Pioneers!, and A Christmas Memory. Additional television directing credits include Heartsounds, Botticelli, Sarah, Plain and Tall, To Dance with the White Dog, Barbarians at the Gate, The Long Way Home, Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End, The Boys, and Jane's House. Jordan has directed three feature films: Only When I Laugh, The Buddy System, and Mass Appeal. Jordan has been nominated for thirteen Emmy Awards and won four, for producing the miniseries Benjamin Franklin, for producing and directing the Hallmark Hall of Fame production Promise, and for executive producing the HBO production Barbarians at the Gate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 12:53 pm

Joseph Lelyveld, American journalist and author, turns 84 today.

He was executive editor of the New York Times from 1994 to 2001, and interim executive editor in 2003 after the resignation of Howell Raines. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, and a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 1:40 pm

Gilles Proulx, Canadian journalist, historian, and radio host, turns 81 today.

His radio career began in 1962, and he would retire as talk radio host on CHMP-FM forty-six years later on August 7, 2008. A strong Quebec nationalist, he published 153 opinion columns in 2015–2020 in the Le Journal de Montréal.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/05/21 at 2:45 pm

Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian actor, turns 80 today.

He received an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award for his first acting role on American television as a Nazi SS officer in the 1978 mini-series Holocaust, as well as a Tony Award in 1974 for his performance in the play Find Your Way Home. He played Executive Assistant District Attorney Benjamin Stone for the first four seasons (1990–1994) of the television show Law & Order. Moriarty is also known for his roles in films such as Bang the Drum Slowly, Who'll Stop the Rain, Q: The Winged Serpent, The Stuff, Pale Rider, Troll, Courage Under Fire, and Shiloh.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/05/21 at 5:53 pm

Gloria Henry (born Gloria Eileen McEniry), American actress, turns 98 today.

Best known for her role as Alice Mitchell, Dennis’s mother, from 1959 to 1963 on the CBS family sitcom Dennis the Menace.


Turns out that sadly, Gloria bit it the day after her birthday.  :\'(

She joins former Dennis co-stars Herb Anderson, Billy Booth, Joseph Kearns, Sylvia Field, Gale Gordon, Sara Seegar, George Cisar in that great cast party in the sky.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/21 at 12:50 am

Turns out that sadly, Gloria bit it the day after her birthday.  :\'(

She joins former Dennis co-stars Herb Anderson, Billy Booth, Joseph Kearns, Sylvia Field, Gale Gordon, Sara Seegar, George Cisar in that great cast party in the sky.
Thank you for the update.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/21 at 12:50 am

Edmond H. Fischer, Swiss-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 101 today.

He and his collaborator Edwin G. Krebs were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1992 for describing how reversible phosphorylation works as a switch to activate proteins and regulate various cellular processes. From 2007 until 2014, he was the Honorary President of the World Cultural Council. He is the oldest living Nobel laureate at age 100.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/21 at 7:13 am

Sir James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 93 today.

In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the academic paper proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". In subsequent years, it has been recognized that Watson and his colleagues did not properly attribute colleague Rosalind Franklin for her contributions to the discovery of the double helix structure. He was made a Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 2002.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/21 at 10:14 am

Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer, turns 84 today.

He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s, and nearly forty years later in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the longest intervals between on screen portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/21 at 12:31 pm

Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli visual artist, turns 85 today.

She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhibited also in Germany and the Netherlands. She created modern and postmodern art and has engaged in realistic impressionism and lyrical abstract expressionism.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/21 at 1:05 am

Leonid Shcherbakov, Russian triple jumper, turns 94 today.

He won a silver medal at the 1952 Olympics. He broke the world record in 1953 and won the European title in 1950 and 1954. Domestically he won eight consecutive Soviet titles in 1949–56. After retiring from competitions, Shcherbakov worked at the Russian State University of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism, and later coached triple jumpers in Algeria and Cuba. His trainees included Pedro Pérez. In 1987 he was named an IAAF top 10 performer of all time in the triple jump.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/07/21 at 6:38 am

Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer, turns 84 today.

He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s, and nearly forty years later in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the longest intervals between on screen portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history.


The episode where he was on “The Jefferson’s” TV show is classic.  8)

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Written By: nally on 04/08/21 at 1:05 am

Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turned 86 today (he was born on April 7th 1935).

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Written By: nally on 04/08/21 at 1:08 am

Happy 82nd birthday to actor/producer Francis Ford Coppola.

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Written By: nally on 04/08/21 at 1:09 am

One more... former California governor Jerry Brown turned 83 today.

He served four terms as governor; two stints each consisting of a pair of terms. First from 1975 to 1983; then from 2011 to 2019.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/21 at 5:12 am

Shecky Greene (born Fred Sheldon Greenfield), American comedian, turns 95 today.

He is known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he became a headliner in the 1950s and '60s. He has appeared in several films, including Tony Rome, History of the World, Part I, and Splash. In television, he has guest-starred on such television shows as Love, American Style and Combat!, and later Laverne & Shirley and Mad About You.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/08/21 at 11:59 am

Dame Vivienne Westwood (née Swire), English fashion designer and businesswoman, turns 80 today.

She is largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream. In 2006, she was advanced from OBE to DBE in the New Year's Honours List "for services to fashion", and has twice earned the award for British Designer of the Year.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/21 at 7:09 am

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Philip Mountbatten; born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark), husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II, turns 99 today.

A member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born in Greece, but his family was exiled from the country when he was an infant. After being educated in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, he joined the British Royal Navy in 1939, aged 18. From July 1939, he began corresponding with the 13-year-old Princess Elizabeth, whom he had first met in 1934. During the Second World War he served with the Mediterranean and Pacific fleets. After the war, Philip was granted permission by King George VI to marry Elizabeth. Before the official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his Greek and Danish royal titles and became a naturalised British subject, adopting the surname Mountbatten from his maternal grandparents. He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was created Baron Greenwich, Earl of Merioneth and Duke of Edinburgh. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became monarch in 1952, having reached the rank of commander, and was formally made a British prince in 1957. Prince Philip and Queen Elizabeth have four children: Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward. He has eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Through a British Order in Council issued in 1960, descendants of Philip and Elizabeth not bearing royal styles and titles can use the surname Mountbatten-Windsor, which has also been used by some members of the royal family who do hold titles, such as Prince Andrew, Princess Anne and Prince Edward. A keen sports enthusiast, Philip helped develop the equestrian event of carriage driving. He is a patron, president or member of over 780 organisations and serves as chairman of the Duke of Edinburgh's Award for people aged 14 to 24. He is the longest-serving consort of a reigning British monarch and the oldest-ever male member of the British royal family. Philip retired from his royal duties on 2 August 2017, at the age of 96, after having completed 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.

Sadly, with deep sadness, Prince Philip has passed away.  :\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: nally on 04/09/21 at 6:51 pm

Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor and producer, turned 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/21 at 5:49 am

Liz Sheridan, American actress, turns 92 today.

Best known for her role as Jerry's mother in Seinfeld, her decades-long career is extensive and includes work as a dancer, singer, and actress on stage and screen.

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Written By: nally on 04/10/21 at 10:26 am

American football personality John Madden turns 85 today. He has been a player, coach, and sportscaster.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/21 at 1:52 am

Jane Withers, American actress and children's radio show host, turns 95 today.

She became one of the most popular child stars in Hollywood in the 1930s and early 1940s, with her films ranking in the top ten list for box-office gross in 1937 and 1938.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/21 at 3:08 am

Hardy Krüger (born Franz Eberhard August Krüger), German actor and author, turns 93 today.

He appeared in more than 60 films since 1944. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increasingly turned to roles in international films like Hatari!, The Flight of the Phoenix, The Wild Geese, Sundays and Cybele, A Bridge Too Far, The Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Red Tent, The One That Got Away and Barry Lyndon.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/21 at 8:08 am

Manuel Neri, American sculptor and painter, turns 91 today.

He is recognized for his life-size figurative sculptures in plaster, bronze, and marble. In Neri's work with the figure, he conveys an emotional inner state that is revealed through body language and gesture.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/21 at 10:18 am

Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright, turns 82 today.

His major successes include Absurd Person Singular (1975), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), Just Between Ourselves (1976), A Chorus of Disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), Man of the Moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Private Fears in Public Places (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/21 at 11:00 am

Herbie Hancock, American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and actor, turns 81 today.

He started his career with Donald Byrd. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles. Hancock's best-known compositions include the jazz standards "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man", "Maiden Voyage", and "Chameleon", as well as the hit singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album to win the award, after Getz/Gilberto in 1965.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/21 at 4:47 am

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American soldier and politician, turns 88 today.

He served as a U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, and a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. He serves as one of forty-four members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe. During his time in office, he was the only Native American serving in the U.S. Congress. As of 2021, he is the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/21 at 6:10 am

Pierre Rosenberg, French art historian, curator, and professor, turns 85 today.

He is the honorary president and a director of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, and since 1995, he has held the 23rd seat of the Académie Française. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge in 1987.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/21 at 7:16 am

Edward Fox, English actor. English stage, film and television actor, turns 84 today.

He played the part of the professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963, in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973). He is also known for his roles in Battle of Britain (1969), The Go-Between (1971), for which he won a BAFTA award, and The Bounty (1984). He also collaborated with director Richard Attenborough, appearing in his films Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Gandhi (1982). He portrayed Edward VIII in the British television drama series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) and appeared in the historical series Taboo (2017). In addition to film and television work, Fox has also garnered acclaim as a stage actor. He is the elder brother and uncle, respectively, of actors James Fox and Laurence Fox. He is also the former father-in-law of actor Jared Harris.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/21 at 8:23 am

Col Joye (Colin Frederick Jacobsen), Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur, turn 84 today.

He has also recorded various other cross-over styles such as country music, with a career spanning some sixty years. Joye was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide and experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene, that was emerging from the US and the United Kingdom.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/21 at 10:44 am

Paul Sorvino, American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor, turns 82 today.

He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law, and is known for his roles as Paulie Cicero (based on Paul Vario) in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order. He held supporting roles in A Touch of Class, Reds, The Rocketeer, Nixon and Romeo + Juliet. He is the father of actors Mira Sorvino and Michael Sorvino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/21 at 2:51 pm

Klaus Lehnertz, German pole vaulter, turns 83 today.

He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal. He also won two medals at the European Cup in 1965-67, but placed only 13th and 9th at the European Championships in 1962 and 1966, respectively. Domestically he held West German outdoor (1959-61 and 1966-68) and indoor titles (1959, 1960 and 1964).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 1:20 am

Loretta Lynn, American singer songwriter, turns 89 today.

In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. She has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She is sister to singer Crystal Gayle.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 2:42 am

Erich von Däniken, Swiss author, turns 86 today.

Several of his books make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 3:55 am

Bobby Nichols, American professional golfer, turn 85 today.

Best known for winning the PGA Championship in 1964.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 5:21 am

Frank Serpico, American detective, turns 85 today.

Serving with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Serpico is best known for whistleblowing on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an act that prompted Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the department. Much of Serpico's fame came after the release of the 1973 film Serpico; it was based on the book of the same name by Peter Maas and starred Al Pacino in the title role, for which Pacino received an Oscar nomination.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 10:26 am

Julie Christie, Indian-born British actress, turns 81 today.

An icon of the "Swinging Sixties", Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institute's BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century, and in 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/21 at 10:59 am

Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager, turns 80 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, and managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1989. He was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215), and outs (10,328). He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, and the Rookie of the Year Award, and also made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman, and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970. In August 1989 (his last year as a manager and three years after retiring as a player), Rose was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while he played for and managed the Reds; the charges of wrongdoing included claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters. After years of public denial, Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball and on the Reds. The issue of Rose's possible reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame remains contentious throughout baseball. On June 22, 2015, ESPN concluded its own investigation of Rose and determined that he had bet on baseball while still a player–manager. The results of the investigation were made public and revealed the records of bets that Rose had made on baseball. U.S. federal authorities had seized the records from one of Rose's associates. Rose is the only person to be placed on the ineligible list by mutual agreement.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 04/14/21 at 6:40 pm

Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager, turns 80 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, and managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1989. He was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215), and outs (10,328). He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, and the Rookie of the Year Award, and also made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman, and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970. In August 1989 (his last year as a manager and three years after retiring as a player), Rose was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while he played for and managed the Reds; the charges of wrongdoing included claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters. After years of public denial, Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball and on the Reds. The issue of Rose's possible reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame remains contentious throughout baseball. On June 22, 2015, ESPN concluded its own investigation of Rose and determined that he had bet on baseball while still a player–manager. The results of the investigation were made public and revealed the records of bets that Rose had made on baseball. U.S. federal authorities had seized the records from one of Rose's associates. Rose is the only person to be placed on the ineligible list by mutual agreement.


And to this day, the controversy remains as to whether he deserves to be in the hall of fame. But yeah, the gambling is a pretty serious issue.

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Written By: nally on 04/14/21 at 6:45 pm

Loretta Lynn, American singer songwriter, turns 89 today.

In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. She has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She is sister to singer Crystal Gayle.


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She was apparently the second of seven children, all of whom were born with the surname Webb.

She had her first child at age 16; one of her children was also a teen parent, making Loretta a first-time grandma in her thirties!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 1:20 am

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, 4th President of Iceland, turns 91 today.

She served as the fourth President of Iceland from 1 August 1980 to 1 August 1996. She was the world's first female who was democratically elected as president. With a presidency of exactly sixteen years, she also remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date. Currently, she is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and a member of the Club of Madrid. She is also to-date Iceland's only female president.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 2:16 am

Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale, Tunisian-born Italian film actress, turns 83 today.

She starred in some of the most acclaimed European films of the 1960s and 1970s, mainly Italian or French, but also in many English-language films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 6:09 am

Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant, turns 90 today.

He was the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service who was later a member of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains and for a time Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner. In addition to this, he has held a variety of public sector posts in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. He received a Knighthood in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 7:56 am

Marty Wilde, English singer and songwriter, turns 82 today.

He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, and is the father of pop singers Ricky, Kim and Roxanne Wilde.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 9:49 am

Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, English novelist, former politician, convicted perjurer, and peer of the realm, turns 81 today.

Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969–1974), but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. He revived his fortunes as a best-selling novelist; his books have sold more than 320 million copies worldwide.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 10:56 am

Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model and beauty queen, turns 81 today.

She was Miss World 1958. She was the first major international titleholder to come from Africa.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/21 at 11:38 am

Howard Berman, American attorney and politician, turns 80 today.

He served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 26th congressional district until redistricting and 28th congressional district until losing his reelection bid—which both encompassed parts of the San Fernando Valley—for respectively ten and five terms.

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Written By: nally on 04/15/21 at 7:12 pm

Howard Berman, American attorney and politician, turns 80 today.

He served as a U.S. Representative from California from 1983 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the state's 26th congressional district until redistricting and 28th congressional district until losing his reelection bid—which both encompassed parts of the San Fernando Valley—for respectively ten and five terms.

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I decided to mention him in the Ninny thread because I feel his achievements are historical in one sense (at least in the state of California, where I'm from). In fact, he represented area that is local to me. :)

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Written By: nally on 04/16/21 at 9:20 am

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is 94 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/16/21 at 9:43 am

Happy 86th birthday to American pop singer Bobby Vinton.

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Written By: nally on 04/18/21 at 11:51 am

Mike Vickers, British rock musician, turns 81 today. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a multi-instrumentalist with the British rock band Manfred Mann (mainly as the guitarist).

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Written By: nally on 04/19/21 at 9:39 pm

Walter Mondale, American Democratic Party politician, turns 93 today.

He served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977–81) under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator from Minnesota (1964–76). He was the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan in a landslide.

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I decided to mention him on the Ninny thread today, since he held a public office in the U.S.


Sadly, Mr. Mondale has kicked the bucket, so this is his final mention of him on this thread. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 04/19/21 at 9:40 pm

Elinor Donahue, American actress, is 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/20/21 at 11:40 pm

George Takei, American actor, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/20/21 at 11:50 pm

Ryan O'Neal, American actor, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/21/21 at 11:19 pm

Happy 86th birthday to actor Charles Grodin.

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Written By: nally on 04/21/21 at 11:21 pm

Queen Elizabeth II turned 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/21/21 at 11:28 pm

Sister Helen Prejean, American Roman Catholic nun who is also an activist and author, turned 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/22/21 at 11:10 pm

Happy 84th birthday to actor Jack Nicholson.

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Written By: nally on 04/23/21 at 7:52 pm

Actor Lee Majors turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/24/21 at 8:12 am

Actor Lee Majors turns 82 years old today.


He would be great in a Six Million Dollar Man reboot.  8)

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Written By: nally on 04/24/21 at 11:11 am

He would be great in a Six Million Dollar Man reboot.  8)

He was in several TV productions and films, I know that much. He played a supporting role in the 2002 movie Big Fat Liar.

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Written By: nally on 04/24/21 at 11:26 am

on topic:

Actress Shirley MacLaine celebrates her 87th birthday today.

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Written By: nally on 04/24/21 at 11:33 am

TV-film director and producer Richard Donner turns 91 today. He's also been an occasional comic-book writer.

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Written By: nally on 04/25/21 at 11:27 am

Today is the 81st birthday of actor-director Al Pacino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 1:08 am

Today is the 81st birthday of actor-director Al Pacino.
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...my favorite actor, I should had watch one of his films yesterday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 1:09 am

Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster, turns 91 today.

In 1955 he broke Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 meters. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a silver medal in the 800 m.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 4:30 am

Carol Burnett, American actress, comedian, singer, and writer, turns 88 today.

Her career spans seven decades of television. She is best known for her groundbreaking comedy variety show, The Carol Burnett Show, originally aired on CBS. It was one of the first of its kind to be hosted by a woman. She has achieved success on stage, television and film in varying genres including dramatic and comedic roles. She has also appeared on various talk shows and as a panelist on game shows. She would later have several daughters joining her in variety of American television series and films. She is the mother of Carrie Hamilton, an actress, Jody Hamilton, a producer and actress, and Erin Hamilton, a singer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 5:42 am

Shirley Cawley, British athlete, turns 89 today.

She won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 8:54 am

Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 88 today.

Along with Robert Woodrow Wilson, he discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation, which helped establish the Big Bang theory of cosmology. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. Penzias and Wilson received the 1978 Nobel Prize, sharing it with Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Kapitsa's work on Low-temperature physics was unrelated to Penzias and Wilson's).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 10:03 am

Duane Eddy, American guitarist, turns 83 today.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including "Rebel-'Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young". He had sold 12 million records by 1963.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/21 at 10:41 am

Giorgio Moroder, Italian composer, songwriter, and record producer, turns 81 today.

Dubbed the "Father of Disco", Moroder is credited with pioneering euro disco and electronic dance music. His work with synthesizers had a large influence on several music genres such as Hi-NRG, Italo disco, new wave, house and techno music. He began to compose film soundtracks and scores, including Midnight Express, American Gigolo, Superman III, Scarface, The NeverEnding Story, and the 1984 restoration of Metropolis. Moroder's work on the film Midnight Express (1978), which contained the international hit "Chase", won him the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/21 at 6:16 am

Anouk Aimee (born Nicole Françoise Florence Dreyfus), French film actress, turns 89 today.

She has appeared in 70 films since 1947, having begun her film career at age 14. In her early years, she studied acting and dance besides her regular education. Although the majority of her films were French, she also made films in Spain, Great Britain, Italy and Germany, along with some American productions. She won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her acting in A Man and a Woman (1966). The film "virtually reignited the lush on-screen romance in an era of skeptical modernism," and brought her international fame. She won the Award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for Marco Bellocchio's film A Leap in the Dark (1980). In 2002 she received an honorary César Award, France's national film award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/21 at 7:15 am

Ron Morris, American pole vaulter and coach, turns 86 today.

He won the national title in pole vault in 1958, 1961 and 1962. He placed fourth at the 1959 Pan American Games and second at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Morris vaulted 15'-0" June 1971 for a Masters M35 World Record at the 1971 Los Angeles Senior Olympics. After retiring from competitions, he worked as an athletics coach.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/27/21 at 8:23 am

Lee Roy Jordan, American football player, turns 80 today.

After attending the University of Alabama, playing under head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, he played 14 years in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys from 1963 to 1976. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1983.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 12:36 am

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian former politician, turns 97 today.

He served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 1:51 am

Ann-Margret (Ann-Margret Olsson), Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer, turns 80 today.

As an actress, Ann-Margret is known for her roles in Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Viva Las Vegas (1964), The Cincinnati Kid (1965), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Train Robbers (1973), Tommy (1975), The Villain (1979), Newsies (1992), Grumpy Old Men (1993), Grumpier Old Men (1995), and Going in Style (2017). She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She was stepmother to the three children of husband Roger Smith, an actor who later became her manager. She and Smith were married from May 1967, until his death on June 4, 2017. Prior to this, she dated Eddie Fisher and was romantically linked to Elvis Presley during the filming of Viva Las Vegas in 1964.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 4:34 am

James Bama, American artist, turns 95 today.

Known for his realistic paintings and etchings of Western subjects. Life in Wyoming led to his comment, "Here an artist can trace the beginnings of Western history, see the first buildings, the oldest wagons, saddles and guns, and be up close to the remnants of Indian culture ... And you can stand surrounded by nature's wonders."

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/28/21 at 5:27 am

Ann-Margret (Ann-Margret Olsson), Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer, turns 80 today.


Smokin’

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 6:49 am

James Baker, American attorney, statesman, and political figure, turns 91 today.

He served as White House Chief of Staff and United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Ronald Reagan, and as U.S. Secretary of State and White House Chief of Staff under President George H. W. Bush.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 7:27 am

Pedro Ramos, Cuban professional baseball pitcher, turns 86 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and the expansion Washington Senators, all of the American League (AL), and the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds, all of the National League (NL), over the course of a 15-year career (1955–1967; 1969–1970). Ramos was elected to the AL All-Star team in 1959. He led the league in losses four times, in 1958 (18), 1959 (19), 1960 (18), and 1961 (20). On April 11, 1961, in the Twins’ first game ever, Ramos was the winning pitcher, when the team defeated the Yankees, 6-0, at Yankee Stadium.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 10:02 am

Lucien Aimar, French cyclist, turns 80 today.

He won the Tour de France in 1966 and the national road championship in 1968. He is now a race organizer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/28/21 at 11:54 am

Karl Barry Sharpless, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 80 today.

He was a recipient of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on "chirally catalysed oxidation reactions".

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Written By: nally on 05/01/21 at 2:57 pm

Richard Riordan, former Los Angeles mayor, turns 91 today.

He served as mayor from 1993 to 2001, and is the most recent Republican to have served as L.A. mayor.

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Written By: nally on 05/01/21 at 3:06 pm

American musician Judy Collins turns 82 years old today.

Her 1968 recording of "Both Sides, Now" won the award Best Folk Performance at the 11th Annual Grammy Awards in 1969.

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Written By: nally on 05/02/21 at 12:13 pm

Traditional-pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck turns 85 today. He was born in present-day India (when it was still under British rule) and raised in England.

He just became a widower three months ago, when his wife of 57 years, Patricia, died of Covid19. (She had been suffering from Alzheimers for the previous four years, but that wasn't what killed her.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/02/21 at 1:09 pm

Traditional-pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck turns 85 today. He was born in present-day India (when it was still under British rule) and raised in England.


I wonder if the ladies still throw panties at him when he’s performing on stage?

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Written By: nally on 05/03/21 at 8:05 pm

Pop singer Frankie Valli is 87 years old today.

He has been the frontman (and only consistent member) of pop band The Four Seasons, which has sometimes been credited as Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, implying that he's not one of the four members. (However, none of their studio albums or singles have been credited that way.) He's also recorded some solo work.

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Written By: nally on 05/04/21 at 8:11 pm

Happy 91st birthday to Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the Jackson family. All nine of her kids became famous musicians (one of whom, Michael, is now deceased).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 12:42 am

I wonder if the ladies still throw panties at him when he’s performing on stage?
Not under the Covid-19 restrictions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 12:43 am

Pat Carroll, American actress and singer, turns 94 today.

She is known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid as well as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's The Danny Thomas Show, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, NBC's ER, other guest-starring and series-regular roles on American television as well as voice-acting in several cartoon series. Carroll is an Emmy, Drama Desk and Grammy Award winner and a Tony Award nominee.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 2:01 am

Igor Kashkarov, Russian high jumper, tuns 88 today.

He competed for the USSR in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the high jump where he won the bronze medal.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 4:47 am

Robert Rehme, American film producer. turns 86 today.

His credits include the films Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger and The General's Daughter.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/05/21 at 4:50 am

Happy 91st birthday to Katherine Jackson, the matriarch of the Jackson family. All nine of her kids became famous musicians (one of whom, Michael, is now deceased).


The pride of Gary Indiana.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/05/21 at 5:06 am

Pop singer Frankie Valli is 87 years old today.

He has been the frontman (and only consistent member) of pop band The Four Seasons, which has sometimes been credited as Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, implying that he's not one of the four members. (However, none of their studio albums or singles have been credited that way.) He's also recorded some solo work.


It’s too bad that fellow Four Season Joe Long could not “Just Hang On” for a couple more weeks, to celebrate Frankie’s birthday.  :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 6:48 am

Michael Murphy, American actor, turns 83 today.

He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including politicians, executives, and lawyers. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman, having appeared in twelve films, TV series and miniseries directed by Altman from 1963 to 2004, including the title role in the miniseries Tanner '88. He is also known for his roles in films like Manhattan, The Year of Living Dangerously, Phase IV, The Front, and Batman Returns.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 8:35 am

Barbara Wagner, Canadian former pair skater, turns 83 today.

She teamed up with Robert Paul in 1952. They became the 1960 Olympic champions, four-time World champions, and five-time Canadian national champions. After retiring from competition, the pair toured with Ice Capades.  Wagner was formerly married to U.S. figure skater James Grogan. She resides in Alpharetta, Georgia, coaching figure skating at the Alpharetta Family Skate Center, the Cooler, and is a member of the Atlanta Figure Skating Club.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 8:57 am

Michael Lindsay-Hogg, American-born British television, film, music video, and theatre director, turns 81 today.

Beginning his career in British television, Lindsay-Hogg became a pioneer in music film production, directing promotional films for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Following his work with these bands, he branched out into film and theatre, while still maintaining successful careers in television and music video production. He was hired by the Beatles to direct a film. Originally conceived as a television special, Get Back was to feature footage of the Beatles recording a new album and rehearsing for a concert appearance. However, the sessions were extremely acrimonious, and the film and album were shelved for a time following the Beatles' rooftop concert in January 1969. The Beatles returned to the project, and released the newly retitled Let It Be (1970) along with an album of the same name.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/21 at 1:47 pm

Lance Henriksen, American actor, voice actor and artist, turns 91 today.

He is perhaps best known for his works in various science fiction, action and horror films, such as that of Bishop in the Alien film franchise, and Frank Black in Fox television series Millennium. He has also done extensive voice work for Kerchak the gorilla in the 1999 Walt Disney Feature Animation film Tarzan (1999), General Shepherd in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Fleet Admiral Steven Hackett (as well as the Narl) in BioWare's Mass Effect video game trilogy (2007-2012). He also appeared as Detective Hal Vukovich in The Terminator and starred as Ed Harley in the cult horror film Pumpkinhead (1988).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/21 at 1:02 am

Dame Rosemary Cramp, British archaeologist and academic specialising in the Anglo-Saxons, turns 92 today.

She was the first female professor appointed at Durham University and was Professor of Archaeology from 1971 to 1990. She served as President of the Society of Antiquaries of London from 2001 to 2004. In 1987, Cramp was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE). In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) 'for services to scholarship'.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/21 at 3:16 am

Willie Mays, American former professional baseball center fielder, turns 90 today.

Nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", he spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants (1951–1952, 1954–1972) before finishing his career with the New York Mets (1972–1973). Regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/06/21 at 6:09 am

Richard Shelby, American lawyer and politician, turns 87 today.

Serving as the senior United States Senator from Alabama. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 as a Democrat, he was the Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, succeeding Thad Cochran. He previously served as Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. He is the longest-serving U.S. Senator from Alabama, having surpassed John Sparkman's previous record in March 2019.

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Written By: nally on 05/07/21 at 12:09 am

Willie Mays, American former professional baseball center fielder, turns 90 today.

Nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", he spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball (MLB) career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants (1951–1952, 1954–1972) before finishing his career with the New York Mets (1972–1973). Regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time, he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.


O0

I agree that he is one of the greatest MLB players of all time, even though he played before my time. :)

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Written By: nally on 05/08/21 at 8:45 pm

Today is the 81st birthday of singer Toni Tennille, the female half of the 1970s pop duo The Captain & Tennille.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/09/21 at 2:41 am

Today is the 81st birthday of singer Toni Tennille, the female half of the 1970s pop duo The Captain & Tennille.


Sadly, The Captain kicked the bucket two years ago.  :\'(

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Written By: nally on 05/09/21 at 11:15 am

Sadly, The Captain kicked the bucket two years ago.  :\'(

That's right, he died the day after New Years Day 2019. But Toni is still with us.

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Written By: nally on 05/09/21 at 11:25 am

On topic: British actress and politician Glenda Jackson turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/21 at 12:36 am

Nayantara Sahgal, Indian writer who writes in English, turns 94 today.

She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. She was awarded the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel Rich Like Us (1985).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/21 at 1:22 am

Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, turns 93 today.

He served as the last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from April 8, 1983, to March 29, 1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (from May 8, 1990: Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia) from March 29, 1990, to October 6, 1992, and was the third President of Estonia from October 8, 2001, to October 9, 2006. He was the second President since Estonia regained independence in 1991. Rüütel also served as one of fifteen Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/21 at 2:23 am

George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 91 today.

He is the co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/21 at 6:21 am

Tamara Press, Soviet athlete, turns 84 today.

She dominated the shot put and discus throw in the early 1960s. She won three gold medals and one silver medal at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and three European titles in 1958–1962. Between 1959 and 1965, she set 11 world records: five in the shot put and six in the discus. Domestically, she held 16 national titles, nine in the shot put (1958–66) and seven in the discus (1960–66). Her younger sister Irina Press (1939–2004) was also a prominent track athlete, mostly in the sprint events.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/21 at 6:51 am

Manuel Santana, Spanish tennis player, turns 83 today.

He was ranked as amateur world No. 1 in 1966 by Lance Tingay. Before winning the US Open and Wimbledon he was quoted as saying "grass is just for cows"; he thought that tennis should be played on artificial surfaces as opposed to lawn tennis courts, like the ones at Wimbledon. This statement has been echoed throughout the years by numerous players including Ivan Lendl, Marat Safin, Marcelo Ríos, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, and, despite his 1973 victory at Wimbledon, Jan Kodeš.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/21 at 2:27 am

Antony Hewish, English astronomer and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 97 today.

He won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1974 (together with fellow radio-astronomer Martin Ryle) for his role in the discovery of pulsars. He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/21 at 4:00 am

Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer, the founder of the Valentino brand and company, turns 89 today.

His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D. Valentino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/21 at 6:27 am

Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter and actor, turns 80 today.

He was previously the vocalist of rock band The Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He is also known for his aggressive stage performances.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/21 at 7:29 am

Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer, turns 84 today.

She represented Hungary in every Olympics from 1960 to 1976 and won seven Olympic medals, two gold (one each in foil individual and foil team), three silver (three foil team), and two bronze (one each in foil individual and foil team).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 5:07 am

Felipe Alou, Dominican-American Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and manager, turns 86 today.

He managed the Montreal Expos (1992–2001) and the San Francisco Giants (2003–2006). The first Dominican to play regularly in the major leagues, he is the most prominent member of one of the sport's most notable families of the late 20th century: he was the oldest of the trio of baseball-playing brothers that included Matty and Jesús, who were both primarily outfielders, and his son Moisés was also primarily an outfielder; all but Jesús have been named All-Stars at least twice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 5:54 am

Burt Bacharach, American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist, turns 93 today.

He composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Grammy Award winner and three-time Academy Award winner, Bacharach's songs have been recorded by more than 1,000 different artists. As of 2014, he had written 73 US and 52 UK Top 40 hits. He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 8:19 am

Sam Nujoma, Namibian revolutionary, anti-apartheid activist and politician, turns 92 today.

He served three terms as the first President of Namibia, from 1990 to 2005.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 8:39 am

Frank Stella, American painter, sculptor and printmaker, turns 85 today.

Noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 10:03 am

Susan Hampshire, English actress, turns 84 today.

Known for her many television and film roles. A three-time Emmy Award winner, she won for The Forsyte Saga in 1970, The First Churchills in 1971, and for Vanity Fair in 1973. Her other television credits include The Pallisers (1974), The Grand (1997–98) and Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 10:52 am

Miriam Stoppard, English physician and author, turns 84 today.

After qualifying as a doctor, Stoppard worked at Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary and specialised in dermatology as a senior registrar at Bristol Royal Infirmary. She became a research director and then managing director in the pharmaceutical industry for Syntex. She became well known during the 1970s and 1980s as a television presenter on scientific and medical programmes such as Don't Ask Me and Where There's Life. Stoppard has written several books about health, including the Children's Medical Handbook, but particularly on the subject of women's health. She writes on health issues and acts as an agony aunt for the Daily Mirror, having previously answered readers' letters for TV Times magazine. Her company, Miriam Stoppard Lifetime, sells her books and health products.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/21 at 12:42 pm

Millie Perkins, American film and television actress, turns 83 today.

Known for her debut film role as Anne Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959), and for her supporting actress roles in two 1966 Westerns, The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, both directed by Monte Hellman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 2:05 am

Ruth Adler Schnee, American textile designer and interior designer based in Michigan, turns 98 today.

She is one of the many founding figures of contemporary textile design in the United States. She is best known for her modern prints and abstract-patterns of organic and geometric forms. She opened the Ruth Adler-Schnee Design Studio with her spouse Edward Schnee in Detroit, which operated until 1960. The studio produced textiles and later branched off into Adler-Schnee Associates home decor, interiors and furniture.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 2:50 am

Enrique Bolaños, Nicaraguan former politician, turns 93 today.

He served as President of Nicaragua from January 10, 2002 to January 10, 2007. He received his education in the United States, graduating with a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Saint Louis University in 1962.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 6:08 am

Joe Brown, English entertainer, turns 80 today.

As a rock and roll singer and guitarist, he has performed for more than six decades. He was a stage and television performer in the late 1950s and has been a UK recording star since the early 1960s. He has made six films, presented a specialist radio series for BBC Radio 2, appeared on the West End stage alongside Dame Anna Neagle and has written an autobiography. In recent years he has again concentrated on recording and performing music, playing two tours of around 100 shows every year and releasing an album almost every year.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 7:14 am

Mike Gravel, American politician, turns 91 today.

He served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1969 to 1981 as a member of the Democratic Party and who twice ran for presidential nomination of that party.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 7:41 am

Dominic Cossa, American operatic lyric baritone, turns 86 today.

Particularly associated with the Italian and French repertoire.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 9:16 am

Zohra Lampert, American actress, turns 84 today.

She has had roles on film, television, and stage, including as the title character in the 1971 cult horror film Let's Scare Jessica to Death; she also starred alongside Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in the 1961 Splendor in the Grass. Lampert achieved critical acclaim for her work on Broadway as well, earning two Tony Award nominations for her roles in Look: We've Come Through (1962) and Mother Courage and Her Children (1963). She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her role in a 1975 episode of Kojak.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 10:52 am

Francine Pascal (née Rubin), American author, turns 83 today.

Best known for creating the Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High was the backbone of the collection, and was made into a popular television series. There were also several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles have been re-released in recent years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 11:56 am

Harvey Keitel, American actor and producer, turns 82 today.

He has played in such films as Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Thelma & Louise (1991), Reservoir Dogs (1992), Bad Lieutenant (1992), The Piano (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Cop Land (1997), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), and The Irishman (2019). He has also played Lieutenant Gene Hunt on Life On Mars (2008–2009). Keitel has been nominated for a number of accolades in his career, including Academy and Golden Globe awards for his work in Bugsy (1991), and won an Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his role in The Piano (1993). From 1995 to 2017, he was a co-president of the Actors Studio, along with actors Al Pacino and Ellen Burstyn.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/13/21 at 1:54 pm

Buck Taylor, American actor and artist, turns 83 today.

Best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in the CBS television series Gunsmoke.

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Written By: nally on 05/15/21 at 11:35 am

Jasper Johns (American sculptor) turns 91 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/15/21 at 12:00 pm

Happy 81st birthday to actress/singer Lainie Kazan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/21 at 12:32 am

Sir Michael A. Epstein, British pathologist and academic, turns 100 today.

He is one of the discoverers of the Epstein–Barr virus, along with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong. He was awarded its Royal Medal in 1992. He was awarded the CBE in 1985 and knighted in 1991.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/21 at 7:32 am

Priscilla Pointer, American stage, film and television character actress, turns 97 today.

She began her career in the theater, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood to act in films and on television. She is the mother of Amy Irving, therefore making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto and the mother-in-law of documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser, Jr.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/21 at 12:09 pm

Miriam Margolyes, British-Australian character actress, turns 80 today.

Her earliest roles were in theatre; after several supporting roles in film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for her role in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993) and was cast in the role of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series. Margolyes has spent many years dividing her time between the United Kingdom, Australia, and Italy. She has starred in productions in both the United Kingdom and Australia, including the Australian premiere of the 2013 play I'll Eat You Last. She became an Australian citizen in 2013.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/21 at 3:04 pm

Robert Morse, American actor and singer, turns 90 today.

Best known as the star of both the 1961 original Broadway production, for which he won a Tony Award, and the 1967 film adaptation of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and as Bertram Cooper in the critically acclaimed AMC dramatic series Mad Men (2007–2015). He won his second Tony Award for playing Truman Capote in the 1989 production of the one-man play Tru. He reprised his role of Capote in an airing of the play for American Playhouse in 1992, winning him a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 12:20 am

Edward de Bono, Maltese physician, psychologist, author, inventor, philosopher and consultant, turns 88 today.

He originated the term lateral thinking, wrote the book Six Thinking Hats and is a proponent of the teaching of thinking as a subject in schools.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 12:36 am

Happy 86th birthday to actor Charles Grodin.
Sadly Charles Grodin passed away yesterday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 2:52 am

Ruskin Bond, Indian author of British descent, turns 87 today.

He lives with his adopted family in Landour, Mussoorie, India. The Indian Council for Child Education has recognised his role in the growth of children's literature in India. He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra, his novel in English. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 2014.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 5:46 am

David Hartman, American journalist and media host, turns 86 today.

He began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on History (a pay channel) and PBS. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's Good Morning America, from 1975 to 1987. As an actor, he starred in the 1970s as a young resident, Dr. Paul Hunter, on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors and as a teacher in the series Lucas Tanner. He acted in the 1973 TV movie remake of Miracle on 34th Street.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 8:07 am

Brian Keith "Herbie" Flowers, English musician specialising in electric bass, double bass and tuba, turns 83 today.

He is noted as a member of Blue Mink, T. Rex and Sky and as one of Britain's best-known session bass players. Flowers has contributed to recordings by Elton John (Tumbleweed Connection, Madman Across the Water), David Bowie (Space Oddity, Diamond Dogs), Lou Reed (Transformer, including the prominent bass line of "Walk on the Wild Side"), Melanie (Candles in the Rain), Roy Harper (Bullinamingvase), David Essex (Rock On), Allan Clarke, Al Kooper (New York City (You're a Woman)), Bryan Ferry (The Bride Stripped Bare), Harry Nilsson (Nilsson Schmilsson, Son of Dracula), Cat Stevens (New Masters, Foreigner), Paul McCartney (Give My Regards to Broad Street), George Harrison (Somewhere in England, Gone Troppo, Brainwashed) and Ringo Starr (Stop and Smell the Roses). He also played bass on Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds. By the end of the 1970s, Flowers had played bass on an estimated 500 hit recordings.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 8:37 am

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Ukrainian long jumper and coach, turns 83 today.

He won Olympic bronze medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome – with a jump of 8.04 meters – and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo – with a jump of 7.99 meters. He also competed at the 1956, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished fourth in 1968.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 10:04 am

Livio Berruti, Italian sprinter, turns 82 today.

He was the winner of the 200-meter dash in the 1960 Summer Olympics. He won five medals, at individual level, and three medals with the national relay team at the International athletics competitions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 11:51 am

James Fox (born William Fox), English actor, turns 82 today.

From a well-known acting family. He appeared in several notable films of the 1960s and early 1970s, including King Rat, The Servant, Thoroughly Modern Millie and Performance, before quitting the screen for several years to be an evangelical Christian. He has since appeared in a wide range of film and TV productions. He is the brother of actor Edward Fox and the film producer Robert Fox, and the father of actors Laurence and Jack Fox.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/19/21 at 1:13 pm

Nancy Kwan, Chinese-American actress, philanthropist, and former dancer, turns 82 today.

She played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian ancestry in major Hollywood film roles. 1939 – Jānis Lūsis, Latvian javelin thrower and coach (d. 2020)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/21 at 1:18 am

Bud Grant, American former head coach and player of American football, Canadian football, and a former basketball player in the NBA, turns 94 today.

He served as the head coach of the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons; he was the team's second (1967–83) and fourth (1985) head coach, leading them to four Super Bowl appearances, 11 division titles, one league championship and three NFC conference championships.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/21 at 3:44 am

John Cruickshank, Scottish banker, turns 101 today.

A former Royal Air Force officer, and a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Cruickshank was awarded the VC for sinking a German U-boat and then, despite serious injuries, safely landing his aircraft. He is the last living recipient to have been awarded the VC during the Second World War.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/21 at 5:37 am

Constance Towers, American film, stage, and television actress, and singer, turns 88 today.

She gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theater, starring in numerous Broadway productions through the 1970s. Her accolades include two Emmy Award nominations. She made her film debut in the Technicolor comedy picture Bring Your Smile Along (1955) by Blake Edwards before earning recognition for her roles in John Ford's civil war film The Horse Soldiers (1959) and western Sergeant Rutledge (1960). She later appeared in two roles in Samuel Fuller's hard-edged experimental thrillers Shock Corridor (1963) and The Naked Kiss (1964).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/21 at 6:51 am

José Mujica, Uruguayan politician and farmer, turns 86 today.

He served as the 40th President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was imprisoned for 12 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as President on 1 March 2010.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/21 at 7:26 am

Anthony Zerbe, American stage, film and television actor, turns 85 today.

Notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in The Omega Man, a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend; as a corrupt gambler in Farewell, My Lovely; as Abner Devereaux in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park; as villain Milton Krest in the James Bond film Licence to Kill; Rosie in The Turning Point; Roger Stuart in The Dead Zone; Admiral Dougherty in Star Trek: Insurrection and Councillor Hamann in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/21 at 7:49 am

Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager, turns 81 today.

He holds the world lifetime home run record, having hit 868 home runs during his professional career. He established many NPB batting records, including runs batted in (RBIs) (2,170), slugging percentage (.634), bases on balls (2,390), and on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) (1.080). In 1977, Oh became the first recipient of the People's Honour Award. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Written By: nally on 05/21/21 at 10:23 pm

Happy 80th birthday to (1) former Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox and (2) Ronald Isley, the founding member of his siblings' band The Isley Brothers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 12:53 am

Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman), American actress, turns 90 today.

Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stoller in Breaking Away, which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the television series based on the film. On television Barrie is perhaps best known for her portrayal, between 1975 and 1978, of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom Barney Miller. She also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 2:02 am

Dame Joan Collins, English actress, author, and columnist, turns 88 today.

She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 1983, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been recognized for her philanthropy, particularly her advocacy towards causes relating to children, which has earned her many honours. In 2015, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her charitable services.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 3:17 am

Ove Fundin, Swedish professional motorcycle speedway rider, turns 88 today.

He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1951 to 1970. Fundin is notable for winning the Speedway World Championship Final five times (1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967), a record bettered only by Ivan Mauger and fellow Swede Tony Rickardsson who each won six World Championships. He finished runner-up in the championship 3 times (1957–59) and was third in 1962, 1964 and 1965 meaning that from his first win in 1956 until his last in 1967, Fundin did not finish lower than a podium place in a record eleven World Finals. He was known by the nickname of the "Flying Fox" or just "the Fox" because of his red hair.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 7:38 am

Ingeborg Hallstein, German coloratura soprano, turns 85 today..

Known for the purity and range of her voice. She had an international career as a guest singer on the opera houses of Europe and was a member of the Bavarian State Opera from 1961 to 1973. Her signature roles were the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. She created roles including Scolatella in Henze's König Hirsch.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 8:44 am

Charles Kimbrough, American actor, turns 85 today.

Known for having played the straight-faced anchorman Jim Dial on Murphy Brown. In 1990, his performance in the role earned him a nomination for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 11:16 am

Reinhard Hauff, German director and screenwriter, turns 82 today.

His works, which were mostly carried out in the late 1960s to early 1990s, are known for their social and political commentary. Stammheim, which is based on the activities of the Red Army Faction (commonly called the Baader-Meinhof Gang) won the Golden Bear award at the 36th Berlin International Film Festival in 1986. In 1987, he was a member of the jury at the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. His 1970 film Mathias Kneissl was entered into the 7th Moscow International Film Festival.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/21 at 12:04 pm

Gérard Larrousse, French sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver, turns 81 today.

His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 and 1974, driving a Matra-Simca MS670. After the end of his career as racing car driver, he continued to be involved in Formula One as a team manager for Renault. He later founded and ran his own Formula One team, Larrousse, from 1987 to 1994.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/21 at 1:23 am

Philip Pearlstein, American painter, turns 97 today.

Best known for Modernist Realism. Cited by critics as the preeminent figure painter of the 1960s to 2000s, he led a revival in realist art. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus with paintings in the collections of over 70 public art museums.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/21 at 1:24 am

Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate, turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/21 at 2:48 am

Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter, turns 95 today.

He began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika. Baxter has also written a number of books based on Glasgow.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/21 at 4:25 am

Réal Giguère, Canadian television host and actor, turns 88 today.

He began his career as a radio announcer from 1956 to 1961. He worked as a talk show host on French Canadian network television:; Dix sur dix, Madame est servie, Parle, parle, jase, jase. He hosted game shows as well, such as Galaxie and the French Canadian version of Jeopardy!. He was also an author for TV series such as Dominique, Métro, boulot, dodo and L'or du temps. He played acting parts in Caïn – a play that he authored – and in La Cage aux Folles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/21 at 5:43 am

Joan Micklin Silver, American director and screenwriter, turns 86 today.

She is best known for Hester Street (1975), her first feature, and Crossing Delancey (1988).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/21 at 6:08 am

Tommy Chong, Canadian-American actor, writer, director, musician, cannabis rights activist and comedian, turns 93 today.

He is known for his marijuana-themed Cheech & Chong comedy albums and movies with Cheech Marin, as well as playing the character Leo on Fox's That '70s Show. He became a naturalized United States citizen in the late 1980s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/21 at 5:08 am

Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director, turns 90 today.

He is the producer or director of over 50 motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for three other films: Raging Bull, The Right Stuff, and Goodfellas.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/21 at 6:54 am

Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, actor, and civil servant, turns 88 today.

He served as the fifth Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001. He was the first person of Indian descent along with being the first Hindu to hold the office of Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/21 at 9:26 am

Tom T. Hall, American country music songwriter, singer, instrumentalist, novelist, and short-story writer, turns 85 today.

He has written 12 No. 1 hit songs, with 26 more that reached the Top 10, including the No. 1 international pop crossover smash "Harper Valley PTA" and the hit "I Love", which reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. He is included in Rolling Stones list of 100 Greatest Songwriters. He became known to fans as "The Storyteller," thanks to his storytelling skills in his songwriting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/21 at 2:14 pm

Sir Ian McKellen, English actor, turns 82 today.

His career spans six decades. He has performed in genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. Over his career he has received numerous awards including seven Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has also received nominations for two Academy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and four BAFTAs. He achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III (1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He was knighted in the 1991 New Year Honours for services to the performing arts, and made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality in the 2008 New Year Honours.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/21 at 12:18 am

Ernie Carroll, Australian entertainer, radio and television personality, comic writer, television producer, puppeteer and comic strip writer, turns 92 today.

Most recognised for his role as the man behind (and inside) Ossie Ostrich on Hey Hey It's Saturday, Cartoon Corner and The Daryl and Ossie Show.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/21 at 1:22 am

William Bolcom, American composer and pianist, turns 83 today.

He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a[ Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973 until 2008. He is married to mezzo-soprano Joan Morris.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/21 at 4:47 am

Teresa Stratas, Canadian soprano and actress, turns 83 today.

Her repertoire also included Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Despina in Così fan tutte, Cherubino and Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Liù in Turandot, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Micaëla in Carmen, Marguerite in Faust, the title role in La Périchole, Gretel in Hansel and Gretel, Lisa in The Queen of Spades, The Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Marenka in The Bartered Bride, Desdemona in Otello, Mme Lidoine in Dialogues des Carmélites, the title roles of Salome and Lulu, Jenny Smith in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (directed by John Dexter) and Marie Antoinette in John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles. She is regarded as one of the foremost singing actresses of the twentieth century.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/21 at 6:15 am

Brent Musburger, American sportscaster, turns 82 today.

Currently the lead broadcaster and managing editor at Vegas Stats and Information Network (VSiN) and radio play-by-play voice for the Las Vegas Raiders.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/21 at 7:52 am

Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster, turns 80 today.

He reached the singles final of the U. S. Championships in 1965 (beating Dennis Ralston and Rafael Osuna before losing to Manuel Santana). He was one of the Handsome Eight, a group of players signed by Lamar Hunt in 1968 for the newly formed professional World Championship Tennis (WCT) group. He became president of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) when it was formed by Jack Kramer, Donald Dell, and himself in 1972. Drysdale was ranked world No. 4 in 1965 by Lance Tingay of The Daily Telegraph.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/21 at 10:11 pm

Retired actress Carroll Baker turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/21 at 10:15 pm

Jerry West - American basketball player and executive - turns 83 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/29/21 at 7:33 am

Retired actress Carroll Baker turns 90 today.


Mother of Blanche Baker, who played the role of the older sister in Sixteen Candles.  8)

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Written By: nally on 05/29/21 at 11:28 am

American racecar driver Al Unser Sr. (aka Al Unser I), turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/21 at 6:22 am

Clint Eastwood, American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure, turns 91 today.

After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/21 at 7:15 am

John Prescott, British politician, turns 83 today.

He was the Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007. Born in Prestatyn, Wales, he represented Hull East as the Labour Member of Parliament from 1970 to 2010. In the 1994 leadership election, he stood for both Leader and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, winning election to the latter office. He was appointed Deputy Prime Minister after Labour's victory in the 1997 election, with an expanded brief as Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/31/21 at 8:07 am

Terry Waite, English humanitarian and author, turns 82 today.

He was the Assistant for Anglican Communion Affairs for the then Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, in the 1980s. As an envoy for the Church of England, he travelled to Lebanon to try to secure the release of four hostages, including the journalist John McCarthy. He was himself kidnapped and held captive from 1987 to 1991.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/31/21 at 11:50 am

Clint Eastwood, American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure, turns 91 today.


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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/31/21 at 11:52 am

Clint Eastwood, American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure, turns 91 today.


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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/21 at 12:30 am

Frank Cameron, New Zealand cricketer, turns 89 today.

He played 19 Tests for New Zealand as a fast bowler. He took three five-wicket-hauls in an innings during his Test career for New Zealand, two of them during his first tour against South Africa in 1961–62, where New Zealand drew 2–2 in the five–Test series. During that series, he was dismissed once in nine innings, and finished with a batting average of 17. In 30 Test innings, he ended up not out in two thirds of them, which might have contributed to his career batting average of 11.6 – he only made it into double figures three times with the bat.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/21 at 1:05 am

Pat Boone, American singer, composer, actor, writer, television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman, turns 87 today.

He was a successful pop singer in the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45 million records, had 38 Top 40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood films. According to Billboard, Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis Presley, and was ranked at No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists 1955–1995. Until the 2010s, Boone held the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/21 at 1:17 am

Morgan Freeman, American actor, director, and narrator, turns 84 today.

He has appeared in a range of film genres portraying character roles and is particularly known for his distinctive deep voice. Freeman is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/21 at 2:59 am

Gerald Scarfe, English cartoonist and illustrator, turns 85 today.

He has worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker. His other work includes graphics for rock group Pink Floyd, particularly on their 1979 album The Wall, its 1982 film adaptation, and tour (1980–81), as well as the music video for "Welcome to the Machine". Scarfe was the production designer on the Disney animated feature Hercules (1997). Scarfe also provided the opening titles for Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. He is married to actress Jane Asher, whom he met in 1971.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/21 at 5:32 am

Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, British architect and designer, turns 86 today.

Closely associated with the development of High-tech architecture and the early adoption of energy-efficient construction techniques, Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His architectural practice Foster + Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates, is the largest in the United Kingdom, and maintains offices internationally. He is the President of the Norman Foster Foundation, created to 'promote interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future'. The foundation, which opened in June 2017, is based in Madrid and operates globally. Foster was made a Knight Bachelor in the 1990 Birthday Honours.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/01/21 at 7:29 am

Kip Thorne, American theoretical physicist, turns 81 today.

Known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics. A longtime friend and colleague of Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan, he was the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) until 2009 and is one of the world's leading experts on the astrophysical implications of Einstein's general theory of relativity. He continues to do scientific research and scientific consulting, most notably for the Christopher Nolan film Interstellar. Thorne was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 12:52 am

Sally Kellerman, American actress, turns 84 today.

Her acting career spans over 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film M*A*S*H (1970) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. After M*A*S*H, she appeared in a number of the director's projects: the films Brewster McCloud (1970), Welcome to L.A. (1976) (produced by Altman, directed by his protegé, Alan Rudolph), The Player (1992) and Prêt-à-Porter (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series Gun (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman has appeared in films such as Last of the Red Hot Lovers (1972), Back to School (1986), plus many television series such as The Twilight Zone (1963), The Outer Limits (1965), Star Trek (1966), Bonanza (1966, 1970) The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman (2006), 90210 (2008), Chemistry (2011), and Maron (2013). She also voiced Miss Finch in Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 2:01 am

Robert Paul, Canadian former pair skater, turns 84 today.

He teamed up with Barbara Wagner in 1952. They became the 1960 Olympic champions, four-time World champions, and five-time Canadian national champions. After retiring from competition, the pair toured with Ice Capades. Paul choreographed for American skaters Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, and Linda Fratianne and the skating sequences for the Donny and Marie show. He was one of Mirai Nagasu's coaches.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 5:30 am

Charlie Watts, English drummer, turns 80 today.

Best known as a member of the Rolling Stones since 1963. Originally trained as a graphic artist, he started playing drums in London's rhythm and blues clubs, where he met Brian Jones, Mick Jagger, and Keith Richards. In January 1963, he joined their fledgling group, the Rolling Stones, as drummer, while doubling as designer of their record sleeves and tour stages. Watts has been the only Rolling Stones member other than Jagger or Richards to have been featured on all of their studio albums. He cites jazz as a major influence on his drumming style. He has toured with his own group, the Charlie Watts Quintet, and appeared in London at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club with the Charlie Watts Tentet.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 6:56 am

Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright, turns 84 today.

His early career was that of a playwright, penning the off-Broadway plays Ginger Anne and The Love Nest. As a writer, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Quinn Redeker, Louis A. Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 8:24 am

Kevin Brownlow, British film historian, television documentary-maker, filmmaker, author, and film editor, turns 83 today.

He is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era, having become interested in silent film at the age of eleven. This interest grew into a career spent documenting and restoring film. Brownlow has rescued many silent films and their history. His initiative in interviewing many largely forgotten, elderly film pioneers in the 1960s and 1970s preserved a legacy of early mass-entertainment cinema. He received an Academy Honorary Award at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on 13 November 2010. This was the first occasion on which an Academy Honorary Award was given to a film preservationist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 10:00 am

Constantine II of Greece, turns 81 today.

He is the former king of the Hellenes. He reigned from 6 March 1964 until the abolition of the monarchy on 1 June 1973. He is also a former competitive sailor and Olympian, winning a gold medal in the 1960 Rome Olympics in the Dragon class, and later serving on the International Olympic Committee.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/21 at 11:38 am

Stacy Keach, American actor and narrator, turns 80 today.

He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer, which he played in numerous stand-alone television films and at least three television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1984. He has appeared as the lead in films such as Fat City and The Ninth Configuration. He has also performed as a narrator for programs including CNBC'S American Greed (2008–) and various educational television programs. Comedic roles include Ken, the father of comedian Christopher Titus in the FOX sitcom Titus (2000–2002), and as Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's films Up in Smoke (1978) and Nice Dreams (1981). Keach won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the television miniseries Hemingway (1988).

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Written By: nally on 06/03/21 at 11:53 pm

Happy 90th birthday to Raul Castro, a Cuban politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, succeeding his late brother Fidel. Raul held said position for ten years, starting in April of 2011 and ending just two months ago.

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Written By: nally on 06/05/21 at 11:15 am

American actor Bruce Dern turned 85 yesterday.

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Written By: nally on 06/05/21 at 11:16 am

Actor and singer Bill Hayes turns 96 today.

In 1955 he topped the U.S. Billboard charts with his recording of "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett."

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Written By: nally on 06/06/21 at 12:12 pm

American singer Gary U.S. Bonds turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/07/21 at 8:05 pm

Happy 81st birthday to Welsh singer Tom Jones.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/21 at 12:07 am

Happy 81st birthday to Welsh singer Tom Jones.
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Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 91 today.

He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. Aumann received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis. He shared the prize with Thomas Schelling.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/21 at 1:13 am

Ray Illingworth, English cricketer and sportscaster, turns 89 today.

He played for Yorkshire (1951–68 and 1982–83), Leicestershire (1969–78) and England (1958–73) and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1960. He is currently the oldest living cricketer who had played at least one ODI.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/21 at 3:40 am

Millicent Martin, English actress, singer, and comedian, turns 87 today.

She was the lone female singer of topical songs on the weekly BBC Television satire show That Was The Week That Was known as TW3 (1962–1963). For her work on Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for Side by Side by Sondheim (1977) and King of Hearts (1978), both for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other television roles include her recurring role as Gertrude Moon in the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–04) and Joan Margaret in Grace & Frankie.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/08/21 at 5:02 am

Happy 81st birthday to Welsh singer Tom Jones.


I remember when the ladies would throw their underwear at Tom when he’d perform live on stage. I imagine they still do.  ;)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/21 at 6:03 am

Nancy Sinatra, American singer and actress, turn 81 today.

She is the elder daughter of Frank Sinatra and Nancy Sinatra (née Barbato), and is widely known for her 1965 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". Other defining recordings include "Sugar Town", the 1967 number one "Somethin' Stupid" (a duet with her father), the title song from the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, several collaborations with Lee Hazlewood, such as "Jackson", "Summer Wine" and her cover of Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)". Nancy Sinatra began her career as a singer and actress in November 1957 with an appearance on her father's ABC-TV variety series, but initially achieved success only in Europe and Japan. In early 1966 she had a transatlantic number-one hit with "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". She appeared on TV in high boots and with colorfully dressed go-go dancers, creating a popular and enduring image of the Swinging Sixties. The song was written by Lee Hazlewood, who wrote and produced most of her hits and sang with her on several duets, including "Some Velvet Morning". In 1966 and 1967, Sinatra charted with 13 titles, all of which featured Billy Strange as arranger and conductor. Sinatra also had a brief acting career in the mid-1960s, including a co-starring role with Elvis Presley in the movie Speedway, and with Peter Fonda in The Wild Angels. Frank and Nancy Sinatra played a fictional father and daughter in Marriage on the Rocks.

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Herb Adderley, American professional football player, turns 92 today.

He was a cornerback for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In 1980, he was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Adderley played college football for the Michigan State Spartans and was an All-Big Ten offensive star as a halfback. He is the only player to appear in four of the first six Super Bowls.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/21 at 12:01 pm

James Darren, American actor, turns 85 today.

He made his name in the 1950s in a series of teenage-themed films. A better actor than most of his contemporary teenage heartthrobs, he nevertheless found it difficult to escape the teen-idol image he got in pictures like Gidget (1959) and Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961). He also gained fame in the early and mid-1960s as a singer, with several hits to his credit, including "Goodbye Cruel World" and "Her Royal Majesty". His film work tapered off in the 1960s, but he did much TV work and had two hit series, The Time Tunnel (1966) in the 1960s and T.J. Hooker (1982) in the 1980s.

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Written By: nally on 06/08/21 at 11:57 pm

I remember when the ladies would throw their underwear at Tom when he’d perform live on stage. I imagine they still do.  ;)

Do any of them do the Carlton Dance when he performs "It's Not Unusual"? :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/21 at 12:15 am

Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza), American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, turns 90 today.

His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination. Later, his 1988 special Jackie Mason on Broadway won another Emmy Award (for outstanding writing) and another Ace Award, and his 1991 voice-over of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski in The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown" won Mason a third Emmy Award. He has written and performed in six one-man shows on Broadway.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/21 at 1:12 am

Bill Virdon, American baseball player, coach, and coach in Major League Baseball (MLB), turns 90 today.

He played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1955 through 1965 and in 1968. He served as a coach for the Pirates and Houston Astros, and managed the Pirates, Astros, New York Yankees, and Montreal Expos.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/21 at 2:38 am

Al Cantello, American javelin thrower and coach, turns 88 today.

He was the coach of the men's distance running program at the United States Naval Academy from 1963-2018. He graduated from La Salle University in Philadelphia in 1955. In 1959, he set the world record in the javelin and won the bronze medal at the 1959 Pan American Games and made the US Olympic team in 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/09/21 at 4:02 am

Nell Dunn, English playwright, screenwriter and author, turns 85 today.

She is known especially for a volume of short stories, Up the Junction, and a novel, Poor Cow.

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Written By: nally on 06/09/21 at 11:26 pm

American sportscaster Dick Vitale turned 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 1:14 am

Claudio Gilberto Froehlich, Brazilian zoologist, turns 94 today.

After his first academic years studying land planarians, Froehlich started to work with freshwater invertebrates, especially stoneflies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 2:42 am

Eugene Parker, American solar astrophysicist, turns 94 today.

He, in the mid-1950s, developed the theory of the supersonic solar wind and predicted the Parker spiral shape of the solar magnetic field in the outer Solar System. In 1987, Parker proposed that the solar corona might be heated by myriad tiny "nanoflares", miniature brightenings resembling solar flares that would occur all over the surface of the Sun.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 3:19 am

James McDivitt, American former test pilot, United States Air Force pilot, aeronautical engineer, and NASA astronaut, turns 92 today.

He flew in the Gemini and Apollo programs. He commanded the Gemini 4 flight during which Ed White performed the first U.S. spacewalk, and later the Apollo 9 flight which was the first crewed flight test of the Lunar Module and the complete set of Apollo flight hardware. He later became Manager of Lunar Landing Operations and was the Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager from 1969 to 1972.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 4:46 am

Shirley Owens (born Shirley Alston Reeves), American soul singer, turns 80 today.

She was the main lead singer of the hit girl group the Shirelles. In addition to Owens, the Shirelles consisted of classmates of hers from Passaic High School, New Jersey: Doris Kenner Jackson, Addie "Micki" Harris McPhadden and Beverly Lee. Through marriages, she became Shirley Alston and later, Shirley Alston Reeves. Her strong, distinctive voice meant that she was the natural choice for their main lead singer, though Jackson was also featured as lead on several songs as well.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/10/21 at 5:17 am

Actor and singer Bill Hayes turns 96 today.

In 1955 he topped the U.S. Billboard charts with his recording of "The Ballad Of Davy Crockett."


He’s been playing the role of Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives for the past 51 years.  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 5:20 am

He’s been playing the role of Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives for the past 51 years.  :o
O0

Thank you.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/10/21 at 5:30 am

He’s been playing the role of Doug Williams on Days of Our Lives for the past 51 years.  :o



O0

Thank you.


His wife, Susan Seaforth Hayes, has performed on DOOL for the past 53 years.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 5:50 am

E. O. Wilson (Edward Osborne Wilson), American biologist, naturalist, and writer, turns 92 today.

He is an influential biologist who on numerous occasions has been given the nicknames "The New Darwin", "Darwin's natural heir" or "The Darwin of the 21st century" His biological specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants, on which he has been called the world's leading expert.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 7:37 am

Pierre Cartier, French mathematician, turns 89 today.

An associate of the Bourbaki group and at one time a colleague of Alexander Grothendieck, his interests have ranged over algebraic geometry, representation theory, mathematical physics, and category theory.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/10/21 at 10:39 am

Jürgen Prochnow, German actor, turns 80 today.

His best-known roles internationally have been as the good-hearted and sympathetic U-boat captain in Das Boot (1981), Duke Leto Atreides in Dune (1984), the minor but important role of Kazakh dictator General Ivan Radek in Air Force One (1997), and the antagonist Maxwell Dent in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987).

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Written By: nally on 06/12/21 at 3:48 pm

Today is the 80th birthday of American sportscaster Marv Albert.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/12/21 at 5:14 pm

Today is the 80th birthday of American sportscaster Marv Albert.


Yes!

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Written By: nally on 06/14/21 at 11:51 pm

Happy 90th birthday to African-American actress Marla Gibbs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/21 at 12:32 am

Joseph Gilbert, English air marshal, turns 90 today.

He served as Deputy Commander of Strike Command from 1984 to 1986.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/21 at 1:24 am

Billy Williams, American professional baseball left fielder, turns 83 today.

He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs and two seasons for the Oakland Athletics. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. In 1999, Williams was named a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Williams was the 1961 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year and was a six-time NL All-Star. In 1970, he had a .322 batting average with 42 home runs and 129 runs batted in (RBI), led the NL with 205 hits, and was the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) runner-up. In 1972, Williams won the NL batting title while hitting .333. He hit more than 400 career home runs, including 30 or more in five seasons. Williams also hit above .300 in five seasons and had over 100 RBI in three seasons.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/21 at 4:00 am

Neal Adams, American comic book artist, turns 80 today.

He is the co-founder of the graphic design studio Continuity Associates; and is a creators-rights advocate who helped secure a pension and recognition for Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Adams was inducted into the Eisner Award's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1998, the Harvey Awards' Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1999, and the Inkwell Awards Joe Sinnott Hall of Fame in 2019.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/21 at 2:29 am

Eileen Atkins, English actress and occasional screenwriter, turns 87 today.

She has worked in the theatre, film, and television consistently since 1953. In 2008, she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress and the Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for Cranford. She is also a three-time Olivier Award winner, winning Best Supporting Performance in 1988 (for Multiple roles) and Best Actress for The Unexpected Man (1999) and Honour (2004). She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1990 and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2001.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/21 at 3:47 am

Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Bulgarian politician, turns 84 today.

He had served as the last reigning Tsar of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1946, before later serving as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/21 at 5:52 am

Joyce Carol Oates, American writer, turns 83 today.

She published her first book in 1963 and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and nonfiction. Her novels Black Water (1992), What I Lived For (1994), and Blonde (2000) and short story collections The Wheel of Love (1970) and Lovely, Dark, Deep: Stories (2014) were each finalists for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won many awards for her writing, including the National Book Award, for her novel them (1969), two O. Henry Awards, the National Humanities Medal, and the Jerusalem Prize (2019).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/21 at 6:55 am

Lamont Dozier, American singer, songwriter and record producer, turns 80 today.

He has co-written and produced 14 US Billboard number 1 hits and 4 number ones in the UK.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/16/21 at 8:15 am

Billy "Crash" Craddock, American country and rockabilly singer, turns 82 today.

He first gained popularity in Australia in the 1950s with a string of rockabilly hits, including the Australian number one hit's "Boom Boom Baby" and "One Last Kiss" in 1960 and 1961 respectively. Switching to country music, he gained popularity in United States in the 1970s with a string of top ten country hits, several of which were number one hits, including "Rub It In", "Broken Down in Tiny Pieces", and "Ruby Baby". Craddock is known to his fans as "The King Of Country Rock Music" and "Mr. Country Rock" for his uptempo rock-influenced style of country music.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/21 at 2:26 am

Peggy Seeger, American folk singer, turns 85 today.

She is also well known in Britain, where she has lived for more than 60 years, and was married to the singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989. She was step-mother to singer Kirsty MacColl. Her father was Charles Seeger (1886–1979), an important folklorist and musicologist; her mother was Seeger's second wife, Ruth Porter Crawford (1901–1953), a modernist composer who was the first woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. One of her brothers was Mike Seeger, and the well-known Pete Seeger was her half-brother. One of her first recordings was American Folk Songs for Children (1955).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/21 at 3:56 am

Ken Loach, English filmmaker, turns 85 today.

His socially critical directing style and socialist ideals are evident in his film treatment of social issues such as poverty (Poor Cow, 1967), homelessness (Cathy Come Home, 1966), and labour rights (Riff-Raff, 1991, and The Navigators, 2001). Loach's film Kes (1969) was voted the seventh greatest British film of the 20th century in a poll by the British Film Institute. Two of his films, The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006) and I, Daniel Blake (2016), received the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making him one of only nine filmmakers to win the award twice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/21 at 5:46 am

George Akerlof, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 81 today.

He is a university professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Koshland Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/21 at 8:45 am

Chuck Rainey, American bass guitarist, turns 81 today.

He has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/21 at 1:09 pm

Kenneth Kaunda, Zambian former politician, turns 97 today.

He served as the first President of Zambia from 1964 to 1991.
It has been report that Kenneth Kaunda has passed away today aged 97, died from an undisclosed medical condition and died when being treated for pneumonia.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 1:17 am

Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, writer and theatre and film director, turns 93 today.

A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to win Tony Awards for best Director of a Play and Musical in the same year for Copenhagen and Kiss Me, Kate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 3:57 am

Jürgen Habermas, German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism, turns 92 today.

His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 5:37 am

Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Brazilian sociologist, professor and politician, turn 90 today.

He served as the 34th President of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2002. He was the first Brazilian president to be reelected for a subsequent term. An accomplished scholar of dependency theory noted for his research on slavery and political theory, Cardoso has earned many honors including the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation (2000) and the Kluge Prize from the US Library of Congress (2012).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 6:08 am

Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 89 today.

He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with Yuan T. Lee and John C. Polanyi "for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes". Herschbach and Lee specifically worked with molecular beams, performing crossed molecular beam experiments that enabled a detailed molecular-level understanding of many elementary reaction processes. Herschbach is a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 9:05 am

Tommy Hunt, American soul/northern soul singer, and a 2001 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee as a member of famed R&B group The Flamingos, turns 88 today.

In 1959 their biggest hit was "I Only Have Eyes For You" which remains their most popular song, being used in film soundtracks and on compilation albums to this date.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 10:30 am

June 18th 1937 – John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV, American politician, turns 84 today.

He served as a United States Senator from West Virginia (1985–2015). He was first elected to the Senate in 1984, while in office as Governor of West Virginia (1977–85). Rockefeller moved to Emmons, West Virginia, to serve as a VISTA worker in 1964 and was first elected to public office as a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates (1966-1968). Rockefeller was later elected West Virginia Secretary of State (1968-1973) and was president of West Virginia Wesleyan College (1973–1975). He became the state's senior U.S. Senator when the long-serving Senator Robert Byrd died in June 2010. As a great-grandson of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, who died less than a month before Jay's birth, he was the only serving politician of the prominent six-generation Rockefeller family during his tenure in the United States Senate and the only one to have held office as a Democrat in what has been a traditionally Republican family, though he too was originally a Republican until he decided to run for office in what was then a strictly Democratic state. Rockefeller did not seek reelection in 2014 and was succeeded by Republican U.S. Representative Shelley Moore Capito.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 12:23 pm

Vitaly Zholobov, Ukrainian colonel, engineer, and astronaut, turns 84 today.

He flew on Soyuz 21 space flight as the flight engineer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 1:39 pm

Paul Mayersberg, English director and screenwriter, turns 80 today.

He is known for his work on The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Croupier (1998) and The Last Samurai (1990). He was previously married to Jennie Stoller.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/21 at 2:40 pm

Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter, turns 80 today.

Known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style. One of the best known celebrity chefs in British popular culture, Smith has influenced viewers to become more culinary adventurous. She is also famous for her role as joint majority shareholder at Norwich City F.C..

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/18/21 at 6:35 pm

June 18th 1937 – John Davison "Jay" Rockefeller IV, American politician, turns 84 today.



Piece of trivia… back in 1980 when Jay was running for Governor of West Virginia, he was touring my company and ended up in my office. Ever the politician, he stopped to admire some of my photography which I had used to decorate my office.  He said “LyricBoy, I really like those pictures over there”.  8)

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Written By: nally on 06/19/21 at 3:58 pm

American actress Gena Rowlands turns 91 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 06/21/21 at 8:26 pm

Happy 89th birthday to composer Lalo Schifrin, a male composer and musician born in Argentina on this day in 1932.  He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, including Cool Hand Luke, the "Theme from Mission: Impossible", Bullitt, Dirty Harry, and Enter the Dragon. He has received five Grammy Awards and six Academy Awards nominations. Associated with the jazz music genre, Schifrin is also noted for his collaborations with Clint Eastwood from the late 1960s to the 1980s, particularly the Dirty Harry series of films.

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Written By: nally on 06/21/21 at 11:18 pm

Today is the 88th birthday of American actor and comedian Bernie Kopell.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 12:06 am

Doreen Mantle, South African-born English actress, turns 95 today.

She played Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000). She has appeared in many British television series since the 1960s, including The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem (2006–09).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 1:33 am

Bruce Kent, English activist and laicised Roman Catholic priest, turns 93 today.

Active in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), he was the organisation's general secretary from 1980 to 1985 and its chair from 1987 to 1990. He now holds the honorary title of vice-president. In 1960 he joined the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a specialist section of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 2:50 am

– Prunella Scales (Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales. née Illingworth), English actress, turns 89 today.

She played Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers. She was nominated for a BAFTA award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett. In 2006, Scales appeared alongside Academy Award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell in the mini-series The Shell Seekers. She is married to the actor Timothy West, with whom she has two sons; the elder is actor and director Samuel West.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/22/21 at 4:32 am

– Prunella Scales (Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales. née Illingworth), English actress, turns 89 today.


You don’t see many kids named Prunella these days…

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 6:31 am

You don’t see many kids named Prunella these days…
Any?

Unless the parents are Fawlty Towers fans?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 6:32 am

Dianne Feinstein, American politician, turns 88.

She has served as the senior United States Senator from California since 1992. A member of the Democratic Party, she was mayor of San Francisco from 1978 to 1988.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 7:34 am

Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter and actor, turns 85 today.

Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actor, he is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Lone Star (1996), Stagecoach (1986), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/21 at 12:15 pm

Chris Blackwell, English businessman and record producer, turns 84 today.

He is the founder of Island Records, which has been called "one of Britain's great independent labels". According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to which Blackwell was inducted in 2001, he is "the single person most responsible for turning the world on to reggae music."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 12:35 am

From yesterday:

Dame Esther Rantzen, English journalist and television presenter, turns 81 today.

She presented the BBC television series That's Life! for 21 years, from 1973 until 1994. She works with various charitable causes, and founded the charities ChildLine, promoting child protection, which she set up in 1986, and The Silver Line, designed to combat loneliness in older people's lives, which she set up in November 2012. Rantzen has been recognised for her contribution to television and society. She was awarded an OBE for services to broadcasting in 1991, a CBE for services to children in 2006, and in the 2015 New Year Honours, was made a Dame for services to children and older people through ChildLine and The Silver Line. She is Patron for the charity Operation Encompass and a Trustee for the charity Silver Stories. She was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to children and older people through ChildLine and The Silver Line.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 12:35 am

Saleh Ajeery, Kuwaiti astronomer, turns 101 today.

He wrote many books and articles, and gave several seminars and lectures.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 2:59 am

Doris Johnson, American former politician in the state of Washington, turns 98 today.

She served in the Washington House of Representatives as a Democrat from the 16th District, as well as the 8th District. A school counselor, Johnson attended Western Washington State College and earned a master's degree in education.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 4:41 am

Mario Ghella, Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling, turns 92 today.

He won a gold medal in the individual sprint event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 6:18 am

Keith Burkinshaw, English former professional footballer and football manager, turns 86 today.

He is one of the most successful managers of Tottenham Hotspur, winning 3 major trophies for the club as manager there.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 7:09 am

Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist, turns 85 today.

Widely known as the author of some of the 1970s' biggest sellers, including Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1970) and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977). Bach has written numerous works of fiction, and also non-fiction flight-related titles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 9:57 am

Martti Ahtisaari, Finnish captain and politician, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 84 today.

He was the tenth President of Finland (1994–2000), a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and a United Nations diplomat and mediator noted for his international peace work.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 10:41 am

Alan Haselhurst, English academic and politician, turns 84 today.

A Conservative politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Saffron Walden from 1977 to 2017, having previously represented Middleton and Prestwich from 1970 to 1974. Haselhurst was Chairman of Ways and Means from 14 May 1997 to 8 June 2010, and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association between 2011 and 2014. He was the oldest Conservative MP during his last Parliament, and stood down at the 2017 general election. In May 2018, he was appointed as a life peer, and currently sits in the House of Lords as Baron Haselhurst.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/23/21 at 12:19 pm

Diana Trask, Australian-born country and pop singer, turns 81 today.

In the early 1960s she was a regular pop music performer on United States TV shows, Don McNeill's Breakfast Club and Sing Along with Mitch. From 1968 to 1981 she was a country music singer in the US and in Australia. In the US, she had eighteen singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, where her top 20 hits are "Say When" and "It's a Man's World (If You Have a Man Like Mine)" (both 1973), "When I Get My Hands on You" and "Lean It All on Me" (both 1974).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/21 at 12:12 am

Carolyn S. Shoemaker, American astronomer and a co-discoverer of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9, turns 92 today.

She once held the record for most comets discovered by an individual. Although Shoemaker earned degrees in history, political science and English literature, she had little interest in science until she met and married geologist Eugene M. ("Gene") Shoemaker in 1950–51. She later said that his explanations of his work thrilled her. Despite her relative inexperience and lack of a science degree, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) had no objection to her joining Gene's team there as a research assistant. She had already shown herself to be unusually patient, and demonstrated exceptional stereoscopic vision, which were particularly valuable qualities for looking for objects in near-Earth space.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/21 at 3:28 am

Sam Jones, American former professional basketball player and shooting guard, turns 88 today.

During his playing career, he was known for his quickness and game-winning shots, especially during the NBA playoffs. He has the second most NBA championships of any player (10), behind his teammate Bill Russell (11). He was also one of only three Boston Celtics (along with teammates Bill Russell and K. C. Jones) to be part of the Celtics' eight consecutive championships from 1959 to 1966. He is a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/21 at 4:44 am

Ngina Kenyatta, popularly known as "Mama Ngina", turns 88 today.

She is the former First Lady of Kenya. She is the widow of the country's first president, Jomo Kenyatta (1889–1978), mother of the current president Uhuru Kenyatta

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/21 at 5:28 am

Gloria Christian, Italian singer, turns 87 today.

Still as a student, she was part of a jazz band and of the dance orchestra led by Renato Marini. In 1956, she participated to the radio musical contest "La bacchetta d'oro", which got her an early popularity and a contract with the label Vis. In 1957 she got her first hit, a cover version of "Que Sera, Sera" which ranked #3 on the Italian hit parade. Between 1957 and 1962 Christian entered the main competition at the Sanremo Music Festival four times, getting two significant successes with the songs "Casetta in Canadà" (1957) and "Timida serenata" (1958). She also entered the competition at the Festival di Napoli ten times, getting a large success with her 1959 entry "Cerasella" and winning the competition in 1962 with the song "Marechiaro Marechiaro". In 1970 she was the presenter of the last edition of the festival.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/21 at 8:32 am

Terry Riley, American composer and performing musician, turns 86 today.

Best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his music became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape music techniques, and delay systems. He produced his best known works in the 1960s: the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 LP A Rainbow in Curved Air, both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental, rock, and contemporary electronic music.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/21 at 10:45 am

Charlie Dees, American professional baseball player, turns 86 today.

His career extended from 1957 through 1966. The first baseman appeared in 98 games played in Major League Baseball over parts of three seasons (1963–65) for the Los Angeles/California Angels. He threw and batted left-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 173 pounds (78 kg).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/24/21 at 3:13 pm

Vittorio Storaro, Italian cinematographer,, turns 81 today.

Widely recognized for his work on numerous classic films including The Conformist, Apocalypse Now, and The Last Emperor. In the course of over fifty years, he has collaborated with directors such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Francis Ford Coppola, Warren Beatty, and Woody Allen. He has received three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography for the films Apocalypse Now (1979), Reds (1981), and The Last Emperor (1987), and is one of three living persons who has won the award three times, the others being Robert Richardson and Emmanuel Lubezki.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/21 at 2:33 am

June Lockhart, American actress, turns 96 today.

Primarily in 1950s and 1960s television, and with performances on stage and in film. On two television series, Lassie and Lost in Space, she played mother roles. She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner.

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John A. Wickham Jr., United States Army general, turns 93 today.

He served as the United States Army Chief of Staff from 1983 to 1987.

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Sir Peter Blake, English pop artist, turn 89 today.

Best known for co-creating the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His other best known works include the covers for two of The Who's albums, the cover of the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the Live Aid concert poster. Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette. One of the best known British pop artists, Blake is considered to be a prominent figure in the pop art movement. Central to his paintings are his interest in images from popular culture which have infused his collages. In 2002 he was knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to art.

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Jack W. Hayford, American author, Pentecostal minister, and Chancellor Emeritus of The King's University (formerly The King's College and Seminary), turns 87 today.

He is a former senior pastor of The Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California one of a handful of flagship churches in the Foursquare denomination and was the fourth President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. He is widely known for his past involvement in the Promise Keepers movement and for being a prolific author and songwriter, with over 600 hymns and choruses in his catalog. He is the author of the popular 1978 hymn "Majesty", which is rated as one of the top 100 contemporary hymns and performed and sung in churches worldwide.

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Don Demeter, American former professional baseball outfielder, third baseman, and first baseman, turns 86 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) over all or parts of 11 seasons for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. He batted and threw right-handed and was listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 190 pounds (86 kg).

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Judy Howe, American artistic gymnast, turns 86 today.

She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of 52nd place on the balance beam and uneven bars. In 1976 she was inducted into the Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame.

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Eddie Floyd, American soul-R&B singer and songwriter, turns 84 today.

Best known for his work on the Stax record label in the 1960s and 1970s including the No. 1 R&B hit song "Knock on Wood".

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Doreen Wells, English ballerina and actress, turns 84 today.

She received her early dance training at the Bush Davies School of Theatre Arts, continuing her studies at the Sadler's Wells Ballet School. She is a winner of the Adeline Genée Gold Medal from the Royal Academy of Dance. She made her professional stage debut in pantomime, before ultimately joining the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet. In theatre, she has performed roles in West End musicals, including the leading role of Vera Baranova in On Your Toes at the Palace Theatre and Maggie Jones in 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. She has also made television appearances including the 1985 Royal Variety Performance and a BBC Christmas Extravaganza.

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Written By: nally on 06/26/21 at 11:10 am

Bill Sheffield, former governor of Alaska, turns 93 today. He served a single term, 1982-1986.
His term in the governor's mansion was marked by controversy including attempts to have him impeached.

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American short story writer Edith Pearlman turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/26/21 at 11:12 am

Neil Abercrombie, former governor of Hawaii, turns 83 today. He served a single term, from late 2010 to late 2014.

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Written By: nally on 06/28/21 at 11:54 pm

Happy 95th birthday to American actor/comedian/filmmaker Mel Brooks.

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Al Besselink, American professional golfer, turns 99 today.

He won the Southern Intercollegiate Championship twice before graduating in 1949. He turned pro later that year. Besselink won five PGA Tour events including the inaugural Tournament of Champions in 1953. The field was made up of 20 professionals, all tournament winners in the prior twelve months. With a six-foot par putt on the 18th hole, he finished with a 280, beating Chandler Harper by one stroke. Besselink was paid off with a wheelbarrow filled with silver dollars. He also had bet $500 on himself at 25 to 1, earning another $12,500. Because he had just heard that Babe Zaharias had been diagnosed with cancer he donated half of his $10,000 first prize to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. Besselink and Zaharias had won the International Two-Ball Championship at Orlando in February 1952.

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English composer for musical theatre and television, turns 82 today.

He is also a noted songwriter, pianist, arranger and producer. In 1964, Hatch made his first trip to New York City in search of new material for Petula Clark. The visit inspired him to write "Downtown", originally with The Drifters in mind. When Clark heard the still unfinished tune, she told him that if he could write lyrics to match the quality of the music, she would record the song as her next single. Its release transformed her into a huge international star, topping charts globally early in 1965, and introducing her to the US market.

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Paul Berg, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 95 today.

He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980, along with Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger. The award recognized their contributions to basic research involving nucleic acids. Berg received his undergraduate education at Penn State University, where he majored in biochemistry. He received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from Case Western Reserve University in 1952. Berg worked as a professor at Washington University School of Medicine and Stanford University School of Medicine, in addition to serving as the director of the Beckman Center for Molecular and Genetic Medicine. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Berg was presented with the National Medal of Science in 1983 and the National Library of Medicine Medal in 1986. Berg is a member of the Board of Sponsors for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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David Berglas, British magician and mentalist of German-Jewish descent, turns 95 today.

His secret technique of locating a particular card within a pack has been described as the Holy Grail of card magic. He was one of the first magicians to appear on UK television.

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Shirley Fry Irvin, American tennis player, turns 94 today.

A former world No. 1. During her career, which lasted from the early 1940s until the mid-1950s, she won the singles title at all four Grand Slam events as well as 13 doubles titles. As of 2021, Fry Irvin is the longest surviving female Grand Slam and Wimbledon singles champion.

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Mario Lanfranchi, Italian director, screenwriter, producer, collector and actor, turns 94 today.


After receiving a degree at the Drama Academy (Accademia dei Filodrammatici) of Milan in the early 1950s, he was hired by Sergio Pugliese at RAI, at the onset of Italian television. He was the first to bring opera to the small screen, in 1956, with Madama Butterfly, by Giacomo Puccini, which introduced to a wide public Anna Moffo, at that time an unknown American soprano, who became his wife for 17 years. In 1967 he began his career as a film director with the western movie Death Sentence. He currently lives in a 16th-century villa in Santa Maria del Piano outside Parma.

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Kaye Vaughan, American football player, turns 90 today.

A lineman with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League for twelve seasons. He won the CFL's Outstanding Lineman Award in 1956 and 1957 and is a member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1978, Vaughan was voted 41st on the CFL's top 50 players in a poll conducted by Canadian sports network TSN, one of a few players from the 1950s who was included.

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M. J. K. Smith (Michael John Knight Smith), English former cricketer, turns 88 today.

He was captain of Oxford University Cricket Club (1956), Warwickshire County Cricket Club (1957–67) and the England cricket team (1963–66). He was one of England's most popular cricket captains and, as he also played rugby union, Smith was England's last double international.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/21 at 4:07 pm

Billy Mills, American sprinter known as Tamakoce Te'Hila, turns 83 today.

He won a gold medal in the 10,000 meter run (6.2 mi) at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. His 1964 victory is considered one of the greatest Olympic upsets because he was a virtual unknown going into the event. He was the first non-European to win the Olympic event and remains the only winner from the Americas. A United States Marine, Billy Mills is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe.

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Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer, turns 85 today.

She is best known for playing Muriel Rush in the sitcom Too Close for Comfort (1980–1987). In a career spanning over half a century, Dussault received two Tony Award nominations.

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George I. Fujimoto, American chemist of Japanese descent, turns 101 today.

During his studies at Harvard his family was imprisoned in an American internment camp Minidoka in Idaho. He discovered the Fujimoto-Belleau reaction, which is named after him and Bernard Belleau.

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Art McNally, American football referee, turns 96 today.

A former director of officiating for the National Football League (NFL) from 1968 to 1991. Before becoming director of officiating—succeeding Mark Duncan, who had held the position from 1964 to 1968—McNally served as a field judge and referee in the NFL for nine years from 1959 to 1967. During a 22-year span, he officiated over 3,000 football, baseball, and basketball games, which included one year in the National Basketball Association (NBA)

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Wally Amos, American TV personality, entrepreneur, and author, turns 85 today.

He is the founder of the Famous Amos chocolate-chip cookie, the Cookie Kahuna, and Aunt Della’s Cookies gourmet cookie brands, and he was the host of the adult reading program, Learn to Read.

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Carl Hahn, German businessman, turns 95 today.

He is the former head of the Volkswagen Group from 1982 to 1993. He served as the chairman of the board of management of the parent company, Volkswagen AG (formerly Volkswagenwerk AG). During his tenure, the group's car production increased from two million units in 1982 to 3.5 million a decade later.

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Leslie Caron, French-American actress, dancer, and writer, turns 90 today.

She is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award, two BAFTA Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. Caron began her career as a ballerina. She made her film debut in the musical, An American in Paris (1951), followed by roles in The Man with a Cloak (1951), Glory Alley (1952), and The Story of Three Loves (1953), before her role of an orphan in Lili (also 1953), which earned her the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress and garnered nominations for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.

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Twyla Tharp, American dancer, choreographer, and author, turns 80 today.

She lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the company Twyla Tharp Dance. Her work often uses classical music, jazz, and contemporary pop music. From 1971 to 1988 Twyla Tharp Dance toured extensively around the world, performing original works. In 1973 Tharp choreographed Deuce Coupe to the music of The Beach Boys for the Joffrey Ballet. Deuce Coupe is considered the first "crossover ballet", a mix of ballet and modern dance. Later she choreographed Push Comes to Shove (1976), which featured Mikhail Baryshnikov and is now thought to be the best example of crossover ballet. In 1988 Twyla Tharp Dance merged with American Ballet Theatre, since which time ABT has premiered 16 of Tharp's works.

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Written By: nally on 07/04/21 at 10:14 am

Actress Eva Marie Saint turns 97 years old today.

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Gina Lollobrigida, an Italian actress and photojournalist, turns 94 today.

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Gina Lollobrigida, an Italian actress and photojournalist, turns 94 today.


Born Luigia Lollobrigida, she signed her first movie contract with Howard Hughes.  8)

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Queen Sonja of Norway turns 84 years old today.

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Chuck Close, American painter, artist and photographer, turns 81 today.

He makes massive-scale photorealist portraits. Close often paints abstract portraits of himself and others, which hang in collections internationally. Close also creates photo portraits using a very large format camera. Even though a catastrophic spinal artery collapse in 1988 left him severely paralyzed, he has continued to paint.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/05/21 at 12:42 am

Born Luigia Lollobrigida, she signed her first movie contract with Howard Hughes.  8)
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Terry Cashman, American singer-songwriter and record producer, turns 80 today.

Best known for his 1981 hit, "Talkin' Baseball". While the song is well recognized today, it was all but ignored by typical Top 40 radio during its chart life, making only the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.

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Written By: andersenb11775 on 07/05/21 at 10:28 pm

Terry Cashman, American singer-songwriter and record producer, turns 80 today.

Best known for his 1981 hit, "Talkin' Baseball". While the song is well recognized today, it was all but ignored by typical Top 40 radio during its chart life, making only the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.



sadly obliterated in the minds of younger generations by his own parody of it, "Talkin' Softball", for THE SIMPSONS.

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Armando Silvestre, Mexican American film actor, turns 95 today.

He has appeared in more than 190 films since 1948. Best known for The Batwoman (1968), Wrestling Women vs. the Aztec Mummy (1964) and Wonder Woman (1975).

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14th Dalai Lama ((spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso; born Lhamo Dhondup), known as Gyalwa Rinpoche), turns 86 today.

He is the current Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader of Tibet, and a retired political leader of Tibet. Born on 6 July 1935, or in the Tibetan calendar, in the Wood-Pig Year, 5th month, 5th day, he is considered a living Bodhisattva; specifically, an emanation of Avalokiteśvara. He is also the leader of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism, formally headed by the Ganden Tripa. The central government of Tibet, the Ganden Phodrang, invested the Dalai Lama with temporal duties until his exile in 1959. On April 29, 1959, the Dalai Lama established the independent Tibetan government in exile, the Central Tibetan Administration, in the north Indian hill station of Mussoorie, which then moved in May 1960 to Dharamsala, where he resides. He retired as political head in 2011 to make way for a democratic government.

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Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian-Icelandic pianist and conductor, turns 84 today.

An internationally recognized solo pianist, chamber music performer, and conductor. He is originally from Russia and has held Icelandic citizenship since 1972. He has lived in Switzerland since 1978. Ashkenazy has collaborated with well-known orchestras and soloists. In addition, he has recorded a large storehouse of classical and romantic works. His recordings have earned him five Grammy awards and Iceland's Order of the Falcon.

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Gene Chandler (born Eugene Drake Dixon), American singer, songwriter, music producer, and record-label executive, turns 84 today.

He is nicknamed "the Duke of Earl" or, simply, "the Duke." He is best known for his most successful songs, "Duke of Earl" and "Groovy Situation", and his association with the Dukays, the Impressions, and Curtis Mayfield.

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Dame Mary Peters, English-Irish athlete, turns 82 today.

Best known as a competitor in the pentathlon and shot put. In the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Peters competing for Great Britain and Northern Ireland won the gold medal in the women's pentathlon. She had finished 4th in 1964 and 9th in 1968. To win the gold medal, she narrowly beat the local favourite, West Germany's Heide Rosendahl, by 10 points, setting a world record score. In 1972, Peters won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award. For services to sport, she was promoted in the same Order to Commander (CBE) in the 1990 Birthday Honours and again to Dame Commander (DBE) in the 2000 Birthday Honours.

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James D. Hughes, American Air Force lieutenant general, turns 99 today.

He was commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. He commanded the air component of the unified Pacific Command with an overall mission of planning, conducting, controlling and coordinating offensive and defensive air operations.

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Doc Severinsen, American trumpet player and conductor, turns 94 today.

He led the band on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

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July 7th 1940 – Sir Richard Starkey, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor, turns 81 today.

Better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame during the 1960s as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "Yellow Submarine", "With a Little Help from My Friends" and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote and sang the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others. Starr was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/07/21 at 5:06 am

14th Dalai Lama ((spiritual name Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso, known as Tenzin Gyatso; born Lhamo Dhondup), known as Gyalwa Rinpoche), turns 86 today.


I hear that the Lama has an awesome golf swing. Big hitter.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/07/21 at 5:10 am

I hear that the Lama has an awesome golf swing. Big hitter.
I do not know, but will ask him next time I see him.

I saw him in central London several years back.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/07/21 at 5:14 am

I do not know, but will ask him next time I see him.

I saw him in central London several years back.


A buddy of mine who is a preacher met up with the Lama a few years ago.

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Patricia Hitchcock, English-born American actress and producer, turns 93 today.

She is the only child of English director Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville, and had small roles in several of his films, starting with Stage Fright (1950).

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David McCullough, American author, narrator, popular historian, and lecturer, turns 88 today.

He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.

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Michael Howard, British politician, turns 80 today.

He served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from November 2003 to December 2005. He previously held cabinet positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, including Secretary of State for Employment, Secretary of State for the Environment and Home Secretary.

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Bill Oddie, English writer, comedian, composer, musician, artist, birder, conservationist, television presenter and actor, turns 80 today.

He was a member of comedy trio The Goodies. A birder since his childhood in Quinton, Birmingham, Oddie has established a reputation as a naturalist, conservationist, and television presenter on wildlife issues. Some of his books are illustrated with his own paintings and drawings. His wildlife programmes for the BBC include Springwatch and Autumnwatch, How to Watch Wildlife, Wild in Your Garden, Birding with Bill Oddie, Britain Goes Wild with Bill Oddie and Bill Oddie Goes Wild.

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Written By: nally on 07/07/21 at 9:44 pm

July 7th 1940 – Sir Richard Starkey, English singer-songwriter, drummer, and actor, turns 81 today.

Better known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who achieved international fame during the 1960s as the drummer for the Beatles. He occasionally sang lead vocals with the group, usually for one song on each album, including "Yellow Submarine", "With a Little Help from My Friends" and their cover of "Act Naturally". He also wrote and sang the Beatles' songs "Don't Pass Me By" and "Octopus's Garden", and is credited as a co-writer of others. Starr was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music.


Now that I read this post, I realise that the lead vocals on "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help from My Friends" sound deeper than John's or Paul's. Ringo probably sang on other songs too, but not as much as John or Paul (or George). However, I was aware that all four of them sang at one time or another (individually) as a band.

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Written By: nally on 07/09/21 at 8:02 pm

American singer-actor Ed Ames turns 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/10/21 at 10:48 am

American actor-director Robert Pine turns 80 today.

On TV he was probably most recognizable as Sergeant Getraer on the cop drama series CHiPs. Gwynne Gilford, his real-life wife, played the recurring role of his wife on select episodes of that show.

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Written By: nally on 07/10/21 at 11:22 am

An American baseball player by the name of John Glenn turns 93 today. He played in the minor leagues for about 15 years, but his career at the major league level was short-lived in 1960 with the St. Louis Cardinals.

He is not to be confused with a same-named late astronaut-turned-politician who would have turned 100 next weekend.

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Written By: nally on 07/12/21 at 12:01 am

Oscar Wyatt, American businessman, turns 97 today.

He was the founder of Coastal Corporation and a decorated bomber pilot in World War II.

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Written By: nally on 07/12/21 at 10:26 pm

The following people were all born on this day in 1937 (and still alive), making them 84 today:
Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter :-X
Mickey Edwards, American lawyer and politician
Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France
Robert McFarlane, American colonel and diplomat, 13th United States National Security Advisor

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Written By: nally on 07/12/21 at 10:35 pm

Born this day in 1918: Doris Grumbach - American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist.

Happy 103rd birthday to her!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/21 at 12:42 am

Ashley Bryan, American writer and illustrator of children's books, turns 98 today.

Most of his subjects are from the African American experience. He was U.S. nominee for the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2006 and he won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award for his contribution to American children's literature in 2009. Ashley Bryan's Freedom Over Me was short-listed for the 2016 Kirkus Prize and received a Newbery Honor.

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Suzanne Zimmerman, American competition swimmer and Olympic medalist, turns 96 today.

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Zimmerman won a silver medal in the 100-meter backstroke.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/13/21 at 5:01 am

The following people were all born on this day in 1937 (and still alive), making them 84 today:
Bill Cosby, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter :-X


I once met Mr. Cosby back in the 70s when he was famous, but not like the BILL COSBY of the 1980s when he was huge. It’s a hilarious story.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/21 at 6:57 am

Ian Reed, Australian discus thrower, turns 94 today.

He represented Australia at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 1950 Commonwealth Games in the men's discus throw event. He was born in Victoria.

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Written By: nally on 07/13/21 at 8:42 am

I once met Mr. Cosby back in the 70s when he was famous, but not like the BILL COSBY of the 1980s when he was huge. It’s a hilarious story.

You have lots of interesting stores involving celebs!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/21 at 9:17 am

Johnny Gilbert, American show business personality, turns 93 today.

He has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and announced a number of game shows from various eras, dating as far back as the 1950s. He is known primarily for his work as the announcer and audience host for the syndicated version of the quiz show Jeopardy! since 1984.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/21 at 10:52 am

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian author, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 87 today.

He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured in that category. Soyinka was born into a Yoruba family in Abeokuta. In 1954, he attended Government College in Ibadan, and subsequently University College Ibadan and the University of Leeds in England.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/13/21 at 2:58 pm

Aleksei Yeliseyev, Soviet cosmonaut, turns 87 today.

He flew on three missions in the Soyuz programme as a flight engineer: Soyuz 5, Soyuz 8, and Soyuz 10. He made the world's eighth spacewalk during Soyuz 5 in 1969.

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Patrick Stewart, English actor, turns 81 today.

He is known for his work in various stage, television, film and video games in a career spanning six decades. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and Saturn Awards.

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Written By: nally on 07/14/21 at 1:11 am

Johnny Gilbert, American show business personality, turns 97 today.

He has worked mainly on television game shows. Originally a nightclub singer and entertainer, he has hosted and announced a number of game shows from various eras, dating as far back as the 1950s. He is known primarily for his work as the announcer and audience host for the syndicated version of the quiz show Jeopardy! since 1984.

Some sources give 1924 as his birth year, which would make him 97. He's still the "Jeopardy" announcer today! O0

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Written By: nally on 07/14/21 at 8:42 pm

Retired actress Nancy Olson turns 93 today.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). Olson retired from acting in the early 1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/21 at 12:50 am

Some sources give 1924 as his birth year, which would make him 97. He's still the "Jeopardy" announcer today! O0
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Still today at 97!!!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/21 at 12:50 am

Brenda Milner (née Langford), British-Canadian neuropsychologist, turns 103 today.

She has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical neuropsychology. As of 2010, Milner is a professor in the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and a professor of Psychology at the Montreal Neurological Institute. As of 2005, she holds more than 20 degrees and continues to work in her nineties.

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Written By: nally on 07/15/21 at 1:13 am

O0

Still today at 97!!!!

Yep. Bless his heart! O0 And he still sounds the same as he did early on.

It's too bad that Alex Trebek, who hosted the "Jeopardy" for 36 years, is no longer with us (he would've been 81 next Thursday). :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/21 at 2:32 am

Evan Hultman, American politician and attorney in the state of Iowa, turns 96 today.

He served as Attorney General of Iowa from 1961 to 1965, as a Republican. He is a retired major general in the United States Army Reserve and served in the Army during World War II. He attended the University of Iowa, earning a B.A. in 1949, and J.D. in 1952.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/21 at 6:02 am

Antony Carbone, American actor, turns 96 today.

After graduating from Los Angeles State College, he moved to New York City to study drama with Harold Clurman and Eva Le Gallienne. He started his professional acting career in small parts in various Broadway productions before moving into film and television. Carbone is probably best known for his supporting roles in several low-budget horror films by Roger Corman in the late 1950s and early 1960s. In 1968 Carbone appeared (credited as Anthony Carbone) as the first Mexican on The Big Valley in the episode titled "Miranda." Since the mid-1980s. He has been a stage director in Los Angeles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/21 at 11:07 am

Stephen Smale, American mathematician, turns 91 today.

Known for his research in topology, dynamical systems and mathematical economics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and spent more than three decades on the mathematics faculty of the University of California, Berkeley (1960–1961 and 1964–1995).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/21 at 12:45 pm

Joanna Merlin (born Joann Ratner), American actress and casting director, turns 90 today.

She has worked with Stephen Sondheim and starred in the original Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof. She has written two acting guides and is a faculty member of New York University's graduate acting program. In recent years, she has become known for her recurring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Judge Lena Petrovsky.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/15/21 at 2:47 pm

Barry Goldwater, Jr., American politician, turns 83 today.

He is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from California, serving from 1969 to 1983. He is the son of former U.S. Senator and 1964 Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/21 at 9:03 pm

Rosita Quintana, Argentine actress, is 96 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/21 at 9:05 pm

Katherine D. Ortega, 38th Treasurer of the United States, turns 87 years old today.

She was Treasurer for a good part of the 1980s, from 1983 until 1989.

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Written By: nally on 07/17/21 at 11:08 am

Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/21 at 11:54 am

Baseball Hall-of-Fame manager Joe Torre turns 81 today.

His best managerial stint was that with the New York Yankees, from 1996 through 2007.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/21 at 11:55 am

American singer Dion DiMucci turns 82 today. He was the leader of doowop band Dion & The Belmonts.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/21 at 11:55 am

Happy 80th birthday to Martha Reeves, lead singer of the 1960s band Martha And The Vandellas.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/21 at 3:38 pm

Retired figure skater Dick Button, who later served as a commentator on the sport, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/19/21 at 11:04 pm

American pop-country music singer Sue Thompson turns 96 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/19/21 at 11:06 pm

American-born singer Vikki Carr, the daughter of a Mexican couple, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/19/21 at 11:52 pm

Rachel Robinson, the widow of baseball icon Jackie Robinson, turns 99 today. She is a former professor and registered nurse.

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Written By: nally on 07/22/21 at 11:12 pm

American politician Bob Dole turns 98 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/22/21 at 11:23 pm

American funk musician George Clinton turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/22/21 at 11:45 pm

American R&B singer Chuck Jackson turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/23/21 at 10:53 pm

Twin brothers Claude and Guy Fournier, natives of Canada, turn 90 today. Claude is a filmmaker and Guy is an author/playwright/screenwriter.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/24/21 at 6:51 am

American politician Bob Dole turns 98 today.


Perhaps when Britney Spears escapes her conservatorship, she and Bob Dole can do another Pepsi commercial.  8)

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Written By: nally on 07/24/21 at 10:23 am

Perhaps when Britney Spears escapes her conservatorship, she and Bob Dole can do another Pepsi commercial.  8)



::)

If he's still alive by then.

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Written By: nally on 07/24/21 at 10:24 am

On topic: Ruth Buzzi turns 85 today. She's a comedic actress who is best known for being a cast member of Rowan & Martin's Laugh In (and was the only female performer to appear in every episode during the programme's 5-year run, 1968-1973).

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Written By: nally on 07/25/21 at 11:45 am

John Robinson, American football player and coach is 86 today.

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Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 07/26/21 at 2:06 am

On topic: Ruth Buzzi turns 85 today. She's a comedic actress who is best known for being a cast member of Rowan & Martin's Laugh In (and was the only female performer to appear in every episode during the programme's 5-year run, 1968-1973).


Don't forget Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast. :)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/26/21 at 5:07 am

Don't forget Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast. :)


And Sesame Street.  8)

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Written By: nally on 07/26/21 at 7:59 pm

Don't forget Dean Martin's Celebrity Roast. :)

And Sesame Street.  8)

That's true. But I know she's most recognizable from her role on Laugh-In. (At least from my perspective.)

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Written By: nally on 07/26/21 at 8:13 pm

On topic... Canadian retired politician Marc Lalonde, who was a cabinet minister for much of his career, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/26/21 at 11:19 pm

Singer Darlene Love turns 80 today.

She was the actual lead vocalist on the 1962 hit single "He's A Rebel", which was credited to The Crystals, even though she wasn't a member of that group.

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Written By: nally on 07/27/21 at 7:43 pm

American screenwriter and producer Norman Lear turns 99 today.

He created or developed many 1970s sitcoms such as All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time and its 2017 remake, The Jeffersons, and Good Times and the 2021 Netflix revival alongside Seth MacFarlane.

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Written By: nally on 07/29/21 at 8:30 pm

Elizabeth Dole, former U.S. Secretary Of Labor, turns 85 today.

A week ago we said happy 98th birthday to her husband Bob.

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Written By: nally on 07/30/21 at 9:15 pm

Former MLB commissioner Bud Selig turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/30/21 at 9:15 pm

Canadian-born singer Paul Anka turns 80 today.

He is primarily known in the world of music, but he has also done some acting.

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Written By: nally on 07/30/21 at 9:17 pm

American musician Buddy Guy turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 07/31/21 at 10:27 am

American retired soap-opera actress Susan Flannery is 82 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/21 at 7:13 am

Val Bettin, American actor, turns 98 today.

Known for using an English accent in all of his roles. He is perhaps best known for voicing Dr. David Q. Dawson in the 1986 Disney animated film The Great Mouse Detective and the Sultan in The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the two direct-to-video sequels to Disney's Aladdin as well as the TV show, taking over for Douglas Seale. Bettin also hosted The Storyteller, a children's show on Chicago television in the late 1950s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/21 at 9:40 am

Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turn 90 today.

Encouraged instead to follow his father's example and become a surgeon, Elliott rebelled, running away from home at the age of 15 to join Col. Jim Eskew's Rodeo, the only rodeo east of the Mississippi. They traveled throughout the Mid-Atlantic states and New England. He was with them for only three months before his parents tracked him down and had him sent home, but Elliott was exposed to his first singing cowboy, Brahmer Rogers, a rodeo clown who played guitar and five-string banjo, sang songs, and recited poetry. Back home, Elliott taught himself guitar and started busking for a living. Eventually he got together with Woody Guthrie and stayed with him as an admirer and student. With banjo player Derroll Adams, he toured the United Kingdom and Europe. By 1960, he had recorded three folk albums for the UK record label Topic Records. In London, he played small clubs and pubs by day and West End cabaret nightclubs at night. When he returned to the States, Elliott found he had become renowned in American folk music circles. Woody Guthrie had the greatest influence on Elliott. Guthrie's son, Arlo, said that because of Woody's illness and early death, Arlo never really got to know him, but learned his father's songs and performing style from Elliott and, according to Arlo, Woody Guthrie once said that Jack Elliot "Sounds more like me than I do" . Elliott's guitar and his mastery of Guthrie's material had a big impact on Bob Dylan when he lived in Minneapolis.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/21 at 12:36 pm

Terry Kiser, American actor, turns 82 today.

Besides portraying the deceased title character of the comedy Weekend at Bernie's and its sequel, Weekend at Bernie's II, he has more than 140 acting credits to his name, with a career spanning more than 50 years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/21 at 2:43 pm

Henry Silverman, American entrepreneur and private equity investor, turns 81 today.

He is best known for his role in building Cendant Corporation into a multibillion-dollar business services company that provided car rentals, travel reservation services as well as real estate brokerage services and was also the largest franchisor of hotels globally.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/01/21 at 2:45 pm

Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza), American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, turns 90 today.

His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination. Later, his 1988 special Jackie Mason on Broadway won another Emmy Award (for outstanding writing) and another Ace Award, and his 1991 voice-over of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski in The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown" won Mason a third Emmy Award. He has written and performed in six one-man shows on Broadway.
Sadly, he passed away recently.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/21 at 1:00 am

John Gale, English director and producer, turns 92 today.

He was the producer of the long-running West End comedy No Sex Please, We're British, which ran at three different West End theatres from 1971-87. He succeeded Patrick Garland as the sixth artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in 1985. He directed five Festival seasons until 1989. In 1986 Gale was executive producer for the Chichester Festival Theatre's first London revival of Irving Berlin's musical Annie Get Your Gun, starring Suzi Quatro as Annie Oakley and Eric Flynn as Frank Butler. Gale was executive producer on the 1993 recording of Robert & Elizabeth (Chichester Festival Cast).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/21 at 5:34 am

Garth Hudson, Canadian multi-instrumentalist, turns 84 today.

Best known as the keyboardist and occasional saxophonist for rock group the Band. He was a principal architect of the group's sound, described as "the most brilliant organist in the rock world" by Keyboard magazine. With the deaths of Richard Manuel in 1986, Rick Danko in 1999, and Levon Helm in 2012, Hudson is one of only two living original members of The Band, the other being Robbie Robertson. A master of the Lowrey organ, Hudson's other primary instruments are piano, accordion, electronic keyboards, and saxophones (alto, tenor, soprano, baritone, bass). He has been a much-in-demand and respected session musician, performing with dozens of artists, including Elton John, who has cited him as an early influence.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/02/21 at 2:39 pm

Jules A. Hoffmann, Luxembourgian-French biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 80 today.

He was elected to the positions of Vice-President (2005-2006) and President (2007-2008) of the French Academy of Sciences. Hoffmann and Bruce Beutler were jointly awarded a half share of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for "their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity". Hoffmann and Bruno Lemaitre discovered the function of the fruit fly Toll gene in innate immunity. Its mammalian homologs, the Toll-like receptors, were discovered by Beutler. Toll-like receptors identify constituents of other organisms like fungi and bacteria, and trigger an immune response, explaining, for example, how septic shock can be triggered by bacterial remains.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/03/21 at 2:01 am

Edward Petherbridge, English actor, writer and artist, turns 85 today.

Among his many roles, he portrayed Lord Peter Wimsey in the 1987 BBC television adaptations of Dorothy L. Sayers' novels, and Guildenstern in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. At the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1980, he was a memorable Newman Noggs in the company's adaptation of Dickens's The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/03/21 at 5:26 am

American screenwriter and producer Norman Lear turns 99 today.

He created or developed many 1970s sitcoms such as All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, One Day at a Time and its 2017 remake, The Jeffersons, and Good Times and the 2021 Netflix revival alongside Seth MacFarlane.


Norm has outlived most of the big stars of his shows. Carroll O’Connor (Archie), Jean Stapleton (Edith), Martin Balsam (Murray Klein),  Bea Arthur (Maude), William Macy (Maude’s husband), Rue McLanahan (Vivian), Conrad Bain (Dr. Harmon),  Esther Rolle (Florida), Ja’net DuBois (Willona), Isabelle Sanford (Weezy), Sherman Hensley (George Jefferson), Roxie Roker (Helen Willis), Franklin Cover (Tom Willis), Paul Benedict (Bentley), Mike Evans (Lionel #1), Zara Cully (Mother Jefferson), Bonnie Franklin (Ann Romano), Pat Harrington (Schneider), Nanette Fabares (Grandma Romano), Joe Campanella (Ann’s ex hubs), Redd Foxx (Fred Sanford), LaWanda Page (Aunt Esther), Whitman Mayo (Grady), and Nathaniel Taylor (Rollo) have all permanently left the cast.  :\'(

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Written By: nally on 08/03/21 at 11:21 pm

American businesswoman and TV personality Martha Stewart turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/03/21 at 11:22 pm

Beverly Lee, a member of the 1960s American girl-group The Shirelles, also turns 80 today.

Her Shirelles bandmate Doris Coley would have also turned 80, but kicked the bucket in 2000 due to breast cancer. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 08/03/21 at 11:26 pm

Actor and producer Martin Sheen turns 81 today.

He is the father of actors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez (as well as actress Renee Estevez and actor Ramon Estevez, but they didn't have quite as high a profile as their two brothers).

Martin's real surname was Estevez, but he chose Sheen as a pseudo-surname to help him gain acting parts. His son Charlie followed suit in that regard.

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Written By: nally on 08/03/21 at 11:44 pm

American musician Tony Bennett turns 95 today.

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Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 08/04/21 at 9:54 pm

Actor and producer Martin Sheen turns 81 today.

He is the father of actors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez (as well as actress Renee Estevez and actor Ramon Estevez, but they didn't have quite as high a profile as their two brothers).

Martin's real surname was Estevez, but he chose Sheen as a pseudo-surname to help him gain acting parts. His son Charlie followed suit in that regard.


His real name actually is Ramon Estevez. His son is Ramon Luis Estevez. :)

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 08/04/21 at 10:08 pm

Actor and producer Martin Sheen turns 81 today.

He is the father of actors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez (as well as actress Renee Estevez and actor Ramon Estevez, but they didn't have quite as high a profile as their two brothers).

Martin's real surname was Estevez, but he chose Sheen as a pseudo-surname to help him gain acting parts. His son Charlie followed suit in that regard.


"Pseudo-surname" sounds kind of sinister. Almost like "alias". The story is, Sheen, a devout Roman Catholic,  chose the name Sheen as his professional name after Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, an American Catholic Bishop who had a popular prime time TV program, "Life Is Worth Living" in the 1950s on which he presented sermons in a flamboyant, oratory style, often writing on a blackboard. Yes, there was a time blatant religious programming was seen on prime time TV. He was even nominated for Emmy Awards. At one Emmy Award ceremony, host Milton Berle joked that he had a lot in common with Bishop Sheen, because "he uses old material too".

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Written By: nally on 08/04/21 at 11:31 pm

"Pseudo-surname" sounds kind of sinister. Almost like "alias". The story is, Sheen, a devout Roman Catholic,  chose the name Sheen as his professional name after Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, an American Catholic Bishop who had a popular prime time TV program, "Life Is Worth Living" in the 1950s on which he presented sermons in a flamboyant, oratory style, often writing on a blackboard. Yes, there was a time blatant religious programming was seen on prime time TV. He was even nominated for Emmy Awards. At one Emmy Award ceremony, host Milton Berle joked that he had a lot in common with Bishop Sheen, because "he uses old material too".

Sorry if you don't like my choice of words. Should I have written " adopted surname "?

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Written By: nally on 08/04/21 at 11:34 pm

His real name actually is Ramon Estevez. His son is Ramon Luis Estevez. :)

That is true, although they changed their names to differentiate each other. Also Charlie's birth name was Carlos Estevez, and he anglicized it.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/05/21 at 5:26 am

…after Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, an American Catholic Bishop who had a popular prime time TV program, "Life Is Worth Living" in the 1950s on which he presented sermons in a flamboyant, oratory style…


I never knew that Bishop Sheen was flamboyant.

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Written By: nally on 08/05/21 at 11:42 pm

Country music performer Bobby Braddock turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/08/21 at 11:40 am

Happy 84th birthday to actor Dustin Hoffman.

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Written By: nally on 08/09/21 at 8:10 pm

Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher active in MLB from 1957-1975, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/09/21 at 8:28 pm

...and speaking of pro baseball players, Julian Javier turns 85 today. A native of Dominican Republic, he played in MLB from 1960 through 1972, spending all but one of his seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals (who won the World Series in 1964 and again in 1967 with him on the roster). His son Stan later played in MLB.

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Written By: nally on 08/09/21 at 11:25 pm

Chuck Essegian, another former baseball player, also had a birthday today; he turns 90. He had a six-season career (1958 through 1963) with a handful of teams. After retiring from baseball, he earned a law degree and became an attorney based in southern California.

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Written By: nally on 08/10/21 at 8:06 pm

Rocky Colavito, a baseball outfielder of the 1950s and 1960s, turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/13/21 at 12:03 am

Dana Ivey, American character actress, turned 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/14/21 at 12:05 am

American R&B musician Dave "Baby" Cortez turned 83 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/14/21 at 12:06 am

Joycelyn Elders, former U.S. Surgeon General, turned 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/14/21 at 1:38 pm

American musician David Crosby turns 80 today.

He was of course, a member of the folk-rock ensemble known as Crosby, Stills, & Nash (which later briefly expanded to Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young); but he was a founding member of the rock band The Byrds.

He was a son of the late cinematographer Floyd Crosby, who was 41 when David was born.

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Written By: nally on 08/16/21 at 8:34 pm

Happy 88th birthday to actress Julie Newmar.

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Written By: nally on 08/16/21 at 8:37 pm

Ketty Lester, American singer/actress, turns 87 today. She is best known for her 1962 recording of the song "Love Letters."

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/17/21 at 8:22 pm

Happy 88th birthday to actress Julie Newmar.


Back in the day she did some awesome bikini shots.  :-*

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Written By: nally on 08/18/21 at 10:40 pm

On topic... former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter is 94 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/18/21 at 10:51 pm

French-born film director/producer/screenwriter Roman Polanski turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/18/21 at 11:05 pm

American soul singer Maxine Brown turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/19/21 at 11:30 pm

Happy 88th birthday to retired actress Debra Paget.

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Written By: nally on 08/19/21 at 11:33 pm

American baseball player Bobby Richardson turns 86 years old today.

He spent his entire 12-season MLB career (1955-1966) with the New York Yankees. He became a fulltime player in 1957, his third season at the major league level, and was on three World Series-winning teams (those of 1957, 1961, and 1962). However, his Yankees reached the 1960 World Series, which they lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates, yet he was named MVP of that World Series for his performance. To date, he is the only member of a losing World Series team to be named World Series MVP.

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Written By: nally on 08/19/21 at 11:35 pm

Diana Muldaur, American actress of film and television, turns 83 today. She is the sister-in-law of singer Maria Muldaur (who was married to Diana's younger brother, Geoff).

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Written By: nally on 08/20/21 at 9:13 pm

Don King, American boxing promoter, turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/21/21 at 2:24 pm

Singer/songwriter Jackie DeShannon turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/21/21 at 2:28 pm

Happy 89th birthday to Melvin Van Peebles. He's an actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer.

Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is his son.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/21/21 at 4:24 pm

Happy 89th birthday to Melvin Van Peebles. He's an actor, filmmaker, playwright, novelist and composer.

Actor-director Mario Van Peebles is his son.


Rapper Mandela Van Peebles is his grandson, too.  8)

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Written By: nally on 08/21/21 at 11:55 pm

Rapper Mandela Van Peebles is his grandson, too.  8)

I wonder if he was named after the late South African president Nelson Mandela?

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/22/21 at 1:53 am

I wonder if he was named after the late South African president Nelson Mandela?


According to his Wikipedia page, yes.

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Written By: nally on 08/22/21 at 11:03 am

According to his Wikipedia page, yes.

Thanks, I should have read it myself to find that info. O0

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Written By: nally on 08/22/21 at 11:05 am

On topic: American baseball player Carl Yastrzemski turns 82 today.

He is the paternal grandfather of current San Francisco Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski (who turns 31 tomorrow!).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/22/21 at 12:16 pm

Thanks, I should have read it myself to find that info. O0


Well that’s where I come in, to fill in the gaps.  ;)

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Written By: nally on 08/23/21 at 8:01 pm

Richard Sanders, American actor and screenwriter, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/23/21 at 8:01 pm

Pete Wilson, former California governor, turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/23/21 at 8:14 pm

American actress Vera Miles is 92 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/21 at 3:25 am

David Ireland, Australian author and playwright, turns 94 today.

Before taking up full-time writing in 1973, he undertook the classic writer's apprenticeship by working in a variety of jobs, ranging from greenskeeper to an extended period in an oil refinery. This latter job inspired his second (and best-known) novel, The Unknown Industrial Prisoner, which brought him recognition in the early 1970s. It is still considered by many critics to be one of the best and most original Australian novels of the period. He won the Miles Franklin Award three times (1971, 1976 and 1979). He is one of only four Australian writers to win the Award more than twice; the others are Thea Astley and Tim Winton, and Peter Carey

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/21 at 6:55 am

Mason Williams, American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, turns 83 today.

Best known for his 1968 instrumental "Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, and Saturday Night Live.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/21 at 10:55 am

David Freiberg, American musician, turns 83 today.

Best known for contributing vocals, keyboards, electric bass, rhythm guitar, viola and percussion as a member of Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, and Jefferson Starship. Among other tracks, he co-wrote "Jane," a hit for Jefferson Starship.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/24/21 at 1:43 pm

Susan Sheehan, Austrian-American journalist and author, turns 84 today.

She won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1983 for her book Is There No Place on Earth for Me? The book details the experiences of a young New York City woman diagnosed with schizophrenia. Portions of the book were published in The New Yorker, for which she has written frequently since 1961 as a staff writer. Her work as a contributing writer has also appeared in The New York Times and Architectural Digest. In 1986, Sheehan published in The New Yorker “A Missing Plane,” a three-part series about the U.S. Army’s attempt to identify the remains of the victims of a 1944 airplane crash. In About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made, Ben Yagoda called the article “exhaustive and ultimately exhausting.” Her husband was the journalist Neil Sheehan, who also won a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction  for A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam in 1989

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/21 at 2:28 am

Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer, turns 88 today.

He came to wide prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he went on to join Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and from there he co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/21 at 8:12 am

Tom Skerritt, American actor, turns 88 today.

He has appeared in more than 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in M*A*S*H, Alien, The Dead Zone, Top Gun, A River Runs Through It, and Up in Smoke, and the television series Picket Fences. Skerritt has earned several nominations and awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1993 for Picket Fences.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/21 at 4:07 pm

Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author, turns 83 today.

He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List. Forsyth's works frequently appear on best-sellers lists and more than a dozen of his titles have been adapted to film. By 2006, he had sold more than 70 million books in more than 30 languages.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/21 at 3:41 am

Jane Marrow (born Jane Josephine Meirowsky), English actress, producer, and screenwriter, turns 80 today.

She studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and, at the onset of her career, was involved with the British National Youth Theatre. She won the Shakespeare Cup one year at the Kent Drama Festival. Early theatre credits would include roles in "Arms and the Man," "The Kitchen," "The Kings Mare" and "Country Dance." A true classical heroine on the late 50's/early 60's stage, she moved to film and TV in 1961. Only earning bit roles in such film fare as Don't Bother to Knock (1961), The Phantom of the Opera (1962) and The Wild and the Willing (1962), her stature grew quickly on TV, bringing forth a noticeable gift of fragility and honesty to her lovely lasses. Standout roles included Oliver Twist's mother in the mini-series Oliver Twist (1962); Rosamund in the TV series Jane Eyre (1963); and the title role in the mini-series Licia dolce Licia (1987) opposite Bill Travers. On the other side of the coin, Jane also became a modern, trendy presence with a lead role opposite Oliver Reed in the film The System (1964) and on all the swinging TV spy shows of the time including The Saint (1962), The Prisoner (1967), Danger Man (1964) and The Avengers (1961), the last for which she was once entertained a leading role.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/21 at 12:53 pm

Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach, turns 91 today.

He played 27 Tests for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up. He was born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana, now Guyana.

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Written By: nally on 08/28/21 at 12:42 am

Tommy Sands, American pop singer and actor, turned 84 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/28/21 at 8:18 am

Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach, turns 91 today.

He played 27 Tests for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up. He was born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana, now Guyana.


He’s my favorite of the Guyanese cricketers.  8)

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Written By: nally on 08/28/21 at 10:19 am

Don Denkinger, retired Major League Baseball umpire, turns 85 today.

His umpire career spanned from 1969 to 1998. He is best remembered for an incorrect safe call he made at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series, which came to be known as "The Call." (This would eventually lead to the Kansas City Royals winning that series.)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/21 at 1:33 am

Rex Hartwig, Australian tennis player, turns 92 today.

He won the doubles in Wimbledon twice: In 1954 with Mervyn Rose and in 1955 with Lew Hoad.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/21 at 7:36 am

Sam Gooden, American soul singer, turns 87 today.

Best known for being an original member of the successful group The Impressions from its beginnings as The Roosters in the 1950s. Though often uncredited, his smooth voice can often be heard trading lines with lead singer Curtis Mayfield (most notably on "It's All Right") or his replacement, Leroy Hutson, on quite a number of songs. Gooden also sang lead vocals on a handful of Impressions tunes, such as "Aware Of Love" and the group's cover of "I Wanna Be Around".

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Written By: nally on 09/03/21 at 9:17 pm

Greek actress Irene Papas turns 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/04/21 at 11:22 am

Ken Harrelson, former pro baseball player and announcer, turns 80 today. He's been nicknamed "The Hawk" due to his distinctive profile.

As an announcer, he's best remembered for calling Chicago White Sox games. He developed a handful of catchphrases he would use while calling games, such as:
- "You can put it on the board, yee-ah!" whenever a White Sox player hit a home run
- "He gone!" whenever a player struck out against a White Sox pitcher
- "It is over!" (pronounced o-vah) when the White Sox won a game.

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Written By: nally on 09/04/21 at 4:14 pm

Willard Scott, American television personality and actor, turns 87 years old today.

He was the original dude to portray Ronald McDonald.  8)

But that will be the final mention of him on this thread, because he just passed away this morning. :\'(

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/04/21 at 4:30 pm

But that will be the final mention of him on this thread, because he just passed away this morning. :\'(


But his memory will live on annually in the Celebrity Birthdays and Deaths thread.  8)

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Written By: nally on 09/04/21 at 8:16 pm

But his memory will live on annually in the Celebrity Birthdays and Deaths thread.  8)

Yes, on that thread we'll mention him for the first time on September 4th 2022.

However, he will get his first mention on the Dead People's Birthdays For Today thread on March 7th 2022.

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Written By: nally on 09/05/21 at 9:31 am

One person who can still be mentioned on this thread is Bob Newhart, a comedic actor who turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/05/21 at 9:33 am

American actor/director/screenwriter William Devane also celebrates a birthday today; he's 82.

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Written By: nally on 09/05/21 at 9:36 am

And happy 81st birthday to actress Raquel Welch.

Her maiden name is Tejada (her father was Bolivian), but she kept her first married name from her marriage to James Welch, with whom she had a daughter, Tahnee, who became a model and actress. Raquel has been married four times altogether.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/21 at 1:04 am

Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer, turns 84 today.

Her work covers television, films, theatre, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. Worley is widely known for her work on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/21 at 3:44 am

Joan Tower, American composer, concert pianist and conductor, turns 83 today.

Lauded by The New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world. After gaining recognition for her first orchestral composition, Sequoia (1981), a tone poem which structurally depicts a giant tree from trunk to needles, she has gone on to compose a variety of instrumental works including Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, which is something of a response to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, the Island Prelude, five string quartets, and an assortment of other tone poems. Tower was pianist and founding member of the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players, which commissioned and premiered many of her early works, including her widely performed Petroushskates.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/21 at 6:50 am

David Allan Coe, American singer and songwriter. turns 82 today.

He took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville. He initially played mostly in the blues style, before transitioning to country music, becoming a major part of the 1970s outlaw country scene. His biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", "The Ride", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "She Used to Love Me a Lot", and "Longhaired Redneck". His most popular songs performed by others are the number-one hits "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)" sung by Tanya Tucker and Johnny Paycheck's rendition of "Take This Job and Shove It".

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Written By: nally on 09/06/21 at 10:28 am

Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer, turns 84 today.

Her work covers television, films, theatre, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. Worley is widely known for her work on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

I remember her on Laugh-in! :D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/21 at 11:20 am

Susumu Tonegawa, Japanese biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 82 today.

He was the sole recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1987, for his discovery of the genetic mechanism that produces antibody diversity. Although he won the Nobel Prize for his work in immunology, Tonegawa is a molecular biologist by training and he again changed fields following his Nobel Prize win; he now studies neuroscience, examining the molecular, cellular and neuronal basis of memory formation and retrieval.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/21 at 12:22 pm

Jean-Paul Belmondo, French actor, turns 83 today.

He was initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s and one of the biggest French film stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. His best known credits include Breathless (1960) and That Man from Rio (1964).
Sadly, Jean-Paul Belmondo passed away today aged 88.

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Written By: nally on 09/06/21 at 3:17 pm

Sadly, Jean-Paul Belmondo passed away today aged 88.

Very sad. :\'(

R.I.P. JPB

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/21 at 11:22 pm

Dame Monica Mason, South African ballet dancer, teacher, and artistic director of The Royal Ballet, turns 80 today.

In more than fifty years with the company, she established a reputation as a versatile performer, a skilled rehearsal director, and a capable administrator. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2002 and elevated to the rank of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 2008.

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Written By: nally on 09/08/21 at 9:47 pm

American politician Bernie Sanders turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/08/21 at 10:47 pm

Jack Prelutsky, American writer of children's poetry, turns 81 today. He served as the first U.S. Children's Poet Laureate (now called the Young People's Poet Laureate) from 2006-08 when the Poetry Foundation established the award.

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Written By: nally on 09/09/21 at 10:30 pm

Michael Constantine, American actor of Greek descent, turns 93 today.

He is most widely recognized for his portrayal of Kostas "Gus" Portokalos, the Windex bottle-toting Greek father of Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos), in the surprise hit film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). Earlier, he earned much acclaim for his extensive television work, especially as the long-suffering high school principal, Seymour Kaufman, on ABC's sitcom, Room 222, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1970; he was again recognized by the Emmy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe Awards, the following year. After the conclusion of Room 222, Constantine portrayed night court magistrate Matthew J. Sirota on the 1976 sitcom Sirota's Court, receiving his second Golden Globe nomination. Constantine reprised his role as Gus Portokalos in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016).

And he celebrated his 94th and final birthday in May of 2021. He just passed away last week. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 09/11/21 at 11:09 am

Earl Holliman, American actor turns 93 years old today. He's also an animal rights activist.

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Written By: nally on 09/12/21 at 2:14 pm

Happy 81st birthday to Linda Gray - actress of film, stage, and television. She is also director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. on the CBS television drama series Dallas (1978–1989, and again from 2012–2014), for which she was nominated for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/12/21 at 2:52 pm

Happy 81st birthday to Linda Gray - actress of film, stage, and television. She is also director, producer and former model, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. on the CBS television drama series Dallas (1978–1989, and again from 2012–2014), for which she was nominated for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.


She also provided “the leg” in the promo posters for the legendary movie “The Graduate” starring Dustin Hogan and Ann Bancroft.  8)

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Written By: nally on 09/13/21 at 10:23 pm

Eileen Fulton, American actress, turns 88 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/21 at 2:08 am

Harry Sinden, Canadian former ice hockey player, coach, and executive, turns 89 today.

He served as a coach, general manager, and team president for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), and was the coach of Team Canada during the 1972 Summit Series. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in the builders category.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/21 at 3:27 am

Walter Koenig, American actor and screenwriter, turns 85 today.

He began acting professionally in the mid 1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek: The Original Series (1967–1969). He went on to reprise this role in all six original-cast Star Trek films. Walter Koenig is one of the few surviving cast members from the original Star Trek, along with William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols and George Takei. He has also acted in several other series and films including Goodbye, Raggedy Ann (1971), The Questor Tapes (1974), and Babylon 5 (1993). In addition to his acting career, Koenig has made a career in writing as well and is known for working on Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973), Land of the Lost (1974), Family (1976), What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977) and The Powers of Matthew Star (1982).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/21 at 5:22 am

Ferid Murad, American physician and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 85 today.

Murad's key research demonstrated that nitroglycerin and related drugs worked by releasing nitric oxide into the body, which relaxed smooth muscle by elevating intracellular cyclic GMP. The missing steps in the signaling process were filled in by Robert F. Furchgott and Louis J. Ignarro of UCLA, for which the three shared the 1998 Nobel Prize (and for which Murad and Furchgott received the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1996). In 1999, Murad and Furchgott received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences among other notable societies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/21 at 8:06 am

Renzo Piano, Italian architect and engineer, turns 84 today.

His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015) and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/21 at 12:27 pm

DeWitt Weaver, American golfer, turns 82 today.

He turned professional in 1964. Weaver competed on the PGA Tour from 1967 to 1976, winning twice in the early 1970s. His best year as a professional golfer was 1971 when he finished in the top-25 on the PGA Tour money list. In 1980 and 1981, he was the Georgia PGA Player of the year. After reaching the age of 50 in September 1989, Weaver began competing on the Senior PGA Tour. His lone win in this venue came in 1991 at the Bank One Senior Classic. Rallying from five shots down on the final day, he defeated J. C. Snead in a playoff with a birdie on the second hole.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/14/21 at 4:04 pm

Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, American civil rights activist who was active in the 1960s, turns 80 today.

She was one of the Freedom Riders who was arrested in Jackson, Mississippi in 1961, and was confined for two months in the Maximum Security Unit of the Mississippi State Penitentiary (known as "Parchman Farm"). The following year she was the first white student to enroll at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Mississippi and served as the local secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/21 at 1:04 am

Jean-Pierre Serre, French mathematician and academic, turns 95 today.

He has made contributions to algebraic topology, algebraic geometry, and algebraic number theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1954, the Wolf Prize in 2000 and the inaugural Abel Prize in 2003.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/21 at 5:11 am

Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 84 today.

Based at the University of Chicago, where he is currently the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College. Widely regarded as the central figure in the development of the new classical approach to macroeconomics, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995 "for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/21 at 6:48 am

Gaylord Perry, professional baseball player, turns 83 today.

He played in Major League Baseball as a right-handed pitcher for eight different teams from 1962 to 1983. During a 22-year baseball career, Perry compiled 314 wins, 3,534 strikeouts, and a 3.11 earned run average. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his third year of eligibility in 1991.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/15/21 at 11:15 am

George Walden, English journalist, former diplomat and former politician, turns 82 today.

For the Conservative Party, he served as Minister for Higher Education 1985–87.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/15/21 at 4:51 pm

Robert Lucas Jr., American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 84 today.

Based at the University of Chicago, where he is currently the John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College. Widely regarded as the central figure in the development of the new classical approach to macroeconomics, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995 "for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy".


Mr. Lucas once spoke to my class at the University of Chicago back when I went there, as did his fellow Nobel laureate Merton Miller.  8)

Presently there are 7 Chicago profs who have received the Nobel in Economics on staff. In total, 31 Chicago faculty or grads have received the Nobel in Economics over the years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/21 at 4:27 am

Micky Stewart, English cricketer and coach, turns 89 today.

A right-handed batsman, Stewart's international career was hampered by illness that curtailed his first overseas tour – serving as vice-captain in India in 1963–64 and he made only eight Test appearances in all, scoring two half-centuries. His domestic career for Surrey spanned eighteen years. His son, Alec Stewart, went on to play over 100 Tests for England.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/21 at 4:47 am

George Chakiris, American actor, singer, and dancer, turns 87 today.

He is best known for his appearance in the 1961 film version of West Side Story as Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks gang, for which he won both the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/21 at 6:49 am

Janis Paige (born Donna Mae Tjaden), American actress and singer, turns 99 today.

She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. She appeared on Broadway and was a huge hit in a 1951 comedy-mystery play, Remains to Be Seen, co-starring Jackie Cooper. She also toured successfully as a cabaret singer. In April 1947, she was crowned "Miss Damsite" and participated at the ground-breaking ceremony for the McNary Dam, on the Columbia River, alongside Cornelia Morton McNary, Senator Charles McNary's widow, and Oregon Governor Earl Snell. Stardom came in 1954 with her role as Babe in the Broadway musical The Pajama Game. She was on the December 1954 cover of Esquire, where she was featured in a seductive pose taken by American photographer Maxwell Frederic Coplan. For the screen version, the studio wanted one major movie star to guarantee the film's success, so John Raitt's role of Sid was offered to Frank Sinatra, who would have been paired with Paige. When Sinatra turned it down, the producers offered Paige's role of Babe to Doris Day, who accepted and was paired with Raitt. After six years away, Paige returned to Hollywood in Silk Stockings (1957), which starred Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, the Doris Day/David Niven comedy Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960), and as a love-starved married neighbor in Bachelor in Paradise (1961) with Bob Hope. A rare dramatic role was as Marion, an institutionalized prostitute, in The Caretakers (1963).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/21 at 8:33 am

Billy Boy Arnold, American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, turns 85 today.

He is a self-taught harmonica player and has worked with blues legends such as Bo Diddley, Johnny Shines, Otis Rush. Earl Hooker, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and others.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/21 at 2:18 pm

Jules Bass, American director, producer, composer, lyricist, and author, turns 86 today.

Until 1960, he worked at a New York advertising agency, and then co-founded a film production company in New York. He joined ASCAP in 1963 and collaborated musically with Edward Thomas and James Polack.

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Written By: nally on 09/17/21 at 11:50 pm

Puerto Rican-born baseball player Orlando Cepeda turns 84 years old today. He played for various MLB teams from 1958 through 1974, and was elected to the National Baseball Hall Of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1999.

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Written By: nally on 09/18/21 at 11:03 am

American actor Robert Blake turns 88 today.

He is not to be confused with other individuals by that name.

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Written By: nally on 09/18/21 at 11:05 am

Canadian ice hockey coach Scotty Bowman also turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/18/21 at 11:08 am

Frankie Avalon - American actor and singer who started out as a teen idol in the 1950s - turns 81 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/18/21 at 12:11 pm

American actor Robert Blake turns 88 today.

He is not to be confused with other individuals by that name.


Born Michael James Gubitosi; he always kept his eye on the sparrow.

I just checked Wikipedia… never realized how many famous Robert Blake’s there are.  :o

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake

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Written By: nally on 09/18/21 at 2:07 pm

Born Michael James Gubitosi; he always kept his eye on the sparrow.

I just checked Wikipedia… never realized how many famous Robert Blake’s there are.  :o

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Blake

Neither did I...until I looked at that link three hours ago.

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Written By: nally on 09/19/21 at 9:56 am

Rosemary Harris, English actress, is 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/19/21 at 10:00 am

Bill Medley, the surviving half of the musical duo known as the Righteous Brothers, turns 81 today.

He has also recorded as a solo performer; his best-known hit as a soloist was "I've Had The Time Of My Life", a 1987 duet with Jennifer Warnes that was part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/19/21 at 12:00 pm

Bill Medley, the surviving half of the musical duo known as the Righteous Brothers, turns 81 today.

He has also recorded as a solo performer; his best-known hit as a soloist was "I've Had The Time Of My Life", a 1987 duet with Jennifer Warnes that was part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.


If that was a duet, does it really count as a solo? ???

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Written By: nally on 09/19/21 at 4:42 pm

If that was a duet, does it really count as a solo? ???

It was a collaboration between two solo acts.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/21 at 5:56 am

Bill Medley, the surviving half of the musical duo known as the Righteous Brothers, turns 81 today.

He has also recorded as a solo performer; his best-known hit as a soloist was "I've Had The Time Of My Life", a 1987 duet with Jennifer Warnes that was part of the Dirty Dancing soundtrack.
...and sang solo on the 1965 hit "Unchained Melody".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/21 at 5:56 am

Takayuki Kubota, Japanese-American martial artist and actor, turns 87 today.

He founded the Gosoku-ryu style of karate, and is the founder and president of the International Karate Association. Kubota holds the title of Sōke for his development of the Gosoku-ryū style of karate. He is also the inventor and holder of the trademark of the Kubotan self-defense keychain.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/21 at 12:06 pm

Sophia Loren (born Sofia Villani Scicolone), Italian actress, turns 87 today.

During the 1960s she starred in films as a sexually emancipated personae and was one of the best known sex symbols. She was named by the American Film Institute as the 21st greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She is currently the only living actress and highest-ranked living person mentioned on the list. She is also now one of the last major surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Her film appearances around this time include The Pride and the Passion, Houseboat, and It Started in Naples. Loren's performance as Cesira in the movie Two Women (1961) directed by Vittorio De Sica earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actor or actress to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance.

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Written By: nally on 09/20/21 at 11:12 pm

...and sang solo on the 1965 hit "Unchained Melody".

...as well as on the re-recording they made a quarter-century later (I think).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/21 at 2:47 am

...as well as on the re-recording they made a quarter-century later (I think).
As used on the soundtrack for "Ghost".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/21 at 2:48 am

Kenneth McAlpine, British race car driver, turns 101 today.

He participated in seven Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 July 1952. He scored no championship points. During the development of the Connaught Racing Team based at Send in Surrey, McAlpine became a considerable financial backer and enjoyed several team owner triumphs including Tony Brooks's memorable F1 victory at Syracuse, Italy in 1955. The team was eventually broken up in 1958 and cars sold off, including one or more to a young Bernie Ecclestone. After Grands Prix, McAlpine established a successful English wine growing and bottling business at his estate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/21 at 7:23 am

Shirley Conran, English journalist and author, turns 89 today.

She has written for Vanity Fair, women's editor of The Daily Mail and The Observer. Published in 1982, her book Lace spent 13 weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list, reaching as high as No. 6, and was adapted into a 1980s US miniseries.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/21 at 11:55 am

Don Preston, American jazz and rock keyboardist, turns 89 today.

He is known for working with Frank Zappa from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s.

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Written By: nally on 09/21/21 at 8:36 pm

As used on the soundtrack for "Ghost".

Yes, the "Unchained Melody" song was repopularized due to inclusion in that film.

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Written By: nally on 09/21/21 at 8:37 pm

On topic... country singer Dickey Lee celebrates his 85th birthday today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/21 at 7:13 am

Joni James, American singer, turns 91 today.

After doing a fill-in in Indiana, she decided to pursue a singing career. Some executives at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) spotted her in a television commercial, and she was signed by MGM in 1952. Her first hit, "Why Don't You Believe Me?" sold over two million copies. She had a number of hits following that one, including "Your Cheatin' Heart" (a cover of Hank Williams' hit) and "Have You Heard?". She was the first American to record at London's Abbey Road Studios, and recorded five albums there. She was also very popular across parts of the Asia-Pacific region, particularly in the Philippines where she performed at Manila's now defunct EM Club in 1957. She also scored a big hit in Manila with Filipino composer Salvador Asuncion's work titled "In Despair".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/21 at 9:13 am

Fay Weldon, English author and playwright, turns 90 today.

In 1971 Weldon wrote the first episode of the landmark television series Upstairs, Downstairs, for which she won a Writers Guild award for Best British TV Series Script. In 1980 Weldon wrote the screenplay for director/producer John Goldschmidt's television movie Life for Christine, which told the true story of a 15-year-old girl's life imprisonment. The film was shown in prime-time on the ITV Network by Granada Television. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1980 BBC miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. In 1989, she contributed to the book for the Petula Clark West End musical Someone Like You. Weldon's most celebrated work is her 1983 novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which she wrote at the age of 52.

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Written By: nally on 09/22/21 at 8:00 pm

Tommy Lasorda, American professional baseball pitcher and manager, turns 94 today.

He managed the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1976 through 1996. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager in 1997.


Sorry - he died earlier this year. :\'(

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=62469.0

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/22/21 at 8:27 pm

Sorry - he died earlier this year. :\'(

http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=62469.0


Yeah, Tommy bit it on January 7th.

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Written By: nally on 09/23/21 at 8:09 pm

Yeah, Tommy bit it on January 7th.

And his wife Jo just kicked the bucket earlier this week. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 09/25/21 at 12:06 pm

American TV journalist Barbara Walters turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/26/21 at 3:24 pm

David Frizzell, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist turns 80 years old today.

Not to be confused with a same-named Republican politician from the state of Indiana.

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Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 09/26/21 at 5:12 pm

This is the "I'm gonna hire a wino to decorate our home" guy, correct? Lefty Frizzell's brother?

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Written By: nally on 09/26/21 at 10:45 pm

This is the "I'm gonna hire a wino to decorate our home" guy, correct? Lefty Frizzell's brother?

Yep, that's him. O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/21 at 1:56 am

Don Nix, American songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author, turns 80 today.

Although cited as being "one of the more obscure figures in Southern soul and rock", he is a key figure in several genres of Southern rock and soul, R&B, and the blues. He played the "Memphis soul" sound.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/21 at 12:01 pm

Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist, turns 89 today.

She made contributions to space physics. Neugebauer's research was among the first that yielded the first direct measurements of the solar wind and shed light on its physics and interaction with comets.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/21 at 12:48 am

Sir Jeremy Isaacs, Scottish television producer, executive, and opera manager, turns 89 today.

He is the recipient of many British Academy Television Awards and International Emmy Awards. He won the British Film Institute Fellowship in 1986, the International Emmy Directorate Award in 1987 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1985. He was also the General Director of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden from 1987 to 1996.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/21 at 2:28 am

Brigitte Bardot, French animal rights activist and actress, singer and model, turns 87 today.

Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the late 1950s and 1960s. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remains a major popular culture icon.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/21 at 4:33 am

Bruce Crampton, Australian golfer, turns 86 today.

He won the Vardon Trophy for the player with the lowest stroke average on the PGA Tour in 1973 and 1975. He had 14 career wins on the PGA Tour between 1961 and 1975 and was runner up in four major championships – one Masters, one U.S. Open, and two PGA Championships – all to Jack Nicklaus. He was ranked among the top five golfers in the world in both 1972 and 1973, according to Mark McCormack's world golf rankings. His other regular career victories included the Australian Open, New Zealand PGA Championship, Far East Open and the Philippine Open. As a senior, he won 20 times on the Champions Tour, and topped the money list in 1986, but he did not win a senior major.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/21 at 6:58 am

Emmett Chapman, American guitarist, turn 85 today.

He started his career as a guitarist, recording and performing in the late 1960s. He played with Barney Kessel and Tim Buckley before leading his own band. In 1969, Chapman modified his homemade nine-string "Freedom Guitar" to accommodate his "Free Hands" tapping method. Although some guitarists had done two-handed tapping with the fingers of the right hand parallel to the strings, Chapman's method used the fingers of both hands perpendicular to the strings. This culminated in the creation of the Electric Stick, which he renamed the Chapman Stick. He founded Stick Enterprises in 1974 and has made more than 6,000 instruments. He holds fourteen patents for various aspects of the Chapman Stick. During the 1970s, Chapman toured extensively to promote his music and the instrument.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/28/21 at 9:47 am

Stuart Kauffman, American medical doctor, theoretical biologist, and complex systems researcher, turns 82 today.

He studies the origin of life on Earth. He was a professor at the University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, and University of Calgary. He is currently emeritus professor of biochemistry at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliate faculty at the Institute for Systems Biology. He has a number of awards including a MacArthur Fellowship and a Wiener Medal. He is best known for arguing that the complexity of biological systems and organisms might result as much from self-organization and far-from-equilibrium dynamics as from Darwinian natural selection, as discussed in his book Origins of Order (1993).

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Written By: nally on 09/30/21 at 11:16 pm

Actress Angie Dickinson turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/30/21 at 11:16 pm

Gospel singer Cissy Houston turns 88 today. (She was the late Whitney Houston's mom.)

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Written By: nally on 09/30/21 at 11:18 pm

Johnny Mathis, American singer of Traditional Pop music, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/01/21 at 8:01 pm

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter turns 97 today!

He is the longest-lived U.S. President, and the longest-tenured former President (at 40 years and counting); in 2012 he overtook Herbert Hoover for the longest period of time spent as a living former President (31 years and 7 months).

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Written By: nally on 10/02/21 at 11:19 am

Maury Wills, American baseball shortstop whose career spanned from 1959 to 1972 (entirely with the Los Angeles Dodgers), turns 89 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/02/21 at 2:02 pm

Maury Wills, American baseball shortstop whose career spanned from 1959 to 1972 (entirely with the Los Angeles Dodgers), turns 89 today.


When I was a lad, Maury signed my baseball glove after a game at Forbes Field in Picksburgh.

But then I continued to play with the glove and his signature eventually wore off!  :-[ ;D

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/02/21 at 2:06 pm

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter turns 97 today!

He is the longest-lived U.S. President, and the longest-tenured former President (at 40 years and counting); in 2012 he overtook Herbert Hoover for the longest period of time spent as a living former President (31 years and 7 months).


Can’t make this stuff up… two days ago I invoked the memory of Herbert Hoover in a business letter.  ;D

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Written By: nally on 10/03/21 at 1:15 pm

When I was a lad, Maury signed my baseball glove after a game at Forbes Field in Picksburgh.

But then I continued to play with the glove and his signature eventually wore off!  :-[ ;D

What amazing stories you have... ;)

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Written By: nally on 10/03/21 at 1:20 pm

American rock-n-roll musician Chubby Checker turns 80 today.

He broke into the music scene in the late 1950s as a teen. His first single, "The Class", was recorded in 1958 (when he was 17) and became a hit for him the following year. Then he scored a plethora of hits in the 1960s - one of which, "The Twist", had two chart runs that both peaked at the top spot (1960 and again in 1962).

Side note: Chubby's recording of "The Twist" was the only song to have two chart runs both ultimately peaking at #1...for nearly six decades. Mariah Carey's Christmas pop hit "All I Want For Christmas Is You", which she first released in the mid-1990s, had a chart run in late 2019 in which it managed to get to the top...and a year later it did the same.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 5:20 am

Torben Ulrich, Danish writer, musician, filmmaker, painter, director, performer, and former professional tennis player, turns 93 today.

He is the father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 10:02 am

Leroy Van Dyke, American country music singer and guitarist, turns 92 today.

Best known for his hits "The Auctioneer" (1956) and "Walk on By" (1961).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 11:46 am

Ann Thwaite, English author, turns 88 today.

She is the author of five major biographies. AA Milne: His Life was the Whitbread Biography of the Year, 1990. Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape (Duff Cooper Prize, 1985) was described by John Carey as "magnificent - one of the finest literary biographies of our time". Glimpses of the Wonderful about the life of Edmund Gosse's father, Philip Henry Gosse, was picked out by D. J. Taylor in The Independent as one of the "Ten Best Biographies" ever. Frances Hodgson Burnett was originally published (1974) as Waiting for the Party and reissued in 2020 with the title Beyond the Secret Garden, with a foreword by Jacqueline Wilson. Emily Tennyson, The Poet's Wife (1996) was reissued by Faber Finds for the Tennyson bicentenary in 2009.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 1:43 pm

Sam Huff, American football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) for the New York Giants and the Washington Redskins, turns 87 today.

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers football team and is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 3:44 pm

Lloyd Green, American steel guitarist, turns 84 today.

Noted for his extensive country music recording session career in Nashville performing on 116 No.1 country hits including Tammy Wynette’s “D-I-V-O-R-C-E” (1968), Charlie Rich’s “Behind Closed Doors” (1973), The Oak Ridge Boys’ “Elvira” (1981), and Alan Jackson’s “Remember When” (2004). Green was a one of an inner circle of elite recording studio musicians known colloquially as the Nashville A-Team.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 10:17 pm

Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien), American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotic literature, turns 80 today.

She is best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations—Interview with the Vampire (1994) and Queen of the Damned (2002).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 10:46 pm

Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 83 today.

He is known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for "his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/21 at 10:57 pm

Roy Blount, Jr., American humorist and journalist, turns 80 today.

He was a staff writer and associate editor with Sports Illustrated from 1968 to 1975, and has continued to contribute to the magazine thereafter. During his last few years with the magazine, he authored About Three Bricks Shy of a Load, a chronicle of the 1973 Pittsburgh Steelers season which was released in 1974. The source of the book's title was Craig Hanneman whose endearing description of himself and his teammates after an away victory over the Oakland Raiders was "We’re all about three bricks shy of a load." In 2002, he narrated The Main Stream, a PBS documentary about the Mississippi River. As of 2011, he is featured regularly as a panelist on the NPR news/comedy quiz show, Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He was also a recurring guest on A Prairie Home Companion. In May 2010, he made a cameo appearance on HBO's series Treme about post-Katrina New Orleans. Blount performs with the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band composed entirely of writers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/21 at 1:23 am

Glynis Johns, South African-born British actress, dancer, musician, and singer, turns 98 today.

Born in Pretoria, South Africa, while her parents were on tour, she is best known for creating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she won a Tony Award, and for playing Winifred Banks in Walt Disney's musical motion picture Mary Poppins. In both roles, she sang songs written specifically for her, including "Send In the Clowns", composed by Stephen Sondheim, and "Sister Suffragette", written by the Sherman Brothers. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in the 1960 film The Sundowners, and upon the death of Olivia de Havilland in 2020, became the oldest living Academy Award nominee in an acting category. She is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. She is known for the breathy quality of her husky voice and her upbeat persona.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/21 at 5:19 am

Roy Book Binder, American blues guitarist, singer-songwriter and storyteller, turns 80 today.

A student and friend of the Rev. Gary Davis, he is equally at home with blues and ragtime. He is known to shift from open tunings to slide arrangements to original compositions, with both traditional and self-styled licks. His storytelling is another characteristic that makes his style unique.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/05/21 at 6:27 am

Stephanie Cole, English stage, television, radio and film actress, turns 80 today.

Known for high-profile roles in shows such as Tenko (1981–1985), Open All Hours (1982–1985), A Bit of a Do (1989), Waiting for God (1990–1994), Keeping Mum (1997–1998), Doc Martin (2004–2009), Cabin Pressure (2008–2014), Still Open All Hours (2013–present), Man Down (2014–2017) and as Sylvia Goodwin in ITV soap opera Coronation Street (2011–2013). She won Best TV Actress at the 1992 British Comedy Awards for her role in Waiting For God and won Best Comedy Performance at the 2012 British Soap Awards for her role in Coronation Street.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/21 at 6:45 am

Eileen Derbyshire, English actress, turns 90 today.

Best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She played the character for 55 years from January 1961 to January 2016 (with a brief cameo in October 2019), making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British TV soap opera.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/21 at 9:32 am

Melvyn Bragg, English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian, turns 82 today.

He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of The South Bank Show (1978–2010), and for the BBC Radio 4 documentary series In Our Time. Earlier in his career, Bragg worked for the BBC in various roles including presenter, a connection that resumed in 1988 when he began to host Start the Week on Radio 4. After his ennoblement in 1998, he switched to presenting the new In Our Time, an academic discussion radio programme, which has run to over 900 broadcast editions and is a popular podcast. He was Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1999 until 2017.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/21 at 12:11 pm

Jack Cullen, American professional baseball player, turns 82 today.

The right-handed pitcher appeared in 19 games in Major League Baseball as a member of the New York Yankees (1962, 1965–66). Born in Newark, New Jersey, he stood 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed 170 pounds (77 kg).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/06/21 at 4:07 pm

Sheila Greibach, American computer scientist and academic, turns 82 today.

A researcher in formal languages in computing, automata, compiler theory and computer science. She is an Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and notable work include working with Seymour Ginsburg and Michael A. Harrison in context-sensitive parsing using the stack automaton model. Besides establishing the normal form (Greibach normal form) for context-free grammars, in 1965, she also investigated properties of W-grammars, pushdown automata, and decidability problems.

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Written By: nally on 10/07/21 at 10:39 pm

Happy 90th birthday to South African Anglican cleric and theologian, Desmond Tutu.

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Written By: nally on 10/07/21 at 11:40 pm

Jerry Bilik, who turns 88 today, is a male American composer, arranger, songwriter, conductor, and director of stage productions.

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Written By: nally on 10/09/21 at 12:00 am

Jesse Jackson, American minister and activist, turns 80 today (Friday).

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Written By: nally on 10/09/21 at 4:21 pm

Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/09/21 at 4:21 pm

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/09/21 at 4:27 pm

Happy 80th birthday to Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician who's a former U.S. Senator from Mississippi. A Republican, he was the Senate Majority Leader for the first 137 days of the G.W. Bush administration. In 2003, he stepped down from the Senate position after controversy due to his praising of senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.

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Written By: nally on 10/10/21 at 11:47 am

Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/10/21 at 11:55 am

Happy 80th birthday to Peter Coyote - American actor, director, and screenwriter. (His real surname was Cohon, but once early in his life he ingested peyote (a small, spineless cactus with psychoactive alkaloids) and had a profound experience with 'something' he recognized as an animal spirit. So he combined Cohon with Peyote, and his new surname was born.)

I recognise him best from his role in E.T.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/21 at 2:06 am

Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko), American jazz vibraphonist and band leader, turns 97 today.

He has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Alice Coltrane, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFranco, and others. Gibbs also worked in film and TV studios in Los Angeles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/21 at 6:50 am

Nana Mouskouri, Greek singer, turns 87 today.

Over the span of her career, she has released over 200 albums in at least twelve languages, including Greek, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Hebrew, Welsh, Mandarin Chinese and Corsican. Mouskouri became well known throughout Europe for the song "The White Rose of Athens", recorded first in German as "Weiße Rosen aus Athen" as an adaptation of her Greek song "Σαν σφυρίξεις τρείς φορές" (San sfyríxeis tris forés, "When you whistle three times"). It became her first record to sell over one million copies. Later in 1963, she represented Luxembourg at the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "À force de prier". Her friendship with the composer Michel Legrand led to the recording by Mouskouri of the theme song of the Oscar-nominated film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. From 1968 to 1976, she hosted her own TV show produced by BBC, Presenting Nana Mouskouri. Her popularity as a multilingual television personality and distinctive image, owing to the then unusual signature black-rimmed glasses, turned Mouskouri into an international star.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/21 at 7:10 am

Shirley Caesar (Shirley Ann Caesar-Williams), American gospel singer, songwriter and recording artist, turns 83 today.

Her career has spanned seven decades. A multi-award-winning artist, with 12 Grammy Awards along with Dove Awards and Stellar Awards to her credit, she is known as the "First Lady of Gospel Music" and "The Queen of Gospel Music." She began recording at the age of 12 in 1951 on the Federal recording label.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/21 at 7:53 am

Paul Simon, American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and producer, turns 80 today.

His musical career has spanned over six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music history. Simon formed the duo Simon & Garfunkel with his school friend Art Garfunkel in 1956. They released five studio albums and became one of the most acclaimed groups of the 1960s. Simon composed nearly all of their songs, including "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "America", "Bridge over Troubled Water", and "The Boxer". After Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon recorded three acclaimed albums over the following five years, all of which charted in the top 5 on the Billboard 200.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/21 at 9:26 am

Melinda Dillon, American actress, turns 82 today.

She received a 1963 Tony Award nomination for her Broadway debut in the original production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles as Jillian Guiler in Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and Teresa in Absence of Malice (1981). Her other film appearances include Bound for Glory (1976), F.I.S.T. (1978), A Christmas Story (1983), Harry and the Hendersons (1987), The Prince of Tides (1991), and Magnolia (1999).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/21 at 11:45 am

Chris Farlowe, English rock, blues and soul singer, turns 81 today.

He is best known for his hit single "Out of Time" written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, which rose to #1 in the UK Singles Chart in 1966, and his association with bands the Thunderbirds and Colosseum. Outside his music career, Farlowe collects war memorabilia.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/13/21 at 2:41 pm

Pharoah Sanders (born Farrell Sanders), American jazz saxophonist, turns 81 today.

A member of John Coltrane's groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is known for his overblowing, harmonic, and multiphonic techniques on the saxophone, as well as his use of "sheets of sound". He has released over 30 albums as a leader and has collaborated extensively with Leon Thomas, Alice Coltrane and Rinai Maurice, among others.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/13/21 at 6:32 pm

Terry Gibbs (born Julius Gubenko), American jazz vibraphonist and band leader, turns 97 today.

He has performed or recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Chubby Jackson, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Benny Goodman, Alice Coltrane, Louie Bellson, Charlie Shavers, Mel Tormé, Buddy DeFranco, and others. Gibbs also worked in film and TV studios in Los Angeles.


Not to be confused with Terri Gibbs, the country singer.

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Written By: nally on 10/13/21 at 7:55 pm

Paul Simon, American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and producer, turns 80 today.

His musical career has spanned over six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music history. Simon formed the duo Simon & Garfunkel with his school friend Art Garfunkel in 1956. They released five studio albums and became one of the most acclaimed groups of the 1960s. Simon composed nearly all of their songs, including "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "America", "Bridge over Troubled Water", and "The Boxer". After Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon recorded three acclaimed albums over the following five years, all of which charted in the top 5 on the Billboard 200.


I was just thinking of him. O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/21 at 4:25 am

Joyce Bryant (born Ione Emily Bryant), American singer and actress, turns 93 today.

She achieved fame in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a theater and nightclub performer. With her signature silver hair and tight mermaid dresses, she became an early African-American sex symbol, garnering such nicknames as "The Bronze Blond Bombshell", "the black Marilyn Monroe", "The Belter" and "The Voice You'll Always Remember". Bryant left the industry in 1955 at the height of her popularity to devote herself to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. A decade later, she returned to show business as a trained classical vocalist and later became a vocal coach.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/21 at 6:08 am

Melba Montgomery, American country music singer, turns 83 today.

She is best known for her duet recordings in the 1960s with country music star George Jones and later Charlie Louvin. Her brother is the famous country music songwriter, Earl "Peanutt" Montgomery. In the 1970s, Montgomery was a successful solo artist in her own right. Her best-known solo hit is the number-one hit, "No Charge".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/21 at 8:13 am

Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb), English singer, musician, actor, and philanthropist, turns 81 today.

He holds both British and Barbadian citizenship. He has sold more than 250 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and is the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart history, behind the Beatles and Elvis Presley. In 1995, Richard was appointed a Knight Bachelor, becoming the first rock star to be so honoured.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/21 at 10:03 am

Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifsheeshz), American fashion designer, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman, turns 82 today.

Best known for the Ralph Lauren Corporation, a global multibillion-dollar enterprise. He has become well known for his collection of rare automobiles, some of which have been displayed in museum exhibits. Lauren stepped down as CEO of the company in September 2015 but remains executive chairman and chief creative officer. As of 2019, Forbes estimates his wealth at $6.3 billion, which makes Ralph Lauren the 102nd richest person in America.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/21 at 10:54 am

Jesse Carlyle "J. C." Snead, American professional golfer, turns 81 today.

He won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour. Snead is the nephew of hall of famer Sam Snead. Snead won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour, four on the Champions Tour, and one in international competition. He was a member of the 1971, 1973, and 1975 Ryder Cup teams. Snead's biggest career disappointment is that he never won a major championship on the PGA Tour; however, he made his career mark as one of the tour's most consistent players, with more than seven million dollars in career earnings. Snead recorded two runner-up finishes in majors: 2nd at 1973 Masters Tournament and in a tie for 2nd at the 1978 U.S. Open. He was also twice runner-up in The Players Championship, in 1974 and 1976, behind Jack Nicklaus on both occasions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/14/21 at 1:03 pm

Roger Taylor, British tennis player, turns 80 today.

He won 6 singles titles and 10 doubles titles during his career. He achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1973, the semi-finals of Wimbledon during the same year and winning back to back US Open Men's Doubles titles in 1971 and 1972. He also enjoyed particular success in 1970, again reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon, where he achieved a big upset win over defending champion Rod Laver en route, and the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Taylor also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1967.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/14/21 at 5:32 pm

Roger Taylor, British tennis player, turns 80 today.

He won 6 singles titles and 10 doubles titles during his career. He achieved success at several Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1973, the semi-finals of Wimbledon during the same year and winning back to back US Open Men's Doubles titles in 1971 and 1972. He also enjoyed particular success in 1970, again reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon, where he achieved a big upset win over defending champion Rod Laver en route, and the semi-finals of the Australian Open. Taylor also reached the semi-finals at Wimbledon in 1967.


Not to be confused either with Roger Taylor who was drummer for Duran Duran, or Roger Taylor who was drummer for Queen.

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Written By: nally on 10/14/21 at 10:20 pm

Roger Taylor, British tennis player, turns 80 today.

Not to be confused either with Roger Taylor who was drummer for Duran Duran, or Roger Taylor who was drummer for Queen.

All three guys are Brits, too!

And none of them have middle names, which means they can't be differentiated too easily, namewise.

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Written By: nally on 10/15/21 at 11:10 pm

Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist turns 86 today.

He's best known for his 1965 hit "Eve Of Destruction."

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Written By: nally on 10/15/21 at 11:12 pm

Happy 84th birthday to Linda Lavin, American actress and singer.

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Written By: nally on 10/16/21 at 11:07 am

Tim McCarver, former pro baseball player and announcer, turns 80 today.

He's also an accomplished musician: in 2009, a week before his 68th birthday, he released a cover album of jazz standards entitled Tim McCarver Sings Songs from the Great American Songbook.

He won two World Series titles in the 1960s as a member of the St. Louis Cardinals (1964 and 1967).

He is one of a handful of MLB players to be active in four calendar decades; in his case: 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. (He was 17 when he got his first taste of the Major League level in the 1959 season. One of very few players to debut that young. And he officially retired from playing in 1980.)

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Written By: nally on 10/16/21 at 11:14 am

British-born actress Angela Lansbury turns 96 today. She has triple citizenship in the UK, Ireland, and the US.

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Written By: nally on 10/16/21 at 11:20 am

Barry Corbin, American actor, turns 81 today.

His dad, the late Kilmer B. Corbin, was a Democrat who served for 8 years in the Texas State Senate.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/16/21 at 1:57 pm

Happy 84th birthday to Linda Lavin, American actress and singer.


Polly Holliday (“Kiss My Grits!”) is the only other surviving main cast member of the TV series Alice, in which Linda Lavin played the title role.

Vic Tayback (1990), Beth Howland (2015), and Phillip McKeon (2019) have all kicked the bucket.  :-\\

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Written By: Howard on 10/16/21 at 2:03 pm

Polly Holliday (“Kiss My Grits!”) is the only other surviving main cast member of the TV series Alice, in which Linda Lavin played the title role.

Vic Tayback (1990), Beth Howland (2015), and Phillip McKeon (2019) have all kicked the bucket.  :-\\

There was also a cast member she must've replaced Polly Holiday in one of the later episodes and she was all country, I forgot her name. ???

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Written By: nally on 10/17/21 at 11:31 am

English novelist Alan Garner, best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales, turns 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/17/21 at 11:32 am

Jim Seals, American soft rock musician who is half the duo Seals & Crofts, turns 80 today. (His bandmate Dash Crofts turned 81 in August.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/17/21 at 11:46 am

There was also a cast member she must've replaced Polly Holiday in one of the later episodes and she was all country, I forgot her name. ???


Diane Ladd replaced Polly Holliday. But then Celia Weston replaced Diane.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/17/21 at 11:49 am

Jim Seals, American soft rock musician who is half the duo Seals & Crofts, turns 80 today. (His bandmate Dash Crofts turned 81 in August.)


Elder brother of “England” Dan Seals, who performed in England Dan & John Ford Coley back in the 70s.  8)

EDAJFC created one of the most misheard lyrics of all time with their pop tune “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight”.

I’m not talking about the linens… 🎶

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Written By: Howard on 10/17/21 at 1:55 pm

Diane Ladd replaced Polly Holliday. But then Celia Weston replaced Diane.

Thanks. :)

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Written By: nally on 10/17/21 at 3:57 pm

Elder brother of “England” Dan Seals, who performed in England Dan & John Ford Coley back in the 70s.  8)

EDAJFC created one of the most misheard lyrics of all time with their pop tune “I’d Really Love to See You Tonight”.

I’m not talking about the linens…

That I knew.

FTR, I understood the line "I'm not talking about moving in" (sung as "movin' in") just fine, but it seems that Amiright has a multitude of mishearings of that line: http://www.amiright.com/misheard/artist/englanddanandjohnfordcoley.shtml

I also had to delete the emoji you put in because my browser doesn't like them. Every time I try to submit the post with one, it gives me a warning that the "message body was left empty" which is not true.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/21 at 3:35 am

Dick Taverne, English Liberal Democrat politician and life peer in the House of Lords, turns 93 today.

In 1972 he was deselected as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln, so he left the Labour Party and resigned his seat, forcing a by-election which he won. His 1973 victory in Lincoln was short-lived; despite retaining his seat at the February 1974 general election, Labour regained the seat at the October 1974 general election, by the future cabinet minister Margaret Beckett.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/21 at 5:12 am

Violeta Chamorro (born Violeta Barrios Torres), Nicaraguan politician, turns 92 today.

She served as President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the first and, to date, only woman to hold the position of president in Nicaragua.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/21 at 8:06 am

Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun, Scottish politician, turns 91 today.

Until her retirement in 2014, she was the only holder of a lordship of Parliament who had a seat in the House of Lords as an elected hereditary peer. Lady Saltoun is the Chief of the Name and Arms of Clan Fraser since 1 May 1984, by decree of the Court of the Lord Lyon. She is also the head of the Scottish lowland family the Frasers of Philorth.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/21 at 1:00 pm

Roger Climpson, English-born Australian media personality, turns 90 today.

He served a lengthy career in both radio and television, as a journalist, announcer, newsreader and presenter. He is best known for his time at Seven News in the 1980s and 1990s and for his hosting duties on shows from 1977 until 1998, such as the local version of This Is Your Life and true-crime series Australia's Most Wanted.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/21 at 1:57 pm

Irwin M. Jacobs, American electrical engineer and businessman, turns 88 today.

He is a co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute. As of 2019, Jacobs has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion.

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Written By: nally on 10/19/21 at 12:06 am

Colin Powell, American politician, diplomat and retired four-star general, turn 84 today.

He served as the 65th United States Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. Powell was the first African-American Secretary of State. Prior to the election of Barack Obama as president in 2008, Powell and his successor, Condoleezza Rice, were the highest-ranking African Americans in the history of the federal executive branch (by virtue of the Secretary of State standing fourth in the presidential line of succession). Powell served as the 16th United States National Security Advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993.

And now, six months later, Colon has kicked the bucket. :\'(

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/19/21 at 4:28 am

And now, six months later, Colon has kicked the bucket. :\'(


That would be Colin.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 6:57 am

Marjorie Tallchief, American ballerina of the Osage Nation, turns 95 today.

She is the younger sister of the late prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief, and was the first Native American to be named "première danseuse étoile" in the Paris Opera Ballet.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 7:24 am

Mavis Nicholson, Welsh-English journalist, turns 91 today.

Her first presenting job was on the 1971–72 show Tea Break. By April 1972 this had become Good Afternoon, after which her TV career spanned the next 25 years. She then presented British television programmes such as After Noon, After Noon Plus and Mavis on 4 from the 1970s to 1990s, on which she interviewed celebrities of the stature of Elizabeth Taylor, Kenneth Williams, David Bowie, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. Her February 1979 interview with David Bowie is widely regarded as one of the best interviews ever done with him. Nicholson presented the Channel 4 programme A Plus 4, which ran from 1984 to 1986. In 1983, she presented the discussion series Predicaments, also a Thames production for Channel 4; she dismissed the view that the programme was "voyeuristic" as "middle-class queasiness". For the BBC, she appeared on Start the Week regularly in the 1970s, presented You and Yours in 1976 and hosted a number of interview and discussion series, including Open Air from 1988 to 1989 and Welsh editions of the Radio 2 Arts Programme in the 1990s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 9:31 am

Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator, turns 88 today.

He played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 Ashes series while regular captain Bob Simpson was absent due to illness and injury. Booth was a graceful right-handed middle order batsman at No. 4 or 5, and occasionally bowled right arm medium pace or off spin. He had an inclination to use his feet to charge spin bowlers. Booth was known for his sportsmanship on the field and often invoked Christianity while discussing ethics and sport.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 10:45 am

Marilyn Bell, Canadian long distance swimmer, turns 84 today.

She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 12:14 pm

Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein), German-American artist, turns 84 today.

Known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 2:16 pm

Larry Chance, American musical artist, turns 80 today..

He was the lead singer of the popular 1960s doo-wop group Larry Chance and the Earls, originally known as The Earls.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 3:31 pm

Sir Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor, turns 81 today.

Having trained under Laurence Olivier, he started his career on stage at the Royal National Theatre. Gambon is known for portraying Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011. He was knighted in 1998 for services to drama. He has received four BAFTA TV Awards, three Olivier Awards (a thirteen-time nominee), and the 2017 Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/21 at 4:22 pm

Peter Thornley, English professional wrestler, turns 80 today.

He was best known for the ring character Kendo Nagasaki. The character of Nagasaki was a Japanese samurai with a mysterious past and reputed powers of healing and hypnosis. He was one of the biggest draws of all time in British Wrestling, especially in the mid-1970s and the turn of the 1980s/1990s.

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Written By: nally on 10/19/21 at 11:04 pm

That would be Colin.

I know that.

But he always pronounced it "colon", like the : punctuation mark, or a certain internal organ. That seems like an anomaly to me because just about every instance of the name Colin is pronounced with a short-O sound.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/21 at 1:48 am

I know that.

But he always pronounced it "colon", like the : punctuation mark, or a certain internal organ. That seems like an anomaly to me because just about every instance of the name Colin is pronounced with a short-O sound.
I thought so.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/21 at 1:49 am

Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer, turns 88 today.

She appeared on the syndicated talk show version of The Donald O'Connor Show. Chase worked in the chorus of many Hollywood musicals, including Hans Christian Andersen (1952), Call Me Madam (1953), Deep in My Heart (1954), Brigadoon (1954), Kismet (1955), Pal Joey (1957), Les Girls (1957), and two Fred Astaire films, Daddy Long Legs (1955) and Silk Stockings (1957). She appeared in White Christmas (1954) as the chorus girl who speaks the line "Mutual, I'm sure." Chase's other film roles included The George Raft Story (1961); the beating victim of a sadistic Robert Mitchum in the thriller Cape Fear (1962); and the dancing, bikini-clad paramour (restored footage revealed her character was in reality married) of Dick Shawn's dimwitted character in the 1963 comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Subsequently, she played Farida in the film The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough, in a dream sequence. In 1965, she appeared in the episode "The Ballerina" on the TV series Bonanza, playing saloon dancer Kellie Conrad, who longed to be a ballerina. In 1967, she appeared as a Soviet ballerina in the episode "Fly, Ballerina, Fly" on the television series Mr. Terrific.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/21 at 3:17 am

Wanda Jackson, American singer and songwriter, turns 84 today.

She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the title "The Queen of Rockabilly". She is also a country music artist and is considered among the genre's first female stars.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/21 at 6:41 am

Juan Marichal, Dominican professional baseball player, turns 84 today.

He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets. Famously known for his role in one of the most violent incidents in baseball history when John Roseboro struck on the head with a bat during a game in 1965.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/21 at 9:34 am

Robert Pinsky, American poet and critic, turns 81 today.

From 1997 to 2000, he served as Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress. Pinsky is the author of nineteen books, most of which are collections of his poetry. His published work also includes critically acclaimed translations, Dante Alighieri's Inferno and The Separate Notebooks by Czesław Miłosz. He teaches at Boston University.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/21 at 12:07 pm

Anneke Wills (born Anna Katarina Willys), English actress, turns 80 today.

Best known for her role as the Doctor Who companion Polly in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

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Written By: nally on 10/22/21 at 11:26 pm

Happy 83rd birthday to Christopher Lloyd - American actor/comedian/producer.

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Written By: nally on 10/23/21 at 2:41 pm

Brazilian soccer player Pele turns 81 today. Regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, he was among the most successful and popular sports figures of the 20th century.

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Written By: nally on 10/24/21 at 11:32 am

Happy 82nd birthday to F. Murray Abraham, American actor.

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Written By: nally on 10/24/21 at 11:37 am

U.S. rockabilly singer/guitarist Glen Glenn turns 87 today. Orin Glenn Troutman was his birth name.

He may have had only one album - Rockabilly Legend, from 1956 - but he still continues to perform.

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Written By: nally on 10/24/21 at 11:40 am

Bill Wyman, longtime bassist for the British rock band The Rolling Stones, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/25/21 at 11:40 pm

Actress Marion Ross, who turns 93 today, is best known for her role as that of Marion Cunningham on the ABC television sitcom Happy Days.

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Written By: nally on 10/25/21 at 11:41 pm

Sara Dylan, American actress and model, turns 82 today. She was married to Bob Dylan from 1965-1977, but kept the married name after their divorce.

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Written By: nally on 10/25/21 at 11:48 pm

Former basketball coach Bob Knight turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/21 at 3:39 am

Sara Dylan, American actress and model, turns 82 today. She was married to Bob Dylan from 1965-1977, but kept the married name after their divorce.
Why, the answer my friend is blowing in the wind.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/21 at 3:39 am

Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic, turns 86 today.

She was the fourth African-American woman to receive a PhD in Mathematics. Her main research interests were in group theory and abstract algebra. She is the first African American woman to chair a math department in the United States.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/26/21 at 4:43 am

Bill Wyman, longtime bassist for the British rock band The Rolling Stones, turns 85 today.


His ex-wife is only 50 years old.  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/21 at 6:13 am

Eddie Henderson, American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player, turns 81 today.

He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of pianist Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band, going on to lead his own electric/fusion groups through the decade. Henderson earned his medical degree and worked a parallel career as a psychiatrist and musician, turning back to acoustic jazz by the 1990s. Henderson's influences include Booker Little, Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw, and Miles Davis.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/21 at 7:08 am

Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator who has created more than 90 children's books, turns 80 today.

On November 12, 2011, Kellogg was given an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Findlay in Ohio. All of his original illustrations were donated to the Mazza Museum of International Art from Picture Books at Findlay. The donation was made possible in part by a $350,000 gift by close friend, Anthony Edwards. More than 2700 works of art were included.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/21 at 9:09 am

Charlie Landsborough, British country and folk musician and singer-songwriter, turns 80 today.

He started singing professionally in the 1970s, although his major success did not come until 1994 with his song "What Colour is the Wind". He is one of the UK's top country acts and is also popular in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/21 at 4:21 am

Sir Paul Fox, British television executive, turns 96 today.

He spent much of his broadcasting career working for BBC Television, most prominently as the Controller of BBC1 between 1967 and 1973. He was honoured with a CBE in 1985 and was knighted in 1991.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/21 at 6:06 am

John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer, turns 82 today.

Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python co-stars Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). In the mid-1970s, Cleese and first wife Connie Booth co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, and he starred in it as Basil Fawlty. The series resulted in Cleese's receiving the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and in 2000 the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/21 at 9:34 am

Lara Parker (born Mary Lamar Rickey), American actress and author, turns 83 today.

Best known for her role as Angelique on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows which aired from 1966 to 1971.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/21 at 11:33 am

Dallas Frazier, American country music singer-songwriter, turns 82 today.

He had success in the 1950s and 1960s. His 1957 song "Alley Oop", later taken to No. 1 in the US by The Hollywood Argyles, was his first hit. After Hometown Jamboree went off the air, Frazier moved to Nashville, Tennessee, and found work as a songwriter. Among his early successes was "Timber I'm Falling", a hit for Husky in 1964, and "There Goes My Everything", a big hit for Jack Greene in 1966, that earned him a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Country Song.

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Written By: nally on 10/28/21 at 10:33 pm

Why, the answer my friend is blowing in the wind.
Good one!

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Written By: nally on 10/28/21 at 10:33 pm

on topic: Jane Alexander, American actress and producer turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/28/21 at 10:34 pm

UK musician Hank Marvin, main guitarist of UK band The Shadows, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/28/21 at 10:48 pm

Joan Plowright, English actress turns 92 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/29/21 at 8:20 pm

Connie Mack III, grandson of the late great baseball manager Connie Mack, turns 81 today. (He, like his dad and grandpa, had Cornelius MacGillicuddy as their full names; they shortened them.) This guy is a retired Republican politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and then as a U.S. Senator from 1989 to 2001.

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Written By: nally on 10/30/21 at 10:10 am

Happy 80th birthday to baritone singer Otis Williams, who is the last surviving original member of singing group The Temptations.

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Written By: nally on 10/30/21 at 10:12 am

American rock singer Grace Slick turns 82 today. She is best known as the female vocalist of the rock band Jefferson Airplane, which evolved into Jefferson Starship and then Starship. She was a member of all three of those incarnations. She's still active in the field of visual arts.

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Written By: nally on 10/30/21 at 10:13 am

Baseball player Jim Perry is 86 years old today. (He is not to be confused with a same-named TV game show host who is now deceased.)

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Written By: nally on 10/30/21 at 10:19 am

American football coach Dick Vermeil turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/30/21 at 10:21 am

Jean Chapman, British female writer of romance novels, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/31/21 at 11:03 am

American TV newsman Dan Rather turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/31/21 at 11:14 am

Sally Kirkland (American film, television and stage actress) turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/21 at 7:08 am

John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, English businessman and politician, turns 94 today.

He is the President of Sainsbury's, a British businessman, and a politician. He sits in the House of Lords as a member of the Conservative Party. He was knighted in 1980 for services to the food retailing industry, and was made a life peer on 31 January 1989 with the title Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, of Preston Candover in the County of Hampshire. He became a Knight of the Garter in 1992.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/21 at 10:20 am

Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player, turns 87 today.

He won a record 23 tennis Majors in singles, including 8 Grand Slam singles titles and, before the Open Era, a record 15 Pro Slam titles; overall, he reached a record 35 Major finals. He won the Pro Grand Slam in 1963. Rosewall won a record 24 major men's doubles titles. He won 9 grand slam titles in men's doubles with a career men's doubles grand slam and also won 15 Pro Slam men's doubles titles. Rosewall had a renowned backhand and enjoyed a long career at the highest levels from the early 1950s to the early 1970s. Rosewall was ranked the world No. 1 tennis player in eight different years in contemporary rankings

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/21 at 11:25 am

Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician, turns 83 today.

He was an assistant and special consultant to U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and was an original host on CNN's Crossfire. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996. In 2000, he was the Reform Party's presidential nominee. His campaign centered on non-interventionism in foreign affairs, opposition to illegal immigration and opposition to the outsourcing of manufacturing from free trade. He selected educator and conservative activist Ezola Foster as his running-mate. He co-founded The American Conservative magazine and launched a foundation named The American Cause

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/21 at 1:42 pm

Queen Sofía of Spain, turns 83 today.

She is a member of the Spanish royal family, who was Queen of Spain from 1975 to 2014 as the wife of King Juan Carlos I. Born Princess Sophia of Greece and Denmark, she is the first child of King Paul of Greece and Frederica of Hanover. As her family was forced into exile during the Second World War, she spent part of her childhood in Egypt, returning to Greece in 1946. She completed her secondary education in a boarding school in Germany before returning to Greece where she specialised in childcare, music and archaeology. Sofia became queen upon her husband's accession in 1975. On 19 June 2014, Juan Carlos abdicated in favour of their son Felipe VI.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/02/21 at 2:47 pm

Bruce Welch, English guitarist, songwriter, producer, singer and businessman, turns 80 today.

Best known as a member of the Shadows.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/21 at 1:15 am

Mable John, American blues vocalist, turns 91 today.

She was the first female signed by Berry Gordy to Motown's Tamla label. In 1960, she released her first Tamla single, "Who Wouldn't Love a Man Like That?," a romantic blues number, to no success. John followed with "No Love" in June of that year and then with "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" by year's end. While Motown was beginning to have success with acts like the Miracles and the Marvelettes (and later Martha & the Vandellas and the Supremes, both of whom had sung background vocals for John) that appealed to teenagers and young adults, it was making no impact in the established blues market. As a result, Gordy soon thinned out his roster of early blues artists. While John continued to be used as a background singer, Gordy dissolved her contract in 1962. After leaving Motown, John spent several years as a Raelette, backing many Ray Charles hits. In 1966 she attempted a solo career again, signing with Stax Records. Her first single with the label was "Your Good Thing Is About To End." The song peaked at #6 on the R&B chart, and even managed to cross over onto pop radio, peaking at #95 there.

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Lois Smith (née Humbert), American actress, turns 91 today.

She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film East of Eden, and later played supporting roles in a number of movies, including Five Easy Pieces (1970), Resurrection (1980), Fatal Attraction (1987), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002), The Nice Guys (2016) and Lady Bird (2017).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/21 at 5:41 am

Roy Emerson, Australian-American tennis player and coach, turns 85 today.

He won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and 16 Grand Slam doubles titles, for a total of 28 Grand Slam titles. He is the only male player to have completed a career Grand Slam (winning titles at all four Grand Slam events) in both singles and doubles, and the first of three male players to complete a double career Grand Slam in singles (later followed by Rod Laver and Novak Djokovic). His 28 major titles are the all-time record for a male player. In 1964, 1965, and 1967 he was ranked world No. 1 amateur. Emerson was the first male player to win 12 singles majors.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/21 at 10:23 am

Brian Robinson, English cyclist, turns 91 today.

He was the first Briton to finish the Tour de France and the first to win a Tour stage. He won the 1961 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré stage race. His success as a professional cyclist in mainland Europe paved the way for other Britons such as Tom Simpson and Barry Hoban.

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Written By: nally on 11/04/21 at 11:14 pm

One other person for November 3rd: Michael Dukakis, retired Democratic politician, turned 88.

He was the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, losing the general election to Republican George H.W. Bush, who would advance directly from the Vice Presidency to the Presidency.  Mr. Dukakis was governor of Massachusetts at the time of his presidential run, and continued to serve a few more years.

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Written By: nally on 11/04/21 at 11:15 pm

Today:

Happy 84th birthday to actress Loretta Swit. She was best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the TV series M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards.

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Written By: nally on 11/04/21 at 11:18 pm

Dick Groat, American baseball player and sportscaster, turns 91 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/04/21 at 11:22 pm

Today is also the 81st birthday of American blues-rock/electric-blues musician Delbert McClinton.

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Written By: nally on 11/05/21 at 8:02 pm

Paul Simon, American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and producer, turns 80 today.

His musical career has spanned over six decades. He is widely regarded as one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music history. Simon formed the duo Simon & Garfunkel with his school friend Art Garfunkel in 1956. They released five studio albums and became one of the most acclaimed groups of the 1960s. Simon composed nearly all of their songs, including "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", "America", "Bridge over Troubled Water", and "The Boxer". After Simon & Garfunkel split in 1970, Simon recorded three acclaimed albums over the following five years, all of which charted in the top 5 on the Billboard 200.


And today we can wish happy 80th birthday to his S&G bandmate, Art Garfunkel!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/21 at 4:49 am

Lionel Blair, British actor, choreographer, tap dancer and television presenter, turns 90 today.
Sadly, this British National Treasure passed away last week.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/21 at 12:33 am

Dorrel Norman Elvert "Whitey" Herzog, American professional baseball outfielder and manager, turns 90 today.

Most notable for his Major League Baseball (MLB) managerial career. He made his MLB debut as a player in 1956 with the Washington Senators. After his playing career ended in 1963, Herzog went on to perform a variety of roles in Major League Baseball, including scout, manager, coach, general manager, and farm system director. As a big-league manager, he led the Kansas City Royals to three consecutive playoff appearances from 1976 to 1978. Hired by Gussie Busch in 1980 to helm the St. Louis Cardinals, the Cardinals won the 1982 World Series over the Milwaukee Brewers and made two other World Series appearances, in 1985 and 1987 under Herzog's direction.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/21 at 2:49 am

Roger McGough, English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright, turns 84 today.

He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please, as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one of the leading members of the Liverpool poets, a group of young poets influenced by Beat poetry and the popular music and culture of 1960s Liverpool. He is an honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University, fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and President of the Poetry Society. In the 1960s, he worked as a French teacher and, with John Gorman, organised arts events. McGough and Gorman later met Mike McGear (Mike McCartney) and together formed the trio The Scaffold; they worked the Edinburgh Festival Fringe until they were signed to Parlophone records in 1966. The Scaffold performed a mixture of comic songs, comedy sketches and the poetry of McGough. The group scored several hit records, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with their version of "Lily the Pink". McGough wrote the lyrics for many of the group's songs and also recorded the musical comedy/poetry album McGough and McGear. In 1971 Grimms was formed, originally as a merger of the Scaffold, the Bonzo Dog Band and the Liverpool Scene. Group member Neil Innes said about the formation of the group: "I don't know what attracted the Scaffold to the Bonzos; we were incredibly anarchic, which was probably something shared by the Scaffold as well."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/21 at 3:56 am

Donald Trelford, English journalist and academic, turns 84 today.

He was editor of The Observer newspaper from 1975 to 1993. He was also a director of The Observer from 1975 to 1993 and chief executive from 1992 to 1993.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/21 at 4:34 am

Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, English Labour member of the House of Lords, turns 82 today.

He served as Government Deputy Chief Whip in the House of Lords from 2003 to 2010, and as usual for a holder of that position, also held the position of Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/21 at 6:43 am

David Constant, English professional cricketer and cricket umpire, turns 80 today.

He played first-class cricket from 1961 to 1968 for Kent County Cricket Club and Leicestershire County Cricket Club. He later became an international umpire, officiating in 36 Test matches from 1971 to 1988 and 33 one-day internationals from 1972 to 2001.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/09/21 at 7:48 am

John Singleton, Australian businessman, turns 80 today.

He built his success and wealth in the advertising business in Australia in the 1970s and 1980s. He now has diverse investment interests in radio broadcasting, publishing and thoroughbred breeding and racing. In 2019, Singleton sold his 32.2% stake in Macquarie Media for A$80 million, to Nine Entertainment.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/21 at 1:57 am

Richard Connolly, Australian musician, composer and former broadcaster for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, turns 94 today.

His published and performed works allow him to be counted as among Australia's most prolific composers of Catholic Church music, particularly with regard to the hymns he composed for the Church in Australia, and which are now published and used inter-denominationally. His hymns have been composed to accommodate and adorn the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council. He is noted for his collaborations with Australian poet James McAuley. His compositions have been successful internationally, both in the Christian and secular field.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/21 at 4:12 am

Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter, turns 92 today.

With Alan Bergman, the pair have been married since 1958 and have written the music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television shows, films, and stage musicals. The Bergmans won two Academy Awards for Best Original Song, the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and are inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/21 at 4:50 am

Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian (and former Soviet) theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, turns 86 today.

He put forward the idea of white holes in 1964. He also formulated the Novikov self-consistency principle in the mid-1980s, a contribution to the theory of time travel.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/21 at 7:09 am

Tommy Facenda, American rock and roll singer and guitarist, turns 82 today.

He is best known for his 1959 single "High School U.S.A."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/21 at 10:01 am

Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver, turns 82 today.

Known for his four championships in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 500/1000. Moffat was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/21 at 12:48 am

Martin Jacomb, English lawyer, businessman, and academic, turns 92 today.

He is a former Chancellor of the University of Buckingham and Chairman of Canary Wharf Group. He was a vice-chairman, Kleinwort Benson Ltd, from 1976 to 1985, and a deputy chairman of Barclays Bank between 1985 and 1993.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/21 at 4:30 am

Stephen Lewis, Canadian politician, public speaker, broadcaster and diplomat, turns 84 today.

He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/21 at 4:44 am

F. W. de Klerk (Frederik Willem de Klerk), South African lawyer and politician, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 85 today.

He served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as Deputy President from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule, he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a conservative and an economic liberal, he led the National Party from 1989 to 1997. He is the recipient of a wide range of awards—including the Nobel Peace Prize—he was widely praised for dismantling apartheid and bringing universal suffrage to South Africa.

Sadly, Frederik Willem de Klerk has passed away today at the age of 85.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/21 at 6:34 am

Alicia Ostriker, American poet and scholar, turns 84 today.

She was called "America's most fiercely honest poet" by Progressive. Additionally, she was one of the first women poets in America to write and publish poems discussing the topic of motherhood. In 2015, she was elected a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. In 2018, she was named the New York State Poet Laureate

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/11/21 at 10:13 am

Denise Alexander, American actress, turns 82 today.

Best known for her role as Lesley Webber on General Hospital, a role she originally played from 1973 to 1984 (contract), 1996-2009, and a guest stint in 2013, in honor of the show's 50th anniversary. Alexander returned to General Hospital for two more guest appearances in December 2017 and April 2019, the latter to commemorate the 56th anniversary of the show.

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Written By: nally on 11/13/21 at 1:25 pm

Happy 81st birthday to soul singer Baby Washington (whose real first name was Justine).

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Written By: nally on 11/14/21 at 9:37 pm

Today is the 93rd birthday of Kathleen Hughes - an actress of film, stage, and television.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/21 at 12:45 am

C. W. McCall (William Dale Fries Jr.), American singer, activist and politician, turns 93 today

Best known by his stage name C. W. McCall, and for his truck-themed outlaw country songs. He is best known for the 1976 No. 1 hit song, "Convoy", which came at the peak of the CB fad in the United States. It sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in December 1975. Though McCall is not a one-hit wonder, "Convoy" has since become his signature song.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/21 at 1:39 am

Mwai Kibaki, Kenyan politician, turns 90 today.

He was the third President of Kenya, serving from December 2002 until April 2013. He had previously served as the fourth Vice-President of Kenya for ten years from 1978 to 1988 under President Daniel arap Moi. He also held cabinet ministerial positions in the Kenyatta and Moi governments, including time as minister for Finance (1969–1981) under Kenyatta, and Minister for Home Affairs (1982–1988) and Minister for Health (1988–1991) under Moi.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/21 at 4:08 am

November 15th 1932 – Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress. Her professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. In 1954 she charted with "The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. Her international successes have included "Prends mon coeur", "Sailor" (a UK number one), "Romeo", and "Chariot". Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed. In late 1964 Clark's success extended to the United States with a four-year run of career-defining, often upbeat singles, many written or co-written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. These songs include her signature song "Downtown" and "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "Who Am I", "Colour My World", "This Is My Song" (by Charles Chaplin), "Don't Sleep in the Subway", "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener", and "Kiss Me Goodbye". In the United States Clark was sometimes called "the First Lady of the British Invasion". Clark has sold more than 68 million records. She has also enjoyed success in the musical film Finian's Rainbow and in the stage musicals The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers and Sunset Boulevard.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/21 at 5:20 am

Joanna Barnes, American actress and author, turns 87 today.

She took up a contract with Columbia Pictures. She has since had roles in more than twenty films and made guest appearances on many television shows, including the ABC/Warner Brothers programs, 77 Sunset Strip (1958) and Maverick (1957), CBS's Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), and the David Janssen crime drama, Richard Diamond, Private Detective (1957). Her books include "The Deceivers" (1970), "Pastora" (1980) and "Silverwood" (1985). Her books have been published in Italy, France, England, Sweden, Portugal and Brazil. Her syndicated column, "Touching Home," was for many years carried by The Chicago Tribune and New York News Syndicate.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/15/21 at 5:26 am

Joanna Barnes, American actress and author, turns 87 today.


I loved her in Growing Pains.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/21 at 7:13 am

Peter Dickinson, English pianist and composer, turns 87 today.

His musical compositions include experimental and aleatoric elements, and are compared to works by Stravinsky, Ives and Satie. Other influences include the music of John Cage, as well as ragtime, blues, and jazz. He layers both serious and popular musical styles together to create what he calls a style modulation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/21 at 10:14 am

Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer, turns 81 today.

He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. Former Acne Studios creative consultant Paul Surridge succeeded Peter Dundas as creative director for the brand in May 2017.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/21 at 1:47 pm

Sam Waterston, American actor, turns 81 today.

In 1993, he portrayed Abraham Lincoln onstage in Abe Lincoln in Illinois where he received a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominations for his performance. In 1974 Waterston played Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby (1974) alongside Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, earning a Golden Globe Award nomination for his performance. He also appeared in Woody Allen's Interiors (1978), the Walter Matthau comedy Hopscotch, and Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (both in 1980). He received critical acclaim for his portrayal of Sydney Schanberg in Roland Joffe's The Killing Fields (1984), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Waterston continued to appear in multiple Woody Allen films including Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), September (1987), and Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). He also appeared in The Man in the Moon (1991) alongside Reese Witherspoon in her feature film debut, John Waters' Serial Mom (1994), and Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995).

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Written By: nally on 11/15/21 at 10:47 pm

Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress, turns 89 today. Her professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. In 1954 she charted with "The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. Her international successes have included "Prends mon coeur", "Sailor" (a UK number one), "Romeo", and "Chariot". Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed. In late 1964 Clark's success extended to the United States with a four-year run of career-defining, often upbeat singles, many written or co-written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. These songs include her signature song "Downtown" and "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "Who Am I", "Colour My World", "This Is My Song" (by Charles Chaplin), "Don't Sleep in the Subway", "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener", and "Kiss Me Goodbye". In the United States Clark was sometimes called "the First Lady of the British Invasion". Clark has sold more than 68 million records. She has also enjoyed success in the musical film Finian's Rainbow and in the stage musicals The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers and Sunset Boulevard.


She was definitely part of the British Invasion! O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/21 at 3:23 am

William Martin "Clu" Gulager, American actor and director, turns 93 today.

He first became known for his work in television, appearing in the co-starring role of William H. Bonney (Billy the Kid) in the 1960–1962 NBC television series The Tall Man and as Emmett Ryker in another NBC Western series, The Virginian. He later had a second career as a horror film actor, including a lead part in Dan O' Bannon's The Return of the Living Dead (1985). He also was in A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985). In 2005 he started acting in his son's horror films—the Feasts movies and Piranha DD—in his 80s. Gulager's first major film role was in Don Siegel's The Killers (1964) with Lee Marvin and Ronald Reagan in his only movie role as a villain, followed by a supporting part in the racing film Winning (1969) opposite Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; in Peter Bogdanovich's drama The Last Picture Show (1971); and opposite John Wayne in McQ (1974).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/21 at 3:59 am

Garnet Mimms (born Garrett Mimms), American singer, influential in soul music and rhythm and blues, turns 87 today.

He first achieved success as the lead singer of Garnet Mimms & The Enchanters, and is best known for the 1963 hit "Cry Baby", later recorded by Janis Joplin. According to Steve Huey at AllMusic, his "pleading, gospel-derived intensity made him one of the earliest true soul singers his legacy remains criminally underappreciated."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/21 at 5:52 am

Elizabeth Drew, American journalist and author, turns 86 today.

She was Washington correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly (1967–1973) and The New Yorker (1973–1992). She made regular appearances on "Agronsky and Company" and hosted her own interview program, Thirty Minutes With... for PBS between 1971 and 1973, for which she won an Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award. Drew was a panelist for Meet the Press for many years and made frequent appearances on the PBSNews Hour when it was presented by Jim Lehrer and still occasionally appears on The NewsHour and other radio and television programs. Drew has published 14 books, including Washington Journal: The Events of 1973-74 (1975), an account of the Watergate scandal; Portrait of an Election: The 1980 Presidential Campaign (1981); On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency (1994); Citizen McCain (2002); and George W. Bush's Washington (2004). Her most recent book is Richard M. Nixon (2007). Washington Journal was re-issued in 2014, with a new afterword.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/21 at 8:26 am

Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 83 today.

He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes Jim Seals (of Seals and Crofts), Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley), Brady Seals (Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie), and Johnny Duncan. During the 1970s, Seals recorded with Lonnie Mack and Doug Kershaw and although he made two albums of his own, he is best known as a songwriter. His compositions have been recorded by artists such as Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Nancy Sinatra, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr., Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Levon Helm, and Jerry Lee Lewis. George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," was co-written with Max D. Barnes. Seals has played guitar on numerous sessions for recording stars and has collaborated on compositions with Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, Will Jennings and others.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/21 at 10:20 am

Michael Billington, British author and arts critic, turns 82 today.

He writes for The Guardian, and was the paper's chief drama critic from 1971 to 2019. Billington is "Britain's longest-serving theatre critic" and the author of biographical and critical studies relating to British theatre and the arts. He is the authorised biographer of the playwright Harold Pinter (1930–2008).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/16/21 at 11:57 am

Donna McKechnie, American musical theater dancer, singer, actress, and choreographer, turns 81 today.

She is known for her professional and personal relationship with choreographer Michael Bennett, with whom she collaborated on her most noted role, the character of Cassie in the musical A Chorus Line. She earned the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for this performance in 1976. She is also known for playing Amanda Harris/Olivia Corey on the Gothic soap opera, Dark Shadows from 1969 to 1970.

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Written By: nally on 11/16/21 at 11:32 pm

Troy Seals, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 83 today.

He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes Jim Seals (of Seals and Crofts), Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley), Brady Seals (Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie), and Johnny Duncan.

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Jim and Dan are Troy's cousins; Brady is Troy's nephew (Brady's father must be a brother of Troy's who is not a famed musician).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/21 at 2:39 am

Orlando Peña, Cuban professional baseball pitcher, turns 88 today.

The right-hander played in Major League Baseball for all or parts of 14 seasons between 1958 and 1975 for the Cincinnati Reds, Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, Baltimore Orioles, St. Louis Cardinals and California Angels.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/21 at 3:35 am

Jim Inhofe, American businessman and politician, turns 87 today.

He served as the senior United States Senator from Oklahoma, a seat he was first elected to in 1994. A member of the Republican Party, he chaired the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) from 2003 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2017. Inhofe served as the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district from 1987 to 1994 and as mayor of Tulsa from 1978 to 1984.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/17/21 at 4:35 am

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Jim and Dan are Troy's cousins; Brady is Troy's nephew (Brady's father must be a brother of Troy's who is not a famed musician).


“England” Dan bit it in 2009 from lymphoma.  :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/17/21 at 6:09 am

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 83 today.

He achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He is often referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and is known internationally as a folk-rock legend.

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Written By: nally on 11/17/21 at 10:28 pm

“England” Dan bit it in 2009 from lymphoma.  :\'(

That I knew.

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Written By: nally on 11/17/21 at 10:28 pm

Gordon Lightfoot, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 83 today.

He achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country music. He is credited with helping to define the folk-pop sound of the 1960s and 1970s. He is often referred to as Canada's greatest songwriter and is known internationally as a folk-rock legend.


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He has recorded plenty of great music.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/21 at 1:30 am

Sheila Jordan (born Sheila Jeanette Dawson), American jazz singer and songwriter, turns 93 today.

She has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to recording her own albums. Jordan pioneered a bebop and scat jazz singing style with an upright bass as the only accompaniment.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/21 at 5:01 am

Karl Schranz, Austrian skier, turns 83 today.

He won twenty major downhills, many major giant slalom races and several major slaloms. Late in his career he was the successor to Jean-Claude Killy as the World Cup overall champion; Schranz won the title at age 30 in the third World Cup season of 1969, and repeated in 1970. He was also the downhill champion for those two seasons and was the giant slalom season champion in 1969. Schranz won both the "classic downhills" four times each: the Hahnenkamm at Kitzbühel, Austria, (1966,1969, 1972,1972), and the Lauberhorn at Wengen, Switzerland, (1959, 1963, 1966, 1969). He also excelled at the legendary Arlberg-Kandahar events, winning nine times, from 1957 (Chamonix) to 1970 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen). His disqualification from his fourth Olympics in 1972 for acknowledging that he, like all other top racers, was not a pure amateur caused a furor and subsequent reform of the IOC. In his first Olympics at age 21, Schranz was injured in 1960, but started anyway and finished seventh in both the downhill and giant slalom. He won a silver medal in giant slalom in 1964 at Innsbruck, despite being ill with the flu.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/18/21 at 5:08 am

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He has recorded plenty of great music.



The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down, about the big lake they call Gitchee Gumee…

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/21 at 6:35 am

Margaret Atwood, Canadian novelist, poet, and critic, turns 82 today.

Known for The Handmaid's Tale (2017), Alias Grace (2017) and MaddAddam. She was previously married to Graeme Gibson and Jim Polk.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/21 at 10:42 am

Brenda Vaccaro, American stage, television, and film actress, turns 82 today.

In a career spanning over half a century, she received one Academy Award nomination, three Golden Globe Award nominations (winning one), four Primetime Emmy Award nominations (winning one), and three Tony Award nominations. She appeared with Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight in the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in the 1975 film adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough she gained an Academy Award nomination and won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. Additional screen credits include Airport '77, Capricorn One, The Pride of Jesse Hallam, Supergirl, The Mirror Has Two Faces, Heart of Midnight, Zorro, The Gay Blade and House by the Lake, also known as Death Weekend.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/18/21 at 12:27 pm

Amanda Lear (née Tap or Tapp), Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress, turns 82 today.

She first came into the public eye as the cover model for Roxy Music's album For Your Pleasure in 1973. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, she was a million-album-selling disco queen, mainly in Continental Europe and Scandinavia, signed to Ariola Records. Lear's first four albums earned her mainstream popularity, charting in the top 10 of European charts, including the best-selling Sweet Revenge (1978). Her bigger hits included "Blood and Honey", "Tomorrow", "Queen of Chinatown", "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)", "The Sphinx", and "Fashion Pack".

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Written By: nally on 11/20/21 at 12:09 am

Happy 88th birthday to retired TV judge Jerry Sheindlin. He was the "People's Court" judge from 1999-2001, while his wife, Judge Judy, was enjoying her own courtroom show.

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Written By: nally on 11/20/21 at 12:17 am

American TV host Dick Cavett turned 85 today (he was born 19 November 1936).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/20/21 at 6:48 am

Happy 88th birthday to retired TV judge Jerry Sheindlin. He was the "People's Court" judge from 1999-2001, while his wife, Judge Judy, was enjoying her own courtroom show.


He liked Judge Judy so much, he married her twice!  :)

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Written By: nally on 11/20/21 at 10:52 am

He liked Judge Judy so much, he married her twice!  :)

That's right. They actually divorced in 1990, only to remarry each other a year later.

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Written By: nally on 11/20/21 at 10:59 am

On topic: comedian Dick Smothers turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/20/21 at 10:59 am

Estelle Parsons, American actress and director turns 94 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/21/21 at 10:58 am

Happy 84th birthday to actress Marlo Thomas.

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Written By: nally on 11/21/21 at 11:21 am

Natalia Makarova - Russian ballerina, choreographer, and actress - turns 81 today.

So does American commander and author Richard Marcinko.

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Written By: Contigo on 11/21/21 at 11:34 am

Happy 84th birthday to actress Marlo Thomas.


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Written By: nally on 11/22/21 at 11:20 pm

Scottish actor/novelist/theatre director Tom Conti turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/22/21 at 11:20 pm

Scottish actor/novelist/theatre director Tom Conti turns 80 today.

So is American musician Jesse Colin Young.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/21 at 1:23 am

Gloria Whelan, American poet, short story writer, and novelist, turns 98 today.

Known primarily for children's and young adult fiction. She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel Homeless Bird. She also won the 2013 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction for her short story What World Is This? and the work became the title for the independent publisher's 2013 collection of short stories. Whelan's books include many historical fiction novels, including a trilogy set on Mackinac Island and a quartet series set in communist Russia.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/21 at 2:44 am

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz), American actor, director, and screenwriter, turns 87 today.

He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Towne also wrote the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two Mission: Impossible films. Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best (1982) and Without Limits (1998), the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise (1988), and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust (2006).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/21 at 9:44 am

Ken Eastwood, Australian cricketer, turns 86 today.

He played one Test in 1971. A left-handed opening batsman, Ken Eastwood played first-class cricket for Victoria from 1959-60 to 1971-72. In 1969-70, when Victoria won the Sheffield Shield, he was their leading batsman, with 584 runs at an average of 41.71. In the 1970-71 Sheffield Shield, he scored 737 runs at an average of 122.83, with three centuries and a top score of 221.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/21 at 1:22 pm

Luis Tiant, Cuban former Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed starting pitcher, turns 81 today.

He pitched in MLB for 19 years, primarily for the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox. Tiant compiled a 229–172 record with 2416 strikeouts, a 3.30 ERA, 187 complete games, and 49 shutouts in 3486+1⁄3 innings. He was an All-Star for three seasons and 20-game winner for four seasons. He was the American League (AL) ERA leader in 1968 and 1972. He also was the AL leader in strikeouts per nine innings pitched in 1967 and the AL leader in shutouts in 1966, 1968, and 1974.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/21 at 12:10 am

Tsung-Dao Lee, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 95 today.

Known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons and soliton stars. He was a University Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, where he taught from 1953 until his retirement in 2012. In 1957, Lee, at the age of 30, won the Nobel Prize in Physics with Chen Ning Yang for their work on the violation of the parity law in weak interactions, which Chien-Shiung Wu experimentally proved from 1956 to 1957, with her legendary Wu experiment.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/21 at 12:39 am

Willy Claes, Belgian conductor and politician, turns 83 today.

He served as the eighth Secretary General of NATO, from 1994 to 1995. Claes was forced to resign from his NATO position after he was found guilty of corruption, which was uncovered during the investigation into André Cools' death. Claes was a member of the Flemish Socialist Party.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/21 at 4:03 am

Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman, turns 81 today.

He is the former Commissioner of the National Football League (NFL). He took the position in 1989 and served until September 1, 2006. He had previously served as a lawyer for the NFL. Tagliabue also served as Chairman of Board of Directors of Georgetown University from 2009 to 2015.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/21 at 4:36 am

Randolph Peter “Pete” Best (né Scanland), English musician, turns 80 today.

Known as the drummer of the English rock band the Beatles immediately before the band achieved worldwide fame. Fired from the group in 1962 after playing drums as a Beatle for the previous two years in Germany and England, he started his own band, the Pete Best Four. He later joined and started many other bands over the years. He is one of several people who have been referred to as the Fifth Beatle.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/24/21 at 5:26 am

Randolph Peter “Pete” Best (né Scanland), English musician, turns 80 today.

Known as the drummer of the English rock band the Beatles immediately before the band achieved worldwide fame. Fired from the group in 1962 after playing drums as a Beatle for the previous two years in Germany and England, he started his own band, the Pete Best Four. He later joined and started many other bands over the years. He is one of several people who have been referred to as the Fifth Beatle.


There’s a whole Wikipedia page devoted to claimants of The Fifth Beatle role. There are 12 in all.  :o

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Beatle

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/24/21 at 5:28 am

There’s a whole Wikipedia page devoted to claimants of The Fifth Beatle role. There are 12 in all.  :o

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Beatle
For me, the 'official' Fifth Beatle is their producer George Martin.

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Written By: nally on 11/24/21 at 6:59 pm

Randolph Peter “Pete” Best (né Scanland), English musician, turns 80 today.

Known as the drummer of the English rock band the Beatles immediately before the band achieved worldwide fame. Fired from the group in 1962 after playing drums as a Beatle for the previous two years in Germany and England, he started his own band, the Pete Best Four. He later joined and started many other bands over the years. He is one of several people who have been referred to as the Fifth Beatle.

O0

I got to see him 4 years ago when I was on the ship!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/21 at 12:26 am

Takayo Fischer, American actress and singer, turns 89 today.

She appeared in the stage production of The World of Suzie Wong in New York in 1958. She won a Drama-Logue Award for ensemble performance for Tea at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. She has also appeared in many productions with East West Players in Los Angeles, including Into The Woods. Fischer was an honoree at East West Players' 2019 gala for her work in raising "the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through craft." She toured the U.S. and Europe in The Peony Pavilion in 1997. Fischer has appeared in many big-budget films, including Moneyball, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) as Mistress Ching, The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) as Mrs. Chu, Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) and War of the Worlds (2005). She has also worked on many independent Asian American films including Americanese (2009), Only the Brave (2005), Stand Up for Justice: The Ralph Lazo Story (2004) and Strawberry Fields (1997). Fischer has had numerous guest-starring roles on network television including FX's It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia as a North Korean bar owner named Mr. Kim, and Mimi Kishi on Netflix and Walden Media’s “The Baby-Sitter’s Club”She is sometimes credited as "Takayo Doran".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/21 at 1:39 am

Kathryn Crosby (born Olive Kathryn Grandstaff), American actress and singer, turns 88 today.

She appeared opposite Richard Kiley in The Phenix City Story (1955), Tony Curtis in Mister Cory (1957), Jack Lemmon in Operation Mad Ball (1957), James Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder (1959) and Victor Mature in The Big Circus (1959), among others. Her best known role, however, was as the princess-in-distress in the special effects-laden epic fantasy The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), which has since reached semi-cult status. For the most part, she felt unchallenged as an actress and retired rather uneventfully after marrying Bing Crosby in 1957. They had three children, including actress Mary Crosby of Dallas (1978) fame. Seemingly content with family life, she, along with her children, dutifully appeared opposite her husband singing and lightly joking in his many popular Christmas-special presentations and even hosted a couple of syndicated TV series, but that was about it. After Bing's death in 1977, however, she slowly involved herself in acting again, appearing every now and then on stage in such productions as "Same Time, Next Year", "Charley's Aunt" and a Broadway revival of the musical "State Fair" in 1996. In addition to publishing two sets of memoirs ("Bing and Other Things" and "My Life with Bing"), she annually hosts the Crosby Gold Tournament in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/21 at 3:32 am

Squadron Leader George Leonard "Johnny" Johnson, British Royal Air Force officer, turns 100 today.

He is the last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/25/21 at 11:12 am

Gerald Seymour, English journalist and author, turns 80 today.

Initially a journalist, he joined ITN in 1963, covering such topics as the Great Train Robbery, Vietnam War, The Troubles, the Munich Olympics massacre, Germany's Red Army Faction, Italy's Red Brigades and Palestinian militant groups. His first book, Harry's Game, was published in 1975, and Seymour then became a full-time novelist, living in the West Country. In 1999, he featured in the Oscar-winning documentary, One Day in September, which portrayed the Munich massacre. He has been a full-time writer since 1978. Television adaptations have been made of his books Harry's Game, The Glory Boys, The Contract, Red Fox, The Informant based on Field of Blood, A Line in the Sand and The Waiting Time.

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Written By: nally on 11/27/21 at 11:16 am

...and yesterday was Tina Turner's 82nd birthday. (She was in fact born in 1939. Various sources list her YOB as one year earlier.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/27/21 at 11:24 am

...and yesterday was Tina Turner's 82nd birthday. (She was in fact born in 1939. Various sources list her YOB as one year earlier.)


My Mother’s (older) cousin falsified her birthdate to 1921 and the rest of her family went along with the scam. Even her burial headstone says she was born in 1921. My Mom was born in 1920.

Then one day I managed to dig up a copy of a 1920 census document that recorded Mom’s cousin’s family, and cuz was recorded as being two years old as of the taking of the census.  :o

Never underestimate my capability to investigate!  ;D

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Written By: nally on 11/28/21 at 11:38 am

Happy 92nd birthday to Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr!

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Written By: nally on 11/28/21 at 11:39 am

American political figure Gary Hart turns 85 today. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/28/21 at 12:38 pm

American political figure Gary Hart turns 85 today. He was the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination until he dropped out amid revelations of extramarital affairs. He represented Colorado in the United States Senate from 1975 to 1987.


This is the pic that did him in. That and the fact that it was taken in a boat called “The Monkey Business”. I’m not sure which was the worse photo op on the 1988 Presidential election… this one, or Michael Dukakis riding a tank.  ;D

http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2016/05/08/b8e1abb1-c02d-43ed-ad2d-297203e59e50/donna-rice-gary-hart-ap-244.jpg

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Written By: nally on 11/28/21 at 1:56 pm

This is the pic that did him in. That and the fact that it was taken in a boat called “The Monkey Business”. I’m not sure which was the worse photo op on the 1988 Presidential election… this one, or Michael Dukakis riding a tank.  ;D

http://cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com/hub/i/2016/05/08/b8e1abb1-c02d-43ed-ad2d-297203e59e50/donna-rice-gary-hart-ap-244.jpg

...yup. ::)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/21 at 1:39 am

...and yesterday was Tina Turner's 82nd birthday. (She was in fact born in 1939. Various sources list her YOB as one year earlier.)
Belated wishes to Tina, she is a true diamond.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/21 at 1:57 am

Vin Scully, American sportscaster, turns 94 today.

He is best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was located in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016. His run constitutes the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he is second only to Tommy Lasorda (by two years) in terms of number of years associated with the Dodgers organization in any capacity. He retired at age 88 in 2016, ending his record-breaking run as the team's play-by-play announcer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/21 at 3:25 am

Dame Shirley Porter, British politician, turns 91 today.

She led Westminster City Council in London, representing the Conservative Party. She is the daughter and heiress of Jack Cohen, the founder of Tesco supermarkets. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1991 by John Major after delivering victory in Westminster for the Conservatives in the 1990 elections, but was stripped of this title in 2003.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/21 at 5:51 am

John Mayall, English blues singer, guitarist, organist and songwriter, turns 88 today.

His musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band which has counted among its members some of the most famous blues and blues rock musicians.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/21 at 8:11 am

Diane Ladd (born Rose Diane Ladner), American actress, film director, producer, and author, turns 86 today.

She has appeared in over 120 film and television roles. For the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television for Alice (1980–81), and to receive Academy Award nominations for Wild at Heart (1990) and Rambling Rose (1991). Her other film appearances include Chinatown (1974), National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), Primary Colors (1998), 28 Days (2000), and American Cowslip (2008). Ladd is the mother of actress Laura Dern, with her ex-husband, actor Bruce Dern.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/21 at 12:04 pm

Meco (Domenico Monardo), American record producer and musician, as well as the name of his band or production team. turns 82 today.

He is best known for his 1977 space disco version of the Star Wars theme from his album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk; both the single and album were certified platinum in the US.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/29/21 at 12:59 pm

Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter, turns 91 today.

One of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theatre, Sondheim has been praised for having “reinvented the American musical" with shows that tackle "unexpected themes that range far beyond the traditional subjects" with "music and lyrics of unprecedented complexity and sophistication." His shows have been acclaimed for addressing "darker, more harrowing elements of the human experience," with songs often tinged with "ambivalence" about various aspects of life. His best-known works as composer and lyricist include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1962), Company (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), and Into the Woods (1987). He is also known for writing the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) and Gypsy (1959). He has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer), a Special Tony Award, eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, and a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom
Sadly Stephen Sondheim passed away this weekend.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: nally on 11/29/21 at 11:08 pm

Vin Scully, American sportscaster, turns 94 today.

He is best known for his 67 seasons calling games for Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, beginning in 1950 (when the franchise was located in Brooklyn) and ending in 2016. His run constitutes the longest tenure of any broadcaster with a single team in professional sports history, and he is second only to Tommy Lasorda (by two years) in terms of number of years associated with the Dodgers organization in any capacity. He retired at age 88 in 2016, ending his record-breaking run as the team's play-by-play announcer.




He was a great talent. I always loved listening to him. O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/21 at 1:04 am

Andrew Schally, American endocrinologist and Nobel Prize Laureate, turns 95 today.

He was a corecipient with Roger Guillemin and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. This recognized his research in the discovery that the hypothalamus controls hormone production and release by the pituitary gland which control the regulation of other hormones in the body.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/21 at 3:32 am

Joe B. Hall, American basketball player and coach, turns 93 today.

He is the former head basketball coach at the University of Kentucky, from 1972 to 1985.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/21 at 9:33 am

Joan Ganz Cooney (born Joan Ganz), American television writer and producer, turns 92 today.

She is one of the founders of Sesame Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop or CTW), the organization famous for the creation of the children's television show Sesame Street, which was also co-created by her. Cooney grew up in Phoenix and earned a B.A. degree in education from the University of Arizona in 1951. After working for the State Department in Washington, D.C. and as a journalist in Phoenix, she worked as a publicist for television and production companies in New York City. In 1961, she became interested in working for educational television, and became a documentary producer for New York's first educational TV station WNET (Channel 13). Many of the programs she produced won local Emmys.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/21 at 12:19 pm

Sam Gilliam, African-American color field painter and lyrical abstractionist artist, turns 88 today.

He is associated with the Washington Color School, a group of Washington, D.C. area artists that developed a form of abstract art from color field painting in the 1950s and 1960s. His works have also been described as belonging to abstract expressionism and lyrical abstraction. He works on stretched, draped and wrapped canvas, and adds sculptural 3D elements. He is recognized as the first artist to introduce the idea of a draped, painted canvas hanging without stretcher bars around 1965.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/21 at 2:34 pm

Frank Ifield, British-Australian country music singer and guitarist, turns 84 today.

He often incorporated yodelling into his music. After living in Australia, Ifield returned to the United Kingdom in November 1959 where he had four number-one hits on the UK Singles Chart with his cover versions of "I Remember You" (May 1962), "Lovesick Blues" (December), "The Wayward Wind" (March 1963) and "Confessin' That I Love You" (September). In 2003, Ifield was inducted into the Australian Roll of Renown. Ifield was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame at the ARIA Music Awards of 2007.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/30/21 at 4:51 pm

Ridley Scott, English film director and producer, turns 84 today.

He has directed the science fiction horror film Alien (1979), the neo-noir dystopian film Blade Runner (1982), the road adventure film Thelma & Louise (1991), the historical drama film Gladiator (2000), the war film Black Hawk Down (2001), and the science fiction film The Martian (2015).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/21 at 12:20 am

Micheline Bernardini, French dancer and mode, turn 94 today.

She agreed to model, on 5 July 1946, Louis Réard's two-piece swimsuit, which he called the bikini, named four days after the first test of an American nuclear weapon at the Bikini Atoll.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/21 at 1:40 am

Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg), American film director, writer, actor, and comedian, turns 86 today.

His career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing material for television in the 1950s, working alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, and Neil Simon. He also published several books featuring short stories and wrote humor pieces for The New Yorker. In the early 1960s, he performed as a stand-up comedian in Greenwich Village alongside Lenny Bruce, Elaine May, Mike Nichols, and Joan Rivers. There he developed a monologue style (rather than traditional jokes) and the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish. He released three comedy albums during the mid to late 1960s, earning a Grammy Award nomination for his 1964 comedy album entitled simply, Woody Allen. He has received many accolades and honors. He has received the most nominations for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, with 16. He has won four Academy Awards, one for Best Director, and three for Best Original Screenplay. He also garnered nine British Academy Film Awards. In 1997, Allen was awarded the BAFTA Fellowship by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In 2014, he received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement and a Tony Award nomination for Best Book of a Musical for Bullets over Broadway.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/21 at 3:46 am

Sandy Nelson, American rock and roll drummer, turns 83 today.

His instrumental recording "Teen Beat", on Original Sound Records, rose to number 4 on the in 1959. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. Subsequently he signed with the Imperial label and pounded out two more Top 40 hits, "Let There Be Drums", which went to number 7 on the Hot 100, and "Drums Are My Beat". In December 1961 the British music magazine, NME, reported that "Let There Be Drums" had gone Top 10 in both the United Kingdom and United States. All three were instrumentals (a feat rarely repeated). Guitar playing on these hits was by co-writer Richard Podolor, later a songwriter and record producer. Near the end of 1963, Nelson was in a motorcycle accident. The injuries necessitated amputation of his right foot and part of that leg. Nonetheless, Nelson continued to record into the early 1970s, releasing two or three albums a year, consisting of cover versions of popular hits plus a few original compositions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/01/21 at 5:20 am

Lee Trevino, American professional golfer, turns 82 today.

He is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. The Masters Tournament was the only major that eluded him. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex," both affectionate nicknames given to him by other golfers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/21 at 4:58 am

Edwin Meese, American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party, turns 90 today.

He served in official capacities within the Ronald Reagan's gubernatorial administration (1967–1974), the Reagan presidential transition team (1980–81) and the Reagan administration (1981–1985), eventually rising to hold the position of the 75th United States Attorney General (1985–1988), a position from which he resigned following the Wedtech scandal.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/21 at 7:12 am

David Piper, British Formula One and sports car racing driver, turns 91 today.

He participated in 3 Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 18 July 1959. He scored no championship points.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/21 at 8:25 am

David Hackett Fischer, American historian, author, and academic, turns 86 today.

His major works have covered topics ranging from large macroeconomic and cultural trends (Albion's Seed, The Great Wave) to narrative histories of significant events (Paul Revere's Ride, Washington's Crossing) to explorations of historiography (Historians' Fallacies, in which he coined the term "historian's fallacy").

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/21 at 9:17 am

Francis Fox, Canadian lawyer and politician, turns 82 today.

He was a member of the Senate of Canada, Canadian Cabinet minister, and Principal Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office, and thus was a senior aide to Prime Minister Paul Martin. He also worked as a lobbyist in the 1980s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/21 at 9:59 am

Mike England, Welsh footballer and manager, turns 80 today.

Playing as a Centre Back or central defender, he began his career at Blackburn Rovers in 1959 before moving to Tottenham Hotspur in July 1966, ultimately winning four major trophies: the FA Cup in 1967, the UEFA Europa League in 1972, and the League Cup in 1971 and 1973. England made 49 international appearances for Wales over twelve years, scoring 4 goals. He later managed the Wales national team from March 1980 to February 1988. England was sacked as Wales manager on 3 February 1988 after failing to qualify for the 1988 European Championships.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/02/21 at 11:12 am

Tom McGuinness, English, guitarist, songwriter, author, record and TV producer, turns 80 today.

He is best known as the guitarist from Manfred Mann and The Blues Band. In 1986 he wrote the book So You Want To Be a Rock and Roll Star.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/21 at 11:35 am

Happy 88th birthday to American TV personality Wink Martindale.

He is primarily remembered for hosting game shows, but he's also been a disc jockey, radio personality, and television producer.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/21 at 11:36 am

Today is the 84th birthday of actor Max Baer Jr.

He was best known for his role as Jethro Bodine on the sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/04/21 at 3:07 pm

Today is the 84th birthday of actor Max Baer Jr.

He was best known for his role as Jethro Bodine on the sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies.


And he made a bloody fortune producing the low-budget, high-revenue 70s action flick, Macon County Line. He spent $225,000 making it, and the flick raked in a cool $30,000,000 worldwide.  8)

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Written By: nally on 12/05/21 at 11:04 am

And he made a bloody fortune producing the low-budget, high-revenue 70s action flick, Macon County Line. He spent $225,000 making it, and the flick raked in a cool $30,000,000 worldwide.  8)

I should also note that he's the last main cast member of Beverly Hillbillies still alive.

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Written By: nally on 12/05/21 at 11:06 am

On topic... American novelist & screenwriter Joan Didion turns 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/05/21 at 11:13 pm

American politician Bob Dole turns 98 today.

And today he has kicked the bucket due to lung cancer. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/21 at 3:15 am

Alain Tanner, Swiss director, producer, and screenwriter, turns 92 today.

His first feature film, Charles, Dead or Alive (1969), won the first prize at the international film festival in Locarno. His next two films, La Salamandre (1971) and Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976), were made in close collaboration with the art critic and novelist John Berger, who had also worked with him, to a lesser degree and without a credit, on the writing of Charles. Influenced by his involvement with the British "Free Cinema" movement in London and with the French New Wave during his years in Paris, Tanner is best known for his movies Jonas qui aura 25 ans en l'an 2000 (Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000), Dans la ville blanche (In the White City) and Messidor. Dans la ville blanche was entered into the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/21 at 5:07 am

Donald J. Kutyna, United States Air Force officer, turns 88 today.

He was commander in chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the United States Space Command from 1990 to 1992, and commander of Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado from 1987 to 1990.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/21 at 6:59 am

David Ossman, American writer and comedian, turns 85 today.

Best known as a member of the Firesign Theatre and screenwriter of such films as Zachariah.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/21 at 9:04 am

Kenneth Copeland, American televangelist and author associated with the charismatic movement, turns 85 today.

The organization he founded in 1967, Eagle Mountain International Church Inc. (EMIC), is based in Tarrant County, Texas. Copeland's sermons are broadcast across the US and worldwide on the Victory Channel. Copeland has also written several books and resources. He has been identified as preaching the prosperity gospel and as part of the Word of Faith movement.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/21 at 12:58 pm

Patrick Bauchau, Belgian actor, turns 83 today.

Best known for his role as Scarpine in the 1985 James Bond movie, A View to a Kill; Sydney (Jarod's mentor) in the TV series The Pretender; and Doctor Rowan Chase, Doctor Robert Chase's estranged father in the TV series, House.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/06/21 at 3:14 pm

Richard Edlund, American visual effects designer and cinematographer, turns 81 today.

After first joining the United States Navy, he developed an interest in experimental film and attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts in the late 1960s. On the strength of a couple of short films, he was picked by John Dykstra to work as first cameraman at the embryonic Industrial Light & Magic on the production on Star Wars for which he shared an Academy Award. Edlund continued to work with Dykstra on Battlestar Galactica but was invited back by George Lucas to work on The Empire Strikes Back. Edlund's considerable technical challenge on this film was to optically composite miniatures against a white background resulting in a second Academy Award. Edlund also did distinguished work for Lucas and ILM on Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist. In 1983, following the completion of Return of the Jedi, Edlund set up his own effects company, Boss Films, whose credits include Ghostbusters, Big Trouble in Little China, Die Hard, The Hunt for Red October, Cliffhanger, Outbreak and Air Force One. Boss Film Studios was one of the first traditional effects houses that successfully transitioned from "tangible world" visual effects, to computer generated imagery, with many notable CGI artists beginning their careers at Boss.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/21 at 12:50 am

Noam Chomsky, American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historian, social critic, and political activist, turns 93 today.

Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and Institute Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and is the author of more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, politics, and mass media. Ideologically, he aligns with anarcho-syndicalism and libertarian socialism.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/21 at 3:08 am

Christopher Nicole, Guyanese-English author, turns 91 today.

His first published in 1957, when he wrote a book about West Indian Cricket. He published his first novel in 1959, his first stories being set in his native Caribbean. Later he wrote many historical novels, set in tumultuous periods such as World War I, World War II and the Cold War, and depicting places in Europe, Asia and Africa. He also wrote classic romance novels. He signs most of his books as Christopher Nicole, but also uses several pseudonyms, some of them female. Pseudonyms used include: Peter Grange, Andrew York, Robin Cade, Mark Logan, Christina Nicholson, Alison York, Leslie Arlen, Robin Nicholson, C.R. Nicholson, Daniel Adams, Simon McKay, Caroline Gray, Alan Savage and Nicholas Grant. He wrote disaster thrillers in collaboration with his wife, Diana Bachmann, under the pen name Max Marlow. Under his different pseudonyms he has worked with many publishing houses: Jarrolds, Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, Coward-McCann & Geoghegan, Jove, Michael Joseph, Mills & Boon, and Severn House.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/21 at 4:37 am

Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass musician, turns 90 today.

He is the co-founder (with his brother Sonny Osborne) of the Osborne Brothers and a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/07/21 at 4:49 am

Bobby Osborne, American bluegrass musician, turns 90 today.

He is the co-founder (with his brother Sonny Osborne) of the Osborne Brothers and a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame.


Sadly, Sonny bit it this past October.  :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/21 at 9:00 am

Sadly, Sonny bit it this past October.  :\'(
Thank for the update.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/21 at 9:02 am

Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly), American actress, turns 89 today. 

Known for her portrayals of complicated women in dramas, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making her one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting". At age 24, she made her acting debut on Broadway in 1957 and soon started to make appearances in television shows. Stardom followed several years later with her acclaimed role in The Last Picture Show (1971), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her next appearance in The Exorcist (1973), earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. The film has remained popular and several publications have regarded it as one of the greatest horror films of all time. She followed this with Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1975 she won the Tony Award for her role in the play Same Time, Next Year. Her performance in the film version (1978) won her a Golden Globe Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/07/21 at 2:39 pm

Melba Pattillo Beals, American journalist and educator, turns 80 today.

She was a member of the Little Rock Nine, a group of African-American students who were the first to integrate Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/21 at 12:14 am

Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American soldier and chemist, turns 98 today.

He received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1944, and his Ph. D. degree from the University of Minnesota in physical chemistry in 1950. From 1944 to 1946, during World War II and shortly afterward, he served in the United States Army. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America in 1944. He spent most of his career as a polymer chemist working for DuPont in the Central Research Department at the Experimental Station. He rose to the level of Director of Polymer Sciences, leading it during a time of great innovation. After retiring from DuPont, he formed his own consulting company.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/21 at 3:29 am

Bob Arum, American lawyer and boxing promoter, turns 90 today.

He is the founder and CEO of Top Rank, a professional boxing promotion company based in Las Vegas. He also worked for the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York in the tax division during his legal career before moving into boxing promotion.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/21 at 7:11 am

Peter Parfitt, English cricketer, turns 85 today.

He was an all round sportsman, playing for Norwich City reserves at football, and cricket at Minor Counties level, before Middlesex offered him a playing contract. Parfitt played for Middlesex between 1956 and 1972, captaining the team from 1968 to 1970. He played in thirty seven Tests for England between 1962 and 1972, and was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1963. He made four centuries in five consecutive Tests against Pakistan in 1962, but was used as a makeshift opener in the 1962–63 Ashes series in Australia and failed. A left-handed batsman, right-arm off-break bowler and fine fielder, he was judged to be one of the most exciting strokemakers of his generation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/08/21 at 11:15 am

Jerry Butler, American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and politician, turns 82 today.

He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. After leaving the group in 1960, Butler achieved over 55 Billboard Pop and R&B Chart hits as a solo artist including "He Will Break Your Heart", "Let It Be Me" and "Only the Strong Survive". He was inducted into the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame in 2015.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/21 at 12:20 am

André Milhoux, Belgian race car driver, turns 93 today.

He participated in one Formula One World Championship Grand Prix, the 1956 German Grand Prix on 5 August 1956, but had to retire after 15 laps due to an engine failure. He scored no championship points.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/21 at 4:13 am

Billy Edd Wheeler, American songwriter, performer, writer, and visual artist, turns 89 today.

His songs include "Jackson" (Grammy award winner for Johnny Cash and June Carter) "The Reverend Mr. Black", "Desert Pete", "Ann", "High Flyin' Bird", "The Coming of the Roads", "It’s Midnight", "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back", "Coal Tattoo", "Winter Sky", and "Coward of the County" (which inspired a 1981 television movie of the same name) and have been performed by over 160 artists including Judy Collins, Jefferson Airplane, Bobby Darin, The Kingston Trio, Neil Young, Kenny Rogers, Hazel Dickens, Florence and the Machine, Kathy Mattea, Nancy Sinatra, and Elvis Presley. "Jackson" was also recorded by Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon for the movie Walk the Line. His song "Sassafras" was covered in the folk rock era by Modern Folk Quartet and The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/21 at 9:23 am

Dame Judi Dench, English actress, turns 87 today.

She has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at Old Vic Theatre. A seven-time Academy Award nominee, Dench won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Queen Elizabeth I in Shakespeare in Love (1998); her other Oscar-nominated roles were in Mrs Brown (1997), Chocolat (2000), Iris (2001), Mrs Henderson Presents (2005), Notes on a Scandal (2006) and Philomena (2013). She is a ten-time BAFTA winner including Best Actress in a Comedy Series for A Fine Romance (1981) in which she appeared with her husband, Michael Williams, and Best Supporting Actress in A Handful of Dust (1988) and A Room with a View (1985). She received an ACE award for her performance in the television series Star Quality: Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill (1985). She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1970, a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1988 and a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in 2005.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/21 at 10:59 am

Ashleigh Brilliant, English-American author and illustrator, turns 88 today.

He is best known for his Pot-Shots, single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States in 1975. Brilliant became a naturalized American citizen in 1969.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/09/21 at 2:45 pm

Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges, American actor and director, turns 80 today.

He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 7, 2003, at 7065 Hollywood Boulevard for his contributions to the television industry. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and elder brother of fellow actor Jeff Bridges.

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Written By: nally on 12/11/21 at 11:49 am

American musician David Gates turns 81 today. He was a co-lead vocalist of the 1970s soft-rock band Bread.

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Written By: nally on 12/11/21 at 11:49 am

Actress Donna Mills also turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/12/21 at 11:30 am

Retired TV host Bob Barker turns 98 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/12/21 at 11:39 am

American musician Dionne Warwick turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/21 at 4:07 am

Dick Van Dyke, American actor, comedian, writer, singer, and dancer, turns 96 today.

His award-winning career has spanned seven decades in film, television and the theatre.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/21 at 4:54 am

December 13th 1926 – Carl Erskine, American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball. turns 95 today.

He played his entire career for the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants, peaking with a 1953 season in which he won 20 games and set a World Series record with 14 strikeouts in a single game. Erskine pitched two of the NL's seven no-hitters during the 1950s. Following his baseball career, he was active as a business executive and an author.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/21 at 7:27 am

George Rhoden, Jamaican runner, turns 95 today.

At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Rhoden was successful. As a world record holder he was one of the pre-race favourites in the 400 m which he won in a close battle with his compatriot McKenley, who had also been second in the 1948 Olympic 400 m. As the anchor runner of the Jamaican relay team, Rhoden added a second Olympic gold, edging the United States by a tenth of a second, and setting a new world record (3:03.9)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/21 at 10:08 am

Joe Christopher, Virgin Islander professional baseball outfielder, turns 86 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1959 through 1966. Listed at 5' 10", 175 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed. Christopher reached the big leagues with the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates, spending three years there before moving to the New York Mets (1962–65) and Boston Red Sox (1966).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/21 at 12:22 pm

Rob Houwer, Dutch director, producer, and screenwriter, turns 84 today.

He frequently collaborated with Paul Verhoeven and produced most of his Dutch films. Turkish Delight (1973), after the book by Jan Wolkers, became the most frequently visited film in Dutch cinema and still holds that place today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/21 at 1:53 pm

John Davidson, American actor, singer, and game-show host, turns 80 today.

Known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/13/21 at 3:42 pm

Tom Shaw, American golfer, turns 83 today.

He won four PGA Tour events and had over two dozen top-10 finishes. In 1966, he was seriously injured in a car accident on the way to the Bob Hope Classic. In 1971, he won twice, earned $96,220, and finished 15th on the money list. His best finish in a major was a T-21 at the 1969 PGA Championship. Shaw began play on the Senior PGA Tour in 1989, and was one of five rookies to win on tour that year. His two wins on the senior tour included one senior major, at The Tradition in 1993 when he defeated Mike Hill by one stroke. He has over two dozen top-10 finishes at this level also.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/13/21 at 5:44 pm

John Davidson, American actor, singer, and game-show host, turns 80 today.

Known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991


John epitomized the 80s hair helmet style.  ;D

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 12/13/21 at 8:27 pm

John epitomized the 80s hair helmet style.  ;D




The 'helmet hair" style predates the 80s. It's heyday was the 60s & 70s. For instance, Bobby Goldsboro, who sang that ghastly song "Honey", pictured here in the 1960s:

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Even Donny Osmond got in on the act, pictured here in the early 70s:

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Written By: nally on 12/13/21 at 10:00 pm

John Davidson, American actor, singer, and game-show host, turns 80 today.

Known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991


I remember watching that 1980s version of the Hollywood Squares. O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/21 at 1:35 am

I remember watching that 1980s version of the Hollywood Squares. O0
I can recall the UK version called Celebrity Squares from around the same time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/21 at 1:36 am

Abbe Lane (born Abigail Francine Lassman), American singer and actress, turns 89 today.

She was known in the 1950s and 1960s for her revealing outfits and sultry style of performing. She was the fourth wife of Latin bandleader and musician Xavier Cugat.

No relation to Penny Lane or cousin to Abbe Road  ;D 

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/21 at 4:12 am

Sir Charlie Griffith, Barbadian cricketer, turns 83 today.

He played in 28 Tests from 1960 to 1969. He formed a formidable fast bowling partnership with Wes Hall during the 1960s, but experienced a number of controversies during his career, notably being called for throwing twice, and fracturing the skull of Indian cricket captain Nari Contractor with a bouncer. When Griffith started playing club cricket in Barbados at a young age, he was as a right-arm spinner. During one game he decided to bowl right arm fast and finished with figures of 7 for 1. He remained a fast bowler and soon after was chosen to represent Barbados. His first-class debut was made against the Marylebone Cricket Club who were touring the Caribbean in 1959/60 and in the space of two overs he dismissed England internationals Colin Cowdrey, Mike Smith and Peter May. He was made a Knight of St Andrew by the Barbados government in 2017, having previously been given the Silver Crown Of Merit in 1992

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/14/21 at 5:12 am

The 'helmet hair" style predates the 80s. It's heyday was the 60s & 70s. For instance, Bobby Goldsboro, who sang that ghastly song "Honey", pictured here in the 1960s:

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Even Donny Osmond got in on the act, pictured here in the early 70s:

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Ah, yes. And back then if a young heartthrob could not grow real sideburns, he’d just let his head hair drape down past his ears as fake sideburns.  ;D

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Written By: nally on 12/14/21 at 7:48 pm

I can recall the UK version called Celebrity Squares from around the same time.

Yes, in the US it is called Hollywood Squares, whereas in UK it is called Celebrity Squares.

Just like "Family Feud" in the US, and its equivalent "Family Fortunes" in the UK.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/21 at 2:32 am

Edna O'Brien, Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer, turns 91 today.

Her works often revolve around the inner feelings of women, and their problems in relating to men, and to society as a whole. Her first novel, The Country Girls (1960), is often credited with breaking silence on sexual matters and social issues during a repressive period in Ireland following World War II. The book was banned, burned and denounced from the pulpit. O'Brien received the Irish PEN Award in 2001. Saints and Sinners won the 2011 Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the world's richest prize for a short-story collection. Faber and Faber published her memoir, Country Girl, in 2012. In 2015, she was bestowed Saoi by the Aosdána.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/15/21 at 3:48 am

Cindy Birdsong, American singer-songwriter, turns 82 today.

She became famous as a member of The Supremes in 1967, when she replaced co-founding member Florence Ballard. Birdsong had previously been a member of Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells.

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Written By: nally on 12/16/21 at 11:28 pm

Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann turns 83 today (born 1938).

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Written By: nally on 12/16/21 at 11:28 pm

Quentin Blake, English author and illustrator turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 12/17/21 at 12:53 am

Eugene Levy is celebrating birthday number 75 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/17/21 at 9:51 pm

Happy 85th birthday to Pope Francis, who has served as pontiff since 2013.

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Written By: nally on 12/17/21 at 10:18 pm

British musician Tommy Steele also turns 85.

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Written By: nally on 12/18/21 at 11:12 am

Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/18/21 at 11:15 am

Keith Richards, a founding member of the Rolling Stones, turns 78 today. He has been the band's lead guitarist and secondary vocalist. (In fact, he has actually sung lead on a few Rolling Stones songs on which Mick Jagger didn't.)

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Written By: nally on 12/20/21 at 6:47 pm

American soul singer Kim Weston turns 82 today. She was Marvin Gaye's duet partner on the 1966 hit single "It Takes Two".

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Written By: nally on 12/21/21 at 10:38 pm

Happy 84th birthday to actress Jane Fonda.

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Written By: nally on 12/21/21 at 10:39 pm

Retired TV talk show host Phil Donahue turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/22/21 at 9:20 pm

Hector Elizondo, American character actor of Spanish/Puerto Rican descent, turns 85 years old today. (His parents were of Spanish descent, born in Puerto Rico and they both moved to New York City, where their son was born.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/23/21 at 5:11 am

Hector Elizondo, American character actor of Spanish/Puerto Rican descent, turns 85 years old today. (His parents were of Spanish descent, born in Puerto Rico and they both moved to New York City, where their son was born.)


Back in the day, if a movie cast called for an Hispanic character, they’d cast either Hector Elizondo or Lou Diamond Philips.  8)

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Written By: nally on 12/23/21 at 10:23 pm

Back in the day, if a movie cast called for an Hispanic character, they’d cast either Hector Elizondo or Lou Diamond Philips.  8)

That is so true.

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Written By: nally on 12/23/21 at 10:24 pm

Former Japanese emperor Akihito turns 88 today. He served from 1989 until 2019 (when he abdicated, citing his advanced age and declining health, thus earning the title Emperor Emeritus).

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Written By: nally on 12/23/21 at 10:39 pm

American electrical engineer Bob Kahn turns 83 years old today; he, along with Vint Cerf, first proposed the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and the Internet Protocol (IP), the fundamental communication protocols at the heart of the Internet.

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Written By: nally on 12/24/21 at 2:27 pm

Philip Ziegler, English historian and author, is 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/24/21 at 2:30 pm

Happy 81st birthday to Dr. Anthony Fauci. He is the Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Written By: nally on 12/25/21 at 1:24 pm

American musician Bob James turns 82 years old today.

He founded the band Fourplay and wrote "Angela", the theme song for the TV show Taxi. Music from his first seven albums has often been sampled and has contributed to the formation of hip hop. Among his most well known recordings are "Nautilus", "Westchester Lady", "Tappan Zee", and his version of "Take Me to The Mardi Gras".

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Written By: nally on 12/26/21 at 5:10 pm

Happy 90th birthday to South African Anglican cleric and theologian, Desmond Tutu.

Sad news, he just kicked the bucket today. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/26/21 at 5:12 pm

Abdul "Duke" Fakir, a founding member of the Motown singing group The Four Tops, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/27/21 at 11:00 pm

Happy 82nd birthday to actor John Amos. He was known for his role as James Evans, Sr., on the CBS television series Good Times and for his portrayal of the adult Kunta Kinte/Toby in the 1977 miniseries Roots, for which he received an Emmy nomination.

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Written By: nally on 12/27/21 at 11:36 pm

Michael Turnbull, retired English bishop, turned 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/28/21 at 8:11 pm

Today we can wish actress Nichelle Nichols a happy 89th birthday.

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Written By: nally on 12/28/21 at 8:12 pm

British actress Dame Maggie Smith turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/28/21 at 11:37 pm

Harry Reid, retired American attorney and politician, turns 80 today. A Democrat, he was a United States Senator from Nevada for 30 years (1987 to 2017); before then, he served as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada for one term (1971-1975).


Sadly, he just kicked the bucket today, at the age of 82 years and 26 days. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/29/21 at 8:31 pm

Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat, French mathematician and physicist, is 98 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/29/21 at 8:31 pm

Inga Swenson, American actress and singer, turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/29/21 at 10:43 pm

Jon Voight, who turns 83 today, is an American actor and producer.

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Written By: nally on 12/30/21 at 10:35 pm

Actor Russ Tamblyn turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/30/21 at 10:37 pm

Hall-of-Fame baseball pitcher Sandy Koufax turns 86 today.

In 1972, when he was elected to the National Baseball Hall Of Fame, he was 36 years of age, making him the youngest person ever elected to the HOF.

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Written By: nally on 12/30/21 at 10:39 pm

Paul Stookey - one of two surviving members of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary - turns 84 today. His PPM bandmate Peter turned 83 earlier this year.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/31/21 at 3:47 am

Paul Stookey - one of two surviving members of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary - turns 84 today. His PPM bandmate Peter turned 83 earlier this year.


Mary bit it in 2009; she woulda turned 85 in 2021.

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Written By: nally on 12/31/21 at 7:51 pm

Mary bit it in 2009; she woulda turned 85 in 2021.

That is true. :\'( Which is why only the two guys are still alive.

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Written By: nally on 12/31/21 at 7:52 pm

American football personality John Madden turns 85 today. He has been a player, coach, and sportscaster.

But he kicked the bucket earlier this week. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/31/21 at 7:53 pm

TV legend Betty White turns 99 today, born on 1-17-1922.

Sadly, she went to heaven today...so sadly she won't see her centennial in 17 days' time. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/31/21 at 7:54 pm

On topic... Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins is still with us; he turned 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/22 at 11:44 am

Frank Langella, American actor, is 84 today (born New Year's Day 1938).

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Written By: nally on 01/01/22 at 11:45 am

Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer, is 92 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/22 at 11:46 am

James Sinegal, the retired American billionaire businessman who is the co-founder and former CEO of the Costco Wholesale Corporation, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/22 at 11:47 am

Dennis Archer, former mayor of Detroit, turns 80 today. He held the office from the beginning of 1994 until the end of 2001 (he was in his fifties during that span).

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Written By: nally on 01/01/22 at 11:49 am

Country Joe McDonald, American musician, also turns 80 today. He was the frontman of the psychedelic rock band Country Joe And The Fish, which was active during the second half of the 1960s.

For the past five years, he has lived in Berkeley, CA.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/22 at 12:05 pm

Happy 89th birthday to Vernon L. Smith, who is an American economist and academic, as well as Nobel Prize laureate.

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Written By: nally on 01/02/22 at 11:06 am

Toshiki Kaifu, former prime minister of Japan, turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/02/22 at 11:06 am

Jim Baker, American televangelist, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/02/22 at 11:08 am

Dennis Hastert, former House Speaker, turns 80 today. He served as Speaker Of The House for 8 years (1999-2007), making him the longest-serving Republican in the post.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/02/22 at 2:21 pm

Jim Baker, American televangelist, turns 82 today.


Spelled Bakker (with two “k’s”).

His former wife Tammy Faye LaValley Bakker Messner bit it back in ‘07 at the age of 65.  :\'(

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Written By: nally on 01/02/22 at 5:15 pm

Spelled Bakker (with two “k’s”).

His former wife Tammy Faye LaValley Bakker Messner bit it back in ‘07 at the age of 65.  :\'(

I knew that. But it's apparently pronounced as if it were spelt with only one 'k'.

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Written By: nally on 01/02/22 at 5:19 pm

On topic... Kane Tanaka, a Japanese supercentenarian who is currently verified as the world's oldest living person, is 119 years old today (she was born this day in 1903).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/22 at 12:13 am

Marianne Werner, German shot putter, turns 98 today.

She specialized in throwing events. She competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and earned two medals in the shot put. She won the European title in this event in 1958 and finished fifth in 1954.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/22 at 12:43 am

Nora Iuga, Romanian poet, writer and translator, turns 91 today.

Her first collection of poems was published in 1968 and was called Vina nu e a mea (It Is Not My Fault). She was censored between 1971 and 1978 by the communist government in Romania after the publication of her second collection of poems, Captivitatea cercului (Trapped in a Circle). The first English translation of her work, a collection of poems called The Hunchbacks’ Bus, was published in 2016. Several of her works have also been translated into German. English translations of her work were included in the anthology Something is still present and isn't, of what's gone.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/22 at 5:41 am

Barbara Rush, American actress, turns 95 today.

In 1954, she won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film It Came from Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children and family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films, including The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/22 at 9:52 am

Grace Bumbry, American operatic soprano, turns 85 today.

She is considered one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of her generation, as well as a major soprano earlier in her career. She is a member of a pioneering generation of African-American opera and classical singers (including Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price, Martina Arroyo, Shirley Verrett and Reri Grist) who followed Marian Anderson in the world of opera and classical music paving the way for future African-American opera and concert singers. Bumbry's voice was rich and dynamic, possessing a wide range, and was capable of producing a very distinctive plangent tone.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/22 at 3:08 pm

Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author, turns 90 today.

He served under five United States presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gerald Ford. Hill is best known for his act of bravery while in the presidential motorcade on November 22, 1963 when United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. During the assassination, Hill ran from the Secret Service follow up car, behind the presidential limousine, leaped onto the back of it and shielded Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the stricken president with his body as the car raced to Parkland Memorial Hospital. This action was documented in the Zapruder film. Since the death of Nellie Connally in September 2006, Hill is the last surviving person who was in the presidential limousine that day.

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Written By: nally on 01/04/22 at 8:00 pm

Actress Dyan Cannon celebrates her 85th birthday today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/22 at 12:29 am

Juan Carlos I of Spain, turns 84 today.

He is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from November 1975 until his abdication in June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the Rey Emérito ("King Emeritus").

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/22 at 2:34 am

Athol Guy, Australian singer-songwriter and bassist, turns 82 today.

He is a member of the Australian pop music group The Seekers, for whom he plays double bass and sings. He is easily recognisable by his black-framed "Buddy Holly" style glasses, and, during live performances, often acts as the group's compère.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/22 at 3:27 am

Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host, turn 80 today.

From 1991 to 2017, he was the host and executive producer of the talk show Charlie Rose on PBS and Bloomberg LP. Rose also co-anchored CBS This Morning from 2012 to 2017 alongside Gayle King and Norah O'Donnell. Rose formerly substituted for the anchor of the CBS Evening News. Rose, along with Lara Logan, hosted the revived CBS classic Person to Person, a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted from 1953 to 1961 by Edward R. Murrow. In November 2017, Rose was fired from CBS and PBS after The Washington Post published multiple in-house allegations of sexual harassment dating back to the late 1990s through 2011. His employment at CBS was also terminated, and his eponymous show, Charlie Rose, on PBS was cancelled.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/22 at 8:39 am

Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet and author, turns 91 today.

Known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and especially Beethoven.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/22 at 9:11 am

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, and screenwriter, turns 81 today.

He co-founded Studio Ghibli in 1985. He directed numerous films with Ghibli, including Castle in the Sky (1986), My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Kiki's Delivery Service (1989), and Porco Rosso (1992). The films were met with critical and commercial success in Japan. Miyazaki's film Princess Mononoke was the first animated film ever to win the Japan Academy Prize for Picture of the Year, and briefly became the highest-grossing film in Japan following its release in 1997; its distribution to the Western world greatly increased Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. His 2001 film Spirited Away became the highest-grossing film in Japanese history, winning the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards and is frequently ranked among the greatest films of the 2000s. Miyazaki's later films—Howl's Moving Castle (2004), Ponyo (2008), and The Wind Rises (2013)—also enjoyed critical and commercial success. Following the release of The Wind Rises, Miyazaki announced his retirement from feature films, though he returned to work on a new feature film in 2016.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/22 at 12:07 pm

Robert Duvall, American actor and director, turns 91 today.

His career spans more than six decades. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies) and seven Golden Globe Awards (winning four), and has won a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2005, and loves the smell of napalm in the morning.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/05/22 at 6:33 pm

Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host, turn 80 today.

In November 2017, Rose was fired from CBS and PBS after The Washington Post published multiple in-house allegations of sexual harassment dating back to the late 1990s through 2011. His employment at CBS was also terminated, and his eponymous show, Charlie Rose, on PBS was cancelled.


You’d never know it by looking at him, but ol’ Charlie must have been one really horny dude.  :o

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/05/22 at 6:35 pm

Actress Dyan Cannon celebrates her 85th birthday today.


And she is as smoking hot as ever.  :P

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Written By: nally on 01/05/22 at 7:25 pm

And she is as smoking hot as ever.  :P

I have noticed that about her; she looks very young for her age. Even a quarter-century ago, when she was 60 and acted in the movie Out To Sea, she looked younger than that at the time. :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/22 at 12:14 am

Sylvia Syms, English actress. turns 88 today.

Best known for her roles in the films Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), No Trees in the Street (1959), Victim (1961), The Tamarind Seed (1974) and The Queen (2006). She remains active in films, television and theatre. Her daughter Beatie Edney is also an actress, and she is the aunt of musicians Nick and Alex Webb.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/22 at 4:02 am

Ian Meckiff, Australian cricketer, turns 87 today.

He represented Australia in 18 Test matches between 1957 and 1963. A left-arm fast bowler, he is best known for two matters that were unrelated to his skill as a player: he was the batsman run out by Joe Solomon in 1960, causing the first Tied Test in cricket history; and in December 1963, his career was sensationally ended when he was called for throwing in the First Test against South Africa by Australian umpire Col Egar. During the late 1950s and early 1960s, there had been a media frenzy about the perceived prevalence of illegal bowling actions in world cricket. The controversy and speculation that dogged Meckiff in the years preceding his final match caused sections of the cricket community to believe that he had been made a scapegoat by the Australian cricket authorities to prove their intent to stamp out throwing.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/06/22 at 4:54 am

I have noticed that about her; she looks very young for her age. Even a quarter-century ago, when she was 60 and acted in the movie Out To Sea, she looked younger than that at the time. :o


Here’s a pic from 2019.

https://uproxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/dyan-grid-uproxx.jpg

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/22 at 6:32 am

Nino Tempo (born Antonino LoTempio), American musician, singer, and actor, turns 87 today.

Known best for his 1963 duet "Deep Purple" on Atco with his sister Carol (singing under the stage name April Stevens), which scored No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Rock And Roll Recording, selling more than one million copies and earning a gold disc.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/06/22 at 9:59 am

Adriano Celentano, Italian singer-songwriter, actor, and director, turns 84 today.

He is dubbed "il Molleggiato" (the flexible one) because of his dancing. Celentano has released many record albums which have enjoyed enormous commercial and critical success.

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Written By: nally on 01/06/22 at 10:50 pm

Here’s a pic from 2019.



Okay, she's definitely showing some age there.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/07/22 at 5:07 am

Okay, she's definitely showing some age there.


Like a fine wine, some women get even hotter with age.  :P

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Written By: nally on 01/08/22 at 10:53 am

Anyhoo...American television host Bob Eubanks celebrates his 84th birthday today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/22 at 10:58 am

Welsh singer Shirley Bassey turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/22 at 11:02 am

Charles Osgood, an American radio and television commentator and writer, turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/22 at 11:02 am

Junichiro Koizumi, the Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/22 at 11:11 am

American retired TV-film actress Yvette Mimieux also turns 80 today. She's the daughter of an interracial couple: her dad was from France and her mom was from Mexico.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/08/22 at 3:06 pm

Anyhoo...American television host Bob Eubanks celebrates his 84th birthday today.


And here’s his legendary blooper from The Newlywed Game.  ;D ;D ;D

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Written By: nally on 01/08/22 at 4:12 pm

And here’s his legendary blooper from The Newlywed Game.  ;D ;D ;D



Oh yes. :D It was certainly memorable in one way or another! In fact, 20 years ago, on a blooper reel special of outrageous game show moments, he revealed it after keeping it hidden for nearly a quarter of a century.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/08/22 at 5:57 pm

Larry Storch, the sole remaining main cast member of F-Troop turns 99 today.  8)

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Written By: nally on 01/09/22 at 11:57 am

American folk singer-songwriter and activist Joan Baez turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/22 at 4:44 am

Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author, turns 93 today.

He co-founded the BBC's Natural History Unit as its first film producer, with Patrick Beech the then South West Controller. Cutting his teeth on the LOOK series he organised far-flung wildlife filming projects. He presented live television programmes, including Birdwatch, Birdspot, Discovering Birds, Discovering Animals, Beside the Sea, Wildtrack and Nature. Soper also co-presented Animal Magic with Johnny Morris for a few years in the 1960s. For many years he also had a regular column in the RSPB members' magazine.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/22 at 9:57 am

Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 87 today.

He is considered highly influential in the establishment and evolution of rock music in Canada. Also known as "Rompin' Ronnie", "Mr. Dynamo", or simply "The Hawk", he was one of the key players in the 1960s rock scene in Toronto. Throughout his career, Hawkins has performed all across North America and recorded more than twenty-five albums. His hit songs included covers of Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" (entitled "Forty Days" by Hawkins) and Young Jessie's "Mary Lou", a song about a "gold-digging woman". Other well-known recordings are "Who Do You Love?", "Hey Bo Diddley", and "Susie Q", which was written by his cousin, rockabilly artist Dale Hawkins.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/22 at 3:12 am

Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, and Nobel Prize laureate, turns 98 today.

He received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.

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Written By: nally on 01/11/22 at 11:15 pm

Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine skier turns 83 years old today. She was an Olympic gold medalist and double world champion in 1960.

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Written By: nally on 01/12/22 at 7:52 pm

George Joseph Kresge, a mentalist known as The Amazing Kreskin, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/13/22 at 7:41 pm

Canadian ice hockey player Cesare Maniago turns 83 today. He was active in pro hockey during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably with the Minnesota North Stars (NHL). Said franchise became the Dallas Stars in 1993.

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Written By: nally on 01/13/22 at 8:04 pm

Frances Sternhagen - American actress who has appeared in on/off-Broadway shows as well as on movies and TV, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/22 at 7:33 pm

American actress Carole Cook turns 98 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/22 at 7:35 pm

American musician Clarence Carter turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/22 at 7:40 pm

Sonny Siebert, American baseball pitcher of the 1960s and 1970s, turns 85 today.

On June 10th 1966, as a member of Cleveland, he no-hit the Washington Senators (a franchise that later became the Texas Rangers).

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Written By: nally on 01/14/22 at 7:41 pm

An American singer by the name of Jack Jones turns 84 today.

So does former Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/22 at 7:42 pm

Actress/producer Faye Dunaway turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/15/22 at 11:10 am

American actress Phyllis Coates turns 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/15/22 at 11:12 am

Actress Margaret O’Brien turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/16/22 at 11:52 am

Retired race car driver A.J. Foyt turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/16/22 at 11:59 am

Sir Peter Bernhard Hirsch turns 97 today. A native of Germany, he is a figure in British materials science who has made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals.

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Written By: nally on 01/16/22 at 12:00 pm

American mezzo-soprano opera singer Marilyn Horne turns 88 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/22 at 4:50 am

Luis Echeverría, Mexican lawyer, academic and politician, turns 100 today.

He is affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the 57th President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, he was Secretary of the Interior from 1963 to 1969. At 99, he is the oldest living former Mexican president.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/22 at 8:18 am

Newton N. Minow, American attorney and former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, turns 96 today.

He is famous for his speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland". While still maintaining a law practice, Minow is currently the Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Chicago. Minow has been active in Democratic party politics. He is an attorney in private practice concerning telecommunications law and is active in many nonprofit, civic, and educational institutions. Barack Obama named him a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2016.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/22 at 10:18 am

James Earl Jones, American actor, turns 91 today.

A pre-med major in college, he served in the United States Army during the Korean War before pursuing a career in acting. Since his Broadway debut in 1957, he has performed in several Shakespeare plays including Othello, Hamlet, Coriolanus, and King Lear. Jones made his screen debut in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove. After working steadily in the theater, Jones won his first Tony Award in 1968 for his role in The Great White Hope, which he reprised in the 1970 film adaptation earning him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Jones starred with Diahann Carroll in the acclaimed 1974 romantic comedy-drama film Claudine, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He won his second Tony Award in 1987 for his role in August Wilson's Fences. He became well known as the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars film trilogy, released between 1977 and 1983.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/17/22 at 10:57 am

Newton N. Minow, American attorney and former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, turns 96 today.

He is famous for his speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland".


The S.S. Minnow from Gilligan’s Island was named after him as a joke.  ;D True story.

I once met his lovely daughter Nell Minow at the University of Chicago years ago.  8)

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Written By: nally on 01/17/22 at 10:36 pm

Luis Echeverría, Mexican lawyer, academic and politician, turns 100 today.

He is affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), who served as the 57th President of Mexico from 1970 to 1976. Previously, he was Secretary of the Interior from 1963 to 1969. At 99, he is the oldest living former Mexican president.

A certain American woman would have also turned that age today, but fell short by just 2 1/2 weeks. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/22 at 2:19 am

Emeka Anyaoku, Nigerian politician, turns 89 today.

A Nigerian diplomat of Igbo descent. He was the third Commonwealth Secretary-General. Born in Obosi, Anyaoku was educated at Merchants of Light School, Oba,] and attended the University College of Ibadan, then a college of the University of London, from which he obtained an honours degree in Classics as a College Scholar. Aside from his international career, Chief Anyaoku continues to fulfill the duties of his office as Ichie Adazie of Obosi, a traditional Ndichie chieftainship.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/22 at 5:21 am

David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant, turns 86 today.

Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell has more recently been a Minister of State in the Foreign Office from the election in 2010 until the reshuffle of 2012.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/22 at 6:16 am

Raymond Briggs, English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author, turns 88 today.

He who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. He is best known in Britain for his story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/18/22 at 7:48 am

A certain American woman would have also turned that age today, but fell short by just 2 1/2 weeks. :\'(


Who was that? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/22 at 2:58 pm

Sir John Boorman, English filmmaker, turns 89 today.

Best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Zardoz, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General, The Tailor of Panama and Queen and Country. He has directed 22 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory). He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. In 2004 Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In January 2022 Boorman received a knighthood.

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Written By: Howard on 01/18/22 at 3:06 pm

Who was that? ???

Betty White.

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Written By: nally on 01/18/22 at 7:46 pm

Who was that? ???

Someone whose initials are B.W.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/22 at 1:29 am

Tippi Hedren, American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model, turns 92 today.

A successful fashion model from her twenties, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines among others, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961. She received world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller The Birds in 1963, for which she won a Golden Globe, and the psychological drama Marnie in 1964. Hedren has appeared in over eighty films and TV shows including Charlie Chaplin's final film, A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), the Alexander Payne political satire Citizen Ruth (1996), and the David O. Russell existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004), and her contributions to world cinema have been honored with the Jules Verne Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame among others. In 1952, Hedren met and married 18-year-old future advertising executive Peter Griffith and is mother to actress Melanie Griffith.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/22 at 3:35 am

Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author, turns 91 today.

He is a retired television news anchor who partnered with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1975.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/22 at 4:42 am

Michael Crawford, English actor, comedian and singer, turns 80 today.

He has received great critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which covers radio, television, film, and stage work on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City. He is best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 1970s British sitcom, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (which made him a household name), as well as for originating the title role in The Phantom of the Opera.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/22 at 1:21 pm

Richard Lester (born Richard Lester Liebman), American film director based in Britain, turns 90 today.

He is known for his work with the Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/22 at 1:25 am

Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini), American trumpet player, composer, bandleader, and actor, turns 100 today.

He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra..

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/20/22 at 4:20 am

Masaharu Kawakatsu, Japanese zoologist, turns 90 today.

Known for his studies on the taxonomy and ecology of planarians. In 1950, the Kyoto Normal College was renamed Kyoto Gakugei University and Kawakatsu returned to the institution as a student of natural science and met professor Kazunosuke I. Okugawa, who studied the taxonomy and fauna of microturbellarians from Lake Biwa. In the spring of 1951, Kawakatsu became a private helper of Prof. Okugawa in his research on the sexual induction in asexual forms of Japanese freshwater planarians. He graduated in 1953 and became an assistant at the same university, starting to study planarians, remaining in the institution until 1961.

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Written By: nally on 01/22/22 at 4:48 pm

Former Ecuadorian president Alfredo Palacio turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/22/22 at 4:49 pm

American actress Piper Laurie turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/23/22 at 7:22 pm

Jerry Kramer, American football player and sportscaster turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/23/22 at 7:27 pm

Chita Rivera, an American actress of Puerto Rican descent on her father's side and Scottish/Italian ancestry on her mom's side, turns 89 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/22 at 7:05 am

John Romita Sr., American comic book artist, turns 92 today.

Best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating characters including the Punisher and Wolverine. He was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2002. Romita is the father of John Romita Jr., also a comic book artist and husband of Virginia Romita, for many years Marvel's traffic manager.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/22 at 8:46 am

Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actor, turns 81 today.

He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desirée", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have been featured in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. He also played in movies such as The Jazz Singer, a musical drama film.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/22 at 11:44 am

Desmond Morris, English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology, turns 94 today.

He is known for his 1967 book The Naked Ape, and for his television programmes such as Zoo Time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/22 at 3:22 pm

Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale), American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian, turns 83 today.

Known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as comedic hits such as "Gitarzan" and "The Streak". He has received gold albums for his music sales. He has worked as a producer, music arranger, and television host.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/24/22 at 7:36 pm

Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actor, turns 82 today.



Amongst his accomplishments was to party serious with Sweet Connie Hamzy (of Grand Funk Railroad fame).  :o

https://www.spin.com/2005/01/oldest-living-confederate-groupie-tells-all/

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Written By: nally on 01/24/22 at 8:03 pm

Neil Diamond, American singer-songwriter, musician and occasional actor, turns 81 today.

He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts: "Cracklin' Rosie", "Song Sung Blue", "Longfellow Serenade", "I've Been This Way Before", "If You Know What I Mean", "Desirée", "You Don't Bring Me Flowers", "America", "Yesterday's Songs", and "Heartlight". Thirty-eight songs by Diamond have been featured in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. He also played in movies such as The Jazz Singer, a musical drama film.


Happy birthday Neil! O0


Another male American singer, Aaron Neville, also turns that age today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/22 at 12:29 am

I thought he was born in 1941, which would make him 81?


Another male American singer, Aaron Neville, also turns that age today.
Apologies please, my error.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/22 at 1:41 am

Benny Golson, bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger, turns 93 today.

He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer reformed the Jazztet in 1982. In addition to "I Remember Clifford", many of Golson's compositions have become jazz standards including "Blues March", "Whisper Not", and "Killer Joe".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/22 at 12:14 pm

Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator, turns 84 today.

He is the creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/22 at 12:48 am

Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor, turns 88 today.

Facetiously dubbed "Mr. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson, Uecker has served as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts since 1971. He was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with its 2003 Ford C. Frick Award in recognition of his broadcasting career.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/26/22 at 5:28 am

Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor, turns 88 today.

Facetiously dubbed "Mr. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson, Uecker has served as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts since 1971. He was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with its 2003 Ford C. Frick Award in recognition of his broadcasting career.


Perhaps best known for his role as the long-suffering father in the 90s TV sitcom, Belvedere, which was based in the nearby town of Beaver Falls, PA.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/22 at 2:29 pm

Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator, turns 93 today.

He is considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as North-America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/28/22 at 7:11 pm

Legendary Playboy bunny Barbi Benton was born this day in 1950. In the 70s, she used to party with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.  8)

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Written By: nally on 01/28/22 at 9:24 pm

Legendary Playboy bunny Barbi Benton was born this day in 1950. In the 70s, she used to party with Hugh Hefner at the Playboy Mansion.  8)

That would make her 72 years old today. That's not very old IMO.

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Written By: nally on 01/28/22 at 9:25 pm

An American colonel/pilot/astronaut by the name of John M. Fabian turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/28/22 at 9:26 pm

Alan Alda - American actor/comedian/director - turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/28/22 at 9:30 pm

Happy 92nd birthday to English comedy writer Roy Clarke.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/22 at 1:20 am

Raman Subba Row, English cricketer and referee, turns 90 today.

He was a left-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin and googly bowler. Subba Row was a member of the powerful Cambridge side of the early 1950s and played a few games for Surrey before joining Northamptonshire. Taking over as captain in 1958, he led the side for four seasons and achieved considerable success as a batsman, scoring the county's highest ever innings, 260 not out, in 1955 and then bettering it with 300 against Surrey, the County Champions, at the Oval in 1958, when he shared a record sixth wicket stand of 376 with Albert Lightfoot. Subba Row played in thirteen Test matches for England, opening the batting regularly from 1959 to 1961.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/22 at 6:39 am

Amelita Ramos, turns 86 today.

She is a former First Lady of the Philippines. She is married to Fidel Ramos. In many ways, Ramos was a remarkable Presidential spouse, despite possessing a rather retiring character. Many past bearers of the title were homemakers, albeit as hostesses of Malacañang Palace; Ramos raised some eyebrows in conservative circles when, after her husband's accession following the three-way 1992 elections, she refused to resign as registrar at the International School Manila's old Makati campus. Despite her new, exalted rank as consort to the head of state, she dutifully reported to the registrar's office much to the delight of female professionals. She was a particularly visible advocate of sport, a field outside the traditional realm of First Ladies. An active sportswoman herself, she was most associated with badminton, having served as president of the Philippine Badminton Association. Her achievements in the environmental field are considerable as well, having campaigned for the rehabilitation and conservation of the Pasig River, which received prominent attention during her husband's rule. She continues to be active in efforts devoted to the Pasig.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/29/22 at 7:08 am

That would make her 72 years old today. That's not very old IMO.


How old do you have to be to get listed here? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/22 at 7:14 am

Robin Morgan, American poet, author, political theorist and activist, journalist, lecturer, and former child actor, turns 81 today.

Since the early 1960s, she has been a key radical feminist member of the American Women's Movement, and a leader in the international feminist movement. Her 1970 anthology Sisterhood is Powerful has been widely credited with helping to start the contemporary feminist movement in the US, and was cited by the New York Public Library as "One of the 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century." She has written more than 20 books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, and is also known as the editor of Ms. Magazine.

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Written By: nally on 01/29/22 at 10:48 am

How old do you have to be to get listed here? ???

In most cases, we mention someone on this thread when they turn at least 80.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/22 at 11:34 am

In most cases, we mention someone on this thread when they turn at least 80.
That is the age I work to in this topic.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/29/22 at 11:35 am

Germaine Greer, Australian writer and public intellectual, turns 83 today.

Regarded as one of the major voices of the radical feminist movement in the latter half of the 20th century. Specializing in English and women's literature, she has held academic positions in England at the University of Warwick and Newnham College, Cambridge, and in the United States at the University of Tulsa. Based in the United Kingdom since 1964, she has divided her time since the 1990s between Queensland, Australia, and her home in Essex, England. Greer's ideas have created controversy ever since her first book, The Female Eunuch (1970), made her a household name. An international bestseller and a watershed text in the feminist movement, it offered a systematic deconstruction of ideas such as womanhood and femininity, arguing that women were forced to assume submissive roles in society to fulfil male fantasies of what being a woman entailed.

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Written By: nally on 01/29/22 at 3:46 pm

That is the age I work to in this topic.

Same here. I have mainly concentrated on that too. Occasionally there'll be a mention of someone in their late seventies, but not very often.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/29/22 at 3:56 pm

Same here. I have mainly concentrated on that too. Occasionally there'll be a mention of someone in their late seventies, but not very often.


So would Tom Selleck, who just turned 77, be fair game? ???

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Written By: nally on 01/30/22 at 11:09 am

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney turns 81 today. He is now the oldest VP still alive.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/22 at 1:58 pm

Actor Gene Hackman turns 92 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/22 at 2:00 pm

UK actress Vanessa Redgrave turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/31/22 at 10:21 pm

Beatrix of the Netherlands (birth name Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard), a member of the British Royal House, turns 84 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/22 at 1:59 am

Garrett Morris, American comedian, actor, and singer, turns 85 today.

He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984). Morris also had a role as Junior "Uncle Junior" King on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996 to 2001. Morris had a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017. He was also known for his role in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters, from 1992 to 1995, and the movie Cooley High. He played Slide in Car Wash (1976), and Carl in The Census Taker (1984).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/22 at 2:03 am

UK actress Vanessa Redgrave turns 85 years old today.
Now Dame Vanessa Redgrave, she declined a damehood in 1999. However, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to drama.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/01/22 at 4:53 am

Garrett Morris, American comedian, actor, and singer, turns 85 today.

He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984). Morris also had a role as Junior "Uncle Junior" King on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996 to 2001. Morris had a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017. He was also known for his role in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters, from 1992 to 1995, and the movie Cooley High. He played Slide in Car Wash (1976), and Carl in The Census Taker (1984).


In 1994, he was "shot by a would-be mugger", whom he "attempted to fight off", but has made a recovery, as he discussed on the January 14, 2016 episode of Marc Maron's podcast WTF. In a radio interview, he mentioned that the robber who shot him was eventually convicted and incarcerated. In prison, inmates who happened to be fans of Morris teamed up and beat up the robber, in revenge.  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/22 at 1:50 pm

Jacky Cupit, American golfer, turns 84 today.

As a member of the Cougars golf team, he earned All-American honors in 1959 and 1960, turned pro in 1960, and joined the PGA Tour in 1961. His older brother, Buster, was a professional golfer who played mainly in Texas and Oklahoma. Cupit played on the PGA Tour from 1961 to 1973 and had four victories. His first came at the Canadian Open in 1961, helping him to win the PGA's Rookie of the Year award. His last tour win came in 1966 at the Cajun Classic. Cupit's best finish in a major was runner-up at the U.S. Open in 1963, when he and Arnold Palmer lost to Julius Boros in a three-way playoff. After reaching the age of 50 in 1988, Cupit played part-time on the Senior PGA Tour.

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Written By: nally on 02/04/22 at 11:08 pm

Former Argentinian president Isabel Peron turns 91 today. She served as president during the mid-1970s (specifically, from 1974-1976). She was the first female republican head of state in the world, although other nations had female regnant monarchs or female heads of government.

She was the third and final wife of Juan Peron, who himself had served as president beforehand (until his death). (Furthermore, he was clearly old enough to be her dad!)

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Written By: nally on 02/05/22 at 10:18 pm

A Canadian ice hockey player by the name of Don Cherry turns 88 today.

He is not to be confused with two famous American individuals by that name, both of whom are now deceased:

A traditional pop/big-band singer born in 1924 and died in 2018
A jazz trumpeter born in 1936 and died in 1995

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Written By: nally on 02/05/22 at 10:33 pm

Happy birthday to singer Barrett Strong, 81 years old today! Reversing those digits gives 18, the age he was when he recorded his signature hit, "Money (That's What I Want)" in 1959.

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Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 02/06/22 at 2:57 am

Happy birthday to singer Barrett Strong, 81 years old today! Reversing those digits gives 18, the age he was when he recorded his signature hit, "Money (That's What I Want)" in 1959.


Don't forget he's a popular Motown songwriter, often with Norman Whitfield. "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," "War," "Ball of Confusion," "Papa was a Rollin' Stone."

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Written By: nally on 02/06/22 at 11:30 am

Don't forget he's a popular Motown songwriter, often with Norman Whitfield. "I Heard it Through the Grapevine," "War," "Ball of Confusion," "Papa was a Rollin' Stone."

That is true. But as a performer he was best known for "Money (That's What I Want)."

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Written By: nally on 02/06/22 at 11:32 am

On topic... Mamie Van Doren is 91 years old today. She has been an actress, model, musician, and sex symbol.

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Written By: nally on 02/06/22 at 11:34 am

American TV journalist/newsman Tom Brokaw turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/06/22 at 11:36 am

Gigi Perreau - American-born actress who was the daughter of a French couple - turns 81 today. She made her onscreen debut at age 2 in 1943.

Through her first marriage, she is the mother of punk guitarist Anthony Gallo.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/06/22 at 1:52 pm

On topic... Mamie Van Doren is 91 years old today. She has been an actress, model, musician, and sex symbol.


And she is still smokin’ hot.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/22 at 10:24 am

Gay Talese, American writer, turns 90 today.

As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/22 at 2:16 am

Nick Nolte, American actor, turns 81 today.

He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides. He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Affliction (1998) and Warrior (2011).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/22 at 6:11 am

John Williams, American composer, conductor and pianist, turns 90 today.

In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history. Williams has won 25 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Academy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 52 Academy Award nominations, he is the second most-nominated individual, after Walt Disney.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/22 at 10:48 am

Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano,  turns 89 today.

She is particularly known for lieder recitals and for performing works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performing with distinguished pianists and ensembles around the globe, she was awarded various honours and recording prizes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/22 at 1:34 am

Leontyne Price, American operatic soprano, turns 95 today.

She rose to international acclaim in the 1950s and 1960s, and was the first African American to become a leading performer at the Metropolitan Opera, and one of the most popular American classical singers of her generation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/22 at 6:15 am

Robert Wagner, American actor of stage, screen, and television, turns 92 today.

Best known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He also had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and made twelve guest appearances (2010-2019) as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. in the police procedural NCIS. In films, Wagner is known for his role as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy of films (1997, 1999, 2002), as well as for A Kiss Before Dying (1956), The Pink Panther (1963) and its 1983 sequel, Harper (1966), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) and many more. He is the widower of actress Natalie Wood.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/22 at 1:19 pm

Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist, turns 85 today.

She is known for her No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love"; and "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack is the only solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year in two consecutive years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won at the 1973 Grammys and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won at the 1974 Grammys.

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Written By: nally on 02/11/22 at 11:56 pm

Brazilian musician Sergio Mendes turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/12/22 at 12:02 am

Actress Tina Louise turned 88 today. She's now the last surviving cast member of "Gilligan's Island."

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Written By: nally on 02/12/22 at 11:08 am

American basketball player Bill Russell turns 88 today.

Not to be confused with other athletes of that name, including a baseball shortstop with the Dodgers who ultimately replaced Tommy Lasorda as the team's manager. That guy is currently in his 70s.

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Written By: nally on 02/12/22 at 11:09 am

American author Judy Blume turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/13/22 at 4:01 pm

Kim Novak, American actress turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/14/22 at 10:53 pm

Harriet Andersson, Swedish actress turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 02/14/22 at 10:56 pm

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/15/22 at 9:48 pm

UK actress Claire Bloom turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/16/22 at 11:37 pm

Marlene Hagge, American golfer turns 88 today.

She was one of the thirteen founders of the LPGA in 1950 (at which time she was only 16).

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Written By: nally on 02/16/22 at 11:41 pm

Today was the 95th birthday of English actress June Brown.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/22 at 7:02 am

Alejandro Jodorowsky, Chilean-French director and screenwriter, turns 93 today.

He has worked as a novelist, screenwriter, a poet, a playwright, an essayist, a film and theater director and producer, an actor, a film editor, a comics writer, a musician and composer, a philosopher, a puppeteer, a mime, a lay psychologist, a draughtsman, a painter, a sculptor, and a spiritual guru. Best known for his avant-garde films El Topo (1970) and The Holy Mountain (1973), he has been "venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts" for his work which "is filled with violently surreal images and a hybrid blend of mysticism and religious provocation".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/17/22 at 2:35 pm

Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author, turns 88 today.

He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer, and an accomplished landscape painter.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/22 at 2:19 am

Swraj Paul, Baron Paul, British-based business magnate and philanthropist, turns 91 today.

In 1996 he was appointed a life peer by Conservative Prime Minister John Major, and sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher with the title Baron Paul, of Marylebone, in the City of Westminster. In December 2008 he was appointed deputy speaker of the Lords; in October 2009 he was appointed to the Privy Council.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/22 at 7:03 am

Len Deighton, English historian and author, turns 93 today.

Between 1962 and 1966 Deighton was the food correspondent for The Observer and drew cookstrips—black and white graphic recipes with a limited number of words. A selection was collected and published in 1965 as Len Deighton's Action Cook Book, the first of five cookery books he wrote. Other topics of non-fiction include history, particularly military history. Several of Deighton's works have been adapted for film and other media. Films include The Ipcress File (1965), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Billion Dollar Brain (1967) and Spy Story (1976). In 1988 Granada Television produced the miniseries Game, Set and Match based on his trilogy of the same name, and in 1995 BBC Radio 4 broadcast a "real time" dramatisation of his novel Bomber.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/22 at 7:40 am

Yoko Ono Lennon, Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter and peace activist, turns 89 today.

Her work also encompasses performance art, which she performs in both English and Japanese, and filmmaking. She was married to English singer-songwriter John Lennon of the Beatles from 1969 until his murder in 1980.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 02/18/22 at 8:53 am

Yoko Ono Lennon, Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter and peace activist, turns 85 today.

Her work also encompasses performance art, which she performs in both English and Japanese, and filmmaking. She was married to English singer-songwriter John Lennon of the Beatles from 1969 until his murder in 1980.


Just a correction. Yoko actually turns 89 today. She was born in 1933.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/22 at 9:30 am

Just a correction. Yoko actually turns 89 today. She was born in 1933.
Thank you, I do not know what happened to my mental calculator?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/22 at 3:47 pm

Irma Thomas, American singer, turns 81 today..

She is known as the "Soul Queen of New Orleans". Thomas is a contemporary of Aretha Franklin and Etta James, but never experienced their level of commercial success. In 2007, she won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album for After the Rain, her first Grammy in a career spanning over 50 years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/22 at 1:14 am

Joseph P. Kerwin, American physician and former NASA astronaut, turns 90 today.

He served as Science Pilot for the Skylab 2 mission from May 25–June 22, 1973. He was the first physician to be selected for astronaut training. Joe Kerwin was the one who uttered the words during Apollo 13: “Farewell, Aquarius, and we thank you.” Kerwin was inducted into the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1997.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/22 at 7:55 am

György Kurtág, Hungarian composer, turns 96 today.

He was an academic teacher of piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music from 1967, later also of chamber music, and taught until 1993.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/19/22 at 2:36 pm

William "Smokey" Robinson Jr., American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former record executive director, turns 82 today.

He was the founder and front man of the Motown vocal group the Miracles, for which he was also chief songwriter and producer. He led the group from its 1955 origins as "the Five Chimes" until 1972, when he announced his retirement from the group to focus on his role as Motown's vice president. However, Robinson returned to the music industry as a solo artist the following year. After the sale of Motown Records in 1988, Robinson left the company in 1990.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/22 at 3:30 am

Bob Richards, American athlete, minister, and politician, turns 96 today.

He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the only male two-time champion in the event in Olympic history. While still an active athlete, Richards became an ordained minister. He ran for President of the United States in 1984 on the Populist Party ticket.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/22 at 4:39 pm

February 20th 1941 (approximate date) – Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Mari, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer, turns 81 today.

Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. She has won recognition, awards and honours for her music as well as her work in education and social activism. Among her most popular songs are "Universal Soldier", "Cod'ine", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Now That the Buffalo's Gone", and her covers of Mickey Newbury's "Mister Can't You See" and Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game". Her music has been recorded by Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Cher, Donovan, Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Roberta Flack, Janis Joplin, and Glen Campbell.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/22 at 5:04 am

King Harald V of Norway, turns 85 today.

He acceded to the throne on 17 January 1991. Harald was the third child and only son of King Olav V and Princess Märtha of Sweden. He was second in the line of succession at the time of his birth, behind his father. In 1940, as a result of the German occupation during World War II, the royal family went into exile. Harald spent part of his childhood in Sweden and the United States. He returned to Norway in 1945, and subsequently studied for periods at the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Military Academy, and Balliol College, Oxford.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/22 at 3:06 am

Paul Dooley (born Paul Lee Brown), American character actor, writer and comedian, turns 94 today.

He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Sixteen Candles, and Popeye.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/22 at 9:07 am

James Hong, American actor and director, turns 93 today.

He has worked in numerous productions in American media since the 1950s, portraying a variety of East Asian roles. He became known to audiences through starring in the detective series The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957–1958), and through frequent appearances on many television shows including the original Hawaii Five-O (1969–1974), Bonanza (1960), Perry Mason (1962–1963), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1966), I Spy (1965–1967), and Kung Fu (1972–1975). He has appeared in numerous films, in both comedic and dramatic roles, including Kahn the butler in Chinatown (1974) and its sequel The Two Jakes (1990), Hannibal Chew in Blade Runner (1982), David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Jeff Wong in Wayne's World 2 (1993), Master Hong in Balls of Fury (2007), and Jerry Chen in R.I.P.D. (2013).

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Written By: nally on 02/28/22 at 11:15 pm

Tommy Tune - American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer - turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/22 at 9:17 am

Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman), French-American actor, singer, author, artist, and lecturer, turns 96 today.

He is best known for his role in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes as Corporal Louis LeBeau.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/22 at 10:23 am

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr), American singer-songwriter and actor, turns 95 today.

He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/01/22 at 3:01 pm

Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman), French-American actor, singer, author, artist, and lecturer, turns 96 today.

He is best known for his role in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes as Corporal Louis LeBeau.


He’s the last big Hogan’s cast member left. The rest all bit it.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/22 at 4:42 am

John Cullum, American actor and singer, turns 92 today.

He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including Shenandoah (1975) and On the Twentieth Century (1978), winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical for each. In 1966 he gained his first Tony nomination as the lead in On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, in which he introduced the title song, and more recently received Tony nominations for Urinetown The Musical (2002) (Best Actor in a Musical) and as Best Featured Actor in the revival of 110 in the Shade (2007).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/22 at 8:21 am

John Irving, American novelist and screenwriter, turns 80 today.

He achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving's novels, including The Cider House Rules (1985), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), and A Widow for One Year (1998), have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 72nd Academy Awards (1999) for his script of The Cider House Rules.

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Written By: nally on 03/02/22 at 11:29 pm

Former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos turns 84 today. He served as president from 2000-2006.

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Written By: nally on 03/03/22 at 10:20 pm

British musician Mike Pender, a founding member of British rock band The Searchers, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/03/22 at 10:21 pm

Tomiichi Murayama, former Japanese Prime Minister, turns 98 today. He served as PM from 1994-1996.

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Written By: nally on 03/05/22 at 11:08 am

Former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo is 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/05/22 at 11:09 am

Happy 83rd birthday to English actress Samantha Eggar.

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Written By: nally on 03/06/22 at 2:07 pm

American actor Ben Murphy turns 80 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/06/22 at 2:11 pm

Alan Greenspan turns 96 today. He is an American economist who served five terms as the 13th chair of the Federal Reserve in the United States - starting in 1987 and ending in 2006, serving under four Presidents: Reagan, Clinton, and both Bushes.

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Written By: nally on 03/06/22 at 2:29 pm

Actress Joanna Miles is 82 today. On this day in 1940, she was born in France to an American mother and a French father. At age 1 she moved with her family to the U.S. and became a naturalized citizen.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/22 at 1:19 am

Douglas Hurd, English politician, turns 92 today.

He served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995. A career diplomat and political secretary to Prime Minister Edward Heath, Hurd first entered Parliament in February 1974 as MP for the Mid Oxfordshire constituency (Witney from 1983). His first government post was as Minister for Europe from 1979 to 1983 (being that office's inaugural holder) and he served in several Cabinet roles from 1984 onwards, including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984–85), Home Secretary (1985–89) and Foreign Secretary (1989–95). He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership in 1990, and retired from frontline politics during a Cabinet reshuffle in 1995.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/22 at 5:36 am

George Coleman, American jazz saxophonist, turns 87 today.

Known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/22 at 7:00 am

John McPhee, American writer, turns 91 today.

He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth occasion in 1999 for Annals of the Former World (a collection of five books, including two of his previous Pulitzer finalists). In 2008, he received the George Polk Career Award for his "indelible mark on American journalism during his nearly half-century career". Since 1974, McPhee has been the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/22 at 2:17 pm

Gerald Potterton, British–Canadian director, writer, producer and animator, turns 91 today.

He is best known for directing the cult classic Heavy Metal and his animation work on Yellow Submarine. Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada animated shorts My Financial Career and Christmas Cracker, and as producer for The Selfish Giant.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/22 at 3:45 am

James L. Buckley, American jurist, politician, civil servant, attorney, businessman, and author, turns 99 today.

He currently serves as the Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, he previously served as a United States Senator from New York as a member of both the Republican Party and the Conservative Party of New York from 1971-1977. He was also the Republican nominee in the 1980 Connecticut Senate race, however was defeated by Democrat Chris Dodd.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/22 at 1:41 pm

Joyce Van Patten, American actress, turns 88 today.

After working in theatre, she progressed to television and films. She appeared in guest or recurring roles on Stoney Burke, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, The Law and Mr. Jones, The Twilight Zone ("Passage on the Lady Anne"), The Jack Benny Program, Family Affair, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Andy Griffith Show, Mr. Novak, The Outer Limits, Mannix, The Rockford Files, The Bob Newhart Show, The Odd Couple, The F.B.I., Lou Grant, Law & Order, Oz, and The Sopranos. On a 1976 episode of Columbo, "Old Fashioned Murder", Van Patten played the lead, as a museum owner and curator who commits murder. In 1974, she had a minor role in the episode "Negative Reaction" (with Dick Van Dyke) of the same series. In 1979, she starred as Iris Chapman in The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, and appeared in The Martian Chronicles the following year. In 1995, she played Maureen, Jennie's mother, for two seasons on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After. In 2005, she played Carol Prudy, Susan Mayer's stepmother, on two episodes of Desperate Housewives. Her film credits include I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Trouble with Girls (1969), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), Making It (1971), Something Big (1971), Bone (1972), Thumb Tripping (1972), Mame (1974), The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975), The Bad News Bears (1976), Mikey and Nicky (1976), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Billy Galvin (1986), Blind Date (1987), Monkey Shines (1988), Grown Ups (2010), This Must Be the Place (2011), and God's Pocket (2014). In 2018 she appeared in the short film The Rest. She is the younger sister of actor Dick Van Patten, and the half-sister of actor/director Tim Van Patten and actor John Van Patten. She was married to actor Martin Balsam from 1959 to 1962, and they had a daughter, actress Talia Balsam.

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Written By: nally on 03/11/22 at 9:38 pm

American newsman/journalist Sam Donaldson turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/12/22 at 10:53 am

Andrew Young, American pastor and politician, turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/12/22 at 10:58 am

Happy 89th birthday to actress Barbara Feldon.

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Written By: nally on 03/13/22 at 11:07 am

Cartoonist Al Jaffee turns 101 years old today!

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Written By: nally on 03/13/22 at 11:08 am

American singer Neil Sedaka turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/13/22 at 4:46 pm

American R&B singer Candi Staton is 82 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/22 at 5:41 am

Frank Borman, United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, businessman, rancher, and NASA astronaut, turns 94 today.

He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and Bill Anders, became the first of 24 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. As of 2022, he is the oldest living former American astronaut, eleven days older than Lovell.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/22 at 9:39 am

Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr), English actor, turns 89 today.

Known for his distinctive South London accent, he has appeared in more than 160 films in a career spanning seven decades, and is considered a British film icon. As of February 2017, the films in which Caine has appeared have grossed over $7.8 billion worldwide. Often playing a Cockney, Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as Zulu (1964), The Ipcress File (1965), Alfie (1966), The Italian Job (1969), and Battle of Britain (1969). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Alfie. His roles in the 1970s included Get Carter (1971), The Last Valley (1971), Sleuth (1972), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), The Eagle Has Landed (1976) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He earned his second Academy Award nomination for Sleuth and achieved some of his greatest critical success in the 1980s, with Educating Rita (1983) earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) earning him his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In the 2000 Birthday Honours he was knighted as Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/14/22 at 3:03 pm

Quincy Jones, American record producer, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer, turns 89 today.

His career spans 70 years in the entertainment industry with a record of 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before working on pop music and film scores. In 1968, Jones became the first African American to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song for "The Eyes of Love" from the film Banning. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film In Cold Blood, making him the first African American to be nominated twice in the same year. Jones produced three of Michael Jackson's most successful albums: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), and Bad (1987). In 1985, Jones produced and conducted the charity song "We Are the World", which raised funds for victims of famine in Ethiopia.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/22 at 10:44 pm

Happy 83rd birthday to American actor Raymond J. Barry. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film Steel City.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/22 at 4:13 am

Judd Hirsch, American actor, turns 87 today.

Known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (2005–2010). He is also well known for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his turn as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger in Ordinary People.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/22 at 2:36 am

Betty Johnson, American singer, turns 93 today.

In 1951, Percy Faith, who had known her from her Columbia recordings, tried to convince Mitch Miller (A&R director at Columbia) to sign her, but Miller, who included Doris Day and Rosemary Clooney among the artists he had signed, was not interested. Johnson released a children's album with country singer Eddy Arnold produced by Simon & Schuster, who subsequently signed her to their own recording label, Bell Records in 1954. In the same year she signed with Csida-Grean, a management company which had handled Arnold's career. Charles Grean of that company produced many of her subsequent recordings. In 1955, she signed with RCA Victor, which sent her to Chicago, Illinois. She married Grean in 1957, and though the marriage would only last until 1961, the professional relationship continued. In Chicago, Johnson worked with Arnold again on his syndicated television series, Eddy Arnold Time, backed by a group who had worked with her family on the Grand Ole Opry, The Jordanaires. That group later became well known as a backing group for Elvis Presley. While in Chicago, she also did some work on Don McNeill's Breakfast Club beginning in 1955, which led to a contract with a small record company, Bally Records. After one not-so-notable recording for Bally, she clicked with her biggest hit, "I Dreamed", in 1956. She continued to appear on The Breakfast Club until 1957.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/22 at 9:29 am

Walter Cunningham, American astronaut, turns 90 today.

In 1968, he was a Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He was NASA's third civilian astronaut (after Neil Armstrong and Elliot See), and has also been a fighter pilot, physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author of The All-American Boys. Following the deaths of Donn F. Eisele in 1987 and Wally Schirra in 2007, Cunningham is the last surviving crew member of Apollo 7.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/22 at 12:04 pm

Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author of several books, turns 90 today.

He is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres: of Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960.

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Written By: nally on 03/16/22 at 8:42 pm

Yesterday, American rock musician Mike Love turned 81. (Lead singer of The Beach Boys.)

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Written By: nally on 03/16/22 at 8:43 pm

Happy 81st birthday to American TV host Chuck Woolery.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/17/22 at 6:20 am

Dame Penelope Lively, British writer of fiction for both children and adults, turns 89 today.

She has won both the Booker Prize (Moon Tiger, 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, 1973). She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1989, Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 2001, and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to literature.

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Written By: nally on 03/18/22 at 10:47 pm

American composer John Kander, mainly known for his work in musical theatre, turns 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/18/22 at 10:49 pm

Fidel V. Ramos, former Philippine president, turns 94 today. He was in office for six years during the 1990s, namely from the last day of June 1992 until the last day of June 1998.

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Written By: nally on 03/19/22 at 10:20 am

Renee Taylor - American actress, producer, and screenwriter - turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/19/22 at 10:20 am

Swiss model and actress Ursula Andress turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/19/22 at 10:23 am

Happy 85th birthday to Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B singer and pianist.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/22 at 11:02 am

Actor Hal Linden turns 91 today.

His original last name is one we can't say on here, because it has a substring that is a swearword. No wonder he decided to change it!


Hal Lipsh*tz kinda had a nice ring to it.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/22 at 11:03 am

American writer Lois Lowry turns 85 years old today. She is mainly known for writing children's books and young adult novels.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/22 at 11:05 am

Patrick "Pat" Corrales, retired Major League Baseball personality, turns 81 today. He was a catcher for four different teams during his playing career (1964-1973); his managerial career spanned from 1978-1987 with three different teams; he was also on the coaching staff of four different teams (1976 into 1978, and again from 1989-2011).

He was the first person of Mexican descent to be a MLB manager.
He was also the first manager to be fired while his team was in first place: in 1983 he was managing the Phillies; they had a record of 43-42 and decided to let him go. The Cleveland Indians hired him shortly thereafter, making him only the fourth manager to manage in both the NL and AL in the same calendar year.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/22 at 11:07 am

Cowboy singer Don Edwards turns 83 today. He primarily performs "Western" music (a subgenre of country).

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Written By: nally on 03/20/22 at 11:10 am

Baseball player George Altman turns 89 years old today. He began (1959) and ended (1967) his MLB career with the Chicago Cubs; he went on to play pro baseball in Japan from 1968 to 1975.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/20/22 at 4:31 pm

Legendary forensic pathologist (and acquaintance of LyricBoy) Dr. Cyril Harrison Wecht was born on this day 91 years ago.

He just recently published his book The JFK Assassination Dissected, a compilation of his findings from years of examining what evidence was left of this crime. Cyril is the guy who discovered that JFK’s brain was missing from the evidence locker, and he believes that the “single bullet theory” is pure fantasy.

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Written By: nally on 03/20/22 at 4:53 pm

Legendary forensic pathologist (and acquaintance of LyricBoy) Dr. Cyril Harrison Wecht was born on this day 91 years ago.

He just recently published his book The JFK Assassination Dissected, a compilation of his findings from years of examining what evidence was left of this crime. Cyril is the guy who discovered that JFK’s brain was missing from the evidence locker, and he believes that the “single bullet theory” is pure fantasy.

Wow! You actually know him personally? That’s awesome.

Same full DOB as the aforementioned Hal Linden.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/20/22 at 5:00 pm

Wow! You actually know him personally? That’s awesome.


I got a picture of him and me from an event a few months ago, I have it in my office.  My company is involved in a project that Dr Wecht is also sponsoring. I asked his son to take the picture and he graciously agreed.  8)

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 03/20/22 at 6:19 pm

Legendary forensic pathologist (and acquaintance of LyricBoy) Dr. Cyril Harrison Wecht was born on this day 91 years ago.

He just recently published his book The JFK Assassination Dissected, a compilation of his findings from years of examining what evidence was left of this crime. Cyril is the guy who discovered that JFK’s brain was missing from the evidence locker, and he believes that the “single bullet theory” is pure fantasy.


Sounds like a book I would be interested in reading! And it has mainly excellent reviews on Amazon. I have read a number of the JFK assassination books and seen the documentaries. Some are credible, some are not. Thanks for the heads up! O0

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Written By: nally on 03/20/22 at 10:35 pm

I got a picture of him and me from an event a few months ago, I have it in my office.  My company is involved in a project that Dr Wecht is also sponsoring. I asked his son to take the picture and he graciously agreed.  8)

Splendid! O0

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Written By: nally on 03/21/22 at 7:59 pm

British author/illustrator Michael Foreman turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/21/22 at 8:02 pm

Kathleen Widdoes, American actress, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/21/22 at 11:34 pm

Walter Gilbert, American physicist and chemist who was a Nobel Prize laureate, turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/22/22 at 8:45 pm

Actor William Shatner turns 91 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/23/22 at 8:25 pm

Actor William Shatner turns 91 today.


May The Force be with him.  :)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/22 at 10:31 pm

Actor William Shatner turns 91 today.

May The Force be with him.  :)
Do you mean to say...

Live long and prosper ?

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Written By: nally on 03/25/22 at 10:48 pm

Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic turns 96 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/25/22 at 10:52 pm

Tom Monaghan, American entrepreneur who was the founder of Domino's Pizza, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/25/22 at 11:37 pm

Happy 88th birthday to Gloria Steinem. She's an American feminist journalist and social political activist who became nationally recognized as a leader and a spokeswoman for the American feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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Written By: nally on 03/25/22 at 11:38 pm

British television host Kim Woodburn turns 80 today. She is known for co-presenting the Channel 4 series How Clean Is Your House? (2003–2009), and also starred in the Canadian series Kim's Rude Awakenings (2007–2009). In 2017, Woodburn participated in the nineteenth series of Celebrity Big Brother, finishing in third place.

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Written By: nally on 03/26/22 at 3:49 pm

Happy 92nd birthday to Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman ever to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. She was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by the Senate that same year. 25 years later, in 2006, she retired from the post.

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Written By: nally on 03/26/22 at 3:50 pm

American actor Alan Arkin celebrates his 88th birthday today.

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Written By: nally on 03/26/22 at 3:53 pm

Happy 92nd birthday to Sandra Day O'Connor...

Speaking of well-known women in American politics, Nancy Pelosi turns 82 today! She is a Democrat who is currently serving in her second stint as Speaker Of The House.

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Written By: nally on 03/26/22 at 3:54 pm

Actor James Caan also turns 82 today. (His mom lived to be 101, dying in 2016.)

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Written By: nally on 03/27/22 at 1:32 pm

UK actor Michael York turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/28/22 at 10:54 pm

Elizabeth Bainbridge, retired English opera singer who was a soprano, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/28/22 at 10:56 pm

Frank Murkowski, former Alaska governor, turns 89 today. He was in office from 2002-2006 and replaced by Parah Salin.

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Written By: nally on 03/28/22 at 10:59 pm

Mario Vargas Llosa - Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and a former politician - turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/29/22 at 11:20 pm

Brazilian female singer Astrud Gilberto turns 82 today. She gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema", a duet with Stan Getz.

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Written By: nally on 03/30/22 at 10:32 pm

Happy 92nd birthday to actor John Astin!

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Written By: nally on 03/30/22 at 10:42 pm

Today we wish a happy 85th birthday to Warren Beatty. He's an actor, director, producer, and screenwriter, whose career has spanned over six decades.

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Written By: nally on 03/30/22 at 10:43 pm

Jerry Lucas, American basketball player and educator, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/30/22 at 11:04 pm

Happy 92nd birthday to actor John Astin!

Male Australian entertainer Rolf Harris also turned that age today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/31/22 at 2:33 am

Happy 92nd birthday to actor John Astin!


His former wife Patty Duke Astin passed away 6 years ago on March 29th.  :-\\

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Written By: nally on 03/31/22 at 9:24 am

His former wife Patty Duke Astin passed away 6 years ago on March 29th.  :-\\

Making him a “retroactive widower” on the eve of his 86th birthday. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 03/31/22 at 9:24 am

On topic: American music performer Herb Alpert is 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/22 at 10:29 pm

Today we also wish happy 88th birthday to actress Shirley Jones. On TV she starred in the sitcom The Partridge Family with her real-life stepson David Cassidy in the first half of the 1970s.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/22 at 10:29 pm

Also turning 88 today is actor Richard Chamberlain.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/22 at 10:31 pm

Actor William Daniels turns 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/22 at 10:42 pm

An American writer by the name of John Jakes turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/22 at 10:50 pm

Patrick Leahy - current "senior" U.S. Senator from Vermont, turns 82 today. He is a Democrat currently serving as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1974 (so he's now in his 8th senatorial term), and previously served as president pro tempore from 2012 to 2015.

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Written By: nally on 04/01/22 at 8:01 pm

Actress Ali MacGraw (not McGraw) turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/01/22 at 10:47 pm

C. W. McCall (William Dale Fries Jr.), American singer, activist and politician, turns 93 today.

Best known by his stage name C. W. McCall, and for his truck-themed outlaw country songs. He is best known for the 1976 No. 1 hit song, "Convoy", which came at the peak of the CB fad in the United States. It sold over two million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in December 1975. Though McCall is not a one-hit wonder, "Convoy" has since become his signature song.

And now he has kicked the bucket :\'(

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Written By: nally on 04/01/22 at 11:30 pm

Jonathan Haze - American actor, producer, screenwriter, and production manager - turns 93 today.

He is best known for his work in Roger Corman films, especially the 1960 black comedy cult classic, The Little Shop of Horrors, in which he played florist's assistant Seymour Krelboined.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/02/22 at 7:22 am

Actress Ali MacGraw (not McGraw) turns 83 today.


Sadly on the same day that C.W. McCall bit it. :\'( She played a leading role in the movie Convoy which was inspired by CW’s smash hit.  8)

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Written By: nally on 04/02/22 at 10:47 am

Sadly on the same day that C.W. McCall bit it. :\'( She played a leading role in the movie Convoy which was inspired by CW’s smash hit.  8)

Aha, so there was that connection between them!

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Written By: nally on 04/02/22 at 10:55 am

Anyways… Penelope Keith, English actress turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/02/22 at 10:56 am

American radio host Dr. Demento also has a birthday today; he’s 81.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/22 at 12:18 pm

Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist, turns 88 today (born in 1934).

She is not to be confused with an Australian author with a similar name.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/22 at 12:21 pm

Retired Republican politician Bob Dornan turns 89 today. He was a member of the House Of Representatives from 1977-1997, with a two-year gap from 1983-1985.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/22 at 12:22 pm

Happy 80th birthday to singer Wayne Newton.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/22 at 12:30 pm

Jeff Barry - American singer-songwriter, and producer - turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/04/22 at 10:29 pm

Clive Davis, American record producer, is 90 years old today. He was the founder of Arista Records and J Records.

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Written By: nally on 04/04/22 at 10:38 pm

Bobby Ray Inman, American admiral and intelligence officer, turns 91.

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Written By: nally on 04/05/22 at 10:29 pm

Héctor Olivera - Argentine director, producer and screenwriter - turns 91.

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Written By: nally on 04/05/22 at 10:30 pm

John Carey, English author and critic, is 88 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/22 at 12:52 am

Daniel Ellsberg, American economist, political activist, and former United States military analyst, turns 92 today.

While employed by the RAND Corporation, precipitated a national political controversy in 1971 when he released the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret Pentagon study of the U.S. government decision-making in relation to the Vietnam War, to The New York Times, The Washington Post and other newspapers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/22 at 4:44 am

Bobby Bare, American country music singer and songwriter, turns 87 today.

Best known for the songs "Marie Laveau", "Detroit City" and "500 Miles Away from Home". He is the father of Bobby Bare Jr., also a musician.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/07/22 at 7:08 am

Francis Ford Coppola, American film director, producer and screenwriter, turns 83 today.

He was a central figure in the New Hollywood filmmaking movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. His accolades include five Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Palmes d'Or, and a British Academy Film Award, and loves the smell of napalm in the morning. A number of Coppola's relatives and children have become famous actors and filmmakers in their own right: his sister is the actress Talia Shire, his daughter Sofia Coppola and granddaughter Gia Coppola are directors, and the actors Jason Schwartzman and Nicolas Cage are his nephews.

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Written By: nally on 04/09/22 at 11:27 am

Tom Lehrer - retired American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician - turns 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/09/22 at 11:28 am

Hannah Gordon, Scottish actress, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/10/22 at 10:47 am

Paul Theroux - American novelist and travel writer of French Canadian descent - turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/10/22 at 10:51 am

Liz Sheridan - retired American actress - turns 93 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 5:50 am

Thomas Harris, American writer, turns 82 today.

Best known for a series of suspense novels about his most famous character, Hannibal Lecter. The majority of his works have been adapted into films and television, the most notable being The Silence of the Lambs, which became only the third film in Academy Awards history to sweep the Oscars in major categories.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 7:06 am

Lokesh Chandra, Indian historian, turns 95 today.

A prominent scholar of the Vedic period, Buddhism and the Indian arts. Between 1942 and 2004, he published 576 books and 286 articles. He has also held many official positions in the Indian government and was twice a member of Indian Parliament (1974-1980) and (1980-1986).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 8:53 am

Ethel Kennedy (née Skakel), American human rights advocate, turns 94 today.

She is the widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, a sister-in-law of President John F. Kennedy, and the sixth child of George Skakel and Ann Brannack. Shortly after her husband's 1968 assassination, Kennedy founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. The organization is a non-profit charity working to fulfill his dream of a just and peaceful world. In 2014, Ethel Kennedy was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 9:51 am

Nicholas F. Brady, American politician from the state of New Jersey, turns 92 today.

He was the United States Secretary of the Treasury under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and is also known for articulating the Brady Plan in March 1989. In 1982, he was appointed to succeed Harrison A. Williams as a United States Senator until a special election could be held. He served in the Senate for 8 months.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 1:25 pm

Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz), American actor, singer, dancer, photographer and theatre director, turns 90 today.

He is best known for portraying the Master of Ceremonies in the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret on Broadway as well as in the 1972 film adaptation. He has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and a Golden Globe Award. He also originated the role of George M. Cohan in the musical George M! in 1968 and the Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked. He also starred as Moonface Martin and Amos Hart in the Broadway revivals of Anything Goes and Chicago, respectively. He also voiced Beppo Brown from Phineas and Ferb. In 1958, Grey married Jo Wilder; they divorced in 1982. Together, they had two children: actress Jennifer Grey (star of the film Dirty Dancing) and chef James.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 3:01 pm

Tony Brown, American journalist, academic and businessman, turns 89 today.

He is best known as the commentator of the long running syndicated television show Tony Brown's Journal.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 3:36 pm

Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, American singer and guitarist, turns 83 today.

During the 1960s, he performed with Magic Sam. He performed in Muddy Waters' band from 1972 to 1980. In 1980, four of his songs were included in an anthology released by Alligator Records. That same year he appeared as a member of the Legendary Blues Band, backing John Lee Hooker in the movie The Blues Brothers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/11/22 at 4:43 pm

Louise Lasser, American actress, television writer, and performing arts teacher and director, turns 83 today.

She is known for her portrayal of the title character on the soap opera satire Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. She was married to Woody Allen and appeared in several of his early films. She is also a life member of The Actors Studio and studied with both Sanford Meisner and Robert X. Modica. She married Woody Allen in 1966. Despite divorcing in 1970, she appeared in his films Take the Money and Run (1969), Bananas (1971), and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/22 at 1:00 am

Sir Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright, turns 83 today.

His major successes include Absurd Person Singular (1975), The Norman Conquests trilogy (1973), Bedroom Farce (1975), Just Between Ourselves (1976), A Chorus of Disapproval (1984), Woman in Mind (1985), A Small Family Business (1987), Man of the Moment (1988), House & Garden (1999) and Private Fears in Public Places (2004). His plays have won numerous awards, including seven London Evening Standard Awards. He was awarded the Knight Bachelor in 1997.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/22 at 3:48 am

Herbie Hancock, American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer, and actor, turns 82 today.

He started his career with Donald Byrd. He shortly thereafter joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section and was one of the primary architects of the post-bop sound. In the 1970s, Hancock experimented with jazz fusion, funk, and electro styles. Hancock's best-known compositions include the jazz standards "Cantaloupe Island", "Watermelon Man", "Maiden Voyage", and "Chameleon", as well as the hit singles "I Thought It Was You" and "Rockit". His 2007 tribute album River: The Joni Letters won the 2008 Grammy Award for Album of the Year, only the second jazz album to win the award, after Getz/Gilberto in 1965.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/12/22 at 5:31 am

Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz), American actor, singer, dancer, photographer and theatre director, turns 90 today.

Also famous for being the father of the lovely Jennifer Grey.  :-*

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/12/22 at 6:19 am

Jacob Zuma, South African politician, turns 80 today.

He served as the fourth democratically elected President of South Africa from the 2009 general election until his resignation on 14 February 2018. Zuma is also referred to by his initials JZ (pronounced jay-zee) and his clan name Msholozi. A former anti-apartheid activist and allegedly a member of Umkhonto we Sizwe, he was president of the African National Congress (ANC) between 2007 and 2017.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/22 at 3:31 am

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American soldier and politician, turns 89 today.

He served as a U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, and a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. He serves as one of forty-four members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe. During his time in office, he was the only Native American serving in the U.S. Congress. As of 2021, he is the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/22 at 4:17 am

Col Joye (Colin Frederick Jacobsen), Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur, turns 85 today.

He has also recorded various other cross-over styles such as country music, with a career spanning some sixty years. Joye was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide and experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene, that was emerging from the US and the United Kingdom.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/22 at 9:11 am

Edward Fox,  English stage, film and television actor, turns 85 today.

He played the part of the professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963, in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973). He is also known for his roles in Battle of Britain (1969), The Go-Between (1971), for which he won a BAFTA award, and The Bounty (1984). He also collaborated with director Richard Attenborough, appearing in his films Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Gandhi (1982). He portrayed Edward VIII in the British television drama series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) and appeared in the historical series Taboo (2017). In addition to film and television work, Fox has also garnered acclaim as a stage actor. He is the elder brother and uncle, respectively, of actors James Fox and Laurence Fox. He is also the former father-in-law of actor Jared Harris.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/22 at 2:42 pm

Bill Conti, American composer and conductor, turns 80 tpday.

Best known for his film scores, including Rocky (and four of its sequels), The Karate Kid (and all of its sequels), For Your Eyes Only, Dynasty, and The Right Stuff, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He also received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only. He was the musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times.

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Written By: nally on 04/13/22 at 11:02 pm

We can also wish actor Paul Sorvino a happy 83rd birthday.

He is the father of actress Mira Sorvino and actor-producer Michael Sorvino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/22 at 4:30 am

Loretta Lynn (née Webb), American singer songwriter, turns 90 today.

In a career which spans six decades in country music, Lynn has released multiple gold albums. She is famous for hits such as "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)", "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)", "One's on the Way", "Fist City" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" along with the 1980 biographical film of the same name. She has received numerous awards and other accolades for her groundbreaking role in country music, including awards from both the Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music as a duet partner and an individual artist. She is sister to singer Crystal Gayle.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/22 at 7:23 am

Erich von Däniken, Swiss author, turns 87 today.

Several of his books make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronaut hypotheses.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/22 at 11:36 am

Frank Serpico, American detective, turns 86 today.

Serving with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Serpico is best known for whistleblowing on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an act that prompted Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the department. Much of Serpico's fame came after the release of the 1973 film Serpico; it was based on the book of the same name by Peter Maas and starred Al Pacino in the title role, for which Pacino received an Oscar nomination.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/22 at 12:47 pm

Julie Christie, Indian-born British actress, turns 82 today.

An icon of the "Swinging Sixties", Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institute's BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century, and in 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/22 at 3:26 pm

Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager, turns 81 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, and managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1989. He was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215), and outs (10,328). He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, and the Rookie of the Year Award, and also made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman, and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970. In August 1989 (his last year as a manager and three years after retiring as a player), Rose was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while he played for and managed the Reds; the charges of wrongdoing included claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters. After years of public denial, Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball and on the Reds. The issue of Rose's possible reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame remains contentious throughout baseball. On June 22, 2015, ESPN concluded its own investigation of Rose and determined that he had bet on baseball while still a player–manager. The results of the investigation were made public and revealed the records of bets that Rose had made on baseball. U.S. federal authorities had seized the records from one of Rose's associates. Rose is the only person to be placed on the ineligible list by mutual agreement.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/22 at 4:28 pm

Tony Burrows, English pop singer and recording artist, turn 80 today.

He is known for a few minor hits in the 1970s, Top 40 appearances with multiple groups, and extensive work in the recording studio as a session musician. In the early 1960s, he was a member of The Kestrels, a vocal harmony group which also included the future songwriting team Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook. Subsequently he joined The Ivy League, and was still with them when they metamorphosed into The Flower Pot Men. The Flower Pot Men had only one hit, "Let's Go to San Francisco", which reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart in the autumn of 1967. Two founding members of Deep Purple, Jon Lord and Nick Simper, were also part of this early band. Later, Burrows sang the lead vocals on several other one-hit wonder songs under different group names, Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (February 1970); White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (March 1970); The Pipkins' novelty song "Gimme Dat Ding" (April 1970); and The First Class' "Beach Baby" (July 1974). He also sang lead vocals on The Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand", which reached #10 on the UK charts and also reached #13 in the U.S.

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Written By: nally on 04/16/22 at 11:13 am

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI turns 95 years old today.

He served as pontiff from 2005 until 2013, when he resigned the papacy, citing old age. This made him the first pope in six centuries to resign.

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Written By: nally on 04/17/22 at 12:40 pm

Buster Williams, American jazz bassist, turns 80 years old today.

His real first name was Charles.

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Written By: nally on 04/18/22 at 9:07 pm

Mike Vickers - English guitarist, saxophonist, and songwriter - turns 82 today. He was a member of the band Manfred Mann.

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Written By: nally on 04/18/22 at 11:46 pm

Steve Blass - American baseball player and sports "color commentator" - turns 80 years old today. He spent his entire playing career (1964-1974) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, helping them win the 1971 World Series. He later became a broadcaster for said team's games.

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Written By: nally on 04/19/22 at 8:15 pm

Elinor Donahue - actress best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best - turns 85 today. (She was in her teens when that role began; but she entered showbiz as a kid.)

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Written By: nally on 04/19/22 at 8:27 pm

Fernando Botero, Colombian painter and sculptor, turns 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/22 at 12:41 am

Leslie Phillips, English actor, turns 98 today.

He achieved prominence in the 1950s, often playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising his "Ding Dong" and "He-llo" catchphrases. He appeared in the Carry On and Doctor in the House film series as well as the long-running BBC radio comedy series The Navy Lark. In his later career, Phillips took on dramatic roles including providing the voice for the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/20/22 at 5:40 am

Elinor Donahue - actress best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best - turns 85 today. (She was in her teens when that role began; but she entered showbiz as a kid.)


And she’s still smoking hot.  :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/22 at 12:42 pm

George Takei (born Hosato Takei), American actor, author, and activist, turns 85 today.

He is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the television series Star Trek. He also portrayed the character in six Star Trek feature films and one episode of Star Trek: Voyager.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/20/22 at 3:49 pm

Lisa Davis, English-American former actress, turns 86 today.

She appeared in her first role at the age of 13 in the film The Man from Yesterday (1949). Her elder sister was big band singer Beryl Davis. She appeared in a total of 26 film and television projects from 1949 to 1962, appearing in guest spots in such shows as The George Burns Show, The Jack Benny Program, Perry Mason, The Beverly Hillbillies, and 77 Sunset Strip, among others. She provided the voice of Anita Radcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/21/22 at 11:50 am

Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and her other realms, turns 96 today.

She was the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later King George VI and Queen Elizabeth). Her father ascended the throne on the abdication of his brother King Edward VIII in 1936, from which time she was the heir presumptive. She was educated privately at home and began to undertake public duties during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service. In 1947, she married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (till his death in 2021), a former prince of Greece and Denmark, with whom she had four children: Charles, Prince of Wales; Anne, Princess Royal; Prince Andrew, Duke of York; and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. She is the longest-lived and longest-reigning British monarch. She is the longest-serving female head of state in world history, and the world's oldest living monarch, longest-reigning current monarch, and oldest and longest-serving current head of state.

Gawd bless her!

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Written By: nally on 04/23/22 at 3:27 pm

One day late...

Actor Jack Nicholson turned 85 yesterday.

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Written By: nally on 04/23/22 at 3:30 pm

Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress, turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/24/22 at 10:43 am

Today is Barbra Streisand’s 80th birthday!

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Written By: nally on 04/24/22 at 11:05 am

Marilyn Erskine, American actress, is 96 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/24/22 at 11:07 am

Actress Shirley MacLaine turns 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/22 at 2:07 pm

Today is Barbra Streisand’s 80th birthday!
Did Neil Diamond bring her flowers?

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/24/22 at 2:18 pm

Did Neil Diamond bring her flowers?


He doesn’t bring her flowers anymore.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/22 at 3:34 am

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, turns 99 today.

He was the thirteenth Astronomer Royal from 1982 to 1990 and was knighted in 1986. In the late 1940s he worked at the University of Cambridge on the Long Michelson Interferometer. In 1964 he was appointed Professor of Radio Astronomy the University of Manchester and in 1981 director of the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, part of the University of Manchester at Jodrell Bank. He was also Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1975 to 1981. He appeared in Episode 13 of Series 4 of Treasure Hunt when the show visited Jodrell Bank, giving presenter Anneka Rice a piggy back to allow her to reach a clue.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/22 at 4:13 am

Al Pacino, American actor and filmmaker, turns 82 today.

Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him one of the few performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.

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Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 04/25/22 at 7:49 pm

Al should record an album and get that EGOT.  ;D

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/22 at 5:23 am

Al should record an album and get that EGOT.  ;D
Can he sing, he can most certainly dance?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/22 at 5:24 am

Roger Moens, Belgian runner and sportscaster, turns 92 today.

In 1955 he broke Rudolf Harbig's long-standing world record over 800 meters. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he won a silver medal in the 800 m.

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Written By: Contigo on 04/26/22 at 6:50 am

Carol Burnett is 89 today, born April 26, 1933
She was a 1970s icon.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/22 at 7:30 am

Shirley Cawley, British athlete, turns 90 today.

She won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/26/22 at 1:30 pm

Arno Allan Penzias, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 89 today.

Along with Robert Woodrow Wilson, he discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation, which helped establish the Big Bang theory of cosmology. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences in 1975. Penzias and Wilson received the 1978 Nobel Prize, sharing it with Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa (Kapitsa's work on Low-temperature physics was unrelated to Penzias and Wilson's).

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Written By: nally on 04/27/22 at 11:45 pm

Anouk Aimée, French actress, turned 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/29/22 at 11:39 pm

April Stevens, American pop singer, is 93 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/29/22 at 11:40 pm

Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player, turns 88 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/29/22 at 11:40 pm

And happy 89th birthday to American musician Willie Nelson.

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Written By: nally on 04/29/22 at 11:42 pm

Zubin Mehta, musical conductor from India, also has a birthday today. He's 86 years old. (He was born in India while it was still under British rule, and still lived there when it became independent, at which time he was 11.)

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Written By: nally on 04/30/22 at 10:24 pm

Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/01/22 at 10:34 am

Former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan turns 92 today.

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Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 05/01/22 at 4:13 pm

I remember when he appeared on All That. Danny Tamberelli played a substitute teacher who was a fly. Riordan interrupted the sketch to celebrate the show's 1 millionth use of the word "cheese." They brought out a marching band that played "On Wisconsin." Josh Server did an impromptu speech.

And then he came back to celebrate another milestone -- the show's 1 millionth use of the word "pants."

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Written By: nally on 05/01/22 at 10:50 pm

Former Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan turns 92 today.

I remember when he appeared on All That. Danny Tamberelli played a substitute teacher who was a fly. Riordan interrupted the sketch to celebrate the show's 1 millionth use of the word "cheese." They brought out a marching band that played "On Wisconsin." Josh Server did an impromptu speech.

And then he came back to celebrate another milestone -- the show's 1 millionth use of the word "pants."

I didn't remember that. All I remember about him is his stint as L.A. mayor (since I lived there for most of his duration as mayor). Plus he visited my high school once to witness a demonstration that the robotics team had put together: they created a robot which would perform a certain task for the mayor to see. (This was in 1997, when he ran for reelection...which he ultimately won.)

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Written By: nally on 05/01/22 at 11:02 pm

Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 83 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/02/22 at 8:18 pm

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/02/22 at 10:39 pm

Also turning 86 is Norma Aleandro, who is an Argentinian actress, director, and screenwriter.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/22 at 1:52 am

Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio), American singer and actor, turns 88 today.

Known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. Valli scored 29 top 40 hits with the Four Seasons, one top 40 hit under the Four Seasons alias the Wonder Who?, and nine top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of the Four Seasons, Valli's number-one hits include "Sherry" (1962), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (1962), "Walk Like a Man" (1963), "Rag Doll" (1964) and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (1975). Valli's recording of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" reached number two in 1967. As a solo artist, Valli scored number-one hits with the songs "My Eyes Adored You" (1974) and "Grease" (1978).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/22 at 1:54 am

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 86 years old today.
Born Arnold George Dorsey in India.

An old manager at a previous employment of mine, claimed that he helped in the inspiration of changing his name.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/03/22 at 2:03 am

Napoleon XIV (Jerrold "Jerry" Samuels), American singer, songwriter and record producer, turns 84 today.

He achieved one-hit wonder status with the Top 5 hit novelty song "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!" in 1966. Samuels has occasionally revisited the Napoleon XIV character to record other songs, usually comedy records with an insanity theme.

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Written By: nally on 05/03/22 at 10:27 pm

Happy 88th birthday to singer Frankie Valli. Lead singer of The Four Seasons, and also a successful solo artist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/22 at 5:09 am

Frankie Valli (born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio), American singer and actor, turns 88 today.

Known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice. Valli scored 29 top 40 hits with the Four Seasons, one top 40 hit under the Four Seasons alias the Wonder Who?, and nine top 40 hits as a solo artist. As a member of the Four Seasons, Valli's number-one hits include "Sherry" (1962), "Big Girls Don't Cry" (1962), "Walk Like a Man" (1963), "Rag Doll" (1964) and "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" (1975). Valli's recording of the song "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" reached number two in 1967. As a solo artist, Valli scored number-one hits with the songs "My Eyes Adored You" (1974) and "Grease" (1978).


Happy 88th birthday to singer Frankie Valli. Lead singer of The Four Seasons, and also a successful solo artist.
Snap!!!!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/22 at 7:08 am

Maurice R. Greenberg, American business executive, turn 97 today.

He is the former chairman and chief executive officer of American International Group (AIG), which was the world's 18th largest public company and the largest insurance and financial services corporation in history.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/22 at 7:40 am

Robin Cook, American physician and novelist, turns 82 today.

He writes about medicine and topics affecting public health. He is best known for combining medical writing with the thriller genre. Many of his books have been bestsellers on The New York Times Best Seller List. Several of his books have also been featured in Reader's Digest. His books have sold nearly 400 million copies worldwide.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/04/22 at 10:25 am

Gillian Tindall, British writer and historian, turns 84 today.

Among her books are City of Gold: The Biography of Bombay (1992) and Celestine: Voices from a French Village (1997). Her novel Fly Away Home won the Somerset Maugham Award in 1972. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, Tindall worked as a journalist, writing stories for The Guardian, the Evening Standard, The Times, and The Independent – and for many years she was a regular guest on the BBC Radio 3 arts discussion programme, Critics' Forum.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/22 at 4:37 am

Pat Carroll, American actress and singer, turns 95 today.

She is known for voicing Ursula in The Little Mermaid as well as having a long acting career, including appearances in CBS's The Danny Thomas Show, ABC's Laverne & Shirley, NBC's ER, other guest-starring and series-regular roles on American television as well as voice-acting in several cartoon series. Carroll is an Emmy, Drama Desk and Grammy Award winner and a Tony Award nominee.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/22 at 9:15 am

Michael Murphy, American actor, turns 84 today.

He often plays unethical or morally ambiguous characters in positions of authority, including politicians, executives, and lawyers. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with director Robert Altman, having appeared in twelve films, TV series and miniseries directed by Altman from 1963 to 2004, including the title role in the miniseries Tanner '88. He is also known for his roles in films like Manhattan, The Year of Living Dangerously, Phase IV, The Front, and Batman Returns.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/05/22 at 1:58 pm

Sir Michael Edward Lindsay-Hogg, 5th Baronet, American-born British television, film, music video, and theatre director, turns 82 today.

Beginning his career in British television, Lindsay-Hogg became a pioneer in music film production, directing promotional films for the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Following his work with these bands, he branched out into film and theatre, while still maintaining successful careers in television and music video production. He was hired by the Beatles to direct a film. Originally conceived as a television special, Get Back was to feature footage of the Beatles recording a new album and rehearsing for a concert appearance. However, the sessions were extremely acrimonious, and the film and album were shelved for a time following the Beatles' rooftop concert in January 1969. The Beatles returned to the project, and released the newly retitled Let It Be (1970) along with an album of the same name.

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Written By: nally on 05/06/22 at 10:34 pm

Richard Shelby, the senior United States senator from Alabama, turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/06/22 at 10:34 pm

Baseball star Willie Mays turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/07/22 at 3:06 pm

Canadian-born baseball player Claude Raymond is 85 years old today. He was active in MLB from 1959 through 1971 with four different franchises. This included two stints with the Braves, first while they were in Milwaukee (he was a member from 1961-1963), then after they moved to Atlanta (he was a member from 1967-1969).

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Written By: nally on 05/08/22 at 5:09 pm

David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host, turns 96 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/08/22 at 5:10 pm

Thomas Pynchon, American novelist, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/08/22 at 5:11 pm

Bill Lockyer - retired American politician - turns 81 today. He's a Democrat who held elective office from 1973 to 2015, as State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General, and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate.

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Written By: nally on 05/08/22 at 11:14 pm

Toni Tennille, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player, turns 82 today. She is the surviving half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/22 at 1:42 am

David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host, turns 96 today.
A true national treasure!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/22 at 1:43 am

Vance D. Brand, American naval officer, aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, turns 91 today.

He served as command module pilot during the first U.S.-Soviet joint spaceflight in 1975, and as commander of three Space Shuttle missions. His flight experience includes 9,669 flying hours, which includes 8,089 hours in jets, 391 hours in helicopters, 746 hours in spacecraft, and checkout in more than 30 types of military aircraft.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/22 at 5:54 am

Alan Bennett, English actor, author, playwright and screenwriter, turns 88 today.

Over his distinguished entertainment career he has received numerous awards and honours including two BAFTA Awards, four Laurence Olivier Awards, and two Tony Awards. He also earned an Academy Award nomination for his film The Madness of King George (1994). In 2005 he received the Society of London Theatre Special Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/22 at 7:51 am

Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician, turns 86 today.

She has won the Academy Award for Best Actress twice: for her role as Gudrun Brangwen in the romantic drama Women in Love (1970); and again for her role as Vickie Allessio in the romantic comedy A Touch of Class (1973). She received praise for her performances as Alex Greville in the drama film Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) and Elizabeth I in the BBC television serial Elizabeth R (1971), winning two Primetime Emmy Awards for the latter. In 2018, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role in a revival of Edward Albee's Three Tall Women, becoming one of the few performers to achieve the "Triple Crown of Acting" in the US. Jackson took a hiatus from acting to take on a career in politics from 1992 to 2015, and was elected as the Labour Party MP for Hampstead and Highgate in the 1992 general election.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/09/22 at 11:24 am

Toni Tennille, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player, turns 82 today. She is the surviving half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille.


Yeah, The Captain bit it 3 years ago this past January. As I recall he and Tennille were divorced but she was at his side.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/22 at 12:10 pm

Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 85 today.

Most of his work falls into the pop and country genres. He was a teenage friend and band member with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas. The Crickets' post-Holly recordings were put on hold after Holly's death, and Curtis was drafted in late 1959. During basic training, he was given a three-day pass and met Crickets' drummer Jerry Allison, who was then playing with the Everly Brothers, in Los Angeles. Curtis played him the song "Walk Right Back", which Allison had him immediately take to the Everlys; they recorded the song that weekend and were later rewarded with a Billboard top 10 hit. The song was also a hit in 1978 for Anne Murray. In late 1960, the Crickets' album In Style with the Crickets was finally released, including the original versions of two of Curtis's best known compositions, "I Fought the Law" and "More Than I Can Say" (co-written with Allison and a UK 4# hit by Bobby Vee and a US 2# hit by Leo Sayer). Along with Allison, he participated in Eddie Cochran's last recording sessions, including the song "Three Steps to Heaven."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/22 at 12:44 pm

James L. Brooks, American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films, turns 82 today.

His television and film work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, The Simpsons, Broadcast News, As Good as It Gets, and Terms of Endearment.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/09/22 at 2:36 pm

Dorothy Hyman, English sprinter, turns 81 today.

She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade and, representing England, completed the 100 yd/220 yd sprint double at the 1962 Commonwealth Games. She was the winner of the 1963 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/22 at 5:18 am

Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, turns 94 today.

He served as the last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from April 8, 1983, to March 29, 1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (from May 8, 1990: Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia) from March 29, 1990, to October 6, 1992, and was the third President of Estonia from October 8, 2001, to October 9, 2006. He was the second President since Estonia regained independence in 1991. Rüütel also served as one of fifteen Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/22 at 7:38 am

Nayantara Sahgal, Indian writer who writes in English, turn 95 today.

She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. She was awarded the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel Rich Like Us (1985).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/22 at 10:49 am

George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 92 today.

He is the co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/22 at 2:59 am

Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter and actor, turns 81 today.

He was previously the vocalist of rock band The Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He is also known for his aggressive stage performances.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/22 at 4:29 am

Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer, turns 85 today.

She represented Hungary in every Olympics from 1960 to 1976 and won seven Olympic medals, two gold (one each in foil individual and foil team), three silver (three foil team), and two bronze (one each in foil individual and foil team).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/22 at 7:20 am

Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer, the founder of the Valentino brand and company, turns 90 today.

His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D. Valentino.

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Written By: nally on 05/12/22 at 8:22 pm

Sam Nujoma, the first president of Namibia, turns 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/12/22 at 10:22 pm

Dominican-born baseball personality Felipe Alou turns 87 today. He was a player (as a first baseman and outfielder) and a field manager.

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Written By: nally on 05/12/22 at 10:23 pm

Canadian ice hockey player Johnny Bucyk also turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/12/22 at 10:31 pm

Happy 94th birthday to Burt Bacharach - American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David.

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Written By: nally on 05/12/22 at 10:32 pm

Frank Stella - American painter, sculptor and printmaker - turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/12/22 at 11:06 pm

Susan Hampshire, English actress, turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/13/22 at 10:52 pm

Ruth Adler Schnee - German-born textile designer and interior designer based in Michigan (her family moved there when she was in her teens) - turns 99 years old today. Schnee is best known for her modern prints and abstract-patterns of organic and geometric forms. She opened the Ruth Adler-Schnee Design Studio with her spouse Edward Schnee in Detroit, which operated until 1960. The studio produced textiles and later branched off into Adler-Schnee Associates home decor, interiors and furniture.

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Written By: nally on 05/13/22 at 11:01 pm

Zohra Lampert, American actress, turns 85 today. (However, her actual Wiki page indicates her actual year of birth is uncertain, but it is estimated to be sometime in the 1930s. However, IMDB lists it as 1937.)

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Written By: nally on 05/13/22 at 11:05 pm

Happy 83rd birthday to actor Harvey Keitel.

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Written By: nally on 05/14/22 at 5:38 pm

Tony Perez - Cuban-born baseball personality - turns 80 years old today.

His playing career spanned from 1964 to 1986; he began and ended it with the Cincinnati Reds. He later became a coach and manager.

His son, Eduardo Perez, went on to play in MLB in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/14/22 at 5:54 pm

Tony Perez - Cuban-born baseball personality - turns 80 years old today.


Not to be confused with Tony “The Hook” Perez (a.k.a. El Goncho), who was a big film star back in the 70s. 

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Written By: nally on 05/15/22 at 1:22 pm

Lainie Kazan, American actress and singer, turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/15/22 at 1:23 pm

Don Nelson, American basketball player and coach, also turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/22 at 3:37 am

Ronald Wayne, American electronics industry businessman, turns 88 today.

He co-founded Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) as a partnership with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on April 1, 1976, providing administrative oversight and documentation for the new venture. Twelve days later, he sold his 10% share of the new company back to Jobs and Wozniak for US$800 (equivalent to $3,810 in 2021), and one year later accepted a final US$1,500 (equivalent to $7,143 in 2021) to forfeit any potential future claims against the newly incorporated Apple.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/22 at 5:14 am

Hazel R. O'Leary, American lawyer, politician and university administrator, turns 85 today.

She served as the 7th United States Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Leary was the first woman and first African American to hold that post. She also served as the 14th president of Fisk University from 2004 to 2013, a historically black college and her alma mater. O'Leary's tenure at Fisk came amid financial difficulty for the school, during which time she increased enrollment and contentiously used the school's art collection to raise funds.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/22 at 9:11 am

Reynato Puno, Filipino lawyer and jurist, turns 82 today.

He served as the 22nd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from December 8, 2006 by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo until his mandatory retirement on May 17, 2010. Puno had initially been appointed to the Supreme Court as an Associate Justice on June 28, 1993. Puno was appointed on January 23, 2018 as the chairperson of the Consultative Committee to Review the 1987 Constitution by virtue of Executive Order No. 10.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/22 at 2:46 pm

David Cope, American author, composer, scientist, and former professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), turns 81 today.

His primary area of research involves artificial intelligence and music; he writes programs and algorithms that can analyse existing music and create new compositions in the style of the original input music. He taught a summer workshop in algorithmic computer music that was open to the public (but not free) as well as a general education course entitled Artificial Intelligence and Music for enrolled UCSC students. Cope is also co-founder and CTO Emeritus of Recombinant Inc., a music technology company.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/22 at 4:20 am

Sir Michael A. Epstein, British pathologist and academic, turns 101 today.

He is one of the discoverers of the Epstein–Barr virus, along with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong. He was awarded its Royal Medal in 1992. He was awarded the CBE in 1985 and knighted in 1991.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/18/22 at 5:34 am

Sir Michael A. Epstein, British pathologist and academic, turns 101 today.

He is one of the discoverers of the Epstein–Barr virus, along with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong. He was awarded its Royal Medal in 1992. He was awarded the CBE in 1985 and knighted in 1991.


Is there a story as to how Achong got left out of the deal? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/22 at 5:48 am

Sir Michael A. Epstein, British pathologist and academic, turns 101 today.

He is one of the discoverers of the Epstein–Barr virus, along with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong. He was awarded its Royal Medal in 1992. He was awarded the CBE in 1985 and knighted in 1991.

Is there a story as to how Achong got left out of the deal? ???
From wiki:
"Achong's role in the discovery of EBV was to prepare and examine cultured cells prepared from Burkitt's lymphoma samples by electron microscopy."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/22 at 2:36 pm

Janet Fish, American realist artist, turns 84 today.

Through oil painting, lithography, and screenprinting, she explores the interaction of light with everyday objects in the still life genre. Many of her paintings include elements of transparency (plastic wrap, water), reflected light, and multiple overlapping patterns depicted in bold, high color values. She has been credited with revitalizing the still life genre.

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Written By: nally on 05/20/22 at 11:07 pm

Constance Towers, American actress and singer, turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/20/22 at 11:08 pm

Anthony Zerbe, American film actor, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/22 at 12:46 am

Bobby Cox, American professional baseball third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), turns 81 today.

He played for the New York Yankees and managed the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/22 at 6:56 am

Heinz Holliger, Swiss virtuoso oboist, composer and conductor, turns 83 today.

Celebrated for his versatility and technique, Holliger is among the most prominent oboists of his generation. His repertoire includes Baroque and Classical pieces, but he has regularly engaged in lesser known pieces of Romantic music, as well as his own compositions. He often performed contemporary works with his wife, the harpist Ursula Holliger; composers such as Berio, Carter, Henze, Krenek, Lutosławski, Martin, Penderecki, Stockhausen and Yun have written works for him. Holliger is a noted composer himself, writing works such as the opera Schneewittchen (1998).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/22 at 7:46 am

Ronald Isley, American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor, turns 81 today.

He is best known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.

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Written By: nally on 05/21/22 at 11:19 am

Bobby Cox, American professional baseball third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), turns 81 today.

He played for the New York Yankees and managed the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Ronald Isley, American recording artist, songwriter, record producer, and occasional actor, turns 81 today.

He is best known as the lead singer and founding member of the family music group The Isley Brothers.


Two famous guys born on this day in 1941! O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/22 at 12:53 pm

Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow), American pianist and conductor, turns 88 today.

He directed the Philly Pops from 1979 to 2013, and has earned two Grammy Awards. In 1963, Nero composed and performed the musical score for the motion picture Sunday in New York. The title song has been recorded by over two dozen vocalists, and the score was nominated for both a Golden Globe and Hollywood Reporter Award. He also made an appearance in the film with Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, and Cliff Robertson. In the film, Jane Fonda's character gave her brother (Robertson) a Nero recording. Nero has worked with notable musicians including Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Arthur Fiedler, Andy Williams, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Diane Schuur, Johnny Mathis, Roger Kellaway and Elton John.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/22/22 at 3:20 pm

Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow), American pianist and conductor, turns 88 today.


Any relation to Laura Nero? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/22 at 3:27 pm

Any relation to Laura Nero? ???
There is no Laura on the net, but there is Laura Nyro, and she seems to be not related.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/22 at 3:28 pm

Richard Benjamin, American actor and director, turns 84 today.

He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; Catch-22 (1970), from the Joseph Heller best-seller; Westworld (1973), a science-fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and The Sunshine Boys (1975), written by Neil Simon. After directing for television, his first film as director was the 1982 comedy My Favorite Year. His other films as director include City Heat (1984), starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, The Money Pit (1986) with Tom Hanks, and Made in America (1993) with Whoopi Goldberg.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/22 at 4:02 am

Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman), American actress, turns 91 today.

Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stoller in Breaking Away, which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the television series based on the film. On television Barrie is perhaps best known for her portrayal, between 1975 and 1978, of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom Barney Miller. She also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/22 at 6:04 am

Dame Joan Collins, English actress, author, and columnist, turns 89 today.
She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 1983, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been recognized for her philanthropy, particularly her advocacy towards causes relating to children, which has earned her many honours. In 2015, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her charitable services. Her younger sister was Jackie Collins, a bestselling author

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/22 at 11:11 am

Ove Fundin, Swedish professional motorcycle speedway rider, turns 89 today.

He competed in the Speedway World Championships from 1951 to 1970. Fundin is notable for winning the Speedway World Championship Final five times (1956, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967), a record bettered only by Ivan Mauger and fellow Swede Tony Rickardsson who each won six World Championships. He finished runner-up in the championship 3 times (1957–59) and was third in 1962, 1964 and 1965 meaning that from his first win in 1956 until his last in 1967, Fundin did not finish lower than a podium place in a record eleven World Finals. He was known by the nickname of the "Flying Fox" or just "the Fox" because of his red hair.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/22 at 7:14 am

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate, turns 81 today.

Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture for more than 50 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements. His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. He has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ten Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Dylan has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize Board in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power". In 2016, Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/22 at 7:54 am

Irwin Winkler, American film producer and director, turns 91 today.

He is the producer or director of over 50 motion pictures, dating back to 1967's Double Trouble, starring Elvis Presley. The fourth film he produced, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), starring Jane Fonda, was nominated for nine Academy Awards. He won an Oscar for Best Picture for 1976's Rocky. As a producer, he has been nominated for Best Picture for three other films: Raging Bull, The Right Stuff, and Goodfellas.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/25/22 at 9:22 am

Sir Ian McKellen, English actor, turns 83 today.

His career spans six decades. He has performed in genres ranging from Shakespearean and modern theatre to popular fantasy and science fiction. Over his career he has received numerous awards including seven Laurence Olivier Awards, a Tony Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award. He has also received nominations for two Academy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and four BAFTAs. He achieved worldwide fame for his film roles, including the titular King in Richard III (1995), James Whale in Gods and Monsters (1998), Magneto in the X-Men films, and Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. He was knighted in the 1991 New Year Honours for services to the performing arts, and made a Companion of Honour for services to drama and to equality in the 2008 New Year Honours.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/26/22 at 3:32 am

William Bolcom, American composer and pianist, turns 84 today.

He has received the Pulitzer Prize, the National Medal of Arts, a Grammy Award, the Detroit Music Award and was named 2007 Composer of the Year by Musical America. Bolcom taught composition at the University of Michigan from 1973 until 2008. He is married to mezzo-soprano Joan Morris.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/22 at 4:17 am

Henry Kissinger (born Heinz Alfred Kissinger), German-American political scientist and politician, 56th United States Secretary of State, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 99 today.

He served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Born in Germany, Kissinger was a Jewish refugee who fled the Nazi regime with his family in 1938. He became National Security Advisor in 1969 and later concurrently United States Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger and Le Duc Tho were jointly offered the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the Paris Peace Accords which prompted the withdrawal of American forces from the Vietnam war. (Le Duc Tho declined to accept the award on the grounds that such "bourgeois sentimentalities" were not for him and that peace had not actually been achieved in Vietnam.) Kissinger donated his prize money to charity, did not attend the award ceremony and later offered to return his prize medal after the fall of South Vietnam to North Vietnamese forces 18 months later.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/22 at 9:50 am

Philip Kotler, American author and professor, turns 91 today.

He helped create the field of social marketing that focuses on helping individuals and groups modify their behaviors toward healthier and safer living styles. He also created the concept of "demarketing" to aid in the task of reducing the level of demand. He also developed the concepts of "prosumers," "atmospherics," and "societal marketing." He is regarded as,"The Father of Modern Marketing" by many scholars.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/27/22 at 1:22 pm

Lee Meriwether, American actress, former model, and the winner of the Miss America 1955 pageant, turns 87 today.

She is known for her role as Betty Jones, Buddy Ebsen's secretary and daughter-in-law in the 1970s crime drama Barnaby Jones. The role earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations in 1975 and 1976, and an Emmy Award nomination in 1977. She is also known for her portrayal of Catwoman, replacing Julie Newmar in the film version of Batman (1966), and for a co-starring role on the science fiction series The Time Tunnel. Meriwether had a recurring role as Ruth Martin on the daytime soap opera All My Children until the end of the series in September 2011.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/27/22 at 2:52 pm

Lee Meriwether, American actress, former model, and the winner of the Miss America 1955 pageant, turns 87 today.


And she's still smoking hot.  :P

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Written By: nally on 05/28/22 at 11:06 am

Pro basketball star Jerry West turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/22 at 11:07 am

Carroll Baker, American actress, is 91 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/29/22 at 2:09 pm

Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic, is 93 today.

He is professor emeritus of philosophy at Princeton University, where he taught from 1990 until 2002.

Among philosophers, he was for a time best known for his interpretation of Descartes's rationalism. His most influential work, however, has been on freedom of the will (on which he has written numerous important papers) based on his concept of higher-order volitions and for developing what are known as "Frankfurt cases" or "Frankfurt counterexamples" (i.e., thought experiments designed to show the possibility of situations in which a person could not have done other than he/she did, but in which our intuition is to say nonetheless that this feature of the situation does not prevent that person from being morally responsible).

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Written By: nally on 05/29/22 at 2:14 pm

Charles W. Pickering Sr., American lawyer and judge, turns 85 years old today.

He served as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi and, briefly, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans, Louisiana. He originally registered with the Democratic Party, in 1958 at age 21, but six years later, he switched to the Republican Party and has been a Republican ever since.

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Written By: nally on 05/30/22 at 12:52 pm

John Henry Marks, English physician and author, turns 97 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/30/22 at 12:53 pm

Ray Cooney, English actor and playwright, turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/30/22 at 12:57 pm

Ruta Lee, Canadian-American actress and dancer, turns 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/30/22 at 1:20 pm

Carole Stone, English journalist and author, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/31/22 at 8:06 pm

Clint Eastwood celebrates his 92nd birthday today.

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Written By: nally on 05/31/22 at 8:11 pm

Peter Yarrow - American musician - turns 84 today. A member of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary; he and his bandmate Paul Stookey are the only surviving members. (Mary kicked the bucket in 2009.)

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Written By: nally on 05/31/22 at 8:23 pm

Two male Nobel Prize Laureates turn 81 today:

Louis Ignarro - American pharmacologist and academic
William Nordhaus - American economist and academic

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/01/22 at 12:12 am

Peter Yarrow - American musician - turns 84 today. A member of the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary; he and his bandmate Paul Stookey are the only surviving members.


And Peter is the only surviving member of PP&M to have received a presidential pardon.  :-X

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Written By: nally on 06/01/22 at 12:29 am

And Peter is the only surviving member of PP&M to have received a presidential pardon.  :-X

That is interesting; thank you for that interesting tidbit of info.

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Written By: nally on 06/01/22 at 11:14 pm

U.S. singer Pat Boone turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/02/22 at 11:21 pm

Canadian figure skater Robert Paul turns 85 today. He teamed up with female figure skater Barbara Wagner; together they won the gold medal in "pairs" figure skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics, held in Squaw Valley, CA (located in the northern portion of the state, just north of Lake Tahoe, near the Nevada border).

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Written By: nally on 06/03/22 at 7:57 pm

Raul Castro — retired Cuban politician and general who served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba — turns 91 today. He succeeded his late big brother, Fidel, as the country’s leader.

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Written By: nally on 06/03/22 at 7:57 pm

Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/04/22 at 11:20 am

Actor Bruce Dern turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 06/04/22 at 11:25 am

Kenneth G. Ross - Australian playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist - turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 06/04/22 at 1:27 pm

Dr. Ruth Westheimer, German-American sex therapist and talk show host, turns 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/05/22 at 12:52 pm

Bill Moyers, former White House Press Secretary, turns 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/22 at 5:00 am

David Scott, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut, turns 90 today.

He was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. The commander of Apollo 15, Scott was selected as an astronaut as part of the third group in 1963. Scott flew to space three times and is one of four surviving Moonwalkers and the last surviving crew member of Apollo 15. Before becoming an astronaut, Scott graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and joined the Air Force. After serving as a fighter pilot in Europe, he graduated from the Air Force Experimental Test Pilot School (Class 62C) and the Aerospace Research Pilot School (Class IV). Scott retired from the Air Force in 1975 with the rank of colonel, and more than 5,600 hours of logged flying time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/06/22 at 7:37 am

Turning 83 today, Gary U.S. Bonds (born Gary Levone Anderson), American rhythm and blues and rock and roll singer, known for his classic hits "New Orleans" and "Quarter to Three".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/22 at 6:49 am

Virginia McKenna, British stage and screen actress, author and wildlife campaigner, turns 91 today.

She is best known for the films A Town Like Alice (1956), Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), Born Free (1966), and Ring of Bright Water (1969), as well as her work with The Born Free Foundation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/22 at 7:24 am

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, known professionally as Tom Jones, Welsh singer, turns 82 today.

His career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011). Jones's voice has been described by AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone". He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music in 2005.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/07/22 at 9:38 am

James Ivory, American director, producer, and screenwriter, turns 94 today.

For many years, he worked extensively with Indian-born film producer Ismail Merchant, his domestic as well as professional partner, and with screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. All three were principals in Merchant Ivory Productions, whose films have won seven Academy Awards; Ivory himself has been nominated for four Oscars, winning one. His directorial work includes A Room with a View (1985), Maurice (1987), Howards End (1992), and The Remains of the Day (1993). For his work on Call Me by Your Name (2017), which he wrote and produced, Ivory won awards for Best Adapted Screenplay from the Academy Awards, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Writers Guild of America, the Critics' Choice Awards, and the Scripter Awards, among others.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/22 at 4:24 am

Robert Aumann, German-American mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 92 today.

He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel. He also holds a visiting position at Stony Brook University, and is one of the founding members of the Stony Brook Center for Game Theory. Aumann received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2005 for his work on conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis. He shared the prize with Thomas Schelling.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/08/22 at 5:05 am

Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, known professionally as Tom Jones, Welsh singer, turns 82 today.



I wonder if the girls still throw their underwear on stage when he performs like they used to? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/22 at 5:13 am

I wonder if the girls still throw their underwear on stage when he performs like they used to? ???
He is still performing, maybe on tour, we can only wait and see.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/08/22 at 9:30 am

Millicent Martin, English actress, singer, and comedian, turns 88 today.

She was the lone female singer of topical songs on the weekly BBC Television satire show That Was The Week That Was known as TW3 (1962–1963). For her work on Broadway, she received Tony Award nominations for Side by Side by Sondheim (1977) and King of Hearts (1978), both for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Other television roles include her recurring role as Gertrude Moon in the NBC sitcom Frasier (2000–04) and Joan Margaret in Grace & Frankie.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/08/22 at 4:52 pm

He is still performing, maybe on tour, we can only wait and see.


They may be tossing him Depends® these days.  ;D

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Written By: nally on 06/08/22 at 10:23 pm

Today is Nancy Sinatra's 82nd birthday. Her dad was the late Frank Sinatra. (Thus, Nancy is a second-generation singer.)

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Written By: nally on 06/10/22 at 10:11 pm

Shirley Owens (aka Shirley Owens Alston), lead singer of the all-female singing group The Shirelles, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/10/22 at 10:31 pm

Chantal Goya - French singer and actress - turns 80 today.

No, she was NOT related to the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. In fact, her birth surname was De Guerre.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/11/22 at 5:44 am

Chantal Goya - French singer and actress - turns 80 today.

No, she was NOT related to the Spanish painter Francisco Goya. In fact, her birth surname was De Guerre.


I imagine she’s not an heiress to the Goya food fortune either.

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Written By: nally on 06/11/22 at 11:09 am

Charles Rangel - American soldier, lawyer, and politician - turns 92 today. A Democrat, he was a U.S. representative for districts in New York from 1971 to 2017.

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Written By: nally on 06/11/22 at 2:40 pm

Sir Tim Sainsbury - a Conservative politician and businessman in the United Kingdom - turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 06/11/22 at 2:43 pm

And happy 80th birthday to Democratic male politician Parris Glendening. He was the Governor of Maryland from 1995-2003. Before that, he was the County Executive of Prince George's County, Maryland from 1982 to 1994.

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Written By: nally on 06/12/22 at 12:58 pm

Richard M. Sherman, American composer and director, turns 94 today.

He specialized in musical films with his brother Robert B. Sherman. According to the official Walt Disney Company website and independent fact checkers, "the Sherman Brothers were responsible for more motion picture musical song scores than any other songwriting team in film history."

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Written By: nally on 06/12/22 at 12:59 pm

Sports broadcaster Marv Albert turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/14/22 at 11:45 pm

U.S. actress Marla Gibbs turns 91 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/15/22 at 1:15 am

Billy Williams, American professional baseball left fielder, turns 84 today.

He played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs and two seasons for the Oakland Athletics. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. In 1999, Williams was named a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Williams was the 1961 National League (NL) Rookie of the Year and was a six-time NL All-Star. In 1970, he had a .322 batting average with 42 home runs and 129 runs batted in (RBI), led the NL with 205 hits, and was the NL Most Valuable Player (MVP) runner-up. In 1972, Williams won the NL batting title while hitting .333. He hit more than 400 career home runs, including 30 or more in five seasons. Williams also hit above .300 in five seasons and had over 100 RBI in three seasons.

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Written By: nally on 06/16/22 at 8:26 pm

American author Joyce Carol Oates turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/17/22 at 12:47 am

Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer-songwriter of country music, turned 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/17/22 at 12:50 am

And happy 80th birthday to Eddie Levert, a singer with the band The O’Jays.

His two sons, Gerald and Sean, who formed a band called Levert, are both deceased, however. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 06/17/22 at 12:51 am

And one more for the 16th:

Singer-songwriter Lamont Dozier turned 81.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/22 at 1:53 am

Peggy Seeger, American folksinger, turns 86 today.

She is also well known in Britain, where she has lived for more than 60 years, and was married to the singer and songwriter Ewan MacColl until his death in 1989. She was step-mother to singer Kirsty MacColl. Her father was Charles Seeger (1886–1979), an important folklorist and musicologist; her mother was Seeger's second wife, Ruth Porter Crawford (1901–1953), a modernist composer who was the first woman to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. One of her brothers was Mike Seeger, and the well-known Pete Seeger was her half-brother. One of her first recordings was American Folk Songs for Children (1955).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/22 at 3:48 am

George Akerlof, American economist and academic, and Nobel Prize laureate. turns 82 today.

He is a university professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Koshland Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/22 at 6:01 am

Chuck Rainey, American bass guitarist, turns 82 today.

He has performed and recorded with many well-known acts, including Aretha Franklin, Steely Dan, and Quincy Jones.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/17/22 at 11:00 am

Roger Steffens, American actor, author, lecturer, editor, reggae archivist, photographer and producer, turns 80 today.

Six rooms of his home in Los Angeles house reggae archives, which include the world's largest collection of Bob Marley material. Based on these archives Steffens lectures internationally with a multi-media presentation called The Life of Bob Marley. His radio career began in New York City in 1961, and he co-hosted Reggae Beat on KCRW in Los Angeles and was syndicated on 130 stations worldwide in the 1980s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/22 at 3:00 am

Sir Paul McCartney, English singer, songwriter, musician, and record and film producer, turns 80 today.

He gained worldwide fame as co-lead vocalist and bassist for the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. In 1997, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/22 at 4:17 am

Michael Blakemore, Australian actor, writer and theatre and film director, turns 94 today.

A former Associate Director of the National Theatre, in 2000 he became the only individual to win Tony Awards for best Director of a Play and Musical in the same year for Copenhagen and Kiss Me, Kate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/18/22 at 9:04 am

Delia Smith, English cook and television presenter, turns 81 today.

Known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style. One of the best known celebrity chefs in British popular culture, Smith has influenced viewers to become more culinary adventurous. She is also famous for her role as joint majority shareholder at Norwich City F.C.

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Written By: nally on 06/18/22 at 11:55 am

Sir Paul McCartney, English singer, songwriter, musician, and record and film producer, turns 80 today.

He gained worldwide fame as co-lead vocalist and bassist for the Beatles. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon remains the most successful in history. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine. In 1997, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music.


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Written By: nally on 06/19/22 at 2:09 pm

Gena Rowlands, American actress, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/20/22 at 8:16 pm

Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys is 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/22 at 2:16 am

Doreen Mantle, South African-born English actress, turns 96 today.

She played Jean Warboys in One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000). She has appeared in many British television series since the 1960s, including The Duchess of Duke Street, The Wild House, Sam Saturday, Chalk, Casualty, The Bill, Doctors, Holby City and Jonathan Creek. She played lollipop lady Queenie in Jam & Jerusalem (2006–09).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/22 at 10:18 am

Prunella Scales (Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales. née Illingworth), English actress, turns 90 today.

She played Basil Fawlty's wife Sybil in the BBC comedy Fawlty Towers. She was nominated for a BAFTA award for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in A Question of Attribution (Screen One, BBC 1991) by Alan Bennett. In 2006, Scales appeared alongside Academy Award winners Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell in the mini-series The Shell Seekers. She is married to the actor Timothy West, with whom she has two sons; the elder is actor and director Samuel West.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/22/22 at 2:33 pm

Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter and actor, turns 86 today.

Among his songwriting credits are the songs "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which were hits for other artists. Kristofferson composed his own songs and collaborated with Nashville songwriters such as Shel Silverstein. In 1985, Kristofferson joined fellow country artists Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in forming the country music supergroup the Highwaymen, and formed a key creative force in the outlaw country music movement that eschewed the Nashville music machine in favor of independent songwriting and producing. In 2004, Kristofferson was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. As an actor, he is known for his roles in Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973), Blume in Love (1973), Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976) (which earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor), Convoy (1978), Heaven's Gate (1980), Lone Star (1996), Stagecoach (1986), and the Blade film trilogy (1998–2004).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/22/22 at 5:54 pm

Prunella Scales (Prunella Margaret Rumney West Scales. née Illingworth), English actress, turns 90 today.

You don’t see a lot of girls named Prunella these days.  :-\\

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Written By: nally on 06/23/22 at 7:59 pm

Richard Bach, American novelist and essayist, is 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 06/23/22 at 8:00 pm

Diana Trask, Australian singer-songwriter, turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/22 at 2:29 am

June Lockhart, American actress, turns 97 today.

Primarily in 1950s and 1960s television, and with performances on stage and in film. On two television series, Lassie and Lost in Space, she played mother roles. She also portrayed Dr. Janet Craig on the CBS television sitcom Petticoat Junction (1968–70). She is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and a Tony Award winner.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/25/22 at 9:05 am

Sir Peter Blake, English pop artist,  turns 90 today.

Best known for co-creating the sleeve design for the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. His other best known works include the covers for two of The Who's albums, the cover of the Band Aid single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", and the Live Aid concert poster. Blake also designed the 2012 Brit Award statuette. One of the best known British pop artists, Blake is considered to be a prominent figure in the pop art movement. Central to his paintings are his interest in images from popular culture which have infused his collages. In 2002 he was knighted at Buckingham Palace for his services to art.

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Written By: nally on 06/25/22 at 11:38 pm

R&B singer Eddie Floyd turns 85 today. He recorded the original version of "Knock On Wood" in 1966 and scored a #1 R&B hit with it. (Said song was covered by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas a year later (as a duet for them), and by Amii Stewart in early 1979.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/26/22 at 4:03 am

R&B singer Eddie Floyd turns 85 today. He recorded the original version of "Knock On Wood" in 1966 and scored a #1 R&B hit with it. (Said song was covered by Otis Redding & Carla Thomas a year later (as a duet for them), and by Amii Stewart in early 1979.)


KOW was also immortalized in the movie Road House, sung by the lovely Kathleen Wilhoite :-* with the Jeff Healy Band playing backup.

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Written By: nally on 06/26/22 at 1:19 pm

Bill Sheffield, the governor of Alaska from 1982-1986, turns 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/26/22 at 1:20 pm

Neil Abercrombie, the governor of Hawaii from 2010-2014, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/28/22 at 8:36 pm

George Booth - a cartoonist for The New Yorker - turns 96 today. His cartoons usually feature an older everyman, everywoman, or everycouple beset by modern complexity, perplexing each other, or interacting with cats and dogs.

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Written By: nally on 06/28/22 at 8:37 pm

Patrick Hemingway, the second son of late author Ernest Hemingway, is 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/28/22 at 8:44 pm

And happy 84th birthday to Democratic political figure Leon Panetta. He served in several different public office positions, including Secretary of Defense, CIA Director, White House Chief of Staff, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and as a U.S. Representative from California.

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Written By: nally on 06/28/22 at 8:47 pm

Al Downing - American baseball player of the 1960s and 1970s - turns 81 today.

He pitched for the New York Yankees in the 1960s. In 1970 he split the season between the Oakland Athletics and Milwaukee Brewers. He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1971 and remained with them until retiring in 1977. In 1974 he gave up the ball that would be Hank Aaron's 715th career home run (a record-breaker at the time).

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Written By: nally on 06/28/22 at 10:35 pm

George Booth - a cartoonist for The New Yorker - turns 96 today.


Also turning 96 today is Mel Brooks - an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a creator of broad farces and parodies widely considered to be among the best film comedies ever made.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/22 at 3:02 am

Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician, turns 97 today.

He served as the 11th President of Italy from 2006 to 2015, and the only Italian president to be reelected to the presidency. Due to his dominant position in Italian politics, some critics have sometimes referred to him as Re Giorgio ("King George"). He is the longest serving president in the history of the modern Italian Republic, which has been in existence since 1946.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/22 at 5:25 am

Julius W. Becton, Jr., United States Army lieutenant general, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and education administrator, turns 96 today.

He served as Commanding General, VII Corps in 1978 and as Deputy Commanding General for Training of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) in 1981. He retired in 1983.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/22 at 10:32 am

Jean-Louis Pesch, French author of comics series, turns 94 today.

In 1950 he founded an advertisement studio. He worked in magazines for children beginning in 1954: Capucine, Mireille, L'intrepide, Bernadette, Coeurs Vaillants, Ames Vaillantes, Fripounet et Marisette, Le Pelerin, and Tintin. In that time, he created many comics heroes and published some animal stories at Fleurus editions. He also launched Pinpinville, adventures inspired from Le Roman de Renard. As a specialist of animal illustrations, he proposed to take over the Sylvain et Sylvette series in 1956, at Cuvillier's death. In 1964, he created with Henriette Robitaillie the series Bec-en Fer published in Le Pelerin. In 1980, he took over alone this series. This series, in which he denounces comically violence, malice, stupidity and fanaticism, is dedicated to older persons. Seven albums were published between 1980 and 1995. In 1981, he took over Louis Forton and Pellos' Pieds Nickelés.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/29/22 at 3:20 pm

Charlotte Bingham, English novelist, turns 80 today.

She has written over 30 mainly historical romance novels and has also written for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs; Play for Today; and Robin's Nest. In her television work, she often worked with her husband, Terence Brady.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/30/22 at 1:36 am

Al Besselink, American professional golfer, turns 100 today.

He won the Southern Intercollegiate Championship twice before graduating in 1949. He turned pro later that year. Besselink won five PGA Tour events including the inaugural Tournament of Champions in 1953. The field was made up of 20 professionals, all tournament winners in the prior twelve months. With a six-foot par putt on the 18th hole, he finished with a 280, beating Chandler Harper by one stroke. Besselink was paid off with a wheelbarrow filled with silver dollars. He also had bet $500 on himself at 25 to 1, earning another $12,500. Because he had just heard that Babe Zaharias had been diagnosed with cancer he donated half of his $10,000 first prize to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund. Besselink and Zaharias had won the International Two-Ball Championship at Orlando in February 1952.

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Written By: nally on 07/01/22 at 8:57 pm

Nancy Dussault, American actress and singer, turned 86 yesterday.

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Written By: nally on 07/01/22 at 8:58 pm

American actor Jamie Farr turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/01/22 at 8:59 pm

Twyla Tharp - female American dancer/choreographer - turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/03/22 at 12:30 pm

Gloria Allred - American lawyer and activist - turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/22 at 1:47 am

Eva Marie Saint, American actress of film, theatre and television, turns 98 today.

In a career spanning over 70 years, she has won an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, alongside nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two British Academy Film Awards. Upon the death of Olivia de Havilland in 2020, Saint became the oldest living Academy Award winner and one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/04/22 at 3:28 am

Gina Lollobrigida (born Luigia Lollobrigida), Italian actress and photojournalist, turns 95 today.

She was one of the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was an international sex symbol. As of 2021, Lollobrigida is among the last living, high-profile international actors from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. As her film career slowed, she established a second career as a photojournalist. In the 1970s, she achieved a scoop by gaining access to Fidel Castro for an exclusive interview. She has continued as an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). In 2008, she received the NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Foundation's Anniversary Gala.

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Written By: nally on 07/07/22 at 8:14 pm

British musician Ringo Starr turns 82 today. He's the oldest of the guys who've been members of The Beatles. (He was their drummer.)

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Written By: nally on 07/07/22 at 8:16 pm

Actor James Caan also turns 82 today.

But now he has just checked out. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 07/07/22 at 10:08 pm

Doc Severinsen - American jazz trumpeter who led the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - turns 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/07/22 at 10:43 pm

Bill Oddie - an English writer, comedian, songwriter, musician, artist, birder, conservationist, television presenter and actor - turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/08/22 at 9:04 pm

Charles C. Droz - retired Republican politician from the state of South Dakota - turns 98 today.

He was a Member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 21st district from 1957 to 1969. For part of that span, 1965-66, he served as Speaker of the South Dakota House of Representatives.

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Written By: nally on 07/08/22 at 9:06 pm

Happy 87th birthday to Steve Lawrence. He's a singer, comedian and actor, best known as a member of a duo with his wife Eydie Gormé, billed as "Steve and Eydie", and for his performance as the manager and friend of the main characters Maury Sline in The Blues Brothers. Steve and Eydie first appeared together as regulars on Tonight Starring Steve Allen in 1954 and continued performing as a duo until Gormé's retirement in 2009. Gormé died August 10, 2013, making Steve a widower.

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Written By: nally on 07/09/22 at 10:59 am

Ed Ames, American singer and actor, turns 95 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 07/09/22 at 11:03 am

Sylvia Bacon, a former judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, turns 91 today.

She was considered by both Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan as a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States, at a time when no women had yet been appointed to the Court. (In 1981, Reagan’s first year in the presidency, the Supreme Court would finally get a female: Sandra Day O’Connor.)

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Written By: nally on 07/09/22 at 11:05 am

Richard Roundtree, American actor, is 80 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 07/10/22 at 10:50 am

Actor Robert Pine turns 81 today.

One notable TV role of his was Sergeant Getraer on CHiPs.

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Written By: nally on 07/10/22 at 10:51 am

Mavis Staples, the last surviving member of the Staple Singers, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/11/22 at 9:34 pm

Oscar Wyatt, American businessman, turns 98 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/11/22 at 9:35 pm

Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (founder of the Armani Company), turns 88 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/12/22 at 5:00 am

Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (founder of the Armani Company), turns 88 years old today.


An old high school chum of mine was in charge of merchandizing for Armani.  8)

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Written By: nally on 07/12/22 at 7:46 pm

An old high school chum of mine was in charge of merchandizing for Armani.  8)

That’s amazing! You and people you know seem to have some interesting connections with famous folks.

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Written By: nally on 07/12/22 at 7:47 pm

On topic: Bill Cosby turned 85 today. :-X

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Written By: nally on 07/12/22 at 8:00 pm

Also turning 85: Mickey Edwards - an American politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, serving Oklahoma's 5th congressional district from 1977 to 1993.

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Written By: nally on 07/12/22 at 9:51 pm

An R&B musician by the name of Swamp Dogg turns 80 today. (His real name was Jerry Williams Jr.; he took the pseudonym Swamp Dogg in 1970.)

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Written By: nally on 07/12/22 at 10:12 pm

Doris Grumbach - American novelist, memoirist, biographer, literary critic, and essayist - turns 104 years old today!

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Written By: nally on 07/12/22 at 10:35 pm

And happy 90th birthday to American Olympic athlete Otis Davis. He won two gold medals for record-breaking performances in both the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Davis set a new world record of 44.9 seconds in the 400 m event, and he became the first man to break the 45-second barrier.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 07/13/22 at 4:21 am

An R&B musician by the name of Swamp Dogg turns 80 today. (His real name was Jerry Williams Jr.; he took the pseudonym Swamp Dogg in 1970.)


Any relation to Snoop Dogg or Nate Dogg? ???

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Written By: nally on 07/13/22 at 8:16 pm

Any relation to Snoop Dogg or Nate Dogg? ???

I seriously doubt it. ::)

Besides none of those three guys (Swamp, Snoop, or Nate) has 'Dogg' as an actual surname. Those are all pseudonyms.

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Written By: nally on 07/13/22 at 8:16 pm

On topic... actor Harrison Ford turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/13/22 at 8:25 pm

American musician Roger McGuinn - known as the lead vocalist and lead guitarist of American rock band The Byrds - also turns 80 today. In fact, he was the only constant member of the band during its history.

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Written By: nally on 07/14/22 at 8:32 pm

I forgot one yesterday: British actor Patrick Stewart turned 82.

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Written By: nally on 07/14/22 at 8:33 pm

Today, retired actress Nancy Olson turns 94.

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Sunset Boulevard (1950). She co-starred with William Holden in four films, and later appeared in The Absent-Minded Professor (1961) and its sequel, Son of Flubber (1963), as well as the disaster film Airport 1975 (1974). Olson retired from acting in the early 1980s, although she has made a few rare returns, most recently in 2014.

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Written By: nally on 07/14/22 at 8:48 pm

Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier - American male athlete-turned-actor - turns 90 today.

He played professional football in the 1950s and 1960s for the New York Giants and Los Angeles Rams.
After retiring from football, he became a bodyguard for Robert F. Kennedy (a stint that was short-lived, because RFK was killed in 1968; fortunately for Grier, he was able to subdue the killer, Sirhan x2). Then he began a TV career. He later became an ordained Protestant minister (in 1983) and travels as an inspirational speaker.

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Written By: nally on 07/14/22 at 8:49 pm

Yoshiro Mori, former Japanese prime minister, turns 85 today. He was in office for a little more than a year during the early 2000s.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/22 at 11:29 am

Michael Bilirakis - American politician and lawyer from Florida - turns 92 today. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 1983 until 2007, representing the 9th District of said state.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/22 at 11:34 am

Julian A. Brodsky - American businessman - turns 89 today. He is the co-founder of Comcast Corporation and has served as its chief financial officer and vice chairman.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/22 at 11:35 am

William Bell, American soul singer-songwriter, turns 83 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 07/16/22 at 11:44 am

Happy 88th birthday to Katherine D. Ortega, who was the 38th Treasurer of the United States (served during a good part of the 1980s).

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Written By: nally on 07/17/22 at 10:55 am

Donald Sutherland, Canadian actor and producer, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/17/22 at 10:58 am

Gale Garnett - female singer born in New Zealand but raised in Canada - turns 80 today. She's best known in the United States for her self-penned, Grammy-winning folk hit "We'll Sing in the Sunshine". Garnett has since carved out a career as an author and actress.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/22 at 9:47 pm

Happy 82nd birthday to baseball Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/22 at 11:51 pm

Dick Button - American former figure skater and analyst - turns 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/22 at 11:55 pm

Dion DiMucci - U.S. singer of Italian descent - turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/18/22 at 11:57 pm

And happy 81st birthday to singer Martha Reeves.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/22 at 1:34 am

Jacques Delors, French economist and politician, turns 97 today.

He served as the 8th President of the European Commission from 1985 to 1995. He served as Minister of Finance of France from 1981 to 1984. He was a Member of the European Parliament from 1979 to 1981.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/22 at 4:35 am

Rex Williams, English professional snooker and billiards player, turns 89 today.

He was the second player to make an official maximum break, achieving this in an exhibition match in December 1965. Williams won the World Professional Billiards Championship from Clark McConachy in 1968, the first time that the title had been contested since 1951. Williams retained the title in several challenge matches in the 1970s, and, after losing it to Fred Davis in 1980, regained it from 1982 to 1983.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/22 at 5:26 am

Cormac McCarthy born Charles Joseph McCarthy Jr.), American writer, turns 89 today.

He has written ten novels, two plays, two screenplays, and two short-stories, spanning the Western and post-apocalyptic genres. He is well known for his graphic depictions of violence and his unique writing style, recognizable by its lack of punctuation and attribution. His 2005 novel No Country for Old Men received mixed reviews. His 2006 novel The Road won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 07/20/22 at 2:19 pm

Tony Oliva (born Antonio Oliva Lopez Hernandes Javique), Cuban professional baseball right fielder, designated hitter, and coach,  turns 84 today.

He played his entire 15-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career for the Minnesota Twins, from 1962 to 1976.

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Written By: nally on 07/22/22 at 7:37 pm

Happy 85th birthday to Chuck Jackson, American R&B singer and songwriter.

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Written By: nally on 07/22/22 at 7:38 pm

Funk musician George Clinton turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/23/22 at 10:33 pm

A pair of Canadian-born twin men celebrate their 91st birthday today: Claude and Guy Fournier. Claude is a director, screenwriter, and cinematographer; Guy is an author and screenwriter.

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Written By: nally on 07/23/22 at 11:04 pm

Ronny Cox - American actor, singer and songwriter - turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/24/22 at 10:53 am

Ruth Buzzi - American comedian/actress - turns 86 today.

She was best known for being a regular performer on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In.

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Written By: nally on 07/25/22 at 8:10 pm

We can also wish actor Paul Sorvino a happy 83rd birthday.

He is the father of actress Mira Sorvino and actor-producer Michael Sorvino.

He won’t be celebrating any more birthdays, because he just passed away today. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 07/25/22 at 8:11 pm

Bruce Woodley, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/27/22 at 8:12 pm

Norman Lear, American screenwriter and producer, turns 100 today!

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Written By: nally on 07/29/22 at 10:33 pm

Elizabeth Dole, American lawyer and politician, turns 86 today.

She just became a widow last December upon the passing of her husband, Bob.

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Written By: nally on 07/30/22 at 11:24 am

Former MLB commissioner Bud Selig turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/30/22 at 11:25 am

Buddy Guy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 07/30/22 at 11:26 am

Paul Anka, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/01/22 at 8:34 pm

Yesterday...

Don Murray, American actor, turned 93 (born July 31st 1929).

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Written By: nally on 08/01/22 at 8:35 pm

Susan Flannery, American actress, turned 83 yesterday.

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Written By: nally on 08/01/22 at 8:37 pm

Today...  Ramblin' Jack Elliott, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 91.

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Written By: nally on 08/02/22 at 9:21 am

Chilean author Isabel Allende turns 80 today.

Her dad was a first-cousin of former Chilean president Salvador Allende.

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Written By: nally on 08/03/22 at 8:41 pm

Martha Stewart is 81 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/03/22 at 8:45 pm

Martin Sheen, American actor and producer, turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/03/22 at 10:50 pm

And happy 96th birthday to singer Tony Bennett!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/22 at 12:24 am

Vladimir Fedoseyev, Soviet and Russian conductor, accordionist, teacher, turns 90 today.

People's Artist of the USSR (1980). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1989) and the Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1970). Full Commander of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Artistic director and chief conductor of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra since 1974.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/22 at 1:08 am

Bobby Braddock, American country songwriter and record producer, turns 82 today.

A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during more than 40 years in the industry, including 13 number-one hit singles.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/22 at 3:58 am

Roman Gabriel, American football player, coach, and actor, turns 82 today.

He played professionally in the National Football League (NFL) as a quarterback and is considered by many fans to have been one of the best players at that position during the late 1960s and early 1970s. He was the second overall pick in the 1962 NFL Draft and played for the Los Angeles Rams for eleven seasons, then five seasons for the Philadelphia Eagles. He is notable for being the first NFL quarterback of Filipino-American descent.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/05/22 at 5:19 am

Vladimir Fedoseyev, Soviet and Russian conductor, accordionist, teacher, turns 90 today.

People's Artist of the USSR (1980). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1989) and the Glinka State Prize of the RSFSR (1970). Full Commander of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland". Artistic director and chief conductor of the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra since 1974.


I thought that anything Russian was canceled.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/22 at 5:27 am

I thought that anything Russian was canceled.
Russian classical music is still being played over here on the radio.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/22 at 5:36 am

Wendell Berry, American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer, turns 88 today.

He is an elected member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers, a recipient of The National Humanities Medal, and the Jefferson Lecturer for 2012. He is also a 2013 Fellow of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Berry was named the recipient of the 2013 Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award. On January 28, 2015, he became the first living writer to be inducted into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/22 at 5:42 am

I thought that anything Russian was canceled.

Russian classical music is still being played over here on the radio.
Boney M's song "Rasputin" is playing on the television right now.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/05/22 at 11:25 am

Betsy Jolas, French composer, turns 96 today.

Her numerous works (she has been composing steadily since 1945) are written for a great variety of combinations and have been widely performed internationally by artists such as Kent Nagano, Anssi Karttunen, Claude Delangle, William Christie, Håkan Hardenberger, Antoine Tamestit, Nicolas Hodges and Sir Simon Rattle, and leading ensembles and orchestras including: the Ensemble intercontemporain, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Orchestre de Paris, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/22 at 1:38 am

Mike Elliott, Jamaican saxophonist, turns 93 today.

He played on ska recordings in the early 1960s and on pop and soul music hits in the late 1960s. He is best known as a co-founding member of the British band The Foundations, and played on their hit singles "Baby, Now That I've Found You" and "Build Me Up Buttercup".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/22 at 3:01 am

Michael Deeley, Academy Award-winning British film producer, turns 90 today.

Known for such motion pictures as The Italian Job (1969), The Deer Hunter (1978), and Blade Runner (1982). He is also a founding member and Honorary President of British Screen Forum.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/22 at 8:49 am

Piers Anthony (born Piers Anthony Dillingham Jacob), English-American soldier and author, turns 88 today.

He is best known for his long-running novel series set in the fictional realm of Xanth. Many of his books have appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list, and he claims one of his greatest achievements has been to publish a book beginning with every letter of the alphabet, from Anthonology to Zombie Lover.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/06/22 at 11:16 am

Sir Chris Bonington, British mountaineer, turns 88 today..

His career has included nineteen expeditions to the Himalayas, including four to Mount Everest. He was part of the party that made the first British ascent of the South West Pillar (aka Bonatti Pillar) of the Aiguille du Dru in 1958, and the first ascent of the Central Pillar of Freney on the south side of Mont Blanc in 1961 with Don Whillans, Ian Clough and Jan Dlugosz (Poland). In 1960 he was part of the successful joint British-Indian-Nepalese forces expedition to Annapurna II. Bonington was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1976 in recognition of the previous year's successful ascent of Everest and was knighted in 1996 for his services to the sport.

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Written By: nally on 08/08/22 at 7:51 pm

Actor Dustin Hoffman turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/09/22 at 9:20 am

Claude Osteen - baseball pitcher of the 1960s and 1970s - turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/09/22 at 7:52 pm

Speaking of baseball players: Julián Javier, Dominican-American baseball player, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/10/22 at 8:30 pm

Nancy Buckingham - a British writer - turns 98 today. She co-authored over 45 gothic and romance novels in collaboration with her husband, John Sawyer (who is now deceased). She became the eighth elected Chairperson (1975–1977) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and is now one of its vice-presidents.

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Written By: nally on 08/10/22 at 11:32 pm

Tony Ross - British author and illustrator of children's picture books - turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/11/22 at 8:01 pm

John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter, turns 90 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/22 at 2:43 am

George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor, founded the Soros Fund Management, turns 92 today.

As of March 2021, he had a net worth of US$8.6 billion, having donated more than $32 billion to the Open Society Foundations, of which $15 billion has already been distributed, representing 64% of his original fortune. Forbes called him the "most generous giver" (in terms of percentage of net worth).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/22 at 3:34 am

Sirikit (born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara), Queen mother of Thailand, turns 90 today.

She was the queen consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (or Rama IX) and is the mother of the current King Vajiralongkorn (or Rama X). She met Bhumibol in Paris, where her father was Thai ambassador. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed queen regent in 1956, when the king entered the Buddhist monkhood for a period of time. Sirikit has one son and three daughters with the king. Consort of the monarch who was the world's longest-reigning head of state, she was also the world's longest-serving queen consort. She suffered a stroke on 21 July 2012 and has since refrained from public appearances.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/22 at 5:57 am

George Hamilton, American actor, turns 83 today.

His notable films include Home from the Hill (1960), By Love Possessed (1961), Light in the Piazza (1962), Your Cheatin' Heart (1964), Once Is Not Enough (1975), Love at First Bite (1979), Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981), The Godfather Part III (1990), Doc Hollywood (1991), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), Hollywood Ending (2002) and The Congressman (2016). For his debut performance in Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959), Hamilton won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. He has received one additional BAFTA nomination and two additional Golden Globe nominations.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/12/22 at 6:54 am

George Hamilton, American actor, turns 83 today.

His notable films include Home from the Hill (1960), By Love Possessed (1961), Light in the Piazza (1962), Your Cheatin' Heart (1964), Once Is Not Enough (1975), Love at First Bite (1979), Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981), The Godfather Part III (1990), Doc Hollywood (1991), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), Hollywood Ending (2002) and The Congressman (2016). For his debut performance in Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959), Hamilton won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. He has received one additional BAFTA nomination and two additional Golden Globe nominations.


In his heyday, ol’ George partied with all the hot ladies of his time. Even his own stepmother.  :o

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1078445/I-affair-stepmother-I-12-reveals-George-Hamilton.html

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/22 at 6:58 am

In his heyday, ol’ George partied with all the hot ladies of his time. Even his own stepmother.  :o

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1078445/I-affair-stepmother-I-12-reveals-George-Hamilton.html
Oohh!!  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/12/22 at 9:05 am

Dana Ivey, American actress, turns 81 today.

She is a five-time Tony Award nominee for her work on Broadway, and won the 1997 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for her work in both Sex and Longing and The Last Night of Ballyhoo. Her film appearances include The Color Purple (1985), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), The Addams Family (1991), Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), Sleepless in Seattle (1993), Addams Family Values (1993), Two Weeks Notice (2002), Rush Hour 3 (2007), and The Help (2011).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/13/22 at 12:56 am

Joycelyn Elders (born Minnie Lee Jones), American pediatrician and public health administrator, turns 89 today.

She served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994. A vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, she was the second woman, second person of color, and first African American to serve as Surgeon General.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/22 at 1:39 am

David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and musician, turns 81 today.

In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of both the Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Crosby joined the Byrds in 1964. They got their first number one hit in April 1965 with a cover of "Mr. Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan. Crosby appeared on the Byrds' first five albums and produced the original lineup's 1973 reunion album. In 1967 he joined Buffalo Springfield on stage at the Monterey Pop Festival, which contributed to his dismissal from the Byrds. He subsequently formed Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1968 with Stephen Stills (of Buffalo Springfield) and Graham Nash of the Hollies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/22 at 4:43 am

Lionel Morton (born Lionel Walmsley), English singer-songwriter, guitarist and television presenter, turns 80 today.

In the early 1960s, he was the lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist of the group, the Four Pennies. They are best known for their biggest hit single, "Juliet" which reached number one on the UK Singles Chart in May 1964. Morton and his group appeared seven times on the BBC Television music charts programme, Top of the Pops. From April 1968 to December 1977, he was a regular presenter on the pre-school children's programme Play School., he also reappeared during 1983/4. In the 1970s he went on to present on Play Away. He was formerly married to the actress, Julia Foster for five years,

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/14/22 at 7:00 am

Frederic Raphael, American journalist, author, and screenwriter, turns 91 today.

He won an Oscar for the screenplay for the movie Darling (1965), and two years later received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay for Two for the Road. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1967 film adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Far From the Madding Crowd directed by John Schlesinger.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/14/22 at 7:45 am

Joycelyn Elders (born Minnie Lee Jones), American pediatrician and public health administrator, turns 89 today.

She served as Surgeon General of the United States from 1993 to 1994.

She was ultimately forced to resign as SG by President Bill Clinton, over her suggestion that schools teach kids how to, uh, be “masters of their domain”. After a string of gaffes like this, Clinton had had enough, and gave her the heave-ho.

From her Wikipedia page: At her confirmation hearing, Elders responded to criticism over an incident in which she decided not to notify the public that condoms her department had been distributing in Arkansas had been found to be defective, with a failure rate ten times the allowed rate. Elders said that "I don't know" whether the decision had been correct, but she had believed at the time that public disclosure could lead to a public loss of faith in the efficacy of condoms, which would have been the greater danger.

She never should have been nominated.

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Written By: nally on 08/15/22 at 9:01 pm

David Crosby, American singer-songwriter and musician, turns 81 today.


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Lynne Cheney, former U.S. Second Lady, also turned 81 yesterday.

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Written By: nally on 08/17/22 at 8:08 pm

Today we wish a happy 86th birthday to Margaret Heafield Hamilton - American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/18/22 at 5:09 am

Today we wish a happy 86th birthday to Margaret Heafield Hamilton - American computer scientist, systems engineer, and business owner.


Not to be confused with Margaret Brainard Hamilton, who played The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.  8)

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Written By: nally on 08/18/22 at 9:23 am

Not to be confused with Margaret Brainard Hamilton, who played The Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz.  8)

Of course, Margaret Heafield Hamilton was only 3 in 1939.

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Written By: nally on 08/18/22 at 7:50 pm

On topic.. former U.S. First Lady Rosalynn Carter is 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/18/22 at 7:50 pm

Roman Polanski - French-Polish director, producer, screenwriter, and actor - turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/19/22 at 10:42 pm

Diana Muldaur, American actress, turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 08/19/22 at 10:49 pm

Debra Paget, American actress, turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/19/22 at 10:52 pm

Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach, turns 87 today. He played his entire MLB career with the New York Yankees, and in 1960 became the only member (to date) of a losing World Series team to be named MVP.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 08/20/22 at 6:10 am

Bobby Richardson, American baseball player and coach, turns 87 today. He played his entire MLB career with the New York Yankees, and in 1960 became the only member (to date) of a losing World Series team to be named MVP.


Yet it was Bill Mazeroski who won this series for my Picksburgh Pirates.

Mazeroski was robbed.

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/60/26/12/12673712/3/1900x0.jpg

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Written By: nally on 08/20/22 at 10:50 am

Yet it was Bill Mazeroski who won this series for my Picksburgh Pirates.

Mazeroski was robbed.

https://s.hdnux.com/photos/60/26/12/12673712/3/1900x0.jpg

Yes, and he will turn 86 on Labor Day this year (god willing). He was the first player to end a World Series with a walkoff home run. Joe Carter (who was 7 months old at that time) did the same thing for the Toronto Bluejays 33 years later.

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Written By: nally on 08/20/22 at 10:52 am

On topic.. boxing promoter Don King turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/21/22 at 1:08 pm

James Burton, American Hall of Fame guitarist, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 08/21/22 at 1:10 pm

Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter, turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/22 at 4:30 am

Robert Solow, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 98 today.

Known work on the theory of economic growth culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him. He is currently Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been a professor since 1949. He was awarded the John Bates Clark Medal in 1961, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1987, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014. Four of his PhD students, George Akerlof, Joseph Stiglitz, Peter Diamond and William Nordhaus later received Nobel Memorial Prizes in Economic Sciences in their own right.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/22 at 5:22 am

Roger Greenaway, English singer-songwriter and producer, turns 84 today.

Best known for his collaborations with Roger Cook. His compositions have included "You've Got Your Troubles" and the transatlantic million selling songs "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)" and "Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress". They were the first UK songwriting partnership to be granted an Ivor Novello Award as 'Songwriters of the Year' in two successive years. In 2009, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/22 at 10:29 am

Vera Miles (née Ralston), American actress, turns 93 today.

She worked closely with Alfred Hitchcock, most notably as Lila Crane in the classic 1960 film Psycho, reprising the role in the 1983 sequel Psycho II. Other films in which she appeared include Tarzan's Hidden Jungle (1955), The Searchers (1956), Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956), A Touch of Larceny (1959), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), Follow Me, Boys! (1966), Sergeant Ryker (1968), and Molly and Lawless John (1972).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/23/22 at 2:36 pm

Barbara Eden (born Barbara Jean Morehead), American actress and singer, turns 91 today.

Best known for her starring role as Jeannie in the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970). Other notable roles include Roslyn Pierce opposite Elvis Presley in Flaming Star (1960), Lieutenant (JG) Cathy Connors in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) and a single widowed mother, Stella Johnson, in the film Harper Valley PTA (1978). Due to the success of the film, Eden reprised her role as Stella Johnson in a two-season television series, Harper Valley PTA.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/22 at 12:34 am

Herbert Kroemer, German-American physicist, engineer, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 94 yoday.

Along with Zhores Alferov, received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2000 for "developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics". Kroemer is professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, having received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1952 from the University of Göttingen, Germany, with a dissertation on hot electron effects in the then-new transistor. His research into transistors was a stepping stone to the later development of mobile phone technologies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/22 at 1:36 am

Wayne Shorter, American saxophonist and composer, turns 89 today.

He came to wide prominence in the late 1950s as a member of, and eventually primary composer for, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. In the 1960s, he went on to join Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet, and from there he co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report. He has recorded over 20 albums as a bandleader.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/22 at 7:14 am

Charles Wright, American poet, turns 87 today.

He shared the National Book Award in 1983 for Country Music: Selected Early Poems and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1998 for Black Zodiac. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the 50th Poet Laureate of the United States.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/22 at 9:08 am

Frederick Forsyth, English journalist and author, turns 84 today.

He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List. Forsyth's works frequently appear on best-sellers lists and more than a dozen of his titles have been adapted to film. By 2006, he had sold more than 70 million books in more than 30 languages.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/22 at 12:22 pm

Marshall Brickman, American screenwriter and director, turns 83 today.

Best known for his collaborations with Woody Allen. He is the co-recipient of the 1977 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Annie Hall. He is also known for playing the banjo with Eric Weissberg in the 1960s, and for a series of comical parodies published in The New Yorker.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/25/22 at 2:52 pm

John Badham, English-American actor, director, and producer, turns 83 today.

Best known for his films Saturday Night Fever (1977), Dracula (1979), Blue Thunder (1983), WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), and Stakeout (1987).

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Written By: nally on 08/25/22 at 11:10 pm

American actor Tom Skerritt celebrates his 89th birthday today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/22 at 12:56 am

Joe Solomon, Guyanese cricketer and coach, turns 92 today.

He played 27 Tests for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up. He was born in Port Mourant, Berbice, British Guiana, now Guyana.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/22 at 6:30 am

Barbet Schroeder, French-Swiss director and producer, tuns 81 today.

He started his career in French cinema in the 1960s, working with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard and Jacques Rivette. Since the late 1980s, he has directed many big budget Hollywood films, often mixing melodrama with the thriller genre in films like Single White Female, Kiss of Death, and Murder by Numbers. He has been nominated for the Palme d'Or for his 1987 film Barfly.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/22 at 12:39 pm

Jet Black (born Brian John Duffy), English drummer, turns 84 today.

He was a founding member of punk rock and new wave band The Stranglers. Since 2015, he has been a non-touring member of the band.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/26/22 at 2:37 pm

Vic Dana (born Samuel Mendola), American dancer and singer, turns 82 today.

He is best known for his 1965 recording of the Sid Tepper and Roy C. Bennett song "Red Roses for a Blue Lady", which was a Billboard Top Ten hit single. His album of the same title made it into the Top 20. Preceding this success as a solo artist, Dana was the lead singer of The Fleetwoods (for live performances only), replacing original vocalist Gary Troxel when Troxel went into the U.S. Navy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/22 at 8:47 am

Sir Michael Holroyd, English author, turns 87 today.

In 1964 he published his first book, a biography of the writer Hugh Kingsmill; his reputation was consolidated in 1967–68 with the publication of his two-volume life of Lytton Strachey (which the playwright Christopher Hampton later used extensively when writing the screenplay for the 1995 film Carrington). Holroyd has also written biographies of Augustus John and, in four volumes, of Bernard Shaw. His book A Book of Secrets: Illegitimate Daughters, Absent Fathers (2010) concerns the Villa Cimbrone on the Gulf of Salerno and the Edwardian literary and society figures who lived there, such as Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe. He was president of the Royal Society of Literature from 2003 to 2008 and was knighted in the 2007 New Year Honours List. He is married to the author Margaret Drabble.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/27/22 at 2:27 pm

Lady Antonia Fraser (née Pakenham), British author of history, novels, biographies and detective fiction, turns 90 today.

She is the widow of the 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature, Harold Pinter (1930–2008), and prior to his death was also known as Lady Antonia Pinter. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours and promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to literature. She was appointed a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to literature.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/28/22 at 2:13 am

Don Denkinger, American baseball player and umpire, turns 86 today.

He worked in the American League from 1969 to 1998. Denkinger wore uniform number 11, when the AL adopted uniform numbers in 1980. He is best remembered for an incorrect safe call he made at first base in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series, which came to be known as The Call.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/22 at 12:51 am

Elliott Gould (né Goldstein), American actor and producer, turns 82 today.

He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s. Elliott's breakthrough role was in the Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. The following year Gould starred as Capt. Trapper John in Robert Altman film M*A*S*H (1970) for which he received BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award nominations. He continued working with Altman in The Long Goodbye (1973) and California Split (1974). Other notable film roles include Alan Arkin's Little Murders (1971), Ingmar Bergman's The Touch (1971), Richard Attenborough's A Bridge Too Far (1977), Capricorn One (1978), The Silent Partner (1978), Warren Beatty's Bugsy (1991), American History X (1998), Steven Soderbergh's Contagion (2011), and Ruby Sparks (2012). He starred as Reuben Tishkoff in the Ocean's film series (2001, 2004, 2007 & 2018). He is known for his work in television as well including as a multiple time host of Saturday Night Live. Gould is a member of SNL's Five Timer's Club having hosted 6 times from 1976 to 1980. He is also known for his role as Jack Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004), and his recurring roles in the Fox sitcom Mulaney (2012-2013), and the Showtime series Ray Donovan (2013–2016).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 08/29/22 at 8:19 am

William Friedkin, American film and television director, producer and screenwriter, turns 87 today.

Closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he directed the crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director, and the supernatural horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director. His other films include the drama The Boys in the Band (1970), the thriller Sorcerer (1977), the crime comedy drama The Brink's Job (1978), the crime thriller Cruising (1980), the neo-noir thriller To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), the psychological horror film Bug (2006), and the black comedy Killer Joe (2011).

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Written By: nally on 08/30/22 at 11:46 pm

Elizabeth Ashley, American actress, is 83 today.

She has been nominated for three Tony Awards, winning once in 1962 for Take Her, She's Mine. She was also nominated for the BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for her supporting performance in The Carpetbaggers (1964), and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1991 for Evening Shade. Elizabeth was a guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson 24 times. She appeared in several episodes of In the Heat of the Night as Maybelle Chesboro.

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Written By: nally on 08/31/22 at 10:37 pm

Larry Hankin - American actor, director, and producer - turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/22 at 12:49 am

Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author, turns 82 today.

From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst. Dershowitz is known for taking on high-profile and often unpopular causes and clients. As of 2009, he had won 13 of the 15 murder and attempted murder cases he handled as a criminal appellate lawyer. Dershowitz has represented such celebrity clients as Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona Helmsley, Julian Assange, and Jim Bakker.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/22 at 7:07 am

Nicholas Garland, English cartoonist, turns 87 today.

In 1964, Garland left the theatre to devote himself to a career as a cartoonist. He and Barry Humphries created the Barry McKenzie comic strip in Private Eye. Garland also worked for The Spectator and other journals. In 1966, he was appointed the first political cartoonist of The Daily Telegraph where he remained until 1986 when he was a founding journalist of The Independent. He rejoined The Daily Telegraph from 1990 until 2011. He was a political cartoonist on the New Statesman during the 1970s and worked for The Spectator for many years. In 2012, he was appointed Cartoonist of the 2012 London Olympics by the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. He undertook a series of drawings, woodcuts and paintings, published in the book Drawing the Games. His work is represented in the British Museum, the Museum of London, and the Ashmolean Museum.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/01/22 at 10:36 am

September 1st 1939 – Lily Tomlin, American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer, turns 83 today.

She started her career as a stand-up comedian as well as performing off-Broadway during the 1960s. Her breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973. She starred as Frankie Bergstein on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, which debuted in 2015 and earned her nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. In 1975, Tomlin made her film debut with Robert Altman's Nashville, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1977, her performance as Margo Sperling in The Late Show won her the Silver Bear for Best Actress and nominations for the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. Her other notable films include 9 to 5 (1980), All of Me (1984), Big Business (1988), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Tea with Mussolini (1999), I Heart Huckabees (2004), and Grandma (2015).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/01/22 at 4:50 pm

Alan Dershowitz, American lawyer and author, turns 82 today.

From 1964 to 2013, he taught at Harvard Law School, where he was appointed the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law in 1993. Dershowitz is a regular media contributor, political commentator, and legal analyst. Dershowitz is known for taking on high-profile and often unpopular causes and clients. As of 2009, he had won 13 of the 15 murder and attempted murder cases he handled as a criminal appellate lawyer. Dershowitz has represented such celebrity clients as Mike Tyson, Patty Hearst, Leona Helmsley, Julian Assange, and Jim Bakker.


Lest we forget his successful defense of O.J. Simpson who, thanks to the help of Alan and the rest of The Dream Team, was exonerated.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/22 at 12:28 am

Rex Hartwig, Australian tennis player, turns 93 today.

He won the doubles in Wimbledon twice: In 1954 with Mervyn Rose and in 1955 with Lew Hoad.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/22 at 7:28 am

D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, turns 87 today.

He has won twenty Breeders' Cup races, received five Eclipse Awards for his accomplishments, and his horses have won 25 year-end Eclipse Awards. He was inducted into the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame in 2007.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/22 at 7:04 am

Irene Papas (born Irene Lelekou), Greek actress and singer, turns 96 today.

She has starred in over 70 films in a career spanning more than 50 years. She gained international recognition through such popular award-winning films as The Guns of Navarone (1961) and Zorba the Greek (1964). She was a powerful protagonist in films including The Trojan Women (1971) and Iphigenia (1977). She played the title roles in Antigone (1961) and Electra (1962). Papas won Best Actress awards at the Berlin International Film Festival for Antigone and from the National Board of Review for The Trojan Women. Her career awards include the Golden Arrow Award in 1993 at Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Golden Lion Award in 2009 at the Venice Biennale.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/03/22 at 11:25 am

Dick Motta, American basketball player and coach, turns 91 today.

His career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) spanned 25 years. Motta coached the Washington Bullets to the 1978 NBA Championship, and he won the 1971 NBA Coach of the Year Award with the Chicago Bulls. Motta is eighth all-time with 1,952 games as coach (while ranking 13th in wins and fourth in losses).

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Written By: nally on 09/05/22 at 12:23 am

Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, American retired baseball player-turned-announcer, turned 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/05/22 at 12:23 am

Vince Dooley, American football player and coach, turned 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/05/22 at 10:56 am

Bob Newhart, American comedian and actor, turns 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/05/22 at 11:00 am

Bill Mazeroski, American baseball player and coach, turns 86 years old today.

He hit a walk-off home run in Game Seven of the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates to give his team the win over the favored New York Yankees.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/05/22 at 12:20 pm

Vince Dooley, American football player and coach, turned 90 today.


No relation to actor Paul Dooley (Breaking Away, Sixteen Candles) who is 94+.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/05/22 at 2:59 pm

Bob Newhart, American actor and comedian, turns 93 today.

He is known for his deadpan and slightly stammering delivery style. Newhart came to prominence in 1960 when his album of comedic monologues, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, became a bestseller and reached number one on the Billboard pop album chart; it remains the 20th-best selling comedy album in history. The follow-up album, The Button-Down Mind Strikes Back!, was also a success, and the two albums held the Billboard number one and number two spots simultaneously. Newhart later went into acting, starring as Chicago psychologist Robert Hartley in The Bob Newhart Show during the 1970s, and then as Vermont innkeeper Dick Loudon on the 1980s series Newhart. He also had two short-lived sitcoms in the 1990s, Bob and George and Leo. Newhart had film roles such as Major Major in Catch-22 and Papa Elf in Elf. He provided the voice of Bernard in the Disney animated films The Rescuers and The Rescuers Down Under.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/22 at 12:52 am

Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer, turns 85 today.

Her work covers television, films, theatre, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. Worley is widely known for her work on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/22 at 3:41 am

David Allan Coe, American singer and songwriter, turns 83 today.

He took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville. He initially played mostly in the blues style, before transitioning to country music, becoming a major part of the 1970s outlaw country scene. His biggest hits were "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile", "The Ride", "You Never Even Called Me by My Name", "She Used to Love Me a Lot", and "Longhaired Redneck". His most popular songs performed by others are the number-one hits "Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)" sung by Tanya Tucker and Johnny Paycheck's rendition of "Take This Job and Shove It".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/22 at 9:15 am

Joan Tower, American composer, concert pianist and conductor, turns 84 today.

Lauded by The New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world. After gaining recognition for her first orchestral composition, Sequoia (1981), a tone poem which structurally depicts a giant tree from trunk to needles, she has gone on to compose a variety of instrumental works including Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, which is something of a response to Aaron Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man, the Island Prelude, five string quartets, and an assortment of other tone poems. Tower was pianist and founding member of the Naumburg Award-winning Da Capo Chamber Players, which commissioned and premiered many of her early works, including her widely performed Petroushskates.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/22 at 3:51 am

Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins, American jazz tenor saxophonist, turns 92 today.

He is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus".

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/07/22 at 5:20 am

Walter Theodore "Sonny" Rollins, American jazz tenor saxophonist, turns 92 today.

He is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. In a seven-decade career, he has recorded over sixty albums as a leader. A number of his compositions, including "St. Thomas", "Oleo", "Doxy", "Pent-Up House", and "Airegin", have become jazz standards. Rollins has been called "the greatest living improviser" and the "Saxophone Colossus".


Sonny played the sax solo on the Rolling Stones’ Waiting on a Friend single back in ‘81.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/22 at 6:04 am

Sonny played the sax solo on the Rolling Stones’ Waiting on a Friend single back in ‘81.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/07/22 at 6:18 am

Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter, turns 82 today.

His influential work in the horror genre during the 1970s and 1980s, particularly in the subgenre known as giallo, has led him to being referred to as the "Master of the Thrill" and the "Master of Horror". His films as director include the "Animal Trilogy", consisting of The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) and Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971); the "Three Mothers" trilogy, consisting of Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980) and The Mother of Tears (2007); and the standalone films Deep Red (1975), Tenebrae (1982), Phenomena (1985), and Opera (1987). He co-wrote the screenplay for Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and served as George A. Romero's script consultant on Dawn of the Dead (1978), of which he also composed the soundtrack with his long-time collaborators Goblin.

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Written By: nally on 09/09/22 at 11:39 pm

Jo Anne Worley, American actress, comedian, and singer, turns 85 today.

Her work covers television, films, theatre, game shows, talk shows, commercials, and cartoons. Worley is widely known for her work on the comedy-variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

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She was a crackup on Laugh-In. :D

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Written By: nally on 09/09/22 at 11:39 pm

Anyways... Sonia Sanchez - American poet, writer, and professor who was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement - turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/10/22 at 11:10 am

Roy Ayers - American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, vibraphonist, and producer - turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 09/11/22 at 11:01 am

Earl Holliman, American actor, is 94 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 09/11/22 at 12:54 pm

Queen Paola of Belgium turns 85 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/22 at 3:57 am

Mathé Altéry, French soprano and actress, turns 95 today.

After studying classical music, Altéry began as a chorister at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, in the operetta Annie du Far-West (Annie of the Wild West). In 1956, Altéry represented France in the first Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Le temps perdu" (Lost Time). During the first contest only the winning song was announced, and so the rank of her song is unknown. As of 2022, she is the oldest living Eurovision contestant.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/22 at 5:48 am

Sir Wesley Hall, Barbadian cricketer and politician, turns 85 today.

A tall, strong and powerfully built man, Hall was a genuine fast bowler and despite his very long run up, he was renowned for his ability to bowl long spells. Hall played 48 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1969. Hall's opening bowling partnership with fellow Barbadian Charlie Griffith was a feature of the strong West Indies teams throughout the 1960s. Hall was one of the most popular cricketers of his day and was especially popular in Australia, where he played two seasons in the Sheffield Shield with Queensland. In the 2012 Birthday Honours he was knighted for services to sport and the community.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/12/22 at 1:04 pm

Linda Gray, American film, stage and television actress, director, producer and former model, turns 82 today.

Best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. on the CBS television drama series Dallas (1978–1989, 1991, 2012–2014), for which she was nominated for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The role also earned her two Golden Globe Award nominations.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/22 at 3:50 am

Barbara Bain (born Mildred Fogel), American actress, turns 91 today.

She is best known for her role as Cinnamon Carter on the action television series Mission: Impossible (1966–1969), which earned her three Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination. She also starred as Dr. Helena Russell on the British science fiction television series Space: 1999 (1975–1977). Bain has also appeared in the films Animals with the Tollkeeper (1998), Panic (2000), Forget Me Not (2009) and On the Rocks (2020).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/22 at 6:34 am

Don Bluth, American film director, animator, production designer, video game designer, and animation instructor, turns 85 today.

Best known for his animated films, including The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989), Anastasia (1997), and Titan A.E. (2000), for his involvement in the LaserDisc game Dragon's Lair (1983), and for competing with former employer Walt Disney Productions during the years leading up to the films that became the Disney Renaissance. He is the older brother of illustrator Toby Bluth.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/13/22 at 10:04 am

Robert Bédard, Canadian tennis player and sportscaster, turns 91 today.

He was the top-ranked Canadian singles player for most of the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Written By: nally on 09/15/22 at 11:20 pm

Gaylord Perry, American baseball player and coach, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/16/22 at 11:42 pm

George Chakiris - American actor, singer, and dancer - turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/16/22 at 11:42 pm

Carl Andre, American sculptor, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/16/22 at 11:45 pm

Also turning 87 today: Billy Boy Arnold - American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

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Written By: nally on 09/17/22 at 10:58 am

Chuck Grassley - American political figure serving as the president pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate, is 89 today. He is a Republican from Iowa who served eight terms in the Iowa House of Representatives (1959–1975) and three terms in the United States House of Representatives (1975–1981). He has served three stints as Senate Finance Committee chairman during periods of Republican Senate majority. In 1981 he began serving as a U.S. Senator from Iowa.

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Written By: nally on 09/17/22 at 10:59 am

Orlando Cepeda - Puerto Rican baseball player - turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/17/22 at 11:02 am

Bobby Wine - American baseball player and coach - turns 84 today.

He played for the Philadelphia Phillies during all but one year of the 1960s (in 1969 he joined the expansion Montreal Expos and stayed with them until retiring in 1972). He then had a coaching career from 1972 to 1996, and briefly served as Atlanta Braves "interim" manager in 1985. His son Robbie briefly played in MLB with the Houston Astros, 1986-1987.

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Written By: nally on 09/17/22 at 11:11 am

Shelby Flint - American singer-songwriter and voice actress - turns 83 today.

In the 1960s she scored a pair of Hot 100 hits: "Angel On My Shoulder" (#22 in 1961) and "Cast Your Fate To The Wind" (#61 in 1966, but performed better on the Easy Listening chart).

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Written By: nally on 09/18/22 at 11:17 am

Robert Blake - American actor, producer, and screenwriter - turns 89 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 09/18/22 at 1:56 pm

Robert Blake - American actor, producer, and screenwriter - turns 89 today.


Born Michael James Gubitosi, he was tried and found innocent of the murder of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley. Mr. Blake was Bakley’s TENTH husband (5 prior marriages were annulled, and one of them was to her first cousin).  She made a career of pestering celebrities, running “lonely hearts” mail schemes, and once accused Christian Brando of fathering her child, who was actually sired by Blake. She once even accused Jerry Lee Lewis of fathering one of her daughters, but the DNA tests refuted her claim.

When Blake was put on trial, there was so little evidence pointing a finger at Blake, and no shortage of other people who had an axe to grind with Bakely. Did not take the jury long to render its verdict.

Robert later was sued in civil court, and a judgement was entered against him for $30MM (later reduced to $15MM). He then filed for bankruptcy, so the lotto did not pay off.

He started off his career as one of the “Our Gang” players, then hit it big as street detective Beretta (“Keep your eye on the sparrow”).  8)

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Written By: nally on 09/18/22 at 2:18 pm

Today is the 82nd birthday of singer-actor Frankie Avalon. He was a teen idol for much of the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/22 at 5:30 am

Andrew Davies, Welsh writer of screenplays and novels, turns 86 today.

Best known for House of Cards and A Very Peculiar Practice, and his adaptations of Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Bleak House and War & Peace.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/22 at 7:54 am

Takayuki Kubota, Japanese-American martial artist and actor, turns 88 today.

He founded the Gosoku-ryu style of karate, and is the founder and president of the International Karate Association. Kubota holds the title of Sōke for his development of the Gosoku-ryū style of karate. He is also the inventor and holder of the trademark of the Kubotan self-defense key chain.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/22 at 9:23 am

Sophia Loren (born Sofia Villani Scicolone), Italian actress, turns 88 today.

During the 1960s she starred in films as a sexually emancipated personae and was one of the best known sex symbols. She was named by the American Film Institute as the 21st greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema. She is currently the only living actress and highest-ranked living person mentioned on the list. She is also now one of the last major surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Her film appearances around this time include The Pride and the Passion, Houseboat, and It Started in Naples. Loren's performance as Cesira in the movie Two Women (1961) directed by Vittorio De Sica earned her the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actor or actress to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/22 at 11:16 am

Tarō Asō, Japanese politician serving as the Vice President of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) since 2021, turns 82 today.

Asō previously served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009 and as Deputy Prime Minister of Japan and Minister of Finance from 2012 to 2021. He was the longest-serving Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Japanese history, having previously served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2005 to 2007 and as Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications from 2003 to 2005. He leads the Shikōkai faction within the LDP.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/20/22 at 2:39 pm

Dale Chihuly, American glass sculptor and entrepreneur, turns 81 today.

His works are considered to possess outstanding artistic merit in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture." The technical difficulties of working with glass forms are considerable, yet Chihuly uses it as the primary medium for installations and environmental artwork.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/22 at 12:44 am

Kenneth McAlpine, British race car driver, turns 102 today.

He participated in seven Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 July 1952. He scored no championship points. During the development of the Connaught Racing Team based at Send in Surrey, McAlpine became a considerable financial backer and enjoyed several team owner triumphs including Tony Brooks's memorable F1 victory at Syracuse, Italy in 1955. The team was eventually broken up in 1958 and cars sold off, including one or more to a young Bernie Ecclestone. After Grands Prix, McAlpine established a successful English wine growing and bottling business at his estate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/21/22 at 4:59 am

Don Preston, American jazz and rock keyboardist, turns 90 today.

He is known for working with Frank Zappa from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/22 at 3:51 am

James Lawson, American activist and university professor, turns 94 today.

He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1960s, he served as a mentor to the Nashville Student Movement and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He was expelled from Vanderbilt University for his civil rights activism in 1960, and later served as a pastor in Los Angeles for 25 years.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/22/22 at 5:11 am

Fay Weldon, English author and playwright, turns 91 today.

In 1971 Weldon wrote the first episode of the landmark television series Upstairs, Downstairs, for which she won a Writers Guild award for Best British TV Series Script. In 1980 Weldon wrote the screenplay for director/producer John Goldschmidt's television movie Life for Christine, which told the true story of a 15-year-old girl's life imprisonment. The film was shown in prime-time on the ITV Network by Granada Television. She also wrote the screenplay for the 1980 BBC miniseries adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, starring Elizabeth Garvie and David Rintoul. In 1989, she contributed to the book for the Petula Clark West End musical Someone Like You. Weldon's most celebrated work is her 1983 novel The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, which she wrote at the age of 52.

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Written By: nally on 09/25/22 at 11:03 am

Barbara Walters - retired American broadcast journalist - turns 93 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/22 at 1:51 am

James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat, turns 99 today.

He joined the Royal Artillery in 1942, and was then seconded to the Indian Army from 1944 to 1946. After the War, Hennessy joined what was then HM Overseas Service, serving initially in Basutoland from 1948 in a number of roles, seconded in 1961 to the Office of the High Commissioner in Pretoria and taking on a number of positions in the government of South Africa. He retired from the Overseas Service in 1968 and was appointed to the Foreign Office, serving as Chargé d'Affaires to Montevideo, Uruguay for 1971–72, and then High Commissioner to Kampala, Uganda and non-resident Ambassador to Kigali, Rwanda, 1973–76. He served as Consul-General in Cape Town from 1977 to 1980, before ending his career as the last Governor and Commander-in-Chief of British Honduras (now Belize) from 1980 to 1981.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/26/22 at 7:07 am

Manmohan Singh, Indian politician, economist and statesman, turns 90
today. 

He was the 13th prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is also the third longest serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. A member of the Indian National Congress, Singh was the first Sikh prime minister of India. He was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/22 at 1:34 am

Gabriel Loubier, Canadian politician, turns 90 today.

He served as leader of the Union Nationale party from 1971 to 1974, and as Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1971 to 1973.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/22 at 9:25 am

Marcia Neugebauer, American geophysicist, turns 90 today.

She made contributions to space physics. Neugebauer's research was among the first that yielded the first direct measurements of the solar wind and shed light on its physics and interaction with comets.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 09/27/22 at 4:29 pm

Don Nix, American songwriter, composer, arranger, musician, and author, turns 81 today.

Although cited as being "one of the more obscure figures in Southern soul and rock", he is a key figure in several genres of Southern rock and soul, R&B, and the blues. He played the "Memphis soul" sound.

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Written By: nally on 09/30/22 at 8:28 pm

Singer Johnny Mathis turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 09/30/22 at 8:30 pm

Singer Cissy Houston turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 09/30/22 at 8:30 pm

And happy 91st birthday to actress Angie Dickinson.

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Written By: nally on 10/01/22 at 10:24 am

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter turns 98 years old today. No other President has ever lived that long.

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Written By: nally on 10/01/22 at 3:41 pm

British actress Julie Andrews, who starred and sang in the musical films The Sound Of Music and Mary Poppins, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/01/22 at 3:42 pm

Geoffrey White-head, English actor, turns 83 today.

His surname has the t-e-h substring, which always gets corrected to "the" on this site, so I had to insert a punctuation.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/01/22 at 4:03 pm

Geoffrey White-head, English actor, turns 83 today.

His surname has the t-e-h substring, which always gets corrected to "the" on this site, so I had to insert a punctuation.


Why does the site do that edit?  ???

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Written By: nally on 10/01/22 at 5:20 pm

Why does the site do that edit?  ???

Because Chucky G added the string "t e h" to the cuss filter way back on April Fools Day 2005. Not sure why he's left it there for 17 years. He must not have realised that there are plenty of words and names that contain those letters in that consecutive order. And for them to be censored, causes problems. It's sorta related to the Skankthorpe Problem.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/01/22 at 5:33 pm

Because Chucky G added the string "t e h" to the cuss filter way back on April Fools Day 2005. Not sure why he's left it there for 17 years. He must not have realised that there are plenty of words and names that contain those letters in that consecutive order. And for them to be censored, causes problems. It's sorta related to the Skankthorpe Problem.


I’m a bit surprised that “skank” was not filtered out.  ;D

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Written By: nally on 10/01/22 at 5:36 pm

I’m a bit surprised that “skank” was not filtered out.  ;D

If you clicked the above link, you would see that it redirects to a Wikopedia page whose name contains a substring that does get filtered, which is why I had to purposely misspell the name.

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Written By: nally on 10/01/22 at 6:18 pm

On topic... Stella Stevens, American actress and director, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/02/22 at 10:35 am

Rex Reed - American film critic - turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/22 at 12:27 am

Sir Terence English, South African-born British cardiac surgeon, turns 90 today.

He was Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Papworth Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, 1973–1995. After starting a career in mining engineering, English switched to medicine and went on to lead the team that performed Britain's first successful heart transplant in August 1979 at Papworth, and soon established it as one of Europe's leading heart–lung transplant programmes. He was knighted, KBE in 1991.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/22 at 6:05 am

Jack Hodgins, Canadian novelist and short story writer, turns 84 today.

Critically acclaimed, among his best received works is Broken Ground (1998), a historical novel set after the First World War, for which he received the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and many other accolades.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/03/22 at 9:02 am

Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans), American rock and roll singer and dancer, turns 81 today.

He is widely known for popularizing many dance styles, including The Twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and the Pony dance style with the 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time". His biggest UK hit, "Let's Twist Again", was released one year later (in 1962); that year, he also popularized the song "Limbo Rock", originally a previous year instrumental hit by the Champs to which he added lyrics, and its trademark Limbo dance, as well as other dance styles such as The Fly. In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1960, an honor it maintained for an August 2013 update of the list.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/22 at 5:07 am

Ann Thwaite, English author, turns 89 today.

She is the author of five major biographies. AA Milne: His Life was the Whitbread Biography of the Year, 1990. Edmund Gosse: A Literary Landscape (Duff Cooper Prize, 1985) was described by John Carey as "magnificent - one of the finest literary biographies of our time". Glimpses of the Wonderful about the life of Edmund Gosse's father, Philip Henry Gosse, was picked out by D. J. Taylor in The Independent as one of the "Ten Best Biographies" ever. Frances Hodgson Burnett was originally published (1974) as Waiting for the Party and reissued in 2020 with the title Beyond the Secret Garden, with a foreword by Jacqueline Wilson. Emily Tennyson, The Poet's Wife (1996) was reissued by Faber Finds for the Tennyson bicentenary in 2009.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/04/22 at 10:40 am

Torben Ulrich, Danish writer, musician, filmmaker, painter, director, performer, and professional tennis player, turns 94 today.

He is the father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

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Written By: nally on 10/07/22 at 11:05 pm

Torben Ulrich, Danish writer, musician, filmmaker, painter, director, performer, and professional tennis player, turns 94 today.

He is the father of Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

Ah...so that makes Lars a second-generation musician! I had not realised that he was the son of a musician.

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Written By: nally on 10/07/22 at 11:07 pm

Joy Behar - American television host - turns 80 today. (Her Wikopedia page does not verify her exact DOB, but IMDB does.) She was one of the original co-hosts of the ABC daytime talk show The View, serving from the programme's debut in 1997 until 2013, but then rejoining in 2015.

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Written By: nally on 10/08/22 at 1:42 pm

Rona Barrett, American journalist and businesswoman, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/08/22 at 1:43 pm

Paul Hogan - Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter - turns 83 years old today.

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Fred Cash - American soul singer - turns 82 today. He joined the singing group The Impressions in 1960 and remained a member for quite a long time.

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Written By: nally on 10/09/22 at 10:33 pm

Trent Lott, American lawyer and politician, turns 81 today. He's a Republican who served as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi.

Here's an interesting fact about him during his time as leader of his party in the Senate: when the GOP lost several seats in the 2000 election, resulting in a 50-50 split between Democrats and Republicans, he was the Minority Leader, due to Al Gore (a Democrat) still being Vice President when the new congressional term began on January 3rd 2001, but 17 days later, when G.W. Bush was sworn into the Presidency, and the Vice Presidency changed hands to Dick Cheney (a Republican), Lott became the Senate Majority Leader! (This would stand until June 6th of that same year, when Jim Jeffords, a Republican from Vermont, changed his party affiliation to Independent, and chose to caucus with the Senate Democrats for the remainder of his own term.) This made Mr. Lott the Senate Minority leader once again.

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Written By: nally on 10/09/22 at 10:34 pm

Prince Edward, Duke Of Kent, is 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/09/22 at 10:34 pm

Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and composer, turns 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/22 at 8:45 am

Prince Edward, Duke Of Kent, is 87 today.
I saw him once when I was standing outside Windsor Castle and he drove out of the main entrance gateway.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/10/22 at 8:45 am

Peter Coyote (born Robert Peter Cohon), American actor, director, screenwriter, author and narrator of films, theatre, television, and audiobooks, turns 81 today.

He is perhaps best known for his work in various films such as E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Cross Creek (1983), Jagged Edge (1985), Bitter Moon (1992), Kika (1993), Patch Adams (1998), Erin Brockovich (2000), A Walk to Remember (2002), and Femme Fatale (2002). He was also known as the "Voice of Oscar" for the 72nd Academy Awards ceremony, the first Oscars announcer to be seen on-camera. His voice work includes his narration for the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad Retina Display campaign. He narrated the PBS series The Pacific Century (1992), winning an Emmy, and eleven documentaries directed or produced by Ken Burns: The West (1996), The National Parks: America's Best Idea (2009), Prohibition (2011), The Dust Bowl (2012), The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014), The Vietnam War (2017), The Mayo Clinic: Faith--Hope--Science (2018), Country Music (2019), Hemingway (2021), Benjamin Franklin (2022), and The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022). He won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator in 2015 for his work on The Roosevelts.

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Gerhard Ertl, German physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 86 today.

His research laid the foundation of modern surface chemistry, which has helped explain how fuel cells produce energy without pollution, how catalytic converters clean up car exhausts and even why iron rusts, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said. He was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/22 at 5:18 am

R. H. W. Dillard (Richard Henry Wilde Dillard), American poet, author, and critic, turns 85 today.

He is also highly regarded as a writer of fiction and critical essays, as well as one of the screenwriters for the cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Roanoke College and went on to receive a Master of Arts (1959) and the Ph. D. (1965) from the University of Virginia. While at the University of Virginia he was both a Woodrow Wilson and a DuPont Fellow. He is considered something of an institution at Hollins University where he has been teaching creative writing, literature, and film studies since 1964. Dillard has been the editor of the Hollins Critic since 1996. He also served as the vice president of the Film Journal from 1973 to 1980. He is the winner of numerous awards for his writing including the Academy of American Poets Prize, the O. B. Hardison, Jr. Poetry Prize, and the Hanes Award for Poetry.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/11/22 at 8:13 am

Sir Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager, turns 85 today.

Considered one of the greatest players of all time, he was a member of the England team that won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, the year he also won the Ballon d'Or. He played almost all of his club football at Manchester United, where he became renowned for his attacking instincts, his passing abilities from midfield and his ferocious long-range shot, as well as his fitness and stamina. He was cautioned only twice in his career; once against Argentina in the 1966 World Cup, and once in a league match against Chelsea. His elder brother Jack, who was also in the World Cup-winning team, was a former defender for Leeds United and international manager. He made his debut for the Manchester United first-team in 1956, and over the next two seasons gained a regular place in the team, during which time he survived the Munich air disaster of 1958 after being rescued by Harry Gregg. Charlton is the last surviving person of the crash. In 1994, he was awarded the Knight Bachelor.

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Written By: nally on 10/11/22 at 10:05 pm

British-born actress Angela Lansbury turns 96 today. She has triple citizenship in the UK, Ireland, and the US.

Sadly, she passed away today; so she’s not going to turn 97 this Sunday. :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/22 at 1:56 am

Sadly, she passed away today; so she’s not going to turn 97 this Sunday. :\'(
:\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/22 at 1:56 am

Ned Jarrett, American race car driver and two-time NASCAR Grand National Series champion, turns 90 today.

He was best known for his calm demeanor and he became known as "Gentleman Ned Jarrett". He is the father of drivers Glenn Jarrett and Dale Jarrett.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/22 at 6:13 am

Robert Mangold, American minimalist artist, turns 85 today.

Since the 1960s he has developed an artistic vocabulary derived from the idea of geometry and asymmetry in shape and form. Mangold's use of subtle colour and curvilinear abstract forms are associated with Minimalism but also recall other sources from Ancient Greek pottery to Renaissance frescoes. He is the father of film director and screenwriter James Mangold.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/22 at 10:19 am

Tony Kubek, American professional baseball player and television broadcaster, turns 87 today.

During his nine-year playing career with the New York Yankees, Kubek played in six World Series in the late 1950s and early 1960s, starting in 37 World Series games. For NBC television, he later broadcast twelve World Series between 1968 and 1982, and fourteen League Championship Series between 1969 and 1989. Kubek received the Ford C. Frick Award in 2009.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/12/22 at 1:51 pm

Richard Meier, American abstract artist and architect, turns 88 today.

His geometric designs make prominent use of the color white. A winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1984, Meier has designed several iconic buildings including the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, the Getty Center in Los Angeles, and San Jose City Hall.

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Written By: nally on 10/14/22 at 12:01 am

Retired actress Melinda Dillon turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/14/22 at 12:01 am

Today was also the 81st birthday of musician Paul Simon.

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Written By: nally on 10/14/22 at 11:34 pm

American country music singer Melba Montgomery is 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/14/22 at 11:36 pm

And happy 82nd birthday to British-based singer Cliff Richard. (He was born in present-day India when it was under British rule.)

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Written By: nally on 10/14/22 at 11:36 pm

Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, turns 83 today.

His actual surname has a naughty substring in it; no wonder he changed it.

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Written By: nally on 10/15/22 at 10:17 am

Barry McGuire, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 87 today. His signature hit was his 1965 recording of “Eve Of Destruction.”

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Written By: nally on 10/15/22 at 10:22 am

Linda Lavin, American actress and singer, turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/15/22 at 11:28 am

Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, turns 83 today.

His actual surname has a naughty substring in it; no wonder he changed it.


I dunno. Ralph Lifschitz has a kinda nice ring to it.

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Written By: nally on 10/15/22 at 3:47 pm

I dunno. Ralph Lifschitz has a kinda nice ring to it.

But he didn't have a 'c' in his last name. That's why it has a dirty substring.

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Written By: nally on 10/16/22 at 10:20 am

Barry Corbin, American actor and producer, turns 82 today.

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American baseball personality Tim McCarver turns 81 today.

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A Filipina actress by the name Rosa Rosal (born Florence Lansang Danon; married a man surnamed Gayda) turns 94 years old today. (She was in fact born in 1928, as confirmed by IMDB, but the "October 16" Wikopedia page erroneously lists her as being born three years later.)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/22 at 12:54 pm

Alan Garner, English novelist, turns 88 today.

Best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native county of Cheshire, North West England, being set in the region and making use of the native Cheshire dialect.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/22 at 1:56 pm

Alan Garner, English novelist, turns 88 today.

Best known for his children's fantasy novels and his retellings of traditional British folk tales. Much of his work is rooted in the landscape, history and folklore of his native county of Cheshire, North West England, being set in the region and making use of the native Cheshire dialect.

He is shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize with his book "Treacle Walker", the winner will be announced tonight.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/22 at 2:24 pm

William Anders, Hong Kong-American general and astronaut, turns 89 today.

In December 1968, he was a member of the crew of Apollo 8, the first three people to leave low Earth orbit and travel to the Moon. Along with fellow astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, Anders circled the Moon ten times, and broadcast live images and commentary back to Earth. During one of the mission's lunar orbits, he took the iconic Earthrise photograph.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/17/22 at 4:27 pm

Gary Puckett, American singer, turns 80 today.

He was the lead vocalist for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, who had six consecutive gold records in 1968. After the group disbanded, Puckett embarked on a solo career and has released a handful of studio albums since the 1970s.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/17/22 at 6:25 pm

Gary Puckett, American singer, turns 80 today.

He was the lead vocalist for Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, who had six consecutive gold records in 1968. After the group disbanded, Puckett embarked on a solo career and has released a handful of studio albums since the 1970s.


These days his biggest hits would be considered borderline creepy, with songs like “Young Girl”, “Woman, Woman”, “Lady Willpower”, and “This Girl Is a Woman Now”.  :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/22 at 3:01 am

These days his biggest hits would be considered borderline creepy, with songs like “Young Girl”, “Woman, Woman”, “Lady Willpower”, and “This Girl Is a Woman Now”.  :P
... still classic songs...

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/22 at 3:01 am

Dick Taverne, English Liberal Democrat politician and life peer in the House of Lords, turns 94 today.

In 1972 he was deselected as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for Lincoln, so he left the Labour Party and resigned his seat, forcing a by-election which he won. His 1973 victory in Lincoln was short-lived; despite retaining his seat at the February 1974 general election, Labour regained the seat at the October 1974 general election, by the future cabinet minister Margaret Beckett.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/22 at 3:28 am

Violeta Chamorro (born Violeta Barrios Torres), Nicaraguan politician, turns 93 today.

She served as President of Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997. She was the first and, as of 2022, only woman to hold the position of president of Nicaragua.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/22 at 8:02 am

Roger Climpson, English-born Australian media personality, turns 91 today.

He served a lengthy career in both radio and television, as a journalist, announcer, newsreader and presenter. He is best known for his time at Seven News in the 1980s and 1990s and for his hosting duties on shows from 1977 until 1998, such as the local version of This Is Your Life and true-crime series Australia's Most Wanted.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/22 at 10:57 am

Irwin M. Jacobs, American electrical engineer and businessman, turns 89 today.

He is a co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm, and chair of the board of trustees of the Salk Institute. As of 2019, Jacobs has an estimated net worth of $1.2 billion.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/18/22 at 2:22 pm

Cynthia Weil, American songwriter, turns 82 today.

With her husband Barry Mann, they went on to create songs for many contemporary artists, winning several Grammy Awards as well as Academy Award nominations for their compositions for film. As their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame biography put it, in part: "Mann and Weil's... epic ballads ('On Broadway', 'You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'') to outright rockers ('Kicks', 'We Gotta Get Out of This Place') placed an emphasis on meaningful lyrics in their songwriting. With Weil writing the words and Mann the music, they came up with a number of songs that addressed such serious subjects as racial and economic divides, 'Uptown', ...and the difficult reality of making it in the big city ('On Broadway'). 'Only in America'... tackled segregation and racism, making it rather too controversial for the Drifters, who were the intended artists. 'We Gotta Get out of This Place' became an anthem for Vietnam soldier, antiwar protesters, and young people who viewed it as an anthem of greater opportunities."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/22 at 4:03 am

Brian Booth, Australian cricketer and educator, turns 89 today.

He played in 29 Test matches between 1961 and 1966, and 93 first-class matches for New South Wales. He captained Australia for two Tests during the 1965–66 Ashes series while regular captain Bob Simpson was absent due to illness and injury. Booth was a graceful right-handed middle order batsman at No. 4 or 5, and occasionally bowled right arm medium pace or off spin. He had an inclination to use his feet to charge spin bowlers. Booth was known for his sportsmanship on the field and often invoked Christianity while discussing ethics and sport.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/22 at 6:12 am

Peter Max (born Peter Max Finkelstein), German-American artist, turns 85 today.

Known for using bright colors in his work. Works by Max are associated with the visual arts and culture of the 1960s, particularly psychedelic art and pop art.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/22 at 10:29 am

Marilyn Bell, Canadian long distance swimmer, turns 85 today.

She was the first person to swim across Lake Ontario and later swam the English Channel and Strait of Juan de Fuca.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/19/22 at 3:59 pm

Sir Michael Gambon, Irish-British actor, turns 81 today.

Having trained under Laurence Olivier, he started his career on stage at the Royal National Theatre. Gambon is known for portraying Professor Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter film series from 2004 to 2011. He was knighted in 1998 for services to drama. He has received four BAFTA TV Awards, three Olivier Awards (a thirteen-time nominee), and the 2017 Irish Film & Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/22 at 3:29 am

Barrie Chase, American actress and dancer, turns 89 today.

She appeared on the syndicated talk show version of The Donald O'Connor Show. Chase worked in the chorus of many Hollywood musicals, including Hans Christian Andersen (1952), Call Me Madam (1953), Deep in My Heart (1954), Brigadoon (1954), Kismet (1955), Pal Joey (1957), Les Girls (1957), and two Fred Astaire films, Daddy Long Legs (1955) and Silk Stockings (1957). She appeared in White Christmas (1954) as the chorus girl who speaks the line "Mutual, I'm sure." Chase's other film roles included The George Raft Story (1961); the beating victim of a sadistic Robert Mitchum in the thriller Cape Fear (1962); and the dancing, bikini-clad paramour (restored footage revealed her character was in reality married) of Dick Shawn's dimwitted character in the 1963 comedy It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Subsequently, she played Farida in the film The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), starring James Stewart and Richard Attenborough, in a dream sequence. In 1965, she appeared in the episode "The Ballerina" on the TV series Bonanza, playing saloon dancer Kellie Conrad, who longed to be a ballerina. In 1967, she appeared as a Soviet ballerina in the episode "Fly, Ballerina, Fly" on the television series Mr. Terrific. She is the daughter of writer Borden Chase (Red River) and sister of screenwriter/actor Frank Chase.

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Wanda Jackson, American singer and songwriter, turns 85 today.

She was among the first women to have a career in rock and roll, recording a series of 1950s singles that helped give her the title "The Queen of Rockabilly". She is also a country music artist and is considered among the genre's first female stars.

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Juan Marichal, Dominican professional baseball player, turns 85 today.

Nicknamed "the Dominican Dandy", he played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball, most notably for the San Francisco Giants. Marichal was known for his high leg kick, pinpoint control and intimidation tactics, which included aiming pitches directly at the opposing batters' helmets. Famously known for his role in one of the most violent incidents in baseball history when John Roseboro he struck on the head with a bat during a game in 1965.

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Written By: nally on 10/21/22 at 9:18 pm

Judge Judy Sheindlin turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/21/22 at 9:22 pm

The South African-English keyboard player and producer who goes by the name Manfred Mann turns 82 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/21/22 at 10:16 pm

The South African-English keyboard player and producer who goes by the name Manfred Mann turns 82 years old today.


His rendition of Blinded By the Light contains amongst the most widely-misheard lyrics of all time.  8)

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Written By: nally on 10/21/22 at 10:32 pm

His rendition of "Blinded By the Light" contains amongst the most widely-misheard lyrics of all time.  8)

You mean his band's rendition. They recorded it as Manfred Mann's Earth Band.

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Written By: nally on 10/21/22 at 11:44 pm

The South African-English keyboard player and producer who goes by the name Manfred Mann turns 82 years old today.

Also turning 82 today: Rhoda Gemignani - American actress, best known for her recurring role as Mrs. Carmela Rossini in the American television sitcom Who's the Boss?.

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Written By: nally on 10/22/22 at 11:58 am

American actor Christopher Lloyd turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/23/22 at 10:56 am

Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican-American golfer, is 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/23/22 at 10:57 am

Pelé, Brazilian footballer and actor, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/23/22 at 2:32 pm

Also turning 82 today: Jane Holzer - American art collector and film producer who was previously an actress, model, and Warhol superstar. She was often known by the nickname Baby Jane Holzer.

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Written By: nally on 10/24/22 at 11:20 pm

Bill Wyman - longtime bassist of The Rolling Stones - turned 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/24/22 at 11:21 pm

Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 88 today. (Real name = Orin Glenn Troutman.)

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Written By: nally on 10/24/22 at 11:22 pm

And happy 83rd birthday to American actor F. Murray Abraham. (He was born without the initial "F"; he decided to append it to his name to honor his dad, whose first name began with that letter.)

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/25/22 at 5:58 pm

Bill Wyman - longtime bassist of The Rolling Stones - turned 86 today.


From Bill’s Wikipedia page…

In 1993, Wyman's son Stephen Wyman married Patsy Smith, the 46-year-old mother of Bill's ex-wife Mandy Smith. Stephen was 30 years old at the time. Therefore, Bill became the father-in-law of his ex-mother-in-law as well as the stepgrandfather of his former wife.

I imagine they have some interesting family reunions.  ;)

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Written By: nally on 10/25/22 at 7:20 pm

From Bill’s Wikipedia page…

I imagine they have some interesting family reunions.  ;)

Oh yes I remember reading about that awkward connection.

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Written By: nally on 10/25/22 at 7:25 pm

American writer Ann Tyler is 81 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 10/25/22 at 7:30 pm

Marion Ross, American actress, turns 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 10/25/22 at 7:33 pm

Sara Dylan, American actress and model, turns 83 years old today. She was the first wife of rocker Bob Dylan; they were married from 1965 until 1977. They had 4 kids together, including Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/22 at 3:51 am

Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic, turns 87 today.

She was the fourth African-American woman to receive a PhD in Mathematics. Her main research interests were in group theory and abstract algebra. She is the first African American woman to chair a math department in the United States.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/26/22 at 5:25 am

Sara Dylan, American actress and model, turns 83 years old today. She was the first wife of rocker Bob Dylan; they were married from 1965 until 1977. They had 4 kids together, including Wallflowers frontman Jakob Dylan.


Sara hired legendary divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson and received a divorce settlement of a cool $36,000,000. :o  And that’s when $36MM was serious money. 8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/22 at 7:04 am

Steven Kellogg, American author and illustrator, turns 81 today.

He has created more than 90 children's books. On November 12, 2011, Kellogg was given an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Findlay in Ohio. All of his original illustrations were donated to the Mazza Museum of International Art from Picture Books at Findlay. The donation was made possible in part by a $350,000 gift by close friend, Anthony Edwards. More than 2700 works of art were included.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/22 at 9:28 am

Eddie Henderson, American jazz trumpet and flugelhorn player,  turns 82 today.

He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of pianist Herbie Hancock's Mwandishi band, going on to lead his own electric/fusion groups through the decade. Henderson earned his medical degree and worked a parallel career as a psychiatrist and musician, turning back to acoustic jazz by the 1990s. Henderson's influences include Booker Little, Clifford Brown, Woody Shaw, and Miles Davis.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/26/22 at 12:07 pm

Charlie Landsborough, British country and folk musician and singer-songwriter, turns 81 today.

He started singing professionally in the 1970s, although his major success did not come until 1994 with his song "What Colour is the Wind". He is one of the UK's top country acts and is also popular in Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/22 at 7:52 am

Sir Paul Fox, British television executive, turns 97 today

He spent much of his broadcasting career working for BBC Television, most prominently as the Controller of BBC1 between 1967 and 1973. He was honoured with a CBE in 1985 and was knighted in 1991.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/22 at 10:36 am

John Cleese, English actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer, turns 83 today.

Emerging from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1960s, he first achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Along with his Python co-stars Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Graham Chapman, Cleese starred in Monty Python films, which include Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979) and The Meaning of Life (1983). In the mid-1970s, Cleese and first wife Connie Booth co-wrote the sitcom Fawlty Towers, and he starred in it as Basil Fawlty. The series resulted in Cleese's receiving the 1980 BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance, and in 2000 the show topped the British Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/27/22 at 2:06 pm

Lara Parker (born Mary Lamar Rickey), American actress and author, turns 84 today.

Best known for her role as Angelique on the ABC-TV serial Dark Shadows which aired from 1966 to 1971.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/22 at 8:20 am

Howard Blake, English composer, conductor, and pianist, turns 84 today.

His career has spanned more than 50 years and produced more than 650 works. Blake's most successful work is his soundtrack for Channel 4’s 1982 film The Snowman, which includes the song "Walking in the Air". He is increasingly recognised for his classical works including concertos, oratorios, ballets, operas and many instrumental pieces.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/22 at 10:06 am

Anne Perry (born Juliet Marion Hulme), English author of historical detective fiction, turns 84 today.

Best known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk series. In 1954, at the age of fifteen, she was convicted in the murder of her friend's mother, Honora Rieper. She changed her name after serving a five-year sentence for Rieper's murder.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 10/28/22 at 10:32 am

Anne Perry (born Juliet Marion Hulme), English author of historical detective fiction, turns 84 today.

Best known for her Thomas Pitt and William Monk series. In 1954, at the age of fifteen, she was convicted in the murder of her friend's mother, Honora Rieper. She changed her name after serving a five-year sentence for Rieper's murder.


She and her pal, killed the woman by whacking her in the head 20 times with a brick wrapped up in a stocking. Their 5-year sentences were a travesty of justice.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/22 at 12:53 pm

American musician Jerry Lee Lewis turns 85 years old today.
Sadly, today Jerry Lee Lewis has passed away at the age of 87.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/22 at 2:42 pm

Dame Cleo Laine, English jazz and pop singer and an actress, turns 95 today.

Known for her scat singing and for her vocal range. Though her natural range is that of a contralto, she is able to produce a G above high C, giving her an overall compass of well over three octaves. Laine is the only female performer to have received Grammy nominations in the jazz, popular and classical music categories. She is the widow of jazz composer and musician Sir John Dankworth. She was made Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1997.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/28/22 at 4:12 pm

Virginia Held, American moral, social/political and feminist philosopher, turns 93 today.

Her work on the ethics of care sparked significant research into the ethical dimensions of providing care for others and critiques of the traditional roles of women in society.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/22 at 5:10 am

Frank Sedgman, Australian tennis player, turns 95 today.

A former world No. 1 tennis player. Over the course of a three-decade career, Sedgman won five Grand Slam singles tournaments as an amateur as well as 22 Grand Slam doubles tournaments. He is one of only five tennis players all-time to win multiple career Grand Slams in two disciplines, alongside Margaret Court, Roy Emerson, Martina Navratilova and Serena Williams. In 1951, he and Ken McGregor won the Grand Slam in men's doubles. Sedgman turned professional in 1953, and won the Wembley World Professional Indoor singles title in 1953 and 1958. He also won the Sydney Masters tournament in 1958, and the Melbourne Professional singles title in 1959. He won the Grand Prix de Europe Professional Tour in 1959.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/22 at 8:42 am

Michael Jayston (born Michael James), English actor, turns 87 today.

He played Nicholas II of Russia in the film Nicholas and Alexandra (1971). He has also made many television appearances, which have included playing the Valeyard in all fourteen episodes of the Doctor Who serial The Trial of a Time Lord (1986) and appearing in the Only Fools and Horses episode "Time on Our Hands" (1996) as Raquel's father, James.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/22 at 11:05 am

Peter Stampfel, American fiddle player, violinist, and singer-songwriter, turns 84 today.

Best known as a member of the Holy Modal Rounders, a psychedelic folk band that he founded with Steve Weber in the early 1960s. He was also briefly a member of the Fugs and has been the leader of several musical projects, including the Bottlecaps, the Du-Tels, and the WORM All-Stars. He has performed with They Might Be Giants, the Roches, Richard Barone, Yo La Tengo, Bongwater, Jeffrey Lewis, Michael Hurley, Baby Gramps and Loudon Wainwright III.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/29/22 at 2:51 pm

Connie Mack III (born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy III), American lawyer and politician, turns 82 today.

He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida from 1983 to 1989 and then as a Senator from 1989 to 2001. He served as chair of the Senate Republican Conference from 1997 to 2001.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/22 at 4:35 am

Jim Perry, American Major League Baseball pitcher, turns 87 today.

He pitched from 1959 to 1975 for four teams. During a 17-year baseball career, Perry compiled 215 wins, 1,576 strikeouts, and a 3.45 earned run average.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/22 at 7:12 am

Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 83 today.

A former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt, for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells. Working in yeast, Hartwell identified the fundamental role of checkpoints in cell cycle control, and CDC genes such as CDC28, which controls the start of the cycle—the progression through G1.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/22 at 10:29 am

Jean Chapman, English author, turns 93 today.

Her debut novel The Unreasoning Earth and The Red Pavilion were both shortlisted for the Parker Pen Romantic Novel of the Year Award. She was elected the twenty Chairman (2001–2003) of the Romantic Novelists' Association and is the three-time President of the Leicester Writer's Club.

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Written By: nally on 10/30/22 at 10:32 am

And happy 83rd birthday to Grace Slick, lead vocalist of the bands Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and Starship.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/22 at 1:39 pm

Claude Lelouch, French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer, turns 85 today.

He grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critical acclaim for his 1966 romantic melodrama film A Man and A Woman. At the 39th Academy Awards in 1967, A Man and a Woman won Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Language Film. Lelouch was also nominated for Best Director. While his films have gained him international recognition since the 1960s, Lelouch's methods and style of film are known for attracting criticism

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/30/22 at 4:40 pm

Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer, turns 83 today.

Although he was an early Motown artist who recorded minor hit singles such as "Jamie", he started working behind the scenes due to stage fright. He was a member of Holland–Dozier–Holland, the songwriting and production team responsible for much of the Motown Sound and hit records by Martha and the Vandellas, The Supremes, The Four Tops, and The Isley Brothers, among others. He has written or co-written 80 hits in the UK and 143 in the US charts.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/22 at 8:53 am

Dan Rather, American journalist, turns 91 today.

Famously reported from Dallas in November 1963 at the time that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Based on such impactful reporting, he was promoted at CBS News, where he served as White House correspondent beginning in 1964. He served as foreign correspondent in London and Vietnam over the next two years before returning to the White House correspondent position. He covered the presidency of Richard Nixon, including Nixon's trip to China, the Watergate scandal, and the president's resignation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 10/31/22 at 11:58 am

Tom Paxton, American folk music singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 85 today.

He has had a music career spanning more than fifty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions. Paxton's songs have been widely recorded, including modern standards such as "The Last Thing on My Mind", "Bottle of Wine", "Whose Garden Was This", "The Marvelous Toy", and "Ramblin' Boy". Paxton's songs have been recorded by Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, the Weavers, Judy Collins, Sandy Denny, Joan Baez, Doc Watson, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, the Seekers, Marianne Faithfull, the Kingston Trio, the Chad Mitchell Trio, John Denver, Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Flatt & Scruggs, the Move, the Fireballs, and many others.

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Written By: nally on 10/31/22 at 8:21 pm

Dan Rather, American journalist, turns 91 today.

Famously reported from Dallas in November 1963 at the time that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Based on such impactful reporting, he was promoted at CBS News, where he served as White House correspondent beginning in 1964. He served as foreign correspondent in London and Vietnam over the next two years before returning to the White House correspondent position. He covered the presidency of Richard Nixon, including Nixon's trip to China, the Watergate scandal, and the president's resignation.

He was on TV for a lotta years!

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/01/22 at 2:22 am

I thought he was born in 1931, thus making him 91 years old today.


Ditto.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/01/22 at 2:29 am

Ditto.
Now amended.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/22 at 6:14 am

Martin Cruz Smith, American mystery novelist, turns 80 today.

He is best known for his nine-novel series (to date) on Russian investigator Arkady Renko, who was first introduced in 1981 with Gorky Park.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/03/22 at 10:29 am

Lois Smith (née Humbert), American actress, turns 92 today.

She made her film debut in the 1955 drama film East of Eden, and later played supporting roles in a number of movies, including Five Easy Pieces (1970), Resurrection (1980), Fatal Attraction (1987), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), How to Make an American Quilt (1995), Dead Man Walking (1995), Twister (1996), Minority Report (2002), The Nice Guys (2016) and Lady Bird (2017).

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Written By: nally on 11/03/22 at 9:23 pm

American retired political figure Michael Dukakis turns 89 today. He was the Democratic presidential nominee for 1988.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/04/22 at 5:22 am

American retired political figure Michael Dukakis turns 89 today. He was the Democratic presidential nominee for 1988.


Until this happened:

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/22 at 8:38 am

Gail E. Haley, American writer and illustrator, turns 83 today.

She has won the annual awards for children's book illustration from both the American and British librarians, for two different picture books. She won the 1971 Caldecott Medal for A Story a Story (Atheneum Books, 1970), which she retold from an African folktale, and the 1976 Kate Greenaway Medal for The Post Office Cat, her own historical fiction about a London post office.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/22 at 11:59 am

Dick Groat, American two-sport athlete (professional baseball and basketball), turns 92 today.

Best known as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for four National League (NL) teams (mainly the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals) and was named the league's Most Valuable Player in 1960 after winning the batting title with a .325 average for the World Champion Pirates. From 1956 to 1962, he teamed with second baseman Bill Mazeroski to give Pittsburgh one of the game's strongest keystone combinations.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/04/22 at 4:16 pm

Loretta Swit (born Loretta Szwed), American actress and singer, turns 85 today.

Known for her character roles. Swit is best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/04/22 at 4:51 pm

Loretta Swit (born Loretta Szwed), American actress and singer, turns 85 today.

And is as smoking hot as ever.  :P

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Written By: nally on 11/04/22 at 7:41 pm

Until this happened:

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Correct. I was just acknowledging the fact that he won his party’s presidential nomination in 1988…and went on to lose overwhelmingly to Daddy Bush.

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Written By: nally on 11/05/22 at 11:00 am

Elke Sommer, German actress, is 82 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/05/22 at 11:00 am

Art Garfunkel, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/22 at 2:27 am

François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 90 today.

He has made contributions in statistical physics, quantum field theory, cosmology, string theory and supergravity. He is the recipient of the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award in technical and scientific research, together with Peter Higgs and the CERN. Englert was awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics, together with Peter Higgs for the discovery of the Brout-Englert-Higgs mechanism.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/06/22 at 5:19 am

Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager, turns 82 today.

Best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from management in 1985, Giles served as the senior analyst on RTÉ Sport's coverage of association football from 1986 until 2016. The FAI voted Giles as the greatest Irish player of the last 50 years at the UEFA Jubilee Awards in 2004.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/22 at 4:01 am

Eric Kandel, Austrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 93 today.

He specialized in psychiatry, a neuroscientist and a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He was a recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons. He shared the prize with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/22 at 5:08 am

Dame Gwyneth Jones, Welsh soprano, turns 86 today.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos in the second half of the 20th century. She was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1976 and was promoted to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in 1986.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/22 at 8:54 am

Jerry Dean "Jake" Gibbs, American Major League Baseball player, turns 84 today.

He played for the New York Yankees as a platoon catcher from 1962 to 1971. Although Gibbs was the regular starting catcher for New York in 1967 and 1968, he was primarily a back-up for Elston Howard and then Thurman Munson at the tail-end of his career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/22 at 11:50 am

Barbara Liskov (born Barbara Jane Huberman), American computer scientist and academic, turns 83 today.

She has made pioneering contributions to programming languages and distributed computing. Her notable work includes the development of the Liskov substitution principle which describes the fundamental nature of data abstraction, and is used in type theory (see subtyping) and in object-oriented programming. Her work was recognized with the 2008 Turing Award, the highest distinction in computer science.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/22 at 1:11 pm

Johnny Rivers (born John Henry Ramistella), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, turns 80 today.

His repertoire includes pop, folk, blues, and old-time rock 'n' roll. Rivers charted during the 1960s and 1970s but remains best known for a string of hit singles between 1964 and 1968, among them "Memphis" (a Chuck Berry cover), "Mountain of Love" (a Harold Dorman cover), "The Seventh Son" (a Willie Mabon cover), "Secret Agent Man", "Poor Side of Town" (a US No. 1), "Baby I Need Your Lovin'" (a 1967 cover of the Four Tops single from 1964), and "Summer Rain".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/07/22 at 3:52 pm

Jim Kaat, American professional baseball player and television sports commentator, turns 84 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a left-handed pitcher for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins (1959–1973), Chicago White Sox (1973–1975), Philadelphia Phillies (1976–1979), New York Yankees (1979–1980), and St. Louis Cardinals (1980–1983). His 25-year playing career spanned four decades.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/08/22 at 7:47 am

Leslie Phillips, English actor, turns 98 today.

He achieved prominence in the 1950s, often playing smooth, upper-class comic roles utilising his "Ding Dong" and "He-llo" catchphrases. He appeared in the Carry On and Doctor in the House film series as well as the long-running BBC radio comedy series The Navy Lark. In his later career, Phillips took on dramatic roles including providing the voice for the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films.
Sadly, Leslie Phillips passed away yesterday at the age of 98 after suffering from a long undisclosed illness.

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Written By: nally on 11/09/22 at 11:49 pm

American baseball personality Whitey Herzog turns 91 today. He was an outfielder in MLB from 1956 through 1963 with a handful of teams. However, he's best remembered for his managerial career, which spanned from 1973 into 1990; the team that he had his longest managerial stint with was the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1980 into 1990. As skipper of the Cardinals, he guided said team to three NL pennants in the 1980s, including a World Series title in 1982. In 2010, he was elected to the National Baseball Hall Of Fame; that same year, the Cardinals retired his jersey number, 24.

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Written By: nally on 11/09/22 at 11:51 pm

And happy 88th birthday to former Swedish prime minister Ingvar Carlsson. He had two stints as PM: first from 1986-1991; secondly from 1994-1996.

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Written By: nally on 11/09/22 at 11:55 pm

Bob Graham - Democratic politician from Florida - turns 86 today. He served as Governor of Florida from 1979 until 1987, after which he spent 18 years as a U.S. Senator from said state; he retired in 2005 due to health issues.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/22 at 1:16 am

Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian (and former Soviet) theoretical astrophysicist and cosmologist, turns 87 today.

He put forward the idea of white holes in 1964. He also formulated the Novikov self-consistency principle in the mid-1980s, a contribution to the theory of time travel.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/22 at 3:15 am

Tommy Facenda, American rock and roll singer and guitarist, turns 83 today.

He is best known for his 1959 single "High School U.S.A."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/22 at 4:53 am

Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver, turns 83 today.

Known for his four championships in the Australian Touring Car Championship, six wins in the Sandown 500 and his four wins in the Bathurst 500/1000. Moffat was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/10/22 at 9:13 am

Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 80 today.

He won the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH)"

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Written By: nally on 11/11/22 at 11:54 pm

Democratic politician Barbara Boxer turns 82 today. She served 24 years in the U.S. Senate, representing the state of California from 1993 until retiring in 2017. Prior to her Senate stint, she served 10 years as the U.S. representative for California's 6th congressional district.

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Written By: nally on 11/11/22 at 11:56 pm

Also turning 82 today: Dennis Coffey - American guitarist who worked as a studio musician; he even scored a hit of his own with "Scorpio" in 1971.

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Written By: nally on 11/14/22 at 11:46 pm

Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer, turns 83 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/22 at 12:32 pm

Petula Clark, English singer-songwriter and actress, turns 90 today.

He professional career began during the Second World War as a child entertainer on BBC Radio. In 1954 she charted with "The Little Shoemaker", the first of her big UK hits, and within two years she began recording in French. Her international successes have included "Prends mon coeur", "Sailor" (a UK number one), "Romeo", and "Chariot". Hits in German, Italian and Spanish followed. In late 1964 Clark's success extended to the United States with a four-year run of career-defining, often upbeat singles, many written or co-written by Tony Hatch and Jackie Trent. These songs include her signature song "Downtown" and "I Know a Place", "My Love", "A Sign of the Times", "I Couldn't Live Without Your Love", "Who Am I", "Colour My World", "This Is My Song" (by Charles Chaplin), "Don't Sleep in the Subway", "The Other Man's Grass Is Always Greener", and "Kiss Me Goodbye". In the United States Clark was sometimes called "the First Lady of the British Invasion". Clark has sold more than 68 million records. She has also enjoyed success in the musical film Finian's Rainbow and in the stage musicals The Sound of Music, Blood Brothers and Sunset Boulevard.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/15/22 at 2:27 pm

Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer, turns 82 today.

He is known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The high-end Italian fashion house Roberto Cavalli sells luxury clothing, perfume and leather accessories. Former Acne Studios creative consultant Paul Surridge succeeded Peter Dundas as creative director for the brand in May 2017.

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Written By: nally on 11/16/22 at 10:24 pm

American country music singer Troy Seals is 83 years old today.

His two late cousins were Jim Seals (half of the duo Seals & Crofts) and Dan Seals (aka England Dan). He's also the uncle of Brady Seals (a country soloist)

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Written By: nally on 11/16/22 at 10:25 pm

Garnet Mimms - American male R&B/soul musician - turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/16/22 at 10:26 pm

Elizabeth Drew (nee Brenner) - American political journalist and author - turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/17/22 at 7:56 pm

Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot is 84 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/22 at 3:20 am

William Russell, English actor, turns 98 today.

He achieved prominence in 1956 when he took the title role in the ITV television series The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956-57). In 1963, he became part of the original lead cast of BBC1's Doctor Who, playing the role of schoolteacher Ian Chesterton opposite William Hartnell from the show's first episode until 1965. Russell's film roles include parts in The Man Who Never Was (1956), The Great Escape (1963) and Superman (1978). On television, he notably appeared as Ted Sullivan in Coronation Street in 1992. In recent years, Russell has maintained his association with Doctor Who; he returned to the show in 2022, making a cameo appearance as Chesterton in "The Power of the Doctor", 57 years after the character's last television appearance.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/22 at 8:59 am

Penelope Leach (née Balchin), English psychologist and author, turns 85 today.

She researches and writes extensively on parenting issues from a child development perspective. Leach is best known for her book Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five, published in 1977, which has sold over two million copies to date and won the BMA award for "best medical book for general audiences" in 1998.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/22 at 11:25 am

Calvin Klein, American fashion designer, turns 80 today.

He launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc., in 1968. In addition to clothing, he also has given his name to a range of perfumes, watches, and jewellery.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/22 at 2:26 pm

Jerry Sheindlin, American judge and author, turn 89 today.

He spent many years as a trial judge serving the New York Supreme Court. After serving in the Army during the Korean War, Sheindlin received a B.A. from Long Island University and a L.L.B from Brooklyn Law School, in 1959. He is the author of two books, Genetic Fingerprinting: The Law and Science of DNA Evidence and Blood Trail. Following his career as a trial judge, Sheindlin became a television arbitrator when he replaced former New York City Mayor Ed Koch as the presiding judge on The People’s Court in the fall of 1999. This put him in competition with his wife Judith Sheindlin, a fellow former judge who presided over top-rated court show Judge Judy, which ran for 25 seasons from 1996 to 2021 and led to spin-off courtroom streaming series Judy Justice. Jerry presided over The People’s Court for the 1999–2000 season and most of the 2000–2001 season, after which he left the series and was replaced by Marilyn Milian. He is married to Judy Sheindlin, better known as Judge Judy (so named after her court TV series). The two married in 1977, a second marriage for both. They were divorced in 1990, but they remarried a year later.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/19/22 at 4:03 pm

Dick Cavett, American actor and talk show host, turns 86 today.

He appeared regularly on nationally broadcast television in the United States for five decades, from the 1960s through the 2000s. In later years, Cavett has written an online column for The New York Times, promoted DVDs of his former shows as well as a book of his Times columns, and hosted replays of his TV interviews with Bette Davis, Lucille Ball, Salvador Dalí, Groucho Marx, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Marlon Brando, Orson Welles, Woody Allen, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Mitchum, John Lennon, George Harrison, Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Kirk Douglas and others on Turner Classic Movies.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/22 at 2:32 am

Joseph "Joe" Robinette Biden Jr. American politician, turns 80 today.

He is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017. He represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/20/22 at 9:32 am

Estelle Parsons, American actress, turns 95 today. 

After studying law, she became a singer before deciding to pursue a career in acting. She worked for the television program Today and made her stage debut in 1961. During the 1960s, Parsons established her career on Broadway before progressing to film. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Blanche Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and was also nominated for her work in Rachel, Rachel (1968).

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Written By: nally on 11/20/22 at 10:06 am

Joseph "Joe" Robinette Biden Jr. American politician, turns 80 today.

He is the 46th and current president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, Biden previously served as the 47th vice president from 2009 to 2017. He represented Delaware in the United States Senate from 1973 to 2009.

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He is the first-ever sitting US President to turn 80.

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Written By: nally on 11/20/22 at 11:42 am

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He is the first-ever sitting US President to turn 80.

Singer Norman Greenbaum also turns 80 today. His signature hit was "Spirit In The Sky", from 1969.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/22 at 4:43 am

Robert Towne (born Robert Bertram Schwartz), American actor, director, and screenwriter, turns 88 today.

He was part of the New Hollywood wave of filmmaking. He is best known for his Academy Award-winning original screenplay for Roman Polanski's Chinatown (1974), which is widely considered one of the greatest screenplays ever written. He later said it was inspired by a chapter in Carey McWilliams's Southern California Country: An Island on the Land (1946) and a West magazine article on Raymond Chandler's Los Angeles. Towne also wrote the sequel, The Two Jakes (1990); the Hal Ashby comedy-dramas The Last Detail (1973) and Shampoo (1975); and the first two Mission: Impossible films. Towne directed the sports dramas Personal Best (1982) and Without Limits (1998), the crime thriller Tequila Sunrise (1988), and the romantic crime drama Ask the Dust (2006).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 11/23/22 at 10:22 am

Gloria Whelan, American poet, short story writer, and novelist, turns 99 today.

Known primarily for children's and young adult fiction. She won the annual National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000 for the novel Homeless Bird. She also won the 2013 Tuscany Prize for Catholic Fiction for her short story What World Is This? and the work became the title for the independent publisher's 2013 collection of short stories. Whelan's books include many historical fiction novels, including a trilogy set on Mackinac Island and a quartet series set in communist Russia.

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Written By: nally on 11/25/22 at 7:41 pm

Kathryn Crosby - retired American actress and singer - is 89 today. She is the official widow of entertainer Bing Crosby, married to him from 1955 until his death in 1977. (She was technically young enough to be his daughter!)

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Written By: nally on 11/25/22 at 7:42 pm

Bob Lind - American folk musician - turns 80 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 11/25/22 at 7:47 pm

Kathryn Crosby - retired American actress and singer - is 89 today. She is the official widow of entertainer Bing Crosby, married to him from 1955 until his death in 1977. (She was technically young enough to be his daughter!)


She married one Maurice Sullivan back in ‘00.  He was killed at the age of 85 in ‘10, an accident in which Kathryn was seriously injured.  :-\\

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Written By: nally on 11/26/22 at 5:25 pm

Anyways... today is the 88th birthday of Jerry Jameson - an American television and film director, editor and producer.

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Written By: nally on 11/26/22 at 5:35 pm

Singer Tina Turner is 83 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/27/22 at 11:11 am

John Ashworth, English biologist and academic, turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 11/28/22 at 11:57 pm

Happy 93rd birthday to Berry Gordy - American record executive, record producer, songwriter, film producer and television producer. He is best known as the founder of the Motown record label and its subsidiaries, which was the highest-earning African-American business for decades.

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Written By: nally on 11/29/22 at 7:52 pm

Retired sports announcer Ross Porter turns 84 today. He helped call Dodgers baseball games with the late Vin Scully (who would have turned 95 today but went to heaven earlier this year).

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Written By: nally on 11/30/22 at 12:05 am

I almost forgot...

Chuck Mangione - American contemporary jazz musician - turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/30/22 at 11:34 pm

Woody Allen - American film director/actor/screenwriter - turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 11/30/22 at 11:39 pm

Jimmy Bowen - American record producer who started out as a rockabilly musician - turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/01/22 at 12:10 am

Frank Ifield - English-born/Australian-raised country music singer - also turned 85 today. His parents, who were natives of Australia, had moved to England in 1936, a year before their son was born. He continued to live in Australia as he began his music career.

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Written By: nally on 12/01/22 at 12:11 am

Another famous person turns 85 today: Ridley Scott - an English film director and producer.

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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 12/01/22 at 12:22 am

Stevie Nicks 67
Lindsey Buckingham 66
Mick Fleetwood 68
Christine McVie 72


Sadly Christine McVie passed away yesterday at the age of 79 years old.

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Written By: nally on 12/01/22 at 11:45 pm

Retired pro golfer Lee Trevino turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/03/22 at 10:59 am

Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress, turns 91 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/03/22 at 11:10 am

Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress, turns 91 years old today.


She was awesome on The Gong Show.

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Written By: nally on 12/03/22 at 11:13 am

She was awesome on The Gong Show.



That is true, she has appeared on a number of TV game shows.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/22 at 10:22 am

Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer, turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/04/22 at 10:24 am

Max Baer Jr - American actor, director, and producer - turns 85 today. He’s the last surviving cast member of the sitcom Beverly Hillbillies.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/04/22 at 12:22 pm

Max Baer Jr - American actor, director, and producer - turns 85 today. He’s the last surviving cast member of the sitcom Beverly Hillbillies.


Yes, very sad.  Bea Benaderet was the first to go in ‘68, followed by Sharon Tate in ‘69, Irene Ryan in ‘73, Raymond Bailey in ‘80, Richard Deacon in ‘84,  Harriet McGibbon (Mrs Drysdale) in ‘87, Nancy Kulp in ‘91, Buddy Ebsen in ‘03, and Donna Douglas in ‘15.  Even Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs are on the other side of the grass.  :\'(

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Written By: nally on 12/07/22 at 12:50 am

Helen Cornelius, American country singer-songwriter and actress, turned 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/07/22 at 12:53 am

This guy also turned 81 today: Bill Thomas - American California-based politician who was a Republican member of the U.S. House Of Representatives. He served in the House for 28 years - 1979 to 2007, after which he retired.

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Written By: nally on 12/08/22 at 11:45 pm

Jerry Butler - an American soul singer-songwriter, producer, musician, and retired politician - turns 83 today. He was the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group the Impressions, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. (He had a political career in his home state, Illinois, from 1986 until retiring in 2018. He became a widower the following year upon the passing of his wife, Annette, who was a backup singer in his band.)

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Written By: nally on 12/08/22 at 11:46 pm

Irish flute player James Galway also turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/09/22 at 11:39 pm

Actor-director Beau Bridges turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/09/22 at 11:45 pm

Judi Dench, English actress, turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/09/22 at 11:47 pm

Dick Butkus - American football player, sportscaster, and actor - turns 80 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/22 at 3:56 am

Rita Moreno (born Rosa Dolores Alverío Marcano), Puerto Rican actress, dancer, and singer, turns 91 today.

Noted for her work across different areas of the entertainment industry, she has appeared in numerous film, television, and theater projects throughout her extensive career spanning over seven decades and is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema. Her work includes supporting roles in the classic musical films Singin' in the Rain (1952), The King and I (1956), and the 1961 and 2021 film adaptations of West Side Story. Her other notable films include Popi (1969), Carnal Knowledge (1971), The Four Seasons (1981), I Like It Like That (1994) and the cult film Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). She is also known for her work on television including the children's television series The Electric Company (1971–1977), and as Sister Peter Marie Reimondo on the HBO series Oz (1997–2003). She voiced the titular role of in Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? from 1994 to 1999. She also gained acclaim for her roles in Jane the Virgin (2015–2019) and the revival of Norman Lear's One Day at a Time (2017–2020). In theater, she is best known for her role as Googie Gomez in the 1975 musical The Ritz. Among her numerous accolades, Moreno is one of a few performers to have been awarded an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT). She is also one of 24 people who have achieved what is called the Triple Crown of Acting, with individual competitive Academy, Emmy and Tony awards for acting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/22 at 5:28 am

Taku Yamasaki, Japanese politician. turns 86 today.

He served in the House of Representatives from 1972 to 2003 and from 2005 to 2009. He directed the Director General of the Japan Defense Agency for two months in 1989, and served as Minister of Construction from 1991 to 1992. He was a prominent faction leader in the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) during the late 1990s and early 2000s, and served as its Secretary-General and Vice President under Prime Minister Jun'ichirō Koizumi.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/22 at 7:52 am

David Gates, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman, turns 82 today.

He was the co-lead singer (with Jimmy Griffin) of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/22 at 3:02 pm

Thomas McGuane, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter, turns 83 today.

His work includes ten novels, short fiction and screenplays, as well as three collections of essays devoted to his life in the outdoors. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, National Cutting Horse Association Members Hall of Fame and the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/22 at 4:27 pm

Anna Carteret, English actress, turns 80 today.

She is best known for her role as police inspector Kate Longton in the BBC's long-running 1980s television series Juliet Bravo. Other television credits include: The Saint; The Pallisers BBC 1975; Frederic Raphael's The Glittering Prizes BBC 1976, as Barbara Ransome; Send in the Girls; BBC 1996 Eskimo Day as Harriet Lloyd, Star Maidens; Peak Practice as Dr Yvonne Marshall; Holby City (2007) as Carol Lloyd, mother of doctor Diane Lloyd; and Holby City's sister series Casualty (2010) in a one-off appearance as patient Joany Slavin. Films, since 1959, include Dateline Diamonds (1965), The Plank (1967) and Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont (2005). In 2012, she appeared in Private Peaceful.

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Written By: nally on 12/12/22 at 7:33 pm

Singer Dionne Warwick turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/12/22 at 7:34 pm

Retired TV game show host Bob Barker turns 99 today.

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Written By: Howard on 12/13/22 at 3:10 am

Retired TV game show host Bob Barker turns 99 today.


Wow, that's amazing!  :o Happy Birthday to Bob.  :)

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Written By: nally on 12/13/22 at 11:27 pm

Happy 97th birthday to Dick VanDyke - American actor/comedian/singer/dancer.

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Written By: nally on 12/13/22 at 11:29 pm

Ferguson Jenkins - Canadian-born baseball pitcher - turns 80 today. His career spanned from 1965 to 1983; this included two stints with the Chicago Cubs. In 1991 he became the first Canadian-born MLB player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. (That was his third year of eligibility.)

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Written By: nally on 12/14/22 at 9:56 pm

Abbe Lane - American actress, singer, and dancer - turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/16/22 at 12:42 am

Cindy Birdsong, American singer-songwriter, turns 83 today. She was known for her membership with The Supremes from 1967 until 1977. She continued to be musically active in later years; however, she is currently suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. :o

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/16/22 at 5:12 am

Happy 97th birthday to Dick VanDyke - American actor/comedian/singer/dancer.


He spells his last name as Van Dyke (two words), kinda like Eddie Van Halen…

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Written By: nally on 12/16/22 at 8:00 pm

He spells his last name as Van Dyke (two words), kinda like Eddie Van Halen…

I know that. I was in a hurry to type it because I was being called away.

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Written By: nally on 12/16/22 at 8:01 pm

On topic.. Liv Ullmann - Norwegian actress, director, and screenwriter originally from Japan - turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/16/22 at 8:13 pm

Joyce Bulifant, American actress, turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/16/22 at 11:04 pm

Edward Ruscha, American painter and photographer, turns 85 today.

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Written By: c_keenan2001@hotmail.com on 12/17/22 at 12:56 am

Eugene Levy is 76 today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 12/17/22 at 3:15 pm

Pope Francis turns 86 today!

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Written By: nally on 12/17/22 at 3:21 pm

Tommy Steele - English singer, guitarist, and actor - also turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/18/22 at 11:02 am

Jacques Pépin, French-American chef and author, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/19/22 at 11:08 pm

Casper R. Taylor Jr. - American politician from the state of Maryland - turns 88 today. A Democrat, he served as Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates from 1994-2003, among the longest Speaker's tenures in Maryland history.

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Written By: nally on 12/19/22 at 11:10 pm

Ginger Stanley - an American model, actress and stunt woman - turns 91 today.

She is best known for her stunt work in the horror films Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), swimming as a double for lead actress Julie Adams, and the movie's sequel, Revenge of the Creature (1955), swimming as a double for lead actress Lori Nelson.

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Written By: nally on 12/20/22 at 9:29 pm

Kim Weston, American soul singer, turns 83 today. She was Marvin Gaye’s duet partner on the 1966 hit “It Takes Two.”

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Written By: nally on 12/20/22 at 10:15 pm

Jean Carnahan - American politician and writer - turns 89 today.

She was the First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and served as the state's junior United States senator from 2001 to 2002. A Democrat, she was appointed to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been posthumously elected, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the U.S. Senate.

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Written By: nally on 12/21/22 at 8:06 pm

Retired TV talk show host Phil Donahue is 87 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/21/22 at 8:07 pm

Jane Fonda, American actress and activist, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/21/22 at 8:09 pm

Hu Jintao, Chinese engineer and politician who was the 5th Paramount leader of China, turns 80 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 12/21/22 at 9:50 pm

Phil Roman, American animator, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/22/22 at 9:47 pm

Héctor Elizondo, American actor and director, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/23/22 at 7:47 pm

Former Japanese emperor Akihito turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/23/22 at 7:52 pm

Bobby Ross, American football player and coach, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/23/22 at 7:53 pm

Jorma Kaukonen, American male singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/24/22 at 11:37 am

Dr. Anthony Fauci turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/24/22 at 10:09 pm

Former Croatian president Stjepan Mesić is 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/25/22 at 11:56 am

A jazz musician by the name of Bob James turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/25/22 at 9:52 pm

American painter Duane Armstrong turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/26/22 at 11:06 am

Former California governor Gray Davis turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/26/22 at 11:43 am

Abdul “Duke” Fakir, founding member of the Motown quartet the Four Tops, turns 87 today. He has been a constant member of said group, from its formation in 1953 to the present day. In fact, he is the group's lone surviving original member.

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Written By: nally on 12/26/22 at 11:47 am

Canadian ice hockey player Norm Ullman is also 87 years old today. His pro career spanned from 1955 to 1977, and he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on September 8, 1982. :)

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Written By: nally on 12/26/22 at 10:53 pm

Also turning 80 is Catherine Coulter, an American author of romantic suspense thrillers and historical romances.

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Written By: nally on 12/27/22 at 9:31 pm

John Amos, American actor, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/27/22 at 9:32 pm

Mike Pinder - English rock musician who is a founding member and original keyboard player of the British rock group The Moody Blues - turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/28/22 at 7:52 pm

Actress Dame Maggie Smith turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/28/22 at 11:29 pm

Don Francisco - Chilean-born television host - turns 82 today. He has hosted Chilean versions of international game shows, as well as a talk show on the Spanish-language network Telemundo. Additionally, he created the long-running Spanish-language programme Sabado Gigante, which premiered 60 years ago (in 1962) and terminated in 2015 (after 53 years on the air).

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Written By: nally on 12/29/22 at 9:41 pm

Inga Swenson, American actress and singer, turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/29/22 at 9:41 pm

Jon Voight, American actor and producer, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 12/31/22 at 11:07 am

Yesterday was actor Russ Tamblyn's 88th birthday.

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Written By: nally on 12/31/22 at 11:08 am

Baseball Hall-of-Fame pitcher Sandy Koufax turned 87 yesterday.

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Written By: nally on 12/31/22 at 11:09 am

Paul Stookey - the "Paul" in the folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary - turned 85 yesterday. (Ironically, his given first name was Noel; his middle name was Paul, which he has been publicly known by.)

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Written By: nally on 12/31/22 at 11:14 am

Today, Welsh actor/director/producer Anthony Hopkins turns 85.

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Written By: nally on 12/31/22 at 11:18 am

British actress Sarah Miles also has a birthday today; she turns 81.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 12/31/22 at 11:45 am

Yesterday was actor Russ Tamblyn's 88th birthday.


Father of the lovely Amber Tamblyn. :-*

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Written By: nally on 01/01/23 at 11:36 am

Country Joe McDonald, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, is 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/23 at 11:37 am

Frank Langella, American actor, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/23 at 11:38 am

Frederick Wiseman, American director and producer, turns 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/23 at 11:38 am

Don Novello - American comedian, screenwriter and producer - turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/01/23 at 11:40 am

Tony Knowles (Democratic politician), who served as Governor of Alaska from 1994-2002, also turns 80 today.

He’s NOT related to Beyoncé.

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Written By: nally on 01/02/23 at 7:59 pm

Dennis Hastert - American retired politician - turns 81 today. He was a Republican from Illinois who served as a member of the House Of Representatives for 20 years: 1987-2007. During the final 8 years of that span, he was Speaker Of The House.

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Written By: nally on 01/02/23 at 8:00 pm

Jim Bakker, American televangelist, turns 83 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/23 at 4:50 am

W. Michael Blumenthal, American economist and politician, turns 97 today.

He served as United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1979.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/23 at 4:52 am

Today, Welsh actor/director/producer Anthony Hopkins turns 85.
A curious coincidence occurred on Sir Anthony Hopkins' 85th birthday. Pope Benedict XVI died on this day, and Sir Anthony Hopkins was nominated for an acting Oscar playing Pope Benedict XVI in the 2019 film "The Two Popes".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/23 at 7:05 am

Ernst Mahle, German-Brazilian composer and conductor, turns 93 today.

Born in Germany, he became a Brazilian citizen in 1962. In 1953 he was one of the founders of the Escola de Música de Piracicaba. After studying music there, he became artistic director and conductor of the orchestra and choir of the Institute, holding these posts now for almost fifty years. In 2005 he composed the opera O Garatuja, libretto by Eugênio Leandro, based on the homonymous novel by José de Alencar, which was premiered on April 27, 2006, at the Teatro Municipal de Piracicaba "Dr Losso Netto". He is a member of the Brazilian Academy of Music.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/23 at 9:30 am

Gordon Moore, American businessman and engineer, turns 93 today.

He is a co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation. As of March 2021, Moore's net worth is reported to be $12.6 billion.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/23 at 10:49 am

Dabney Coleman, American actor, turns 91 today.

His best known films include The Towering Inferno (1974), 9 to 5 (1980), On Golden Pond (1981), Tootsie (1982), WarGames (1983), Cloak & Dagger (1984), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), Recess: School's Out (2001), Moonlight Mile (2002), and Rules Don't Apply (2016). Coleman's television roles include the title character in Buffalo Bill (1983–1984), Burton Fallin in The Guardian (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in Recess (1997–2001), and Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner in Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011). He has won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/03/23 at 2:33 pm

Sir Geoffrey Bindman, British solicitor, turn 90 today.

He specialised in human rights law, and founder of the human rights law firm Bindman & Partners. He has been Chair of the British Institute of Human Rights since 2005. He won The Law Society Gazette Centenary Award for Human Rights in 2003, and was knighted in 2007 for services to human rights. In 2011 he was appointed Queen's Counsel.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/23 at 5:45 am

Marianne Werner, German shot putter, turns 99 today.

She specialized in throwing events. She competed in the shot put and discus throw at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics and earned two medals in the shot put. She won the European title in this event in 1958 and finished fifth in 1954.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/23 at 8:29 am

Barbara Rush, American actress, turns 96 today.

In 1954, she won the Golden Globe Award as most promising female newcomer for her role in the 1953 American science-fiction film It Came from Outer Space. Later in her career, Rush became a regular performer in the television series Peyton Place, and appeared in TV movies, miniseries, and a variety of other programs, including the soap opera All My Children and family drama 7th Heaven, as well as starring in films, including The Young Philadelphians, The Young Lions, Robin and the 7 Hoods, and Hombre. She married actor Jeffrey Hunter in 1950; they divorced in 1955. She married publicist Warren Cowan in 1959, but they divorced in 1969. Rush married sculptor Jim Gruzalski in 1970 after they met at an Engelbert Humperdinck concert. They divorced in 1973. Her daughter is new report Claudia Cowan (with Cowan).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/04/23 at 12:10 pm

Clint Hill, American secret service agent and author, turns 91 today.

He served under five United States presidents, from Dwight D. Eisenhower to Gerald Ford. Hill is best known for his act of bravery while in the presidential motorcade on November 22, 1963 when United States President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. During the assassination, Hill ran from the Secret Service follow up car, behind the presidential limousine, leaped onto the back of it and shielded Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the stricken president with his body as the car raced to Parkland Memorial Hospital. This action was documented in the Zapruder film. Since the death of Nellie Connally in September 2006, Hill is the last surviving person who was in the presidential limousine that day.

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Written By: nally on 01/04/23 at 7:42 pm

Actress Dyan Cannon turns 86 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/23 at 12:34 am

Alfred Brendel, Austrian pianist, poet and author, turns 92 today.

Known particularly for his performances of Mozart, Schubert, Schoenberg, and especially Beethoven.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/23 at 4:26 am

Robert Duvall, American actor and director, turns 92 today.

His career spans more than six decades. He has been nominated for seven Academy Awards (winning for his performance in Tender Mercies) and seven Golden Globe Awards (winning four), and has won a BAFTA, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy Award. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2005, and loves the smell of napalm in the morning.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/23 at 7:30 am

Murli Manohar Joshi, Indian politician, turns 89 today.

He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of which he was the President between 1991 and 1993, and the former Member of Parliament for Kanpur parliamentary constituency. He was formerly a professor of Physics in Allahabad University. He was one of the key leader of the BJP. Joshi later became the Union Human Resources Development minister in the National Democratic Alliance government. Joshi was awarded Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian award, in 2017 by the Government of India.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/05/23 at 12:44 pm

Juan Carlos I of Spain, turns 85 today.

He is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from November 1975 until his abdication in June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the Rey Emérito ("King Emeritus").

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Written By: nally on 01/06/23 at 1:07 am

Charlie Rose, American journalist and talk show host, turned 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/06/23 at 7:32 pm

Sylvia Syms - English actress - turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/06/23 at 10:45 pm

Nino Tempo - American musician, singer, and actor - turns 88 today. He was a duet partner with his older sister April Stevens (nee Caroline Vincinette LoTempio) as well as the frontman for a 1970s funk band, 5th Ave. Sax. (Nino's birth name was Antonino LoTempio.)

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Written By: nally on 01/07/23 at 10:52 am

Terry Moore, American actress, turns 94 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/23 at 11:08 am

Bob Eubanks, American game show host and producer, turns 85 today.

I had the pleasure of seeing him in person on August 12th 2018, when he appeared on stage at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza to discuss how he arranged for the Beatles to perform concerts in Southern California in 1964.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/23 at 11:09 am

Welsh singer Shirley Bassey turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/08/23 at 12:57 pm

Charles Osgood, American soldier and journalist, turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/09/23 at 10:59 pm

American folk singer Joan Baez turns 82 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/23 at 4:29 am

Tony Soper, English ornithologist and author, turns 94 today.

He co-founded the BBC's Natural History Unit as its first film producer, with Patrick Beech the then South West Controller. Cutting his teeth on the LOOK series he organised far-flung wildlife filming projects. He presented live television programmes, including Birdwatch, Birdspot, Discovering Birds, Discovering Animals, Beside the Sea, Wildtrack and Nature. Soper also co-presented Animal Magic with Johnny Morris for a few years in the 1960s. For many years he also had a regular column in the RSPB members' magazine.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/10/23 at 7:43 am

Sir Rod Stewart, British rock and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, turns 78 today.

Born and raised in London, he is of Scottish and English ancestry. With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold over 250 million records worldwide. He has had 10 number-one albums and 31 top ten singles in the UK, 6 of which reached number one. Stewart has had 16 top ten singles in the US, with four reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100. He was knighted in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to music and charity.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/23 at 6:02 am

Roger Guillemin, French-American physician and endocrinologist, and Nobel Prize laureate, turns 99 today.

He received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neurohormones, sharing the prize that year with Andrew Schally and Rosalyn Sussman Yalow.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/23 at 7:16 am

Alfonso Arau, Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer, turns 91 today.

He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/23 at 9:00 am

Jean Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and politician, turns 89 today.

He served as the 20th prime minister of Canada from 1993 to 2003.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/23 at 11:07 am

Arthur Scargill, English miner, activist, and politician, turns 85 today.

He was President of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) from 1982 to 2002. Joining the NUM at the age of nineteen in 1957, he became one of its leading activists in the late 1960s. He led an unofficial strike in 1969, and played a key organising role during the strikes of 1972 and 1974, the latter of which helped in the downfall of Edward Heath's Conservative government.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/23 at 3:10 pm

Gérson (Gérson de Oliveira Nunes), Brazilian footballer, turns 82 today.

Nicknamed Canhotinha de ouro (literally: Golden left foot), is a Brazilian former association footballer who played as a midfielder. He won numerous national trophies with the club sides of Flamengo, Botafogo, São Paulo and Fluminense. He is widely known as being "the brain" behind the Brazilian Football Team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/11/23 at 3:34 pm

Anne Heggtveit, Canadian alpine ski racer, turns 84 today.

She was an Olympic gold medallist and double world champion in 1960.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/23 at 2:14 am

Alasdair MacIntyre, Scottish-American philosopher and academic, turns 94 today.

His After Virtue (1981) is one of the most important works of Anglophone moral and political philosophy in the 20th century. He is senior research fellow at the Centre for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies in Ethics and Politics (CASEP) at London Metropolitan University, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, and Permanent Senior Distinguished Research Fellow at the Notre Dame Center for Ethics and Culture. During his lengthy academic career, he also taught at Brandeis University, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, and Boston University.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/23 at 7:05 am

Jennifer Johnston, Irish author and playwright, turns 93 today.

She has won a number of awards, including the Whitbread Book Award for The Old Jest in 1979 and a Lifetime Achievement from the Irish Book Awards (2012). The Old Jest, a novel about the Irish War of Independence, was later made into a film called The Dawning, starring Anthony Hopkins, produced by Sarah Lawson and directed by Robert Knights.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/12/23 at 11:48 am

Kreskin (born George Joseph Kresge), American mentalist, turns 88 today.

He became popular on television in the 1970s. He was inspired to become a mentalist by Lee Falk's comic strip Mandrake the Magician, which features a crime-fighting stage magician. He has always presented himself as an "entertainer," never as a psychic, who operates on the basis of suggestion, not the paranormal or supernatural.

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Written By: nally on 01/13/23 at 9:16 pm

Frances Sternhagen, American actress, turns 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/23 at 10:13 am

Shannon Lucid - American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut - turns 80 today. She has flown in space five times, including including a prolonged mission aboard the Russian space station Mir in 1996, and is the only American woman to have stayed on Mir. From 1996 to 2007, Lucid held the record for the longest duration spent in space by an American, and by a female.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/23 at 10:19 am

Clarence Carter - American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer - turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/14/23 at 10:19 am

Faye Dunaway, American actress and producer, turns 82 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/14/23 at 11:15 am

Clarence Carter - American blues and soul singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer - turns 87 today.


With his classic tune, Patches…

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/23 at 7:55 am

Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell), American actress, turns 96 today.

With a career spanning over fifty years. She is best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/15/23 at 8:38 am

Margaret O'Brien (born Angela Maxine O'Brien), American film, radio, television, and stage actress, and is one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema, turns 86 today.

Beginning a prolific career as a child actress in feature films for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer at age four, O'Brien became one of the most popular child stars in cinema history and was honored with a Juvenile Academy Award as the outstanding child actress of 1944. In her later career, she appeared on television, on stage, and in supporting film roles.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 01/15/23 at 8:59 am

Phyllis Coates (born Gypsie Ann Evarts Stell), American actress, turns 96 today.

With a career spanning over fifty years. She is best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman.


Phyllis Coates----without question, the single best Lois Lane in the history of all Lois Lanes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/23 at 2:16 am

Ronnie Milsap (born Ronald Lee Millsaps), American singer and pianist, turns 80 today.

He was one of country music's most popular and influential performers of the 1970s and 1980s. Nearly completely blind from birth, he became one of the most successful and versatile country "crossover" singers of his time, appealing to both country and pop music markets with hit songs that incorporated pop, R&B, and rock and roll elements. His biggest crossover hits include "It Was Almost Like a Song", "Smoky Mountain Rain", "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me", "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World", "Any Day Now", and "Stranger in My House". He is credited with six Grammy Awards and 35 number-one country hits, third to George Strait and Conway Twitty.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/16/23 at 4:41 am

Sir Peter Hirsch, German-English metallurgist and academic, turns 98 today.

He has made fundamental contributions to the application of transmission electron microscopy to metals. Hirsch attended Sloane Grammar School, Chelsea, and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. In 1946 he joined the Crystallography Department of the Cavendish to work for a PhD on work hardening in metals under W.H. Taylor and Lawrence Bragg. He subsequently carried out work, which is still cited, on the structure of coal. In the mid-1950s he pioneered the application of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to metals and developed in detail the theory needed to interpret such images. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1963 and knighted in 1975.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/23 at 2:50 am

Newton N. Minow, American attorney and former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, turns 97 today.

He is famous for his speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland". While still maintaining a law practice, Minow is currently the Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Chicago. Minow has been active in Democratic party politics. He is an attorney in private practice concerning telecommunications law and is active in many nonprofit, civic, and educational institutions. Barack Obama named him a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2016.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/17/23 at 5:19 am

Newton N. Minow, American attorney and former Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, turns 97 today.

He is famous for his speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland". While still maintaining a law practice, Minow is currently the Honorary Consul General of Singapore in Chicago. Minow has been active in Democratic party politics. He is an attorney in private practice concerning telecommunications law and is active in many nonprofit, civic, and educational institutions. Barack Obama named him a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom for 2016.


His daughter Nell Minow once spoke at one of my classes in Chicago.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/23 at 8:22 am

James Earl Jones, American actor, turns 92 today.

A pre-med major in college, he served in the United States Army during the Korean War before pursuing a career in acting. Since his Broadway debut in 1957, he has performed in several Shakespeare plays including Othello, Hamlet, Coriolanus, and King Lear. Jones made his screen debut in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film Dr. Strangelove. After working steadily in the theater, Jones won his first Tony Award in 1968 for his role in The Great White Hope, which he reprised in the 1970 film adaptation earning him Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. Jones starred with Diahann Carroll in the acclaimed 1974 romantic comedy-drama film Claudine, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He won his second Tony Award in 1987 for his role in August Wilson's Fences. He became well known as the voice of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars film trilogy, released between 1977 and 1983.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/23 at 10:51 am

Toini Gustafsson (born Toini Karvonen), Swedish cross country skier, turns 85 today.

She competed in the 1964 and 1968 Winter Olympics and won four medals. Gustafsson also won the 10 km race at the Holmenkollen ski festival in each of 1960, 1967, and 1968. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships she collected three medals with a silver in 1962 (3 × 5 km relay) and two bronzes in 1966 (10 km and 3×5 km relay).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/23 at 2:09 pm

Maury Povich, American television personality, turns 84 today.

Best known for hosting the tabloid talk show Maury. He began his career as a radio reporter, initially at WWDC. In the late 1980s he gained national fame as the host of tabloid infotainment TV show A Current Affair, based at Fox's New York flagship station WNYW. In 1991 he co-produced his own show The Maury Povich Show, which in 1998 was rebranded as Maury.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/23 at 3:12 pm

Kipchoge Keino, Kenyan athlete, turns 83 today.

He was the chairman of the Kenyan Olympic Committee (KOC) until 29 September 2017. A two-time Olympic gold medalist, Keino was among the first in a long line of successful middle and long distance runners to come from the country and has helped and inspired many of his fellow countrymen and women to become the athletics force that they are today. In 2000, he became an honorary member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won the 1500 metres gold medal (defeating American favourite and world record holder Jim Ryun by 20 metres, the largest winning margin in the history of the event) and 5000 m silver medal. Four years later, he won the 3000 metres steeplechase gold and 1500 metres silver at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/17/23 at 4:29 pm

Chris Montez (born Ezekiel Christopher Montañez), American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 80 today .

His stylistic approach has ranged from rock & roll to pop standards and Latin music. His rock sound is exemplified in songs such as his 1962 hit "Let's Dance", which reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. When his early music's popularity began to fade, he switched to a more traditional role as a popular singer of soft ballads, scoring hits with “The More I See You” and “Call Me" in 1966. He has also recorded in Latin styles.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/17/23 at 6:14 pm

Maury Povich, American television personality, turns 84 today.

Best known for hosting the tabloid talk show Maury. He began his career as a radio reporter, initially at WWDC. In the late 1980s he gained national fame as the host of tabloid infotainment TV show A Current Affair, based at Fox's New York flagship station WNYW. In 1991 he co-produced his own show The Maury Povich Show, which in 1998 was rebranded as Maury.


Hubby to the lovely Connie Chung :-* 

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/23 at 2:45 am

Sir John Boorman, English filmmaker, turns 90 today.

Best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Zardoz, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General, The Tailor of Panama and Queen and Country. He has directed 22 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory). He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. In 2004 Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In January 2022 Boorman received a knighthood.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/18/23 at 4:46 am

Sir John Boorman, English filmmaker, turns 90 today.

Best known for his feature films such as Point Blank, Hell in the Pacific, Deliverance, Zardoz, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Excalibur, The Emerald Forest, Hope and Glory, The General, The Tailor of Panama and Queen and Country. He has directed 22 films and received five Academy Award nominations, twice for Best Director (for Deliverance, and Hope and Glory). He is also credited with creating the first Academy Award screeners to promote The Emerald Forest. In 2004 Boorman received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. In January 2022 Boorman received a knighthood.


I’d like to see him team up with Jon Voight, Ronny Cox, and the banjo dude for a Deliverance reboot.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/23 at 6:38 am

Lucile Randon, French nun and Supercentenarian, turns 117 today.

She worked as a gouvernante in various families, and became a religious sister at age 41. For 31 years she worked in a hospital in Vichy, then moved to a nursing home in Haute-Savoie for 30 years, and finally to Toulon since 2009. She is known by her religious name Sœur André and uses a wheelchair. Randon had three brothers, and a twin sister who died as an infant. On her birthday in 2019, she commented: "115 years is enough, I hope the Good Lord takes me this year". Toulon's mayor, Hubert Falco, presented her with the city's honorary citizenship. She also was reacquainted, 88 years later, with Didier Borione, 91, for whom she cared when he was two years old, and who located her using the Internet. Sshe is the oldest living person in Europe and the second-oldest validated living person in the world, behind Kane Tanaka.

Sadly, Lucile Random passed away in her sleep today yesterday at the age of 118.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/23 at 8:48 am

David Howell, Baron Howell of Guildford, British Conservative politician, journalist, and economic consultant, turns 87 today.

Having been successively Secretary of State for Energy and then for Transport under Margaret Thatcher, Howell has more recently been a Minister of State in the Foreign Office from the election in 2010 until the reshuffle of 2012.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/18/23 at 11:49 am

Anthony Giddens, English sociologist and academic, turns 85 today.

He is known for his theory of structuration and his holistic view of modern societies. He is considered to be one of the most prominent modern sociologists and the author of at least 34 books, published in at least 29 languages, issuing on average more than one book every year. In 2007, Giddens was listed as the fifth most-referenced author of books in the humanities. He has academic appointments in approximately twenty different universities throughout the world and has received numerous honorary degrees.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/23 at 3:05 am

Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren, American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model, turns 93 today.

A successful fashion model from her twenties, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines among others, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961. She received world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller The Birds in 1963, for which she won a Golden Globe, and the psychological drama Marnie in 1964. Hedren has appeared in over eighty films and TV shows including Charlie Chaplin's final film, A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), the Alexander Payne political satire Citizen Ruth (1996), and the David O. Russell existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004), and her contributions to world cinema have been honored with the Jules Verne Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame among others. In 1952, Hedren met and married 18-year-old future advertising executive Peter Griffith and is mother to actress Melanie Griffith.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/23 at 7:02 am

January 19th 1931 – Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author, turns 92 today.

He is a retired television news anchor who partnered with Jim Lehrer to create The MacNeil/Lehrer Report in 1975.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/23 at 7:48 am

Richard Lester (born Richard Lester Liebman), American film director based in Britain, turns 91 today.

He is known for his work with the Beatles in the 1960s and his work on the Superman film series in the 1980s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/23 at 12:03 pm

Michael Crawford (born Michael Patrick Smith), English actor, comedian and singer, turns 81 today.

He has received great critical acclaim and won numerous awards during his career, which covers radio, television, film, and stage work on both London's West End and on Broadway in New York City. He is best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 1970s British sitcom, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (which made him a household name), as well as for originating the title role in The Phantom of the Opera.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/23 at 2:45 pm

Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, turns 80 today.

She is the third daughter of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. As an aunt of the reigning monarch, King Willem-Alexander, she is a member of the Dutch Royal House and currently eighth and last in the line of succession to the throne. Princess Margriet has often represented the monarch at official or semi-official events. Some of these functions have taken her back to Canada, the country where she was born de facto, and to events organised by the Dutch merchant navy of which she is a patron.

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Written By: Butterball on 01/19/23 at 8:58 pm

I didn't know Bob Barker from the Price is Right was still alive. He will be 100 years old in December.

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Written By: nally on 01/20/23 at 8:35 pm

I didn't know Bob Barker from the Price Is Right was still alive. He will be 100 years old in December.

Let’s hope he makes it.

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Written By: nally on 01/20/23 at 8:36 pm

On topic:

Buzz Aldrin - American colonel, pilot, and astronaut - turns 93 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/20/23 at 8:54 pm

Let’s hope he makes it.


Yeah. Larry Storch and Betty White stopped just short of the century mark. Let’s just hope that ‘The Price is Right’ for Bob.

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Written By: nally on 01/20/23 at 9:22 pm

^ Hopefully the Price will be Right for him. 326 days to go.

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Written By: nally on 01/20/23 at 9:24 pm

On topic: English actor and writer Tom Baker is 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/20/23 at 11:28 pm

Carol Heiss - American former figure skater and actress - turns 83 today. Competing in ladies' singles, she became the 1960 Olympic champion, the 1956 Olympic silver medalist, and a five-time World champion (1956 through 1960).

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Written By: nally on 01/21/23 at 11:06 am

Jack Nicklaus, American golfer and sportscaster, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/21/23 at 1:37 pm

Placido Domingo, Spanish tenor and conductor, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/22/23 at 10:17 am

Piper Laurie, American actress, turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/24/23 at 7:37 pm

Two famous male singers turn 82 today: Neil Diamond and Aaron Neville.

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Written By: nally on 01/24/23 at 10:51 pm

American novelty singer Ray Stevens turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/24/23 at 10:53 pm

And here is yet another male musician celebrating a birthday today... Doug Kershaw - American fiddle player and singer - turns 87.

He is NOT related to British new wave singer Nik Kershaw or American baseball pitcher Clayton Kershaw.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/23 at 2:13 am

Another male musician:

Benny Golson, bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger, turns 94 today.

He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launching his solo career. Golson is known for co-founding and co-leading The Jazztet with trumpeter Art Farmer in 1959. From the late 1960s through the 1970s Golson was in demand as an arranger for film and television and thus was less active as a performer, but he and Farmer reformed the Jazztet in 1982. In addition to "I Remember Clifford", many of Golson's compositions have become jazz standards including "Blues March", "Whisper Not", and "Killer Joe".

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/25/23 at 2:22 am

And here is yet another male musician celebrating a birthday today... Doug Kershaw - American fiddle player and singer - turns 87.

He is NOT related to British new wave singer Nik Kershaw or American baseball pitcher Clayton Kershaw.


Is he related to Ron Kershaw, who used to date newsbabes Jessica Savitch and Jiselle Fernandez :-*?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/25/23 at 3:34 am

Leiji Matsumoto, Japanese author, illustrator, and animator, turns 85 today.

He is the creator of several anime and manga series. His wife Miyako Maki is also a manga artist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/23 at 5:13 am

Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, and educator, turns 94 today.

He was considered the most widely read satirist in the country. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1986 as North-America's leading editorial cartoonist, and in 2004 he was inducted into the Comic Book Hall of Fame. He wrote the animated short Munro, which won an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Library of Congress has recognized his "remarkable legacy", from 1946 to the present, as a cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, adult and children's book author, illustrator, and art instructor.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/23 at 7:03 am

Huey "Piano" Smith, American rhythm-and-blues pianist whose sound was influential in the development of rock and roll, turns 89 today.

His piano playing incorporated the boogie styles of Pete Johnson, Meade Lux Lewis, and Albert Ammons, the jazz style of Jelly Roll Morton and the rhythm-and-blues style of Fats Domino. Steve Huey of AllMusic noted that "At the peak of his game, Smith epitomized New Orleans R&B at its most infectious and rollicking, as showcased on his classic signature tune, 'Don't You Just Know It.'"

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/23 at 7:48 am

Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster and actor, turns 89 today.

Facetiously dubbed "Mr. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson, Uecker has served as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts since 1971. He was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with its 2003 Ford C. Frick Award in recognition of his broadcasting career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/23 at 1:02 pm

Sal Buscema, American comics artist, turns 87 today.

Primarily for Marvel Comics, where he enjoyed a ten-year run as artist of The Incredible Hulk. He is the younger brother of comics artist John Buscema.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/26/23 at 1:29 pm

Henry Jaglom, English-American director and screenwriter, turns 85 today.

He acted, wrote and directed off-Broadway theater and cabaret before settling in Hollywood in the late 1960s. Under contract to Columbia Pictures, Jaglom guest-starred in such TV shows as Gidget (1965) and The Flying Nun (1967), and acted in a number of films which included Richard Rush's Psych-Out (1968), Boris Sagal's The Thousand Plane Raid (1969), Jack Nicholson's Drive, He Said (1971), Dennis Hopper's The Last Movie (1971), Maurice Dugowson's Lily, aime-moi (1975) and Orson Welles' never-completed The Other Side of the Wind (2018).

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Written By: nally on 01/27/23 at 7:50 pm

James Cromwell, American actor, turns 83 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 01/27/23 at 7:51 pm

Nick Mason, a founding member of the British rock band Pink Floyd, turns 79 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/28/23 at 11:47 am

Roy Clarke - English screenwriter, comedian and soldier - turns 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/28/23 at 11:48 am

Alan Alda - American actor, screenwriter, and director - turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/29/23 at 10:13 am

Katharine Ross, American actress and author, turns 83 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 01/29/23 at 11:29 am

Katharine Ross, American actress and author, turns 83 today.


And she’s as hot as ever…

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Written By: nally on 01/29/23 at 10:55 pm

Germaine Greer, female Australian journalist and author, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/23 at 7:44 pm

Vanessa Redgrave, English actress, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/23 at 7:45 pm

And a very happy 93rd birthday to actor Gene Hackman.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/23 at 7:46 pm

Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 01/30/23 at 7:47 pm

Retired baseball manager Davey Johnson turns 80 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/23 at 8:11 am

Kenzaburō Ōe, Japanese author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 88 today.

He is a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism, and existentialism. Ōe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/23 at 10:38 am

Philip Glass, American composer and pianist, turns 86 today.

He is widely regarded as one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century. Glass's work has been associated with minimalism, being built up from repetitive phrases and shifting layers. Glass describes himself as a composer of "music with repetitive structures", which he has helped evolve stylistically. Glass founded the Philip Glass Ensemble, with which he still performs on keyboards. He has written fifteen operas, numerous chamber operas and musical theatre works, fourteen symphonies, twelve concertos, nine string quartets and various other chamber music, and many film scores. Three of his film scores have been nominated for an Academy Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 01/31/23 at 2:52 pm

Beatrix of the Netherlands, turns 85 today.

She is a member of the Dutch royal house who reigned as Queen of the Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013. Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. Upon her mother's accession in 1948, she became heir presumptive.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/23 at 1:40 am

Garrett Morris, American comedian, actor, and singer, turns 86 today.

He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980, and played Jimmy on The Jeffersons (1983–1984). Morris also had a role as Junior "Uncle Junior" King on the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show, which aired from 1996 to 2001. Morris had a starring role as Earl Washington on the CBS sitcom 2 Broke Girls, from 2011 to 2017. He was also known for his role in the sitcom Martin as Stan Winters, from 1992 to 1995, and the movie Cooley High. He played Slide in Car Wash (1976), and Carl in The Census Taker (1984).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/23 at 3:08 am

Jacky Cupit, American golfer, turns 85 today.

As a member of the Cougars golf team, he earned All-American honours in 1959 and 1960, turned pro in 1960, and joined the PGA Tour in 1961. His older brother, Buster, was a professional golfer who played mainly in Texas and Oklahoma. Cupit played on the PGA Tour from 1961 to 1973 and had four victories. His first came at the Canadian Open in 1961, helping him to win the PGA's Rookie of the Year award. His last tour win came in 1966 at the Cajun Classic. Cupit's best finish in a major was runner-up at the U.S. Open in 1963, when he and Arnold Palmer lost to Julius Boros in a three-way playoff. After reaching the age of 50 in 1988, Cupit played part-time on the Senior PGA Tour.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/23 at 4:37 am

Jerry Spinelli, American writer of children's novels, turns 82 today.

His books feature adolescence and early adulthood. He is best known for Maniac Magee, Stargirl and Wringer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/01/23 at 7:15 am

David Sincock, Australian cricketer, turns 81 today.

He played in three Test matches from 1964 to 1966. Nicknamed "Evil Dick" by his teammates, Sincock was called "one of the most interesting bowlers I have ever played against" by Garry Sobers, who claimed that Sincock turned the ball more than any other bowler he had faced and had an unreadable googly. However, Sobers noted that Sincock was too inconsistent, bowling an over of long hops and full tosses for every unplayable delivery. His last Test was against England in the Third Test at Sydney in 1965-66, Sincock was hit for 0/98, but made a fighting 29 and 27 as Australia suffered their worst home defeat in over 50 years. The selectors promptly dropped five players including Sincock and the stand-in captain, Brian Booth, neither of whom played for Australia again.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/23 at 2:15 am

Dries van Agt, Dutch politician and jurist, turns 92 today.

A diplomat of the defunct Catholic People's Party (KVP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party and jurist who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 19 December 1977 until 4 November 1982.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/23 at 5:21 am

Judith Viorst, American journalist and author, turns 92 today.

She is known for her humorous observational poetry and for her children's literature. This includes The Tenth Good Thing About Barney (about the death of a pet) and the Alexander series of short picture books, which includes Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (1972), which has sold over two million copies.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/23 at 7:17 am

Graham Nash, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 81 today.

He is known for his light tenor voice and for his songwriting contributions as a member of the English pop/rock group the Hollies and the folk-rock supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash. Nash became an American citizen on 14 August 1978 and holds dual citizenship with the United Kingdom and the United States. Nash is a photography collector and a published photographer. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1997 and as a member of the Hollies in 2010.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/23 at 8:04 am

February 2nd 1933 or 1935 – Than Shwe, Burmese general and politician, turns either 90 or 88 today.

He was the head of state of Burma from 1992 to 2011 as Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC). During this period, he held key positions of power including Prime Minister of Burma, Commander-in-chief of Myanmar Defense Services and head of the Union Solidarity and Development Association. In March 2011 he officially stepped down as head of state in favour of his hand-picked successor, Thein Sein, and as head of the Armed Forces, being replaced by general Min Aung Hlaing.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/23 at 11:28 am

Don Buford, American baseball player and coach, turns 86 today.

He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1963 through 1972, most notably as the leadoff hitter for the Baltimore Orioles dynasty that won three consecutive American League pennants from 1969 to 1971 and won the World Series in 1970. He also played for the Chicago White Sox and played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1973 to 1976. Buford also played as an infielder and was a switch hitter who threw right-handed.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/23 at 1:26 pm

Evgeny Velikhov, Russian physicist and academic, turns 88 today.

His scientific interests include plasma physics, lasers, controlled nuclear fusion, power engineering and magnetohydrodynamics (high-power pulsed MHD generators). He is the author of over 1500 scientific publications and a number of inventions and discoveries.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/02/23 at 2:05 pm

Tom Smothers, American comedian, actor, and activist, turns 86 today.

Best known as half of the musical comedy duo the Smothers Brothers, alongside his younger brother Dick.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/04/23 at 10:13 am

Isabel Peron, the President of Argentina from 1974 to 1976, turns 92 today.

She was one of the first female republican heads of state in the world, and the first woman to serve as president of a country.

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Written By: nally on 02/04/23 at 10:15 am

Ken Thompson, American computer scientist and programmer, turns 80 today. He is credited with co-developing the B programming language.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/05/23 at 10:16 am

A Canadian ice hockey player named Don Cherry turns 89 today. (He is not to be confused with two same-named musicians who are now deceased.)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/23 at 4:32 am

Mamie Van Doren, American actress, turns 92 today.

Known for Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women (1968), Teacher's Pet (1958) and The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966). She has been married to Thomas Dixon since June 26, 1979. She was previously married to Ross McClintock, Lee Meyers, Ray Anthony and Jack Newman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/23 at 5:43 am

Mike Farrell, American actor, turns 84 today.

Best known for his role as Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on the television series M*A*S*H (1975–83). Farrell was a producer of Patch Adams (1998) starring Robin Williams, and starred in the television series Providence (1999–2002). He is also an activist and public speaker for various political causes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/23 at 7:01 am

Tom Brokaw, American network television journalist and author, turns 83 today.

He first served as the co-anchor of The Today Show from 1976 to 1981 with Jane Pauley, then as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News for 22 years (1982–2004). At this position he was one of the "Big Three anchors" along with Dan Rather and Peter Jennings. In the previous decade he served as a weekend anchor for the program from 1973 to 1976. He is the only person to have hosted all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He formerly held a special correspondent post for NBC News. He occasionally writes and narrates documentaries for other outlets. Along with his competitors Peter Jennings at ABC News and Dan Rather at CBS News, Brokaw was one of the "Big Three" U.S. news anchors during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/23 at 9:25 am

Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian and actor, turns 83 today.

He was a host of Sunday Night at the London Palladium in the mid-1960s, and hosted numerous game shows and quiz shows on ITV during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s. He is also known for leading ITV's Live From Her Majesty's and its subsequent incarnations during the 1980s. Actress and television and radio presenter Liza Tarbuck is his daughter.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/23 at 11:24 am

Dave Berry (born David Holgate Grundy), English pop singer, turns 82 today.

He performed a mixture of R&B, rock and pop ballads and was popular in Britain, and in Continental Europe, especially Belgium and the Netherlands. His best-remembered hits are "Memphis, Tennessee", "The Crying Game" (1964) and his 1965 hit "Little Things", a cover version of Bobby Goldsboro's Stateside Top 40 success. "This Strange Effect" (1965), written by Ray Davies, became a Number One hit for him in the Netherlands and Belgium, countries where he still enjoys celebrity status, having received an award from Radio Veronica, Netherlands, for their best selling pop single of all time. B. J. Thomas's sentimental "Mama" (1966) and "Don't Gimme No Lip Child", the latter is the flip to Berry's No. 5 hit single, "The Crying Game", in 1964, and covered by the Sex Pistols, were other notable recordings.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/06/23 at 1:17 pm

Gayle Hunnicutt, American actress, turns 80 today.

During her film career, Hunnicutt was typecast as a brunette sexpot. She portrayed Emaline Fetty, a con woman trying to extort money from the Clampetts in two episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies in 1966. She co-starred with James Garner in the detective film Marlowe (1969), in which her character was a glamorous Hollywood actress. After she moved to England with husband David Hemmings in 1970, Hunnicutt was able to use the finer range of her acting. She and Hemmings co-starred in two horror films in the early 1970's, Fragment of Fear (1970) and Voices (1973). She had a prominent role as Charlotte Stant in Jack Pulman's television adaptation of Henry James's novel The Golden Bowl (1972). She played Lionel's wife in The Legend of Hell House (1973) and Tsarina Alexandra in the television miniseries Fall of Eagles (1974). She appeared as Irene Adler, opposite Jeremy Brett, in the first episode of the TV series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ("A Scandal in Bohemia", 1984). She also appeared in another Marlowe mystery in an episode of HBO's Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (1983), this time starring Powers Boothe. She had a supporting role in the thriller Target (1985), co-starring Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon. Hunnicutt returned to the United States in 1989 to play the role of Vanessa Beaumont in Dallas until 1991.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/07/23 at 12:41 am

Also turning 80 today (February 6th): singer Fabian, who was a teen idol in his heyday.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/23 at 4:27 am

Gay Talese, American writer, turns 91 today.

As a journalist for The New York Times and Esquire magazine during the 1960s, Talese helped to define contemporary literary journalism. Talese's most famous articles are about Joe DiMaggio and Frank Sinatra.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/07/23 at 5:13 am

Also turning 80 today (February 6th): singer Fabian, who was a teen idol in his heyday.


Fabian tried to reignite his career when, at the age of 30, he did a nude pictorial in Playgirl :o. Turned out that it further tanked his career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/23 at 6:23 am

Eddie Fenech Adami, Maltese politician and Nationalist politician, turns 89 today.

He served as the prime minister of Malta from 1987 until 1996, and again from 1998 until 2004. Subsequently, he was the seventh president of Malta from 2004 to 2009. He led his party to win five general elections, in 1981, 1987, 1992, 1998 and 2003. Staunchly pro-European, Fenech Adami was fundamental for Malta's accession to the European Union.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/23 at 9:12 am

Herbert H. Kohl, American businessman and politician, turns 88 today.

Alongside his brother and father, the Kohl family created the Kohl's department stores chain, of which Kohl went on to be president and CEO. Kohl also served as a United States senator from Wisconsin from 1989 to 2013 as a member of the Democratic Party. He chose not to seek re-election in 2012 and was succeeded by fellow Democrat Tammy Baldwin. Kohl is also the former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/23 at 11:27 am

Peter Jay, English economist, journalist, and diplomat, turns 86 today.

He was commissioned in the Royal Navy, then worked as a civil servant at HM Treasury before becoming a journalist and, for 10 years, economics editor with The Times. He married Margaret Callaghan, the daughter of Labour politician James Callaghan, in 1961. In 1977, when his father-in-law had become Prime Minister, Jay was appointed to the post of Ambassador to the United States by the Foreign Secretary, his friend David Owen.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/07/23 at 3:06 pm

Eric Foner, American historian, turns 80 today.

He writes extensively on American political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African-American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography, and has been a member of the faculty at the Columbia University Department of History since 1982. He is the author of several popular textbooks. According to the Open Syllabus Project, Foner is the most frequently cited author on college syllabi for history courses.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/23 at 2:03 am

John Williams, American composer, conductor and pianist, turns 91 today.

In a career that has spanned seven decades, he has composed some of the most popular, recognizable, and critically acclaimed film scores in cinematic history. Williams has won 25 Grammy Awards, seven British Academy Film Awards, five Academy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards. With 52 Academy Award nominations, he is the second most-nominated individual, after Walt Disney.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/23 at 5:38 am

February 8th 1933 – Elly Ameling, Dutch soprano, turns 90 today.

She is particularly known for lieder recitals and for performing works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Performing with distinguished pianists and ensembles around the globe, she was awarded various honours and recording prizes.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/23 at 6:22 am

Ted Koppel, British-born American broadcast journalist, turns 83 today.

Best known as the anchor for Nightline, from the program's inception in 1980 until 2005. Before Nightline, he spent 20 years as a broadcast journalist and news anchor for ABC. After becoming host of Nightline, he was regarded as one of the most outstanding of the serious-minded interviewers on American television. Five years after its 1980 debut, the show had a nightly audience of about 7.5 million viewers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/23 at 7:40 am

Nick Nolte, American actor, turns 82 today.

He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1991 film The Prince of Tides. He went on to receive Academy Award nominations for Affliction (1998) and Warrior (2011).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/23 at 9:04 am

Tom Rush, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, turns 82 today.

He is credited by Rolling Stone magazine with ushering in the era of the singer-songwriter. In addition to performing his own compositions, he sang songs by Joni Mitchell, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Murray McLauchlan, David Wiffen and William Hawkins, helping them to gain recognition early in their careers. His 1968 composition "No Regrets" has become a standard, with numerous cover versions having been recorded (Rush did two radically different versions himself). These include The Walker Brothers, who gave Tom Rush Top Ten credit as a songwriter on the UK Singles Chart, Emmylou Harris, who included the song on her 1988 album Bluebird, and Midge Ure whose cover also made the UK Top Ten.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/08/23 at 1:33 pm

Robert Klein, American comedian, actor, and singer, turns 81 today.

He is known for his appearances on stage and screen. He has released four standup comedy specials: A Child of the 50s (1973), Mind Over Matter (1974), New Teeth (1975), and Let's Not Make Love (1990). The first two albums received Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nominations. Klein hosted Saturday Night Live in its first season in 1975 and again in 1978. Klein made his Broadway debut in the 1966 production of The Apple Tree opposite Alan Alda. He earned a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical nomination for his performance in Neil Simon's musical comedy They're Playing Our Song (1979). He is known for his film roles in The Owl and the Pussycat (1970), Mixed Nuts (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Primary Colors (1998), The Safety of Objects (2001), Two Weeks Notice (2002), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), and Reign Over Me (2007).

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Written By: nally on 02/09/23 at 8:08 pm

Happy 80th birthday to actor Joe Pesci.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/23 at 5:00 am

Leontyne Price, American operatic soprano, turns 96 today.

From 1961 she began a long association with the Metropolitan Opera, where she was the first African American to be a leading performer. She regularly appeared at the world's major opera houses, including the Royal Opera House, San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and La Scala; at La Scala, she was also the first African American to sing a leading role. She was particularly renowned for her performances of the title role in Verdi's Aida.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/23 at 5:50 am

Robert Wagner, American actor of stage, screen, and television, turns 93 today.

Best known for starring in the television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch (1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He also had a recurring role as Teddy Leopold in the TV sitcom Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and made twelve guest appearances (2010-2019) as Anthony DiNozzo Sr. in the police procedural NCIS. In films, Wagner is known for his role as Number 2 in the Austin Powers trilogy of films (1997, 1999, 2002), as well as for A Kiss Before Dying (1956), The Pink Panther (1963) and its 1983 sequel, Harper (1966), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Concorde ... Airport '79 (1979) and many more. He is the widower of actress Natalie Wood.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/23 at 8:08 am

James Edward Maceo West, American inventor and acoustician, turns 92 today.

He holds over 250 foreign and U.S. patents for the production and design of microphones and techniques for creating polymer foil electrets.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/23 at 1:40 pm

Roberta Flack, American singer-songwriter and pianist, turns 86 today.

She is known for her No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", "Feel Like Makin' Love"; and "Where Is the Love" and "The Closer I Get to You", two of her many duets with Donny Hathaway. Flack is the only solo artist to win the Grammy Award for Record of the Year on two consecutive years: "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" won at the 1973 Grammys and "Killing Me Softly with His Song" won at the 1974 Grammys.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/23 at 4:07 pm

Mary Rand (née Bignal), English sprinter and long jumper, turns 83 today.

She won the long jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics by breaking the world record, the first British female to win an Olympic gold medal in track and field. She remains the only Great Britain female athlete to win three medals in a single Games.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/10/23 at 5:57 pm

Robert Wagner, American actor of stage, screen, and television, turns 93 today.

He is the widower of actress Natalie Wood.


Definitely a “person of interest”.  :-X

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Written By: nally on 02/11/23 at 9:45 am

Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian pianist and composer, turns 82 today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/11/23 at 9:46 am

Actress Tina Louise, the last remaining cast member of the sitcom Gilligan’s Island, turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/12/23 at 10:38 am

Judy Blume, Jewish-American author and educator, is 85 years old today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/13/23 at 7:48 pm

Kim Novak, retired American actress, turns 90 today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/14/23 at 9:16 pm

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg turns 81 today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/15/23 at 7:40 pm

Claire Bloom, English actress, turns 92 today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/16/23 at 7:59 pm

American baseball personality Tim McCarver turns 81 today.

Sadly, Mr. McCarver has recently kicked the bucket, so we won't be mentioning him on this thread anymore. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 02/17/23 at 10:31 pm

Roger Craig - American baseball player, coach, and manager - turns 93 today.

He pitched in MLB from 1955 through 1966 (the first 7 seasons of which were spent with the Dodgers franchise). He managed the San Diego Padres in the late 1970s, and the San Francisco Giants from 1985 through 1992.

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Written By: nally on 02/17/23 at 10:33 pm

Jim Brown - former American football player, sports analyst and actor - turns 87 today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/18/23 at 6:53 am

Jim Brown - former American football player, sports analyst and actor - turns 87 today.


Wow. I thought he had bought it back in ‘06.  :-[

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 02/18/23 at 7:19 am

Yoko Ono is 90 today. Born on February 18, 1933.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/18/23 at 10:12 am

Wow. I thought he had bought it back in ‘06.  :-[

You’re probably confusing him with the singer James Brown who passed away on Christmas Day 2006.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/18/23 at 10:51 am

You’re probably confusing him with the singer James Brown who passed away on Christmas Day 2006.


They’re not the same guy? ???  :-[

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/18/23 at 11:32 am

They’re not the same guy? ???  :-[

Of course not. ::) The singer would have turned 90 this May if he were still alive.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/18/23 at 1:17 pm

Of course not. ::) The singer would have turned 90 this May if he were still alive.


Well they’re only 3 years apart. Easy to confuse them.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/18/23 at 2:08 pm

Well they’re only 3 years apart. Easy to confuse them.

And while Jim is a common nickname for James, I don’t think anyone ever called the singer “Jim.” Also, I’m pretty sure I made it clear in my original post that the man still alive was a sports personality, not a musician.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/18/23 at 2:44 pm

And while Jim is a common nickname for James, I don’t think anyone ever called the singer “Jim.” Also, I’m pretty sure I made it clear in my original post that the man still alive was a sports personality, not a musician.


Some sports figures cross over, such as Mike Reid who went from being a big time footballer to singing his own tunes as well as writing stuff for Bonnie Raitt. So it’s not unheard-of.

I similarly got confused between Joe Jackson (father of Michael Jackson and member of the R&B Hall of Fame) and musician Joe Jackson (whose real name is David Ian Jackson).  So it happens.  :-[

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/18/23 at 3:21 pm

Some sports figures cross over,

Which I am well aware of. In fact, many such people have done so.
For example, the late baseball personality Tim McCarver (who just expired earlier this week) recorded a music album in 2009 when he was 68: Tim McCarver McCarver Sings Selections from the Great American Songbook.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tim-mccarver-mn0000595676/discography

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/18/23 at 3:29 pm

Which I am well aware of. In fact, many such people have done so.
For example, the late baseball personality Tim McCarver (who just expired earlier this week) recorded a music album in 2009 when he was 68: Tim McCarver McCarver Sings Selections from the Great American Songbook.
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/tim-mccarver-mn0000595676/discography


I remember that album. Never realized it was the baseballer.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/19/23 at 11:20 am

On topic: Joseph P. Kerwin - American captain, physician, and astronaut - turns 91 today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/19/23 at 11:22 am

Singer Smokey Robinson turns 83 today.

His Miracles bandmate Bobby Rogers would have also turned that age today but passed away ten years ago. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 02/19/23 at 11:22 am

Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter, turns 80 years old today.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/19/23 at 12:21 pm

Lou Christie, American singer-songwriter, turns 80 years old today.


I always mistakenly thought that there was a group called The Lou Christie Minstrels.  ;D  :-[

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: nally on 02/19/23 at 1:20 pm

I always mistakenly thought that there was a group called The Lou Christie Minstrels.  ;D  :-The Lou Christie Minstrels.  ;D 

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/23 at 1:59 am

Bob Richards, American athlete, minister, and politician, turns 97 today.

He made three U.S. Olympic Teams in two events: the 1948, 1952, and 1956 Summer Olympics as a pole vaulter and as a decathlete in 1956. He won gold medals in pole vault in both 1952 and 1956, becoming the only male two-time champion in the event in Olympic history. While still an active athlete, Richards became an ordained minister. He ran for President of the United States in 1984 on the Populist Party ticket.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/23 at 3:15 am

Roy Face (born Elroy Face), American baseball player and carpenter, turns 95 today.

Nicknamed The Bullpen Baron, a professional baseball relief pitcher. During a 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A pioneer of modern relief pitching, he was the archetype of what came to be known as the closer, and the National League's greatest reliever until the late 1960s, setting numerous league records during his career.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/20/23 at 5:15 am

Roy Face, American baseball player and carpenter, turns 95 today.

Nicknamed The Bullpen Baron, a professional baseball relief pitcher. During a 17-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, he pitched primarily for the Pittsburgh Pirates. A pioneer of modern relief pitching, he was the archetype of what came to be known as the closer, and the National League's greatest reliever until the late 1960s, setting numerous league records during his career.


Birth name, Elroy Face.  He was legendary with his unpredictable fork ball pitching style.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/23 at 5:51 am

John Milnor, American mathematician, turns 92 today.

Known for his work in differential topology, algebraic K-theory and low-dimensional holomorphic dynamical systems. Milnor is a distinguished professor at Stony Brook University and one of the five mathematicians to have won the Fields Medal, the Wolf Prize, and the Abel Prize (the others being Serre, Thompson, Deligne, and Margulis.)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/23 at 8:18 am

Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet, turns 88 today.

She won a National Book Award for her 1984 collection of short stories, Victory Over Japan.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/23 at 10:32 am

Robert Huber, German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 86 today.

Known for his work crystallizing an intramembrane protein important in photosynthesis and subsequently applying X-ray crystallography to elucidate the protein's structure. In 1977 Huber was awarded the Otto Warburg Medal. In 1988 he was awarded the Nobel Prize and in 1992 the Sir Hans Krebs Medal.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/20/23 at 2:37 pm

February 20th 1941 (approximate date) – Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Mari, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer, turns 82 today.

Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. She has won recognition, awards and honours for her music as well as her work in education and social activism. Among her most popular songs are "Universal Soldier", "Cod'ine", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Now That the Buffalo's Gone", and her covers of Mickey Newbury's "Mister Can't You See" and Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game". Her music has been recorded by Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, Cher, Donovan, Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Roberta Flack, Janis Joplin, and Glen Campbell.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: LyricBoy on 02/20/23 at 6:20 pm

Ellen Gilchrist, American novelist, short story writer, and poet, turns 88 today.

She won a National Book Award for her 1984 collection of short stories, Victory Over Japan. In 1977 Huber was awarded the Otto Warburg Medal.

? ? ?  ??? ??? ??? ???

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/21/23 at 11:54 am

? ? ?  ??? ??? ??? ???
That was a mistakenly error, an amalgamation of two people. Huber, a Nobel Prize Laureate, was someone else.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/23 at 2:26 am

Paul Dooley (born Paul Lee Brown), American character actor, writer and comedian, turns 95 today.

He is known for his roles in Breaking Away, Sixteen Candles, and Popeye.

Subject: Re: Some very old celebrities still alive

Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/23 at 3:09 am

James Hong, American actor and director, turns 94 today.

He has worked in numerous productions in American media since the 1950s, portraying a variety of East Asian roles. He became known to audiences through starring in the detective series The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957–1958), and through frequent appearances on many television shows including the original Hawaii Five-O (1969–1974), Bonanza (1960), Perry Mason (1962–1963), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1966), I Spy (1965–1967), and Kung Fu (1972–1975). He has appeared in numerous films, in both comedic and dramatic roles, including Kahn the butler in Chinatown (1974) and its sequel The Two Jakes (1990), Hannibal Chew in Blade Runner (1982), David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Jeff Wong in Wayne's World 2 (1993), Master Hong in Balls of Fury (2007), Jerry Chen in R.I.P.D. (2013) and Gong Gong in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).

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Written By: ChrisBodilyTM on 02/22/23 at 6:38 am

James Hong, American actor and director, turns 94 today.

He has worked in numerous productions in American media since the 1950s, portraying a variety of East Asian roles. He became known to audiences through starring in the detective series The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1957–1958), and through frequent appearances on many television shows including the original Hawaii Five-O (1969–1974), Bonanza (1960), Perry Mason (1962–1963), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1966), I Spy (1965–1967), and Kung Fu (1972–1975). He has appeared in numerous films, in both comedic and dramatic roles, including Kahn the butler in Chinatown (1974) and its sequel The Two Jakes (1990), Hannibal Chew in Blade Runner (1982), David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China (1986), Jeff Wong in Wayne's World 2 (1993), Master Hong in Balls of Fury (2007), and Jerry Chen in R.I.P.D. (2013).


Don't forget his role as Gong Gong in Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/23 at 9:44 am

Rebecca Schull (née Wattenberg), American stage, film, and television actress. turns 94 today.

Best known for her role as Fay Cochran in the NBC sitcom Wings (1990–1997).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/22/23 at 1:19 pm

February 22nd 1933 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent (born Katharine Lucy Mary Worsley), turns 90 today.

She is a member of the British royal family. She is married to Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, who is a first cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II. The Duchess of Kent gained attention for her conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1994; she was the first member of the royal family to convert publicly since the passing of the Act of Settlement 1701. The Duchess is strongly associated with the world of music and has performed as a member of several choirs.

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Written By: nally on 02/24/23 at 9:21 pm

Dominic Chianese, American actor and singer, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/24/23 at 9:28 pm

Joanie Sommers, American singer, turns 82 today. She is best known for her 1962 hit song “Johnny Get Angry.”

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Written By: nally on 02/24/23 at 9:28 pm

Joe Lieberman, American lawyer and politician, turns 81 today. He was Al Gore’s running mate in 2000.

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Written By: nally on 02/24/23 at 11:31 pm

Also turning 81 today: Celia Kaye - American actress, best known for her starring role in the 1964 film adaptation of Island of the Blue Dolphins; she won a Golden Globe for said performance.

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Written By: nally on 02/25/23 at 12:24 pm

Former TV talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/26/23 at 11:01 am

Bill Duke, American actor and director, turns 80 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 02/26/23 at 2:11 pm

Former TV talk show host Sally Jessy Raphael turns 88 today.


Born Sally Lowenthal in Easton, PA.  8)

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Written By: nally on 02/28/23 at 12:03 am

Joanne Woodward - American actress - turned 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/28/23 at 12:04 am

Ralph Nader - American politician - turned 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 02/28/23 at 12:08 am

Barbara Babcock, American actress, is 86 (born February 27th 1937).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/23 at 4:15 am

Leon Cooper, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 93 today.

With John Bardeen and John Robert Schrieffer were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (1972), having developed the BCS theory of superconductivity. He is also the namesake of the Cooper pair and co-developer of the BCM theory of synaptic plasticity.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/23 at 5:36 am

Jeff Farrell, American swimmer, turns 86 today.

He won a gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle at the 1959 Pan American Games in Chicago. In 1960, six days after having an appendectomy, Farrell qualified at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he received gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. teams in the 4×100-meter medley relay and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Farrell is a multiple U.S. Masters Swimming world-record holder, and has held the fastest national times in his age group in dozens of events over past decades. He was photographed for and featured in ESPN's "The Body" issue in 2010.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 02/28/23 at 9:45 am

Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 84 today.

He is the Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus, at Princeton University. Tsui's areas of research include electrical properties of thin films and microstructures of semiconductors and solid-state physics. Tsui shared the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics with Robert B. Laughlin and Horst L. Störmer "for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/23 at 2:00 am

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr), American singer-songwriter and actor, turns 96 today.

He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).Belafonte and Marguerite Byrd were married from 1948 to 1957. They have two daughters: Adrienne and Shari Belafonte. They separated when Byrd was pregnant with Shari. Adrienne and her daughter Rachel Blue founded the Anir Foundation / Experience, focused on humanitarian work in southern Africa. Shari is a photographer, model, singer, and actress and is married to actor Sam Behrens.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/23 at 3:29 am

Robin Gray, Australian politician, turns 83 today.

He was Premier of Tasmania from 1982 to 1989. A Liberal, he was elected Liberal state leader in 1981 and in 1982 defeated the Labor government of Harry Holgate on a policy of "state development," particularly the building of the Franklin Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Franklin River. He was only the second non-Labor premier to hold the post in 48 years, and the first in 51 years to govern in majority.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/01/23 at 3:47 am

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr), American singer-songwriter and actor, turns 96 today.

He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).


Also known as the father of Shari Belafonte-Harper.  :-*

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/23 at 5:57 am

Robert Hass, American poet, turns 82 today.

He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He won the 2007 National Book Award and shared the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for the collection Time and Materials: Poems 1997–2005. In 2014 he was awarded the Wallace Stevens Award from the Academy of American Poets.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/23 at 7:05 am

Richard Myers, American general, turns 81 today.

He is the 14th president of Kansas State University and a retired four-star general in the United States Air Force who served as the 15th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As Chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States military forces.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/23 at 7:39 am

Gil Amelio, American businessman, turns 80 today.

He worked at Bell Labs, Fairchild Semiconductor, and the semiconductor division of Rockwell International, and also a former CEO of National Semiconductor and Apple Computer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/23 at 8:22 am

Roger Daltrey, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor, turns 79 today.

He is a co-founder and the lead singer of the rock band the Who. Daltrey's hit songs with the Who include "My Generation", "Pinball Wizard", "Won't Get Fooled Again", "Baba O'Riley" and "You Better You Bet". He began his solo career in 1973, while still a member of the Who. Since then he has released ten solo studio albums, five compilation albums, and one live album. His solo hits include "Giving It All Away", "Walking the Dog", "Written on the Wind", "Free Me", "Without Your Love" and "Under a Raging Moon".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/01/23 at 9:54 am

Mike d'Abo, English singer. English singer and songwriter, turns 79 today.

Best known as the lead vocalist of Manfred Mann from 1966 to their dissolution in 1969, and as the composer of the songs "Handbags and Gladrags" and "Build Me Up Buttercup", the latter of which was a hit for The Foundations. With Manfred Mann, d'Abo achieved six top twenty hits on the UK Singles Chart including "Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James", "Ha! Ha! Said The Clown" and the chart topper "Mighty Quinn"

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Written By: nally on 03/01/23 at 11:51 pm

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr), American singer-songwriter and actor, turns 96 today.

He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).Belafonte and Marguerite Byrd were married from 1948 to 1957. They have two daughters: Adrienne and Shari Belafonte. They separated when Byrd was pregnant with Shari. Adrienne and her daughter Rachel Blue founded the Anir Foundation / Experience, focused on humanitarian work in southern Africa. Shari is a photographer, model, singer, and actress and is married to actor Sam Behrens.

I’m glad that he is still around! O0

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/02/23 at 5:00 am

John Irving (born John Wallace Blunt Jr), American novelist and screenwriter, turns 81 today.

He achieved critical and popular acclaim after the international success of The World According to Garp in 1978. Many of Irving's novels, including The Cider House Rules (1985), A Prayer for Owen Meany (1989), and A Widow for One Year (1998), have been bestsellers. He won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in the 72nd Academy Awards (1999) for his script of The Cider House Rules.

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Written By: nally on 03/02/23 at 10:07 pm

George Layton, English actor, director, and screenwriter, is 80 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/04/23 at 10:13 am

Russell Freeburg, American journalist and author, turns 100 years old today!

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Written By: nally on 03/04/23 at 10:14 am

Paula Prentiss, American actress, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/05/23 at 10:52 am

Paul Sand, retired American actor, turns 91 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/05/23 at 10:52 am

A musician by the name of Paul Evans turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/05/23 at 10:54 am

Felipe González, former prime minister of Spain, turns 81 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/05/23 at 1:41 pm

Paul Sand, retired American actor, turns 91 years old today.


Born Pablo Sanchez, back in the day he was everywhere on TV. He played roles in Bewitched, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Blunder Woman, Fantasy Island (Dee plane! Dee plane!), Taxi, Laverne & Shirley, Gloria, The Love Boat, Trapper John, Who Da Boss?, Magnum PI, La Law, and that’s just a few.  8). Even signed on with Gimme A Break.

He was also on the Big Screen, including Can’t Stop the Music (the Village People flick), Adam & Steve, and Queer Eye for the Homeless Guy. Despite his numerous roles in gay-related flicks, Mr. Sand is as straight as they come.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/23 at 1:17 am

William H. Webster, American lawyer and jurist, turns 99 today.

He most recently served as chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2005 until 2020. He was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit before becoming director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1978 to 1987 and director of Central Intelligence (CIA) from 1987 to 1991. He is the only person to have held both positions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/23 at 2:37 am

Alan Greenspan, American economist and politician, turns 97 today.

He works as a private adviser and provides consulting for firms through his company, Greenspan Associates LLC. First nominated to the Federal Reserve by President Ronald Reagan in August 1987, he was reappointed at successive four-year intervals until retiring on January 31, 2006, after the second-longest tenure in the position, behind only William McChesney Martin. President George W. Bush appointed Ben Bernanke as his successor. Greenspan came to the Federal Reserve Board from a consulting career. Although he was subdued in his public appearances, favorable media coverage raised his profile to a point that several observers likened him to a "rock star". Democratic leaders of Congress criticized him for politicizing his office because of his support for Social Security privatization and tax cuts

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/23 at 8:11 am

Ron Delany, Irish former athlete, turns 88 today.

He specialised in middle-distance running. He won a gold medal in the 1500 metres event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He later earned a bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships in Stockholm. Delany also competed at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern and the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, though he was less successful on these occasions. He retired from competitive athletics in 1962. Delany is one of Ireland's most recognisable Olympians and international ambassadors.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/23 at 9:53 am

Valentina Tereshkova, Russian engineer, member of the State Duma, and former Soviet cosmonaut, turns 86 today.

She is known for being the first and youngest woman in space, having flown a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/23 at 12:43 pm

Joanna Miles, American actress, turns 83 today.

She received two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Laura Wingfield in the 1973 film production of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/06/23 at 4:36 pm

Ben Murphy (born Benjamin Edward Castleberry Jr.), American actor, turns 81 today.

From 1971–73, he starred in Alias Smith and Jones with Pete Duel (1971–72) and Roger Davis (1972–73). After Alias Smith and Jones, Murphy joined Lorne Greene in the 1973 ABC crime drama Griff. He played detective S. Michael "Mike" Murdock, assistant to Greene's character, Wade "Griff" Griffin, a Los Angeles retired police officer turned private eye. The series had some notable guest stars but folded after thirteen weeks.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/23 at 1:33 am

David Baltimore, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 85 today.

He has profoundly influenced international science, including key contributions to immunology, virology, cancer research, biotechnology, and recombinant DNA research, through his accomplishments as a researcher, administrator, educator, and public advocate for science and engineering. In 1975, he shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Howard Temin and Renato Dulbecco, "for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell”.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/23 at 5:11 am

Janet Guthrie, American professional race car driver, turns 85 today.

She was the first woman to qualify and compete in both the Indianapolis 500 and the Daytona 500, both in 1977. She had first attempted to enter the Indianapolis 500 in 1976 but failed to qualify. She raced in three Indy 500s: 1977-79. She was also the first woman to lead a lap in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Guthrie was originally an aerospace engineer, and after graduating from the University of Michigan with a physics degree in 1960, she worked with Republic Aviation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/23 at 7:29 am

Danyel Gérard (born Gérard Daniel Kherlakian), French singer-songwriter, turns 84 today.

After enjoying a major hit with the French version of Pat Boone's "Speedy Gonzales" ("Le petit Gonzalès"), despite competition from a version by Dalida, in 1963 he became to the first signing to the new Disc AZ label, issuing two further EPs for them before unleashing his best recording of the period, a revival of Chuck Berry's "Memphis, Tennessee". Further hits followed but by the mid-sixties his star had waned and he moved into record production, most notably for Michel Corringe. He returned in 1970 with the French hit "Même un clown" but his international breakthrough came in 1971 with "Butterfly", which he recorded in several languages and which has sold seven million copies. It charted across Europe, reaching #1 in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, and France, #5 in the Netherlands, and #10 in the UK; in the US it peaked at #78. It was awarded a gold disc by the Recording Industry Association of America. It has since become a pop standard, and was also used in the film The Mad Aunts Strike Out.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/23 at 9:22 am

Daniel J. Travanti (born Danielo Giovanni Travanti), American actor, turns 83 today.

He is best known for playing police captain Frank Furillo in the television drama series Hill Street Blues (1981–1987) for which he received a Golden Globe Award and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards from many nominations.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/23 at 1:08 pm

Piers Paul Read, English historian and author, turns 82 today.

He was first noted in 1974 for a book of reportage, Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors, later adapted as a feature film and a documentary. Read was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he studied history. Among his most popular works are The Professor's Daughter, A Married Man, and A Season in the West. In addition to his written works, Read is also a dramatist and television scriptwriter. In recent years, he has produced a number of authorized biographies and popular history books which are intended for a general audience. Read has worked and lived in both the United Kingdom and the United States, where he published many of his recent works. Read was awarded the Sir Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for The Junkers, the Hawthornden Prize and Somerset Maugham Award for Monk Dawson, the Thomas More Medal for Alive, and the Enid McLeod Award for The Free Frenchman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/23 at 2:18 pm

Michael Eisner, American businessman, turn 81 today.

He was the former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of The Walt Disney Company from September 1984 to September 2005. Prior to Disney, Eisner was president of rival film studio Paramount Pictures from 1976 to 1984, and had brief stints at the major television networks NBC, CBS, and ABC.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/07/23 at 3:39 pm

Chris White, English singer-songwriter and bass player, turns 80 today.

His music career spans more than 50 years. He came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the bass guitarist and occasional lead vocalist of the English rock band The Zombies. White is one of the main composers of the Zombies' music, and made major lyrical contributions to the band's songs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 1:02 am

Douglas Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell, English politician, turns 93 today.

He served in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major from 1979 to 1995. A career diplomat and political secretary to Prime Minister Edward Heath, Hurd first entered Parliament in February 1974 as MP for the Mid Oxfordshire constituency (Witney from 1983). His first government post was as Minister for Europe from 1979 to 1983 (being that office's inaugural holder) and he served in several Cabinet roles from 1984 onwards, including Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1984–85), Home Secretary (1985–89) and Foreign Secretary (1989–95). He stood unsuccessfully for the Conservative Party leadership in 1990, and retired from frontline politics during a Cabinet reshuffle in 1995. In 1997, Hurd was elevated to the House of Lords and is one of the Conservative Party's most senior elder statesmen. He is a patron of the Tory Reform Group. He retired from the Lords in 2016.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 2:31 am

John McPhee, American writer, turns 92 today.

He is considered one of the pioneers of creative nonfiction. He is a four-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category General Nonfiction, and he won that award on the fourth occasion in 1999 for Annals of the Former World (a collection of five books, including two of his previous Pulitzer finalists). In 2008, he received the George Polk Career Award for his "indelible mark on American journalism during his nearly half-century career". Since 1974, McPhee has been the Ferris Professor of Journalism at Princeton University.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 3:30 am

Gerald Potterton, British–Canadian director, writer, producer and animator, turns 92 today.

He is best known for directing the cult classic Heavy Metal and his animation work on Yellow Submarine. Potterton has been nominated three times for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film: as director on the National Film Board of Canada animated shorts My Financial Career and Christmas Cracker, and as producer for The Selfish Giant.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 5:42 am

George Coleman, American jazz saxophonist, turns 88 today.

Known for his work with Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock in the 1960s. In 2015, he was named an NEA Jazz Master.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 7:04 am

Sue Ane Langdon, American actress and singer, turns 87 today.

She has appeared in dozens of television series and had featured roles in films like A Guide for the Married Man and The Cheyenne Social Club, both directed by Gene Kelly, as well as The Rounders opposite Henry Fonda and Glenn Ford and a pair of Elvis Presley movies, Roustabout and Frankie and Johnny.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 10:02 am

Lynn Seymour (born Berta Lynn Springbett), Canadian ballerina and choreographer, turns 84 today.

In 1956, she joined Covent Garden Opera Ballet, then moved to the Touring Royal Ballet in 1957 and a year later to the main company of the Royal Ballet as a soloist dancer, becoming a principal in 1959. Her first created role was the Adolescent in Kenneth MacMillan's The Burrow (1958), one of many ballets on which she worked with this choreographer. Her lyrical technique, her unconventional style and the very intense dramatic powers were developed through the wide range of roles he made on her including The Girl in The Invitation (1960) and The Fiancé in Le baiser de la fée (1960). She soon debuted in the classics by dancing Odette-Odile (1958, on tour in Australia), Giselle and Aurora (both 1960) and was the Young Girl in Ashton's comedy ballet The Two Pigeons (1961) in which she began a much praised partnership with Christopher Gable.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 1:30 pm

Lidiya Skoblikova, Russian speed skater and coach, turns 84 today.

She represented the USSR Olympic team during the Olympic Winter Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968, and won a total of six gold medals, a record she shares with Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst. She also won 25 gold medals at the world championships and 15 gold medals at the USSR National Championships in several distances. She was also the first athlete to earn six gold medals in the Winter Olympics and the first to earn four gold medals at a single Olympic Winter Games. She was the most successful athlete at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, sharing the honour for 1960 Games with her compatriot Yevgeny Grishin.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 3:12 pm

Micky Dolenz, American actor, musician, TV producer and businessman, turns 78 today.

He is best known as the vocalist and drummer for the 1960s pop-rock band the Monkees (1966–1968) and a co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). Upon the death of Michael Nesmith in 2021, Dolenz became the only surviving member of the band.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/23 at 5:24 pm

Carole Bayer Sager, American singer-songwriter, turns 76 today.

She has won an Academy Award (out of six nominations), a Grammy Award (out of nine nominations), and two Golden Globe Awards (out of seven nominations). She was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987. Bayer Sager won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1982 for "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)", which was the theme song of the movie Arthur. Bayer Sager received the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1987 for the song "That's What Friends Are For", which she co-wrote with Bacharach. This song was originally written for the movie Night Shift (1982), and it was recorded for this movie by Rod Stewart. The song was popularized in a 1986 cover version by Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight, and Elton John. She married composer and pianist Burt Bacharach in 1982, divorced in 1991, and now is married to Robert Daly, former chairman of Warner Brothers and former chairman / CEO of the Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, and currently chairman of the American Film Institute (AFI).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/23 at 1:12 am

March 9th 1923 – James L. Buckley, American jurist, politician, civil servant, attorney, businessman, and author, turns 100 today.

He currently serves as the Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, he previously served as a United States Senator from New York as a member of both the Republican Party and the Conservative Party of New York from 1971-1977. He was also the Republican nominee in the 1980 Connecticut Senate race, however was defeated by Democrat Chris Dodd.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/23 at 1:54 am

March 9th 1934 – Joyce Van Patten, American actress, turns 89 today.

After working in theatre, she progressed to television and films. She appeared in guest or recurring roles on Stoney Burke, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Untouchables, The Law and Mr. Jones, The Twilight Zone ("Passage on the Lady Anne"), The Jack Benny Program, Family Affair, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Andy Griffith Show, Mr. Novak, The Outer Limits, Mannix, The Rockford Files, The Bob Newhart Show, The Odd Couple, The F.B.I., Lou Grant, Law & Order, Oz, and The Sopranos. On a 1976 episode of Columbo, "Old Fashioned Murder", Van Patten played the lead, as a museum owner and curator who commits murder. In 1974, she had a minor role in the episode "Negative Reaction" (with Dick Van Dyke) of the same series. In 1979, she starred as Iris Chapman in The Mary Tyler Moore Hour, and appeared in The Martian Chronicles the following year. In 1995, she played Maureen, Jennie's mother, for two seasons on the WB sitcom Unhappily Ever After. In 2005, she played Carol Prudy, Susan Mayer's stepmother, on two episodes of Desperate Housewives. Her film credits include I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Trouble with Girls (1969), Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You (1970), Making It (1971), Something Big (1971), Bone (1972), Thumb Tripping (1972), Mame (1974), The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975), The Bad News Bears (1976), Mikey and Nicky (1976), The Falcon and the Snowman (1985), St. Elmo's Fire (1985), Billy Galvin (1986), Blind Date (1987), Monkey Shines (1988), Grown Ups (2010), This Must Be the Place (2011), and God's Pocket (2014). In 2018 she appeared in the short film The Rest. She is the younger sister of actor Dick Van Patten, and the half-sister of actor/director Tim Van Patten and actor John Van Patten. She was married to actor Martin Balsam from 1959 to 1962, and they had a daughter, actress Talia Balsam.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/23 at 3:36 am

Brian Redman, English race car driver, turns 86 today.

He began racing in 1959 and collected his first of four Manufacturers Championships in 1968, driving a Ford GT40 with Belgian Jacky Ickx for John Wyer Automotive Engineering. Redman also won the 1970/71 South African Springbok series and the IMSA Camel GTP Championship in 1981 driving a Lola T600. Brian is considered to be one of the greatest endurance racers in the history of the sport. In addition to his four victories at Spa-Francorchamps, Brian has overall wins in the 1970 Targa Florio, the Watkins Glen 6 Hours, the 12 Hours of Sebring twice, the Nurburgring 1000 Ks twice, Brands Hatch 6 Hours twice, Osterrechring 1000 Ks twice, Monza 1000 Ks twice, Kyalami 9 Hours twice, has been a three-time winner at the 24 Hours of Daytona and holds two class victories at Le Mans.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/23 at 5:08 am

Jean-Jacques Debout, French singer-songwriter, turns 83 today.

In addition to his albums, he has written for a number of renowned artists like Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Vartan, Dalida, and (his wife) Chantal Goya. He has also composed a great number of films.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/23 at 10:18 am

Jim Colbert, American golfer, turns 82 today.

He attended Kansas State University, where he finished second in the NCAA golf championships in 1964, before graduating and turning professional in 1965. Colbert won eight times on the PGA Tour, including twice in 1983 when he finished a career best fifteenth on the money list. As a senior Colbert has won 20 tournaments on the Champions Tour, including a senior major championship, the 1993 Senior Players Championship. Colbert has worked as a golf analyst for ESPN and has his own golf course management company based in Pahrump, Nevada. He also helped design a golf course in Manhattan, Kansas, named Colbert Hills, which was ranked by Golfweek as the best public course in Kansas, and by Golf Digest as the eighth-best course overall in the state.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/09/23 at 12:13 pm

Bert Campaneris, Cuban American professional baseball shortstop, turns 81 today.

Nicknamed "Bert" or "Campy", he played Major League Baseball (MLB) for four American League (AL) teams, primarily the Kansas City / Oakland Athletics. One of the mainstays of the Athletics' championship teams of 1972 to 1974, he holds the A's franchise records for career games played (1795), hits (1882), and at bats (7180). Campaneris led the AL in stolen bases six times between 1965 and 1972 and retired with the seventh-most steals in MLB history (649). Defensively, he led the league in putouts three times; his career totals at shortstop place him among the all-time MLB leaders in games played (5th, 2097) and double plays (7th, 1186), at that position. Campaneris is the cousin of former MLB player Jose Cardenal.

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Written By: nally on 03/11/23 at 11:13 pm

Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/11/23 at 11:14 pm

Sam Donaldson, American journalist, turned 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/12/23 at 12:24 pm

Actress Barbara Feldon turns 90 today. She might be best known for playing Agent 99 on the 1960s spy sitcom Get Smart.

Her Wiki page does not list her date of birth, but the March 12 wiki page lists her as being born in 1933. Furthermore, her IMDB page does list her DOB.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/12/23 at 1:22 pm

Actress Barbara Feldon turns 90 today. She might be best known for playing Agent 99 on the 1960s spy sitcom Get Smart.

Her Wiki page does not list her date of birth, but the March 12 wiki page lists her as being born in 1933. Furthermore, her IMDB page does list her DOB.


Wikipedia and IMDB disagree about her place of birth. IMDB says she was born in Bethel Park PA, but Wikipedia puts her birth in Butler PA. IMDB is likely in error. In the 1940 census, her family lived in Dormont PA, and in the 1950 census they lived in Bethel Park. This all leads me to believe that Butler PA is her correct birthplace.

There are other accounts on the web that put her born in 1941, in Pittsburgh. Those accounts are clearly wrong.

Note… the census documents verify the 1933 birth year. Her middle name is Anne.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/12/23 at 2:45 pm

Rupert Murdoch, Australian-American businessman and media magnate, turns 92 today.
In 2016, he married for the fourth time to former model Jerry Hall.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/12/23 at 2:48 pm

In 2016, he married for the fourth time to former model Jerry Hall.


And in 2022 he divorced for the fourth time from former model (and former Mick Jagger main squeeze) Jerry Hall.

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Written By: nally on 03/13/23 at 7:36 pm

Happy 83rd birthday to singer Candi Staton!

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Written By: nally on 03/13/23 at 7:58 pm

Cartoonist Al Jaffee is reportedly still alive; he’s 102 today. (Born 1921. There is no report of him dying yet.)

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Written By: nally on 03/13/23 at 7:59 pm

American musician Neil Sedaka turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/13/23 at 10:16 pm

Roy Haynes (American jazz drummer) turns 98 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/23 at 10:48 pm

English actor Michael Caine turns 90 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/23 at 10:50 pm

Naina Yeltsina, widow of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin, turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/23 at 10:51 pm

Raymond J. Barry - American actor of film, television, and stage - turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/14/23 at 10:52 pm

UK actress Rita Tushingham is 81 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 2:43 am

Richard Layard, Baron Layard, British labour economist, turns 89 today.

He is currently working as programme director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. Layard was Senior Research Officer for the Robbins Committee on Higher Education. His work on mental health, including publishing The Depression Report in 2006, led to the establishment of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme in England. He is co-editor of the World Happiness Report, with John F. Helliwell and Jeffrey Sachs.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/15/23 at 5:12 am

UK actress Rita Tushingham is 81 years old today.


I wonder if her close friends call her “Tush” for short? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 5:21 am

I wonder if her close friends call her “Tush” for short? ???
I (almost) think most did.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 6:37 am

Judd Hirsch, American actor, turns 88 today.

Known for playing Alex Rieger on the television comedy series Taxi (1978–1983), John Lacey on the NBC series Dear John (1988–1992), and Alan Eppes on the CBS series Numb3rs (2005–2010). He is also well known for his career in theatre and for his roles in films such as Ordinary People (1980), Running on Empty (1988), Independence Day (1996), A Beautiful Mind (2001) and Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his turn as Dr. Tyrone C. Berger in Ordinary People.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 8:51 am

Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host, turns 88 today.

The television ministry, which began in 1971, and originally known as the “Camp Meeting Hour”, has a viewing audience both in the U.S. and internationally. The weekly Jimmy Swaggart Telecast and A Study in the Word programs are broadcast throughout the U.S. and on 78 channels in 104 countries, and over the Internet.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/15/23 at 10:36 am

Jimmy Swaggart, American pastor and television host, turns 88 today.


His popularity took a big hit when he got caught with those hookers.  :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 12:05 pm

Ted Kaufman, American engineer and politician, turns 84 today.

He served as a United States senator from Delaware from 2009 to 2010. He chaired the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program; he was the second and final person to hold the position, succeeding Elizabeth Warren. Kaufman is a member of the Democratic Party.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 1:26 pm

Phil Lesh, American musician, turns 83 today.

He is a founding member of the Grateful Dead, with whom he played bass guitar throughout their 30-year career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 3:16 pm

David Cronenberg, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter turns 80 today.

He is one of the principal originators of what is commonly known as the body horror genre, with his films exploring visceral bodily transformation, infection, technology, and the intertwining of the psychological with the physical. Cronenberg is best known for exploring these themes through sci-fi horror films such as Shivers (1975), Videodrome (1983), and The Fly (1986), though he has also worked in multiple genres throughout his career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/15/23 at 4:01 pm

Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh), English actress, screenwriter, and author, turns 80 today.

Best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series. Her breakthrough came in 1983 when she created and wrote the six-part robbery series Widows for Thames Television. The plot concerned the widows of four armed robbers carrying out a heist planned by their deceased husbands. A second series of Widows followed in 1985, while a sequel She's Out took up the story ten years later

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/23 at 3:01 am

Sir Anthony Kenny, English philosopher, turns 92 today.

His interests lie in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of Wittgenstein and the philosophy of religion. With Peter Geach, he has made a significant contribution to analytical Thomism, a movement whose aim is to present the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas in the style of analytic philosophy. He is one of the executors of Wittgenstein's literary estate. He is a former President of the British Academy and the Royal Institute of Philosophy. He was made a Knight Bachelor by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom in 1992 and has been an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln's Inn since 1999.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/23 at 5:58 am

Kurt Diemberger, Austrian mountaineer and author of several books, turns 91 today.

He is the only living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres: of Broad Peak in 1957 and of Dhaulagiri in 1960.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/16/23 at 9:50 am

David Frith, English historian, journalist, and author, turns 86 today.

He founded Wisden Cricket Monthly and edited it from June 1979 to February 1996. In 1988 Frith won the Sports Council's British Sports Journalism award as Magazine Sports Writer of the Year. Specialising in Ashes Test match history, Frith has written dozens of books on both cricket in modern times and cricket of the past. His major works include My Dear Victorious Stod (a biography of A. E. Stoddart), a lavishly illustrated history of England versus Australia, Silence of the Heart (on cricket's suicides, an expansion of his earlier book By His Own Hand), The Fast Men, The Slow Men (about fast bowlers and spinners respectively), Pageant of Cricket (the only cricket book to have as many as 2000 pictures), Caught England, Bowled Australia (autobiography), The Trailblazers (the first English tour of Australia, in 1861–62), The Archie Jackson Story (biography) and Bodyline Autopsy. The catalogue of his vast collection ran to 1100 pages. He has also been involved in producing cricket videos, which have been extremely successful.

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Written By: nally on 03/17/23 at 8:25 pm

Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician who served as the 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/19/23 at 11:14 am

Renée Taylor - American actress, producer, and screenwriter - turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/19/23 at 11:14 am

Ursula Andress, Swiss model and actress, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/19/23 at 11:15 am

Clarence "Frogman" Henry, American R&B singer and pianist, turns 86 years old.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/19/23 at 2:50 pm

Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician who served as the 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, turns 84 today.


Not to be confused with the rock impresario of the same name, who passed away back in ‘91 in a chopper crash and if he were still with us, would be 92.  :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/23 at 2:08 am

Brian Mulroney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Prime Minister of Canada, turns 84 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/23 at 2:13 am

Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician who served as the 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, turns 84 today.

Not to be confused with the rock impresario of the same name, who passed away back in ‘91 in a chopper crash and if he were still with us, would be 92.  :-\\
This Bill Graham, the Canadian academic and politician died last year at the age of 83.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/23 at 3:24 am

Hal Linden (born Harold Lipsheeshz), American stage and screen actor, television director and musician, turns 92 today.

He began his career as a big band musician and singer in the 1950s. After a stint in the United States Army, he began an acting career, first working in summer stock and off-Broadway productions. Linden found success on Broadway when he replaced Sydney Chaplin in the musical Bells Are Ringing. In 1962, he starred as Billy Crocker in the off-Broadway revival of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. In 1971, he won a Best Actor Tony Award for his portrayal of Mayer Rothschild in the musical The Rothschilds.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/20/23 at 5:04 am

Bill Graham, Canadian academic and politician who served as the 4th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, turns 84 today.



This Bill Graham, the Canadian academic and politician died last year at the age of 83.


Indeed.  Here’s a statement from the Canadian Prime Minister regarding the passing of the Honourable Bill Graham.

https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2022/08/08/statement-prime-minister-death-honourable-bill-graham

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/20/23 at 5:06 am

Hal Linden (born Harold Lipsheeshz), American stage and screen actor, television director and musician, turns 92 today.


Possibly best known for his role as Barney Miller, in the TV show of the same name.

Hal and Max Gail are the only survivors left from the main cast of Barney Miller.  :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/23 at 6:05 am

George Altman, American professional baseball outfielder, turns 90 today.

He had a lengthy career in both Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball. A three-time National League All-Star, he appeared in 991 games over nine full seasons in the major leagues. Then, at age 35, he began an eight-year tenure in Japanese baseball, where he would hit 205 home runs and bat .309 with 985 hits. Altman batted left-handed and threw right-handed; he was listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 200 pounds (91 kg).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/23 at 7:20 am

March 20th 1937 – Lois Lowry (née Hammersberg), American author, turns 86 today.

She is the author of several books for children and young adults, including The Giver Quartet, Number the Stars, and Rabble Starkey. She is known for writing about difficult subject matters, dystopias, and complex themes in works for young audiences. Lowry has won two Newbery Medals: for Number the Stars in 1990 and The Giver in 1994. Her book Gooney Bird Greene won the 2002 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. Many of her books have been challenged or even banned in some schools and libraries. The Giver, which is common in the curriculum in some schools, has been prohibited in others.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/23 at 9:03 am

Pat Corrales, American professional baseball catcher, manager, and coach, turns 83 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1964 to 1973, primarily for the Cincinnati Reds as well as the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres. He is the first major league manager of Mexican American descent.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/20/23 at 10:50 am

Kenji Kimihara, Japanese long-distance runner, turns 82 today.

He competed in the marathon at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and finished in eighth, second and fifth place, respectively. He won two gold medals in the marathon at the Asian Games in 1966 and 1970, and won the Boston Marathon in 1966. He was very successful on the Japanese road racing circuit, winning the Tokyo International Marathon and Lake Biwa Marathon in both 1963 and 1964, and registering four wins at the Beppu-Ōita Marathon between 1967 and 1973. Kimihara raced in the 2016 Boston Marathon, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his 1966 win. He completed the race in a time of 4:53:14.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/23 at 7:43 am

Walter Gilbert, American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 91 today.

Together with Allan Maxam, Gilbert developed a new DNA sequencing method, Maxam–Gilbert sequencing, using chemical methods developed by Andrei Mirzabekov. His approach to the first synthesis of insulin via recombinant DNA lost out to Genentech's approach which used genes built up from the nucleotides rather than from natural sources. Gilbert's effort was hampered by a temporary moratorium on recombinant DNA work in Cambridge, Massachusetts, forcing his group to move their work to an English biological weapons site. He was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, shared with Frederick Sanger and Paul Berg. Gilbert and Sanger were recognized for their pioneering work in devising methods for determining the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/23 at 8:10 am

Michael Heseltine, British politician and businessman, turns 90 today.

Having begun his career as a property developer, he became one of the founders of the publishing house Haymarket. Heseltine served as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1966 to 2001, and was a prominent figure in the governments of Margaret Thatcher and John Major, and served as Deputy Prime Minister and First Secretary of State under Major.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/23 at 9:44 am

Mike Westbrook, English pianist and composer, turns 87 today.

He became a key figure in the development of British jazz, producing several big-band records for the Deram label, with the newly formed Mike Westbrook Concert Band, between 1967 and 1969. These featured such musicians as Surman, Mike Osborne and Harry Miller. The band varied in size from 10 to 26 musicians. In 1968 his band made their international debut at the Montreux Festival with Malcolm Griffiths, Alan Jackson, Harry Miller, Mike Osborne and John Surman. His music was given exposure on BBC Radio, on the Jazz Club and Jazz Scene programmes on BBC Radio One, and he started to act as a presenter and commentator on new British Jazz through 1968 and 1969. He was featured on BBC TV, when Jazz Scene transferred to the BBC 2 TV service.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/23 at 1:24 pm

Ann Clwyd, Welsh Labour Party politician, turns 86 today.

She served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Cynon Valley for 35 years, from 1984 until 2019. Although she had intended to stand down in 2015, she was re-elected in that year's general election and in 2017 before standing down in 2019.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/23 at 3:12 pm

Tom Flores, American professional football player and coach in the National Football League (NFL), turns 86 today.

He played as a quarterback for nine seasons in the NFL, primarily with the Oakland Raiders. After his retirement as a coach, he was a radio announcer for more than twenty years. Flores won a total of four Super Bowls in his playing and coaching careers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/21/23 at 6:25 pm

Kathleen Widdoes, American actress, turns 84 today.

She is best known for her role as Emma Snyder in the television soap opera As the World Turns, which earned her four Daytime Emmy Award nominations. Widdoes was also nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award, as well as winning two Obie Awards and a Lucille Lortel Award.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/23 at 3:06 am

E. D. Hirsch (Eric Donald Hirsch Jr), American educator and academic literary critic, turns 95 today.

He is professor emeritus of education and humanities at the University of Virginia. In the 1960s Hirsch's Validity in Interpretation made an important contribution to contemporary literary theory and established him as "the founder of contemporary intentionalism," defending the notion of objectivity in humanistic studies and distinguishing between the "meaning" of a text, which relates to understanding and does not change, and its "significance", which relates to explanation and changes over time. In popular culture Hirsch is best known for his work on cultural literacy, and is the founder and chairman of the Core Knowledge Foundation.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/23 at 4:37 am

Yayoi Kusama, Japanese contemporary artist, turns 94 today.

She works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/23 at 6:44 am

Pat Robertson, American media mogul, televangelist, political commentator, turns 93 today.

A former Republican presidential candidate, and former Southern Baptist minister. He advocates a conservative Christian ideology and is known for his past activities in Republican party politics. He is associated with the Charismatic Movement within Protestant evangelicalism. He serves as chancellor and CEO of Regent University and chairman of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). He appears daily on The 700 Club, CBN's flagship television program.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/23 at 8:01 am

William Shatner, Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer, who cannot sing, turns 92 today.

In his seven decades of acting, he became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk, being a part of Star Trek, and life after Star Trek. Shatner has also co-written several novels set in the Star Trek universe, and a series of science fiction novels called TekWar, that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in T. J. Hooker (1982–1986) and hosted the reality-based television series Rescue 911 (1989–1996), which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. On October 13, 2021, Shatner flew to space aboard NS-18, a Blue Origin sub-orbital capsule, alongside three other people. Age 90 years, 6 months and 22 days, he became the oldest person to fly in space.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/23 at 12:18 pm

May Britt (born Maybritt Wilkens), Swedish actress, turns 89 today.

She had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She was married to American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. from 1960 to 1968. In the late 1950s, Britt relocated to Hollywood after signing with 20th Century Fox. She starred in a few movies, including The Young Lions (1958) with Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, The Hunters (1958) with Robert Mitchum and Robert Wagner and Murder, Inc. (1960) with Peter Falk, as well as a much-criticized remake of The Blue Angel (1959) in the legendary role first created by Marlene Dietrich in 1930.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/23 at 1:31 pm

Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and later television presenter and journalist, turns 88 today.

She reached the last sixteen of the French Open two times and the Wimbledon Championships three times, and is also famous for her choice of clothing.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/22/23 at 4:54 pm

George Benson, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, turns 80 today.

He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album Breezin' was certified triple-platinum, hitting no. 1 on the Billboard album chart in 1976. His concerts were well attended through the 1980s, and he still has a large following. Benson has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/22/23 at 5:47 pm

George Benson, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, turns 80 today.

He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album Breezin' was certified triple-platinum, hitting no. 1 on the Billboard album chart in 1976. His concerts were well attended through the 1980s, and he still has a large following. Benson has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


I saw him in concert when I was in college. When he was younger, he played the old “Chitlin’ Circuit” of black-friendly entertainment venues.  8)

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Written By: nally on 03/22/23 at 7:31 pm

Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter, turns 81 years old today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/23 at 3:48 am

Don Marshall, Canadian ice hockey player, turns 91 today.

He played in the National Hockey League from 1951 to 1972. During this time, he played for the New York Rangers, Buffalo Sabres, Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. While with Montreal, Don won five Stanley Cups 1956-57-58-59-60. Marshall played 1176 career NHL games, scoring 265 goals and 324 assists for 589 points.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/23 at 5:28 am

Philip Zimbardo, American psychologist and a professor emeritus at Stanford University, turns 90 today.

He became known for his 1971 Stanford prison experiment, which was later severely criticised for both ethical and scientific reasons. He has authored various introductory psychology textbooks for college students, and other notable works, including The Lucifer Effect, The Time Paradox, and The Time Cure. He is also the founder and president of the Heroic Imagination Project.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/23 at 8:54 am

Mark Rydell (born Mortimer H. Rydell), American actor, director and producer, turns 89 today.

He has directed many Academy Award-nominated films including The Fox (1967), The Reivers (1969), The Cowboys (1972), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Rose (1979), The River (1984) and For the Boys (1991). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for On Golden Pond (1981).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/23 at 12:38 pm

Craig Breedlove, American professional race car driver and a five-time world land speed record holder, turns 86 today.

He was the first person in history to reach 500 mph (800 km/h), and 600 mph (970 km/h), using several turbojet-powered vehicles, all named Spirit of America.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/23 at 1:17 pm

Robert Gallo, American biomedical researcher, turns 86 today.

He is best known for his role in the discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the infectious agent responsible for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) and in the development of the HIV blood test, and he has been a major contributor to subsequent HIV research.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/23/23 at 2:35 pm

Michael Haneke, Austrian film director and screenwriter, turns 81 today.

His work often examines social issues and depicts the feelings of estrangement experienced by individuals in modern society. Haneke has made films in French, German, and English and has worked in television‚ theatre, and cinema. He also teaches film direction at the Film Academy Vienna. In 2012, his film Amour premiered and competed at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. The film would go on to win the Palme d'Or, making it his second win of the prestigious award in three years; this made him the seventh director (at the time) to have won it twice and the only Austrian director to have accomplished this. The film received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Actress in a Leading Role for Emmanuelle Riva; it won in the category of Best Foreign Language Film.

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Written By: nally on 03/24/23 at 8:04 pm

Bob Mackie, American fashion designer, turns 83 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 10:13 am

Jim Lovell (born March 25, 1928) is an American retired astronaut. The first person to fly four times in space, he commanded Apollo 13 (1970), which suffered a failure en route and looped around the Moon. Lovell also flew twice during Project Gemini, and flew with Frank Borman and William Anders on Apollo 8 (1968), the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon. Lovell was the first person to fly to the Moon twice, though due to the Apollo 13 abort, he never landed on it.

So, happy 95th birthday to Jim!

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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 10:15 am

Gene Shalit, American journalist and critic, turns 97 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 10:16 am

Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, turns 89 today. She co-founded the Women's Media Center.

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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 10:17 am

Kim Woodburn, English television host, turns 81 today. She might be best known for co-hosting the reality series How Clean Is Your House?

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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 10:19 am

Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director, turns 80 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/25/23 at 11:34 am

Bob Mackie, American fashion designer, turns 83 years old today.


His designs are fabulous.

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Written By: Howard on 03/25/23 at 3:16 pm

Kim Woodburn, English television host, turns 81 today. She might be best known for co-hosting the reality series How Clean Is Your House?

I love watching her shows.

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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 4:20 pm

I love watching her shows.

I had stumbled upon HCIYH (on BBC America I think?) circa 2006 and saw that in most episodes, the resident accumulated so much clutter in just about every room. :o

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Written By: nally on 03/25/23 at 5:12 pm

On topic... Tom Monaghan - American entrepreneur who founded Domino's Pizza in 1960 - turns 86 years old today. He was also the owner of the Detroit Tigers baseball team from 1983 through 1992 (during which time, the Tigers won the 1984 World Series).

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Written By: nally on 03/26/23 at 10:17 am

Actor Alan Arkin turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/26/23 at 10:49 am

Sandra Day O'Connor - the first-ever female Supreme Court Justice - turns 93 today. She was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and served on the bench for 25 years before retiring in 2006.

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Written By: nally on 03/26/23 at 10:51 am

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, turns 83 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/23 at 7:28 am

Daniel Spoerri, Romanian-Swiss photographer, writer and artist, turns 93 today.

Best known for his "snare-pictures," a type of assemblage or object art, in which he captures a group of objects, such as the remains of meals eaten by individuals, including the plates, silverware and glasses, all of which are fixed to the table or board, which is then displayed on a wall. He also is widely acclaimed for his book, Topographie Anécdotée* du Hasard (An Anecdoted Topography of Chance), a literary analog to his snare-pictures, in which he mapped all the objects located on his table at a particular moment, describing each with his personal recollections evoked by the object.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/23 at 8:17 am

Julian Glover, English actor, turns 88 today.

He is a recipient of the Laurence Olivier Award and has performed many times for the Royal Shakespeare Company. Glover's well-known film roles have included being a high profile villain in almost every major motion picture franchise: General Maximilian Veers in The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Aristotle Kristatos in For Your Eyes Only (1981), Brian Harcourt-Smith in The Fourth Protocol (1987) and Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He also voiced the giant Acromantula spider Aragog in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) and appeared as conductor Andris Davis in the psychological drama Tár (2022). Glover has also appeared frequently on television, especially in Britain, including guest appearances in cult series such as The Avengers, The Saint, Thriller, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Remington Steele and Inside No. 9. He played the recurring supporting role of Grand Maester Pycelle in HBO's Game of Thrones (2011–2016) and appeared as General Beauvilliers in the BBC drama Spies of Warsaw (2013).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/23 at 9:23 am

Malcolm Goldstein, American violinist and composer, turns 87 today.

In the 1960s in New York City, he was a co-founder with James Tenney and Philip Corner of the Tone Roads Ensemble and was a participant in the Judson Dance Theater, the New York Festival of the Avant-Garde and the Experimental Intermedia Foundation. Since then, he has toured extensively throughout North America and Europe, with solo concerts as well as with new music and dance ensembles. Since the mid-1960s he has integrated structured improvisation aspects into his compositions, exploring the rich sound textures of new performance techniques within a variety of instrumental and vocal frameworks. Numerous ensembles such as Essential Music, Relâche, Musical Elements, The New Performance Group of Cornish Institute, L'Art pour l'art, Quatuor Bozzini and Klangforum Wien have performed his music, as well as the Ensemble for New Music/Hessischer Rundfunk, Frankfurt, of which he was the director in the 1990s. His music has been performed at several New Music America festivals, Meet the Moderns/Brooklyn Philharmonic, Pro Musica Nova Bremen, Acustica International/WDR Cologne, Invention '89 Berlin, Wittener Tage für neue Kammermusik, De Ijsbreker Amsterdam, Maerz Music Berlin, Cologne Triennale, Sound Culture Tokyo, Neue Horizonte and Ton Art Bern, and Musique Action Nancy.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/23 at 11:02 am

Jay Kim, Korean-American politician. turns 84 today.

He was a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from California and ambassador for Korean-American relations. He was the first Korean American to be elected to the United States Congress.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/23 at 1:19 pm

Cale Yarborough, American race car driver and businessman, turns 84 today.

He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, winning in 1976, 1977, and 1978. He was one of the preeminent stock car drivers from the 1960s to the 1980s and also competed in IndyCar events. His fame was such that a special model of the Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II was named after him.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/23 at 2:31 pm

Austin Pendleton, American actor, director, and playwright, turns 83 today.

He is known as a prolific character actor on the stage and screen, whose six-decade career has included roles in films including Catch-22 (1970); What's Up, Doc? (1972); The Front Page (1974); The Muppet Movie (1979), Short Circuit (1986); Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (1990); My Cousin Vinny (1992); Amistad (1997); A Beautiful Mind (2001), which earned him a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and Finding Nemo (2003). Pendleton received a Tony Award nomination for Best Direction of a Play for the Broadway revival of The Little Foxes in 1981. He has received two Drama Desk Award nominations and the recipient of a Special Drama Desk Award in 2007. He also received a Obie Award for Best Director for the 2011 off-Broadway revival of Three Sisters. Recent Broadway credits include Choir Boy in 2016 and The Minutes in 2022.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/27/23 at 3:44 pm

Michael York (born Michael Hugh Johnson), English actor, turns 81 today.

After performing on-stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper social class demeanor saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in Something for Everyone (1970), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in Zeppelin (1971), Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), George Conway in Lost Horizon (1973), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also 1973) and its two sequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), and Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976). In his later career he found success as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers film series (1997–2002). He is a two-time Emmy Award nominee, for the ABC Afterschool Special: Are You My Mother? (1986) and the AMC series The Lot (2001).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/23 at 1:51 am

Jerome Isaac Friedman, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 93 today.

He is Institute Professor and Professor of Physics, Emeritus, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Henry Kendall and Richard Taylor, "for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics", work which showed an internal structure for protons later known to be quarks. Friedman sits on the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/23 at 1:53 am

Actor James Caan also turns 82 today. (His mom lived to be 101, dying in 2016.)
It has to be noted that James Caan sadly passed away last year.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/23 at 3:12 am

Elizabeth Bainbridge, English opera singer, turns 93 today.

Her career in singing spanned several decades. She achieved most of her successes while a member of the company of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Bainbridge is a mezzo-soprano and contralto.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/23 at 5:47 am

Frank Murkowski, American politician and a member of the Republican Party, turns 90 today.

He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006. In his 2006 re-election bid, he finished in third place in the Republican primary behind Sarah Palin and John Binkley. Murkowski is notable for having appointed his daughter, Lisa Murkowski, to replace him in the U.S. Senate after he resigned his Senate seat to become governor of Alaska.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/23 at 8:05 am

Lester R. Brown, American environmental analyst, turns 89 today.

He is the founder of the Worldwatch Institute, and founder and former president of the Earth Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. BBC Radio commentator Peter Day referred to him as "one of the great pioneer environmentalists." Brown is the author or co-author of over 50 books on global environmental issues and his works have been translated into more than forty languages. His most recent book is The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy (2015), in which he explains that the global economy is now undergoing a transition from fossil and nuclear energy to clean power from solar, wind, and other renewable sources. His previous book was Full Planet, Empty Plates: The New Geopolitics of Food Scarcity (2012).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/23 at 12:39 pm

Michael Parkinson, English broadcaster, journalist and author, turns 88 today.

He presented his television talk show Parkinson from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007, as well as other talk shows and programmes both in the UK and internationally. He has also worked in radio. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/28/23 at 4:07 pm

Mike Newell, English film and television director and producer, turns 81 today.

He won the BAFTA for Best Direction for Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), which also won the BAFTA Award for Best Film, and directed the films Donnie Brasco (1997) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 5:14 am

Norman Tebbit, Baron Tebbit, English journalist and politician, turns 92 today.

A British life peer. A member of the Conservative Party, he served in the Cabinet from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary of State for Employment (1981–1983), Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1983–1985), and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Chairman of the Conservative Party (1985–1987). He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1992, representing the constituencies of Epping (1970–1974) and Chingford (1974–1992). In 1984, Tebbit was injured in the Provisional Irish Republican Army's bombing of the Grand Hotel in Brighton, where he was staying during the Conservative Party Conference. His wife Margaret was left permanently disabled after the explosion. He left the cabinet after the 1987 general election to care for his wife.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 5:39 am

Judith Guest, American author and screenwriter, turns 87 today.

Her first book, Ordinary People, published in 1976, was the basis of the 1980 film Ordinary People that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. This novel and two others, Second Heaven (1982) and Errands (1997), are about adolescents forced to deal with crises in their families. Guest also wrote the screenplay for the 1987 film Rachel River. Guest co-authored the mystery Killing Time in St. Cloud (1988) with novelist Rebecca Hill. Guest's most recent book, The Tarnished Eye (2004), is loosely based on a real unsolved crime in her native Michigan. She is the great-niece of Poet Laureate Edgar Guest (1881–1959). She is a recipient of the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 6:43 am

Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti), Italian actor, director, and producer, turns 84 today.

He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtime film partner and friend Bud Spencer. During the height of his popularity Hill was among Italy's highest-paid actors. His most widely seen films include comic and standard Spaghetti Westerns, some based on popular novels by German author Karl May about the Wild West. Of these, the most famous are Lo Chiamavano Trinità (They Call Me Trinity, 1970); …continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (Trinity Is Still My Name, 1971), the highest grossing Italian film to date; and Il mio nome è Nessuno (My Name Is Nobody, 1973), co-starring Henry Fonda. Hill, whose stage name was the product of a publicity stunt by film producers, also went on to a successful television career in Italy, playing the title character in the long-running Rai 1 series Don Matteo since 2000.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 7:28 am

Eden Kane (born Richard Graham Sarstedt), English pop/rock singer, record producer and actor, turns 83 today.

Best known as a teen idol in the 1960s. He has also recorded under his birth name and with backing group the Downbeats. Born in India, he is the elder brother of musicians Peter Sarstedt and Robin Sarstedt (aka. Clive Robin Sarstedt), with whom he has collaborated on numerous Sarstedt Brothers albums. He had success in the early 1960s as a pop star appealing to a teenage audience, with hits including "Well I Ask You" which was a UK No. 1 hit in 1961, then spent time in Australia before moving to the United States, where he began an acting career.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 9:13 am

John Suchet, English journalist and game show host, turns 83 today.

In 1968 he was assigned to Reuters Paris bureau, where he covered the workers' and students' revolution that ultimately brought down President de Gaulle. After a brief spell at BBC TV News, Suchet joined ITN as a scriptwriter/sub-editor in 1972. He became a reporter in 1976, and over the next decade he covered major national and international news stories, including the Iranian Revolution, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and the Philippines Revolution. In 1987 he became a full time ITN newscaster, and until his retirement in 2004, presented all of ITN bulletins, including News at Ten. He was the main presenter of the Early Evening News from 1992 until 1999. On the night of 16–17 January 1991, Suchet hosted ITN's all night coverage of the start of the Gulf War. The bulletin was the longest uninterrupted broadcast in ITN's history. He also presented or contributed to numerous special event programmes on ITN and was a main commentator on ITN's coverage of Princess Diana's funeral, the wedding of Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys-Jones, and the funeral of the Queen Mother. In July 2010, Suchet joined Classic FM as the regular host of the Sunday lunchtime music show (12:00–15:00). He had first appeared on the station in 2004 as guest presenter of the Composer's Notes series in which he examined the finances and wealth of famous composers. In September 2010 it was announced that he would be presenting the Classic FM weekday morning show (9:00–13:00) from January 2011, taking over from the show's previous host Simon Bates. This quickly became Classic FM's most listened-to show, with over 3 million listeners per week. He is an authority on the life and music of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven, and has become one of the UK's leading experts on Beethoven and his work. He has published seven books on Beethoven, beginning with the three-volume biographical novel "The Last Master" (1996–8). This was followed by "The Friendly Guide to Beethoven" (2006), "The Treasures of Beethoven" (2008), "Beethoven – The Man Revealed" (2012) and Beethoven – The Man Revealed (special anniversary edition, 2020). He has two brothers, one of whom is the actor Sir David Suchet.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 1:32 pm

Eric Idle, English actor, comedian, musician and writer, turns 80 today.

He was a member of the British surreal comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band The Rutles, and is the writer of the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Spamalot (based on Monty Python and the Holy Grail). Known for his elaborate wordplay and musical numbers, Idle performed many of the songs featured in Python projects, including "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" (from Life of Brian), and the "Galaxy Song" (from The Meaning of Life). After Monty Python's Flying Circus, he created the sketch show Rutland Weekend Television (1975-76), hosted Saturday Night Live in the US four times in the first five seasons and guest-starred on The Simpsons. Idle's initially successful solo career faltered in the 1990s with the failures of his 1993 film Splitting Heirs (which he wrote, produced, and starred in) and 1998's An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (in which he starred). He revived his career by returning to the source of his worldwide fame, adapting Monty Python material for other media. Following the success of the musical Spamalot (which won the Tony Award for Best Musical), he also wrote Not the Messiah, an oratorio derived from the Life of Brian. He was featured in a one-hour symphony of British music when he performed to a global audience at the London 2012 Olympic Games closing ceremony.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 1:40 pm

Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, turns 79 today.

A member of the hippie generation, Jacks resisted his family's wishes to become an architect and decided to pursue a career in music instead. In the mid 60s Terry joined the Vancouver, British Columbia-based band The Chessmen as both a singer and guitarist. The group had a few minor local hits before breaking up. Jacks subsequently met singer Susan Jacks and formed a duo with her called The Poppy Family. Terry and Susan eventually married. The Poppy Family scored a big smash with the touching ballad "Which Way You Goin' Billy?"; the song was a #1 hit in Canada and peaked at #2 on the Billboard pop charts in America. "Which Way You Goin' Billy?" sold over two million copies and won several Juno Awards. The follow-up singles "That's Where I Went Wrong" and "Where Evil Grows" likewise did pretty well. Alas, Jacks and Susan broke up in 1973. In 1974 Terry scored himself a massive international success with the sad, sappy song "Seasons in the Sun;" the song peaked at #1 in both Canada and America alike, reportedly sold over eleven million copies worldwide, and went on to win three Juno Awards. Terry was never able to either match or surpass the monumental success of "Seasons in the Sun," but did manage to eke out a nice career as a record producer (among the artists he's worked as a producer for are the Beach Boys, Nana Mouskouri, D.O.A., and Chilliwack). In 1986 Jacks produced, acted in, and composed the score for a flop made-for-TV adaptation of his signature hit song "Seasons in the Sun." A dedicated environmentalist, Terry Jacks is the founder of the organization Environmental Watch, which makes sure that major pulp and logging companies are properly adhering to Canadian pollution laws.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 03/29/23 at 4:52 pm

Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, turns 79 today.

Alas, Jacks and Susan broke up in 1973.


Sadly, Susan Jacks (neé Susan Pesklevits) croaked last April.  :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/29/23 at 5:00 pm

Sir John Major, English banker and politician, turns 80 today.

He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from November 1990 to May 1997 and Leader of the Conservative Party from November 1990 to June 1997. He previously held Cabinet positions under prime minister Margaret Thatcher, lastly as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1989 to 1990. Major was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon, formerly Huntingdonshire, from 1979 to 2001. Since stepping down as an MP in 2001, Major has focused on writing and his business, sporting and charity work, and has occasionally commented on political developments in the role of an elder statesman. Major was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2005 for services to politics and charity, and was made a Companion of Honour in 1999 for his work on the Northern Ireland peace process.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 03/30/23 at 4:52 am

Robert Badinter, French lawyer, politician, and author, turns 95 today.

He enacted the abolition of the death penalty in France in 1981, while serving as Minister of Justice under François Mitterrand. He has also served in high-level appointed positions with national and international bodies working for justice and the rule of law.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/23 at 7:52 pm

American music performer Herb Alpert turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/23 at 7:55 pm

Actor Richard Chamberlain is 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/23 at 7:55 pm

Actress Shirley Jones also turns 89 today.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/23 at 9:41 pm

Forgot someone yesterday: actor John Astin turned 93.

He is the last surviving cast member of the 1960s sitcom The Addams Family.

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Written By: nally on 03/31/23 at 11:31 pm

Actor William Daniels is still with us; he turns 96 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/01/23 at 10:26 am

Ali MacGraw, American model and actress, turns 84 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/01/23 at 10:44 am

Forgot someone yesterday: actor John Astin turned 93.

He is the last surviving cast member of the 1960s sitcom The Addams Family.


And he was once married to Patty Duke Astin.  8)

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Written By: nally on 04/01/23 at 4:52 pm

And he was once married to Patty Duke Astin.  8)

That is true, although she was often referred to simply as Patty Duke, not just before they were married, but after then too.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 04/01/23 at 5:15 pm

That is true, although she was often referred to simply as Patty Duke, not just before they were married, but after then too.


When Patty Duke married John Astin in 1972 she changed her name professionally to "Patty Duke Astin" and was exclusively referred to by that name until their divorce in 1985. Maybe people sitting around at home might have still called her "Patty Duke" from force of habit, but professionally she was billed exclusively as "Patty Duke Astin" from 1972 to 1985  in all movies, television shows and plays she appeared in.

Of course, her real first name was Anna, a name she preferred to "Patty", which she considered babyish, (hence the title of her autobiography "Call Me Anna") , and all people in her personal life called her "Anna".

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/01/23 at 5:45 pm

When Patty Duke married John Astin in 1972 she changed her name professionally to "Patty Duke Astin" and was exclusively referred to by that name until their divorce in 1985.


That’s how I recall things. Although I didn’t know that she and John Astin went to Splitsville.  :-[

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 04/01/23 at 6:44 pm

That’s how I recall things. Although I didn’t know that she and John Astin went to Splitsville.  :-[


Oh yes. When she split from John Astin she married a military man named Michael Peirce in 1986, whom she remained married to until her death in 2016. In all, Duke was married four times. Once for a mere 13 days to a rock promoter named Michael Tell, whom a paternity test showed to be the biological father of her son Sean Astin, though Duke swore to her dying day that Sean's father was Desi Arnaz Jr, whom Duke had a somewhat controversial relationship with (due to their age difference. Duke was 23, Arnaz was 17) in the early 1970s.  Sean was legally adopted by John Astin in the early days of Duke and Astin's marriage. Sean has sometimes joked about his "three fathers", all of whom he apparently maintains a cordial relationship with.

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Written By: nally on 04/01/23 at 7:28 pm

Back to today.. Jonathan Haze - American actor, producer and screenwriter - turns 94 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/01/23 at 7:38 pm

Oh yes. When she split from John Astin she married a military man named Michael Peirce in 1986, whom she remained married to until her death in 2016. In all, Duke was married four times. Once for a mere 13 days to a rock promoter named Michael Tell, whom a paternity test showed to be the biological father of her son Sean Astin, though Duke swore to her dying day that Sean's father was Desi Arnaz Jr, whom Duke had a somewhat controversial relationship with (due to their age difference. Duke was 23, Arnaz was 17) in the early 1970s.  Sean was legally adopted by John Astin in the early days of Duke and Astin's marriage. Sean has sometimes joked about his "three fathers", all of whom he apparently maintains a cordial relationship with.


Her first husband was director Harry Falk, who croaked precisely 1 month after Ms. Duke did.  :-\\

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 04/01/23 at 9:58 pm

Her first husband was director Harry Falk, who croaked precisely 1 month after Ms. Duke did.  :-\\


Yes, he was 13 years her senior and according to her autobiography she married him at age 18 in 1965 to get out of the clutches of her controlling managers. The same ones who took away "Anna" and renamed her "Patty". 

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Written By: nally on 04/02/23 at 10:47 am

Penelope Keith, English actress, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/02/23 at 10:48 am

Dr. Demento, American radio host, turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/23 at 9:33 pm

Singer Wayne Newton turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/23 at 9:34 pm

American actress and director Marsha Mason also turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/23 at 9:55 pm

Bob Dornan, retired Republican U.S. House Representative, turns 90 today. He also did some acting.

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Written By: nally on 04/03/23 at 9:55 pm

Jane Goodall, English primatologist and anthropologist, turns 89 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/04/23 at 7:50 pm

Craig T. Nelson, American actor/director/producer/screenwriter, was born on 4/4/44, so he turns 79 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/04/23 at 10:22 pm

JoAnne Carner - retired professional golfer - turns 84 today. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person ever to win three different USGA championship events. (Tiger Woods is the only man to have won the equivalent three USGA titles.)

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Written By: nally on 04/04/23 at 10:23 pm

Another woman turning 84 today: Darlene Hooley - American politician and former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon; she represented the state's 5th congressional district. She was a high school teacher before her career in politics.

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Written By: nally on 04/05/23 at 8:04 pm

Roger Corman - American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter - turns 97 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/05/23 at 11:55 pm

Roger Corman - American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter - turns 97 years old today.


Harvey Corman would have been 96 this year if he hadn’t passed back in ‘08.  :-\\

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 12:32 am

Roger Corman - American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter - turns 97 years old today.

Harvey Corman would have been 96 this year if he hadn’t passed back in ‘08.  :-\\
Any relation between the two concern here?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 12:33 am

Sir James Watson, American biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 96 today.

In 1953, he co-authored with Francis Crick the academic paper proposing the double helix structure of the DNA molecule. Watson, Crick and Maurice Wilkins were awarded the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". In subsequent years, it has been recognized that Watson and his colleagues did not properly attribute colleague Rosalind Franklin for her contributions to the discovery of the double helix structure. He was made a Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in 2002.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 2:26 am

Helen Berman, Dutch-Israeli visual artist, turns 87 today.

She was a textile designer in the 1960s and has been a painter and occasionally an art educator since the 1970s. She is well known in Israel and has exhibited also in Germany and the Netherlands. She created modern and postmodern art and has engaged in realistic impressionism and lyrical abstract expressionism.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 4:17 am

Jean-Pierre Changeux, French neuroscientist, turns 87 today.

Known for his research in several fields of biology, from the structure and function of proteins (with a focus on the allosteric proteins), to the early development of the nervous system up to cognitive functions. Although being famous in biological sciences for the MWC model, the identification and purification of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and the theory of epigenesis by synapse selection are also notable scientific achievements. Changeux is known by the non-scientific public for his ideas regarding the connection between mind and physical brain.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 5:27 am

Billy Dee Williams, American actor, singer, and writer, turn 86 today.

He is best known as Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, first in the early 1980s, and nearly forty years later in The Rise of Skywalker (2019), marking one of the longest intervals between onscreen portrayals of a character by the same actor in American film history.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 12:20 pm

Roy Thinnes, American television and film actor, turns 85 today.

Best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967–68 television series The Invaders. He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (also known as Doppelgänger), and also played Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of Law & Order.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 04/06/23 at 1:21 pm

Roy Thinnes, American television and film actor, turns 85 today.

Best known for his portrayal of lonely hero David Vincent in the ABC 1967–68 television series The Invaders. He starred in the 1969 British science fiction film Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (also known as Doppelgänger), and also played Alfred Wentworth in the pilot episode of Law & Order.


I remember "The Invaders". Very unique sort of sci-fi TV show. I recently watched some reruns of it on MeTV.

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Written By: Howard on 04/06/23 at 2:29 pm

Any relation between the two concern here?

Harvey's last name starts with a K not a C, so probably not related at all.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 2:32 pm

Harvey's last name starts with a K not a C, so probably not related at all.
So Roger Corman is correct, and Harvey's surname is spelt wrong?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/06/23 at 2:32 pm

John Sculley, American businessman, entrepreneur and investor in high-tech startups, turns 84 today.

He was vice-president (1970–1977) and president of PepsiCo (1977–1983), until he became chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple Inc. on April 8, 1983, a position he held until leaving in 1993. In May 1987, Sculley was named Silicon Valley's top-paid executive, with an annual salary of US$10.2 million.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/06/23 at 5:27 pm

I remember "The Invaders". Very unique sort of sci-fi TV show. I recently watched some reruns of it on MeTV.


I remember Invaders too. That show was unique and so cool.  8)

I wish they’d reboot it.

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Written By: nally on 04/07/23 at 7:50 pm

Bobby Bare, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 88 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/07/23 at 7:50 pm

Former California governor Jerry Brown turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/07/23 at 7:51 pm

Francis Ford Coppola - American director, producer, and screenwriter - turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/08/23 at 9:07 am

Shecky Greene, American male comedian, turns 97 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/08/23 at 9:14 am

Seymour Hersh, American journalist and author, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/08/23 at 11:06 pm

John Hamm, Canadian physician and politician, turns 85 today. He served as the 25th premier of Nova Scotia from 1999 to 2006.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 1:50 am

Tom Lehrer, American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater, turns 95 today.

He recorded pithy and humorous songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs often parodied popular musical forms, though they usually had original melodies. An exception is "The Elements", in which he set the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance. Lehrer's early performances dealt with non-topical subjects and black humor in songs such as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". In the 1960s, he produced songs about timely social and political issues, particularly for the U.S. version of the television show That Was the Week That Was.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 3:30 am

Fern Michaels (born Mary Ruth Kuczkir), American author of romance and thriller novels, turns 90 today.

She has sold nearly 150 best selling books with nearly 200 million copies in print. Her USA Today and New York Times best selling books include Family Blessings, Pretty Woman, and Crown Jewel, as well as the Texas quartet and the Captive series.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 4:12 am

Richard Rose, American political scientist, turns 90 today.

He has been a professor of politics in Scotland since 1966. His research has included the Northern Ireland conflict, enlargement of the European Union, democratisation, policy transfer, elections and voting.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 5:43 am

Sir William Birch, New Zealand politician, turns 89 today.

He served as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 1999 in the fourth National Government. He was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal in 1990. In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Knight Grand Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for public services as a Member of Parliament and Minister of the Crown.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 8:16 am

Mariya Pisareva, Russian high jumper, turns 89 today.

She competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the High Jump where she won the silver medal jointly with Thelma Hopkins. After her athletic career she married discus thrower Oto Grigalka.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 9:39 am

Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer and academic, turns 88 today.

His music has been variously described as "remorselessly harsh", a "beautifully crafted amalgam of several 20th-century styles", and "neo-romantic". Sallinen studied at the Sibelius Academy, where his teachers included Joonas Kokkonen. He has had works commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, and has also written seven operas, eight symphonies, concertos for violin, cello, flute, horn, and English horn, as well as several chamber works. He won the Nordic Council Music Prize in 1978 for his opera Ratsumies (The Horseman).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 10:04 am

Marty Krofft, Canadian screenwriter and producer, turns 86 today.

With his Canadian sibling Sid Krofft were television creators and puppeteers. Through their production company, Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures, they have made numerous children's television and variety show programs in the U.S., particularly in the 1970s, including H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost and Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. Their fantasy programs often feature large-headed puppets, high-concept plots, and extensive use of low-budget special effects.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/09/23 at 10:07 am

Marty Krofft, Canadian screenwriter and producer, turns 86 today.

With his Canadian sibling Sid Krofft were television creators and puppeteers.


Sid is 93 years old.  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 12:12 pm

Valerie Singleton, English television and radio presenter, turns 86 today.

Best known as a regular presenter of the popular children's series Blue Peter from 1962 to 1972. She also presented the BBC Radio 4 PM programme for ten years as well as a series of radio and television programmes on financial and business issues including the BBC's Money Programme from 1980 to 1988. During her time on Blue Peter, Singleton presented another BBC children's show, Val Meets The VIPs, a chat show which ran for three series during 1973–74. Each edition featured an interview with a single public figure to which an audience of children were invited to put across their questions. A guest in March 1973 was the then Secretary of State for Education, Margaret Thatcher, who when asked if she would like to be Prime Minister said that she did not have enough experience, nor would there be a "woman Prime Minister in my lifetime".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 1:36 pm

Michael Learned, American actress, turns 84 today.

Known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series four times, which is tied for the record of most wins with Tyne Daly. Three of the wins were for The Waltons (1973, 1974, 1976), while the other was for Nurse (1982).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/09/23 at 2:58 pm

Kay Adams (born Princetta Kay Adams), American singer-songwriter, turns 82 today.

In the 1960s, Adams arrived on the country scene with the songs "Six Days a Waiting," "Old Heart Get Ready," "Anymore," "Don't Talk Trouble To Me," "Trapped," "Roll Out The Red Carpet," "I Cried At Your Wedding," "Honky Tonk Heartache" and "She Didn't Color Daddy." She appeared as a regular on such Bakersfield based country music TV programs as Buck Owens’ Ranch and the Dave Stogner Show. At the inaugural Academy of Country Music Awards, in 1965, Adams was named Top New Female Vocalist. Merle Haggard was named Top New Male Vocalist, while Top Male Vocalist and Top Female Vocalist went to Buck Owens and Bonnie Owens. The following year, Adams was nominated for Top Female Vocalist.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/09/23 at 3:12 pm

Michael Learned, American actress, turns 44 today.

Known for her role as Olivia Walton in the long-running CBS drama series The Waltons (1972–1981). She has won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series four times, which is tied for the record of most wins with Tyne Daly. Three of the wins were for The Waltons (1973, 1974, 1976), while the other was for Nurse (1982).


Early in she was billed as “Miss Michael Learned” so that people would know she was a woman. Like they hadn’t figured it out watching her on screen.  ::)

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Written By: Howard on 04/10/23 at 3:02 am

Early in she was billed as “Miss Michael Learned” so that people would know she was a woman. Like they hadn’t figured it out watching her on screen.  ::)

I've never heard of a woman named Michael.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/23 at 3:08 am

I've never heard of a woman named Michael.
She was originally billed "Miss Michael Learned" on The Waltons (1972) not out of ego or demand, but for the simple fact that Ms. Learned was unknown to the public at the time she won the role of Olivia and the powers that be did not want the audience to be confused about her gender.

Also, she is the godmother of Christopher Plummer's daughter, Amanda Plummer. As a matter of fact, Amanda's middle name is Michael, after her.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/23 at 3:13 am

Dolores Huerta, American labor leader and civil rights activist, turns 93 today.

With Cesar Chavez, is a co-founder of the National Farmworkers Association, which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee to become the United Farm Workers (UFW). Huerta helped organize the Delano grape strike in 1965 in California and was the lead negotiator in the workers' contract that was created after the strike. Huerta has received numerous awards for her community service and advocacy for workers', immigrants', and women's rights, including the Eugene V. Debs Foundation Outstanding American Award, the United States Presidential Eleanor Roosevelt Award for Human Rights and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. She was the first Latina inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame, in 1993.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/23 at 4:12 am

Gloria Hunniford, British radio and television host, turns 83 today.

She is known for presenting programmes on the BBC and ITV, such as Rip Off Britain, and her regular appearances as a panellist on Loose Women. She has been a regular reporter on This Morning and The One Show. She also had a singing career between the 1960s and 1980s.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/23 at 5:38 am

Paul Theroux, American novelist and travel writer, turns 82 today.

He has written numerous books, including the travelogue, The Great Railway Bazaar (1975). Some of his works of fiction have been adapted as feature films. He was awarded the 1981 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel The Mosquito Coast, which was adapted for the 1986 movie of the same name and the 2021 television series of the same name. He is the father of English-American authors and documentary filmmakers Marcel and Louis Theroux, the brother of authors Alexander Theroux and Peter Theroux, and uncle of the American actor and screenwriter Justin Theroux.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/23 at 5:59 am

Ian Callaghan, English footballer, turns 81 today.

He played 857 times for Liverpool between 1960 and 1978, breaking into the first team just after the appointment of Bill Shankly as Liverpool manager.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/10/23 at 9:18 am

Margaret Pemberton, British writer of women's fiction, turns 80 today.

Beside her married name Margaret Pemberton, her writings have been published under her maiden name Maggie Hudson and the pseudonyms Carris Carlisle, Christina Harland, and Rebecca Dean. A former chairman of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1989–91) she has written novels in many different genres; romantic suspense, historical sagas, contemporary sagas and crime. Having travelled extensively, her novels are set in many different parts of the world.

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Written By: nally on 04/11/23 at 10:17 pm

Ethel Kennedy, American philanthropist, turns 95 today. She was married to Robert F Kennedy from 1950 until his assassination in 1968.

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Written By: nally on 04/11/23 at 10:18 pm

Louise Lasser - American actress, television writer, and performing arts teacher and director - turns 84 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/12/23 at 10:59 pm

Jazz musician Herbie Hancock turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/12/23 at 11:00 pm

Former South African president Jacob Zuma turns 81 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 1:48 am

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American soldier and politician, turns 90 today.

He served as a U.S. Representative from 1987 to 1993, and a U.S. Senator from Colorado from 1993 to 2005. He serves as one of forty-four members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe. During his time in office, he was the only Native American serving in the U.S. Congress. As of 2021, he is the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 2:24 am

Pierre Rosenberg, French art historian, curator, and professor, turns 87 today.

He is the honorary president a director of the Musée du Louvre in Paris, and since 1995, he has held the 23rd seat of the Académie Française. He was Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge in 1987.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/13/23 at 4:57 am

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American soldier and politician, turns 90 today…….  As of 2021, he is the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate.


What about Senator Elizabeth Warren? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 4:58 am

Col Joye (Colin Frederick Jacobsen), Australian pioneer rock singer-songwriter, musician and entrepreneur, turns 86 today.

He has also recorded various other cross-over styles such as country music, with a career spanning some sixty years. Joye was the first Australian rock and roll singer to have a number one record Australia-wide and experienced a string of chart successes in the early Australian rock and roll scene, that was emerging from the US and the United Kingdom.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 4:58 am

What about Senator Elizabeth Warren? ???
What about Senator Elizabeth Warren?

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 5:00 am

What about Senator Elizabeth Warren? ???
She is 73 years old.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/13/23 at 5:01 am

What about Senator Elizabeth Warren?


I thought she said she was of Native American heritage.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 5:03 am

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, American soldier and politician, turns 90 today.

During his time in office, he was the only Native American serving in the U.S. Congress. As of 2021, he is the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate.



I thought she said she was of Native American heritage.
She may be, but Ben Nighthorse Campbell, as of 2021, he is the last Native American elected to the U.S. Senate, so Senator Elizabeth Warren must be before him.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 8:14 am

Edward Fox, English actor. English stage, film and television actor, turns 86 today.

He played the part of the professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle in the summer of 1963, in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973). He is also known for his roles in Battle of Britain (1969), The Go-Between (1971), for which he won a BAFTA award, and The Bounty (1984). He also collaborated with director Richard Attenborough, appearing in his films Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), A Bridge Too Far (1977) and Gandhi (1982). He portrayed Edward VIII in the British television drama series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) and appeared in the historical series Taboo (2017). In addition to film and television work, Fox has also garnered acclaim as a stage actor. He is the elder brother and uncle, respectively, of actors James Fox and Laurence Fox. He is also the former father-in-law of actor Jared Harris.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 8:16 am

Dame Mary Quant, British fashion designer, turns 87 today.

She became an instrumental figure in the 1960s London-based Mod and youth fashion movements. She was one of the designers who took credit for the miniskirt and hotpants, and by promoting these and other fun fashions she encouraged young people to dress to please themselves and to treat fashion as a game. Ernestine Carter, an authoritative and influential fashion journalist of the 1950s and 1960s, wrote: "It is given to a fortunate few to be born at the right time, in the right place, with the right talents. She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to British fashion.

Sadly, Mary Quant passed away today from an undisclosed cause.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 12:25 pm

Klaus Lehnertz, German pole vaulter, turns 85 today.

He competed for the United Team of Germany at the 1964 Olympics and won a bronze medal. He also won two medals at the European Cup in 1965-67, but placed only 13th and 9th at the European Championships in 1962 and 1966, respectively. Domestically he held West German outdoor (1959-61 and 1966-68) and indoor titles (1959, 1960 and 1964).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 2:19 pm

Bill Conti, American composer and conductor, turns 81 today.

Best known for his film scores, including Rocky (and four of its sequels), The Karate Kid (and all of its sequels), For Your Eyes Only, Dynasty, and The Right Stuff, which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He also received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only. He was the musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/13/23 at 5:01 pm

J. M. G. Le Clézio (Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio), Breton French-Mauritian author and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turn 82 today.

The author of over forty works, he was awarded the 1963 Prix Renaudot for his novel Le Procès-Verbal and the 2008 Nobel Prize in Literature for his life's work, as an "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/23 at 1:51 am

Erich von Däniken, Swiss author, turns 88 today.

Several of his books make claims about extraterrestrial influences on early human culture, including the best-selling Chariots of the Gods?, published in 1968. Von Däniken is one of the main figures responsible for popularizing the "paleo-contact" and ancient astronauts hypotheses.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/23 at 3:03 am

Bobby Nichols, American professional golfer, turns 87 today.

Best known for winning the PGA Championship in 1964.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/23 at 5:09 am

Frank Serpico, American detective, turns 87 today.

Serving with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), Serpico is best known for whistleblowing on police corruption in the late 1960s and early 1970s, an act that prompted Mayor John V. Lindsay to appoint the landmark Knapp Commission to investigate the department. Much of Serpico's fame came after the release of the 1973 film Serpico; it was based on the book of the same name by Peter Maas and starred Al Pacino in the title role, for which Pacino received an Oscar nomination.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/23 at 7:28 am

Julie Christie, Indian-born British actress, turns 83 today.

An icon of the "Swinging Sixties", Christie is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She has appeared in six films ranked in the British Film Institute's BFI Top 100 British films of the 20th century, and in 1997, she received the BAFTA Fellowship.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/23 at 10:25 am

Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager, turns 82 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1986, and managed the Cincinnati Reds from 1984 to 1989. He was a switch hitter and is the all-time MLB leader in hits (4,256), games played (3,562), at-bats (14,053), singles (3,215), and outs (10,328). He won three World Series rings, three batting titles, one Most Valuable Player Award, two Gold Gloves, and the Rookie of the Year Award, and also made 17 All-Star appearances at an unequaled five positions (second baseman, left fielder, right fielder, third baseman, and first baseman). Rose won both of his Gold Gloves when he was an outfielder, in 1969 and 1970. In August 1989 (his last year as a manager and three years after retiring as a player), Rose was penalized with permanent ineligibility from baseball amidst accusations that he gambled on baseball games while he played for and managed the Reds; the charges of wrongdoing included claims that he bet on his own team. In 1991, the Baseball Hall of Fame formally voted to ban those on the "permanently ineligible" list from induction, after previously excluding such players by informal agreement among voters. After years of public denial, Rose admitted in 2004 that he bet on baseball and on the Reds. The issue of Rose's possible reinstatement and election to the Hall of Fame remains contentious throughout baseball. On June 22, 2015, ESPN concluded its own investigation of Rose and determined that he had bet on baseball while still a player–manager. The results of the investigation were made public and revealed the records of bets that Rose had made on baseball. U.S. federal authorities had seized the records from one of Rose's associates. Rose is the only person to be placed on the ineligible list by mutual agreement.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/14/23 at 12:05 pm

Tony Burrows, English pop singer and recording artist, turns 81 today.

He is known for a few minor hits in the 1970s, Top 40 appearances with multiple groups, and extensive work in the recording studio as a session musician. In the early 1960s, he was a member of The Kestrels, a vocal harmony group which also included the future songwriting team Roger Greenaway and Roger Cook. Subsequently he joined The Ivy League, and was still with them when they metamorphosed into The Flower Pot Men. The Flower Pot Men had only one hit, "Let's Go to San Francisco", which reached #4 on the UK Singles Chart in the autumn of 1967. Two founding members of Deep Purple, Jon Lord and Nick Simper, were also part of this early band. Later, Burrows sang the lead vocals on several other one-hit wonder songs under different group names, Edison Lighthouse's "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" (February 1970); White Plains' "My Baby Loves Lovin'" (March 1970); The Pipkins' novelty song "Gimme Dat Ding" (April 1970); and The First Class' "Beach Baby" (July 1974). He also sang lead vocals on The Brotherhood of Man's "United We Stand", which reached #10 on the UK charts and also reached #13 in the U.S.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/23 at 4:09 am

Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Icelandic educator and politician, turns 93 today.

She served as the fourth President of Iceland from 1 August 1980 to 1 August 1996. She was the world's first female who was democratically elected as president. With a presidency of exactly sixteen years, she also remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date. Currently, she is a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and a member of the Club of Madrid. She is also to-date Iceland's only female president.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/23 at 5:04 am

Sir Kenneth Bloomfield, Northern Irish civil servant, turns 92 today.

He was the Head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service who was later a member of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains and for a time Northern Ireland Victims Commissioner. In addition to this, he has held a variety of public sector posts in Northern Ireland and elsewhere. He received a Knighthood in the 1987 Queen's Birthday Honours

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/15/23 at 6:14 am

Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager, turns 82 today.


Charlie Hustle needs to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/15/23 at 6:31 am

1980s film star Dorothiea Ivonniea Hundley, perhaps better known by her stage name Seka, was born on this day in 1954. She turns 69 today.

Seka dated comedian Sam Kinison in the mid-'80s. She credited him for arranging an appearance with him on Saturday Night Live.

In the DVD commentary for his film, director Paul Thomas Anderson stated that she was the main inspiration for his character of Amber Waves in Boogie Nights, due to her appearance and involvement with John Holmes in the documentary Exhausted: John C. Holmes, The Real Story.  8)

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/23 at 9:43 am

Claude Joséphine Rose "Claudia" Cardinale, Tunisian-born Italian film actress, turns 85 today.

She won the "Most Beautiful Italian Girl in Tunisia" competition in 1957, the prize being a trip to Italy, which quickly led to film contracts, due above all to the involvement of Franco Cristaldi, who acted as her mentor for a number of years and later married her. After making her debut in a minor role with the Egyptian star Omar Sharif in Goha (1958), Cardinale became one of the best-known actresses in Italy with roles in films such as Rocco and His Brothers (1960), Girl with a Suitcase (1961), Cartouche (1962), The Leopard (1963), and Fellini's 8½ (1963). From 1963, Cardinale appeared in The Pink Panther opposite David Niven. She went on to appear in the Hollywood films Blindfold (1965), Lost Command (1966), The Professionals (1966), Don't Make Waves (1967) with Tony Curtis, The Hell with Heroes (1968), and the Sergio Leone Western Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), a joint US-Italian production, in which she was praised for her role as a former prostitute opposite Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, and Henry Fonda.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/23 at 12:15 pm

Marty Wilde (born Reginald Leonard Smith), English singer and songwriter, turns 84 today.

He was among the first generation of British pop stars to emulate American rock and roll, scoring several 1950s hit singles including "Endless Sleep", "Sea of Love" and "Bad Boy". During the 1960s and 1970s, Wilde continued to record and, with Ronnie Scott, co-wrote hit singles for others including the Casuals' "Jesamine" and Status Quo's "Ice in the Sun". He is the father of pop singer Kim Wilde and co-wrote many of her hit singles including "Kids in America" with his son Ricky. He continues to perform and record.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/23 at 2:43 pm

Jeffrey Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare, English novelist, former politician, convicted perjurer, and peer of the realm, turns 83 today.

Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969–1974), but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. He revived his fortunes as a best-selling novelist; his books have sold more than 320 million copies worldwide.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/15/23 at 3:14 pm

Penelope Coelen, South African actress, model and beauty queen, turns 83 today.

She was Miss World 1958. She was the first major international titleholder to come from Africa.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/23 at 8:27 am

Dame Joan Bakewell, Baroness Bakewell (née Rowlands), English journalist, broadcaster and author, turns 90 today.

She is a writer and actress, known for Iris (2001), The Touchables (1968) and Screen One (1985). She was previously married to Jack Emery and Michael Bakewell. In the early 1960s had an extra-marital affair with writer Harold Pinter. Later Pinter went on to write what became the movie Betrayal (1983) which told the story of their affair. British Culture Secretary, Chris Smith, appointed her as the new Chair of the British Film Institute in 1999. She has been a BFI Governor since 1994, and served as Deputy Chair to Alan Parker, now Chairman of the newly formed industry organisation, the Film Council. She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) before being awarded the Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honors List for her services to journalism and the arts.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/23 at 1:02 pm

Vera Krepkina, Russian athlete, turn 90 today.

She competed for the Soviet Union at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics. At all these Olympics she finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m relay and was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m sprint. In 1960 she also took part in the long jump and won a surprise gold medal with an Olympic record of 6.37 m, ahead of the defending champion Elżbieta Krzesińska and the world record holder Hildrun Claus.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/23 at 3:01 pm

Vince Hill, English singer-songwriter, turns 89 today.

Best known for his recording of the Rodgers and Hammerstein show tune 'Edelweiss' (1967), which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart (staying on the chart for 17 weeks). Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s, Hill hosted several hit TV shows during the seventies and eighties, including They Sold a Million' (BBC), 'Musical Time Machine' (BBC) and his own chat show 'Gas Street' (ITV). Outside of his work in show business, Hill is a Patron of The Macular Society, a UK charity for anyone affected by central vision loss. Hill revealed in 2019 that he is losing his eyesight to Age-Related Macular Disease (AMD).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/16/23 at 3:53 pm

Bobby Vinton, American singer and occasional actor, turns 88 today.

He hosted his own self-titled TV show in the late 1970s. As a teen idol, he became known as "The Polish Prince", as his music paid tribute to his Polish heritage. One of his most popular songs is "Blue Velvet" (a cover of the 1951 song recorded by Tony Bennett) which reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963, No. 1 in Canada (5 weeks), and number 2 in the UK in 1990.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/17/23 at 2:38 am

Ben Barnes, American real estate magnate, politician, and crisis manager, turns 85 today.

He formerly served as Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Texas from January 21, 1969, to January 16, 1973, for two two-year terms. He was a vice-chair and top fund-raiser of John Kerry's presidential campaign. Barnes was one of only eight persons who raised over $500,000 for Kerry.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/23 at 3:01 am

Clive Revill, New Zealand actor, turns 93 today.

Best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage. A veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has also starred in numerous films and television programmes, often in character parts. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee; Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Irma La Douce and Best Actor in a Musical for Oliver! He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Billy Wilder's Avanti! (1972). His roles also include voicing the Emperor in the original theatrical edition of The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/18/23 at 5:02 am

Clive Revill, New Zealand actor, turns 93 today.

Best known for his performances in musical theatre and the London stage. A veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, he has also starred in numerous films and television programmes, often in character parts. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee; Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Irma La Douce and Best Actor in a Musical for Oliver! He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Billy Wilder's Avanti! (1972). His roles also include voicing the Emperor in the original theatrical edition of The Empire Strikes Back (1980).


He also played an Irish villain in a classic episode of Columbo back in the day.

“Ourselves Alone”.  8)  🇮🇪

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/23 at 5:20 am

"TV" Tommy Ivo, American actor and drag racer, turns 87 today.

Known for Margie (1961), Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow (1959) and The Lost Volcano (1950). As a child actor, Ivo had the wherewithal to do drag racing. He built monster four engined dragsters. Raced 36 cars in 12 different classes, became the first drag racer in the seven-second 1/4 mile before retiring from racing in 1982. Was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America and Don Garlits's International Drag Racing Hall of Fame. After his acting career ended, "TV" Tommy Ivo became a professional race car driver, competing in Top Fuel Dragsters and Nitro Funny Cars. Started as a tap dancer and singer in Denver at age 3. With such skills, Tommy was groomed by Republic Studios to become the next boy version of Shirley Temple. Made a guest appearance on Wind Tunnel with Dave Despain (2003).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/23 at 7:28 am

Glen Hardin, American piano player and arranger, turns 84 today.

He has performed and recorded with such artists as Roy Orbison, Elvis Presley, Emmylou Harris, John Denver, and Ricky Nelson. He had grown up with drummer Jerry Allison and bassist Joe B. Mauldin, both members of Buddy Holly's band the Crickets. After Holly's death in 1959, they continued to perform and record with guitarist/songwriter Sonny Curtis. During this period Hardin was made an honorary member of the Crickets and has played with them off and on for many years. Hardin found his first success as a songwriter in 1965 with "Count Me In", recorded by Gary Lewis & the Playboys. "Where Will The Words Come From" and "My Heart's Symphony" were also hits that Hardin penned for Lewis. He soon became an in-demand session pianist and over the years has recorded with numerous artists in a variety of music genres including Bing Crosby, Nancy Sinatra, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Buck Owens, John Denver, Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Rogers, Johnny Rivers, Merle Haggard, Michael Nesmith, Waylon Jennings, and Dwight Yoakam. In 1970 Hardin got a call from Elvis Presley to replace Larry Muhoberac in the TCB Band, featuring James Burton, Jerry Scheff and Ron Tutt. Hardin remained with the band until 1976, touring and recording with Presley and appearing in the Aloha From Hawaii TV special. Hardin studied arranging and arranged many of Presley's hits such as "The Wonder of You", "Let It Be Me" and "I Just Can't Help Believin'". This high-profile position soon led to many other opportunities. In 1972 Gram Parsons, one of the founders of country rock, hired the TCB Band to record his first album, GP. Hardin played piano and was musical director on the sessions for this as well as Parsons' second album, Grievous Angel. Through his work with Parsons, Hardin was introduced to Emmylou Harris, with whom he would work after Parsons' death in the highly praised and influential Hot Band. Across several years this band included James Burton, John Ware, Rodney Crowell, Hank DeVito, Emory Gordy, Jr., Albert Lee, Larrie Londin and Ricky Skaggs. Hardin also played piano on the Roy Orbison television special, A Black and White Night.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/23 at 10:49 am

Joseph L. Goldstein, American biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 83 today.

He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1985, along with fellow University of Texas Southwestern researcher, Michael Brown, for their studies regarding cholesterol. They discovered that human cells have low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptors that remove cholesterol from the blood and that when LDL receptors are not present in sufficient numbers, individuals develop hypercholesterolemia and become at risk for cholesterol related diseases, notably coronary heart disease. Their studies led to the development of statin drugs.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/23 at 3:19 pm

Mike Vickers, English musician, turns 83 today.

He came to prominence as the guitarist, flautist, and saxophonist with the 1960s band Manfred Mann. By 1965, Vickers was already "recording with his own orchestra and looks like becoming a definite threat to Semprini". At the end of that year, he quit the band, although his first solo album, I Wish I Were a Group Again, did not appear until 1968. In June 1967, Vickers conducted the orchestra for the live recording of the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love", which was shown on live TV across the world when communications satellite technology was celebrated by a worldwide linkup.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/18/23 at 3:59 pm

Hayley Mills, English actress, turns 77 today.

The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the British crime drama film Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1961. During her early career, she appeared in six films for Walt Disney, including her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in the Disney film The Parent Trap (1961). Her performance in Whistle Down the Wind (a 1961 adaptation of the novel written by her mother) saw Mills nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress and she was voted the biggest star in Britain for 1961. Her relatives are Juliet Mills (sister) and Annette Mills (aunt) both actresses, and Mark Weedon (cousin) cricketer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/23 at 1:50 am

Larry Peerce, American film and TV director, turns 93 today.

His works includes the theatrical feature Goodbye, Columbus, the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, One Potato, Two Potato (1964), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), and Two-Minute Warning (1976). He is the son of operatic tenor Jan Peerce.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/23 at 4:16 am

Harold "Dickie" Bird, English international cricket umpire, turns 90 today.

During his long umpiring career, he became a much-loved figure among players and viewing public, due to his excellence as an umpire, but also his many eccentricities. Bird played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and Leicestershire as a right-handed batsman, but only scored two centuries in 93 appearances. His career was blighted by a knee injury, which eventually caused him to retire aged 31. He umpired in 66 Test matches (at the time a world record) and 69 One Day Internationals including 3 World Cup Finals. In February 2014, Yorkshire announced that Bird was to be voted in as the club's president at their Annual General Meeting on 29 March. Bird's autobiography, published in 1997, has sold more than a million copies.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/19/23 at 5:20 am

Larry Peerce, American film and TV director, turns 93 today.

His works includes the theatrical feature Goodbye, Columbus, the early rock and roll concert film The Big T.N.T. Show, One Potato, Two Potato (1964), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), and Two-Minute Warning (1976). He is the son of operatic tenor Jan Peerce.


I’ve been waiting a long time for Three Potato to come out.  :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/23 at 6:48 am

Joseph Estrada (born Jose Marcelo Ejercito), Filipino politician, turns 86 today.

He served as the 13th president of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, the 9th vice president of the Philippines from 1992 to 1998, and the 26th Mayor of the City of Manila, the country's capital, from 2013 to 2019. In 2001, he became the first chief executive in Asia to be formally impeached and resigned from power. At the age of 85, he is currently the oldest living former Philippine President.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/19/23 at 10:43 am

Elinor Donahue (born Mary Eleanor Donahue), American actress, turns 86 today.

Best known today for playing the role of Betty Anderson, the eldest child of Jim and Margaret Anderson on the 1950s American sitcom Father Knows Best. She was at one point a ballet-school classmate of future Fred Astaire partner Barrie Chase. She was a child actress working in vaudeville and had several bit parts in movies as a teenager, including Love Is Better Than Ever (1952), starring Elizabeth Taylor. She played one of the daughters in Three Daring Daughters in 1948 and appeared as Mamie Van Doren's sister in Girls Town (1959).

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Written By: nally on 04/22/23 at 9:48 am

Actor Jack Nicholson turns 86 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/23/23 at 12:12 pm

Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary; April 23, 1939) is 84 years old today!

He was once married to Farrah Fawcett-Majors.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 1:50 am

Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary; April 23, 1939) is 84 years old today!

He was once married to Farrah Fawcett-Majors.
Marilyn Erskine, American actress, turns 97 today.

Known for Science Fiction Theatre (1955), Westward the Women (1951) and Lux Video Theatre (1950). She was previously married to Charles William Curland, Dr. Samuel Eugene Neikrug and Stanley Kramer.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 1:51 am

Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary; April 23, 1939) is 84 years old today!

He was once married to Farrah Fawcett-Majors.
Also, once married to Playboy Playmate Karen Velez (1988 to 1994).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/24/23 at 5:35 am

Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary; April 23, 1939) is 84 years old today!

He was once married to Farrah Fawcett-Majors.



Also, once married to Playboy Playmate Karen Velez (1988 to 1994).


Dude gets around…  :P

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 6:07 am

José Sarney de Araújo Costa (born José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa), Brazilian politician, lawyer, and writer, turns 93 today.

He served as 31st president of Brazil from 1985 to 1990. He briefly served as the 20th vice president of Brazil for a month between April and May 1985.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 6:38 am

Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage), Australian comedian, actor, satirist, artist, and author, turns 88 today.

He is best known for writing and playing his on-stage and television alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson. He is also a film producer and script writer, a star of London's West End musical theatre, an award-winning writer, and an accomplished landscape painter.

Sadly, Barry Humphries passed away recently at the age of 89.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 7:00 am

Shirley MacLaine (born Shirley MacLean Beaty), American actress, singer, and dancer, turns 89 today.

Known for her portrayals of quirky, strong-willed and eccentric women, she has received numerous accolades over her seven-decade career, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Volpi Cups and two Silver Bears. She has been honored with a Gala Tribute from the Film Society of Lincoln Center in 1995, the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1998, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2012, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2013. MacLaine is one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her younger brother is the actor, writer, and director Warren Beatty; he changed the spelling of his surname when he became an actor.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 8:18 am

John Williams, Australian virtuosic classical guitarist, turns 82 today.

Renowned for his ensemble playing as well as his interpretation and promotion of the modern classical guitar repertoire. In 1973, he shared a Grammy Award in the Best Chamber Music Performance category with fellow guitarist Julian Bream for Together (released in the US as Julian and John (Works by Lawes, Carulli, Albéniz, Granados)). Guitar historian Graham Wade has said that "John is perhaps the most technically accomplished guitarist the world has seen."

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 9:56 am

Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, activist, and producer, turns 81 today.

With a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (EGOT). Her first husband was actor Elliott Gould, whom she married on September 13, 1963. They announced their separation in 1969, and divorced in 1971. They had one child, Jason Gould, who appeared as her on-screen son in The Prince of Tides. Her second husband is actor James Brolin, whom she married in 1998.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/24/23 at 2:36 pm

Richard Sterban, American country & gospel bass singer. turns 80 today.

Prior to joining The Oak Ridge Boys, Sterban toured with J. D. Sumner and the Stamps Quartet, who were singing backup for Elvis Presley at that time. Sterban ultimately became best known for his "oom-pa-pa-oom-pa-pa-mow-mow" bass solo in the Oak Ridge Boys' 1981 single "Elvira" and sang lead vocals on a select few of the group's songs, including a cover of The Righteous Brothers' hit "Dream On", which was a top-ten hit. Sterban has recorded public service announcements for NOAA Weather Radio. He served as the voice of The Roadhouse, the classic country Sirius Satellite Radio channel. Sterban was a minority owner of the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team from 1978 to 2008, along with entrepreneur Larry Schmittou and other country music stars, such as Conway Twitty, Larry Gatlin, and Cal Smith.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/23 at 3:46 am

Al Pacino, American actor and filmmaker, turns 83 today.

Throughout his career spanning over five decades, he has received numerous accolades, including an Academy Award, two Tony Awards, and two Primetime Emmy Awards, making him one of the few performers to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting. He has also been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the National Medal of Arts.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/23 at 5:07 am

Sir Francis Graham-Smith, British astronomer, turns 100 today.

He was the thirteenth Astronomer Royal from 1982 to 1990 and was knighted in 1986. In the late 1940s he worked at the University of Cambridge on the Long Michelson Interferometer. In 1964 he was appointed Professor of Radio Astronomy at the University of Manchester and in 1981 director of the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, part of the University of Manchester at Jodrell Bank. He was also Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory from 1975 to 1981. He appeared in Episode 13 of Series 4 of Treasure Hunt when the show visited Jodrell Bank, giving presenter Anneka Rice a piggy back to allow her to reach a clue.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/23 at 10:52 am

Harry Belafonte (born Harold George Bellanfanti Jr), American singer-songwriter and actor, turns 95 today.

He was dubbed the "King of Calypso" for popularizing the Trinidadian Caribbean musical style with an international audience in the 1950s. His breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. Belafonte is known for his recording of "The Banana Boat Song", with its signature lyric "Day-O". He has recorded and performed in many genres, including blues, folk, gospel, show tunes, and American standards. He has also starred in several films, including Otto Preminger's hit musical Carmen Jones (1954), Island in the Sun (1957), and Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959).

Sadly, today saw the passing of this great singer at the age of 96.

:\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/23 at 11:28 am

Tony Christie (born Anthony Fitzgerald), English musician and singer, turns 80 today.

He is best known for his recording of "(Is This the Way To) Amarillo", a double UK chart success.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 04/25/23 at 1:15 pm

Björn Ulvaeus, turns 78 today.

Swedish singer, songwriter, producer, a member of the musical group ABBA, and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia! He co-produced the films Mamma Mia! and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again with fellow ABBA member and close friend Benny Andersson.

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Written By: nally on 04/26/23 at 11:07 pm

American comedian/actress Carol Burnett turned 90 today! :D

NBC is airing a special celebration programme in her honor tonight.

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Written By: nally on 04/27/23 at 9:59 pm

Ruth Glick, American cookbook author, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/27/23 at 11:03 pm

Anouk Aimée, French actress, turned 91 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/28/23 at 11:16 pm

Pedro Ramos - Cuban baseball pitcher - turns 88 today.
Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees, and the expansion Washington Senators, all of the American League (AL), and the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds, all of the National League (NL), over the course of a 15-year career (1955–1967; 1969–1970).

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Written By: nally on 04/28/23 at 11:16 pm

Ann-Margret - Swedish-born actress and musician - turns 82 today.

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Written By: nally on 04/29/23 at 10:58 am

Singer Willie Nelson turns 90 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 04/29/23 at 11:16 am

Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball shortstop, turns 89 today. He was active in MLB from 1956 through 1973, mostly with the Chicago White Sox. He spent part of the 1960s with the Baltimore Orioles, and was on the 1966 team that swept the Dodgers in the World Series. He retired from playing with the Boston Red Sox 50 years ago. In 1984 he got into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Written By: nally on 04/29/23 at 11:17 am

Zubin Mehta, India-born bassist and conductor, turns 87 today. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 04/29/23 at 4:23 pm

Richard Kline (April 29, 1944) is 79 years old today. He is best known for playing the sleazy neighbor and used car salesman, Larry Dallas, on the sitcom, Three's Company.

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Written By: Howard on 04/30/23 at 2:50 am

Richard Kline (April 29, 1944) is 79 years old today. He is best known for playing the sleazy neighbor and used car salesman, Larry Dallas, on the sitcom, Three's Company.

He was another one of my favorites on the show.

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Written By: nally on 04/30/23 at 11:02 am

Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/01/23 at 10:03 pm

Judy Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 84 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/02/23 at 7:54 pm

Engelbert Humperdinck, English singer and pianist, turns 87 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/03/23 at 9:16 am

Singer Frankie Valli turns 89 today (born 1934).

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/03/23 at 11:11 am

Singer Frankie Valli turns 89 today (born 1934).


Born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio.  8)

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Written By: nally on 05/03/23 at 7:47 pm

Born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio.  8)

Of course.

I heard a song by his band The Four Seasons on the radio this morning, namely “December 1963 (Oh What a Night)” (which ironically he doesn’t sing lead on).

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Written By: nally on 05/03/23 at 7:59 pm

Former Idaho governor Butch Otter turns 81 today. He served three terms as governor, taking office on New Year’s Day 2007, and leaving office in early 2019.

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Written By: nally on 05/04/23 at 8:37 pm

Betsy Rawls, American LPGA golfer, turns 95 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/04/23 at 8:38 pm

Katherine Jackson, matriarch of the Jackson family, turns 93 today.

All nine of her children became recording artists; eight of them are still alive.

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Written By: nally on 05/05/23 at 8:18 pm

Robert Rehme, American film producer, is 88 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/05/23 at 8:19 pm

Michael Murphy, American actor, turns 85 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/05/23 at 8:19 pm

Michael Palin, English actor and screenwriter, turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/05/23 at 10:59 pm

Canadian singer Gordon Lightfoot is 84 years old today.

Sadly, we won't be mentioning him on this thread anymore; he just passed on earlier this week. :\'(

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Written By: nally on 05/06/23 at 3:14 pm

Willie Mays, American baseball player and coach, is still around; he turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/06/23 at 10:10 pm

Richard Shelby, retired U.S. Senator from Alabama, turns 89 today. He served in the Senate for 36 years, starting in 1987 and retiring earlier this year. He was a Democrat when first elected, then switched his political affiliation to Republican in 1994. He currently holds the record for longest-serving U.S. senator from Alabama, surpassing John Sparkman's record in March 2019.

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Written By: nally on 05/07/23 at 11:11 pm

Dave Chambers, Canadian retired hockey coach, turns 83 today. He coached the Quebec Nordiques of the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1990-1991 season. (The Nordiques later moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1995 to become the Colorado Avalanche.)

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Written By: nally on 05/07/23 at 11:12 pm

Terry Allen - a male American musician and artist from Lubbock, Texas - turns 80 today. His career as a singer-songwriter has spanned many Texas country and outlaw country albums, and his work as a visual artist has included painting, conceptual art, performance, and sculpture, with a number of notable bronze sculptures installed publicly in various cities throughout the United States. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/08/23 at 5:01 am

David Attenborough, English environmentalist and television host, turns 97 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/08/23 at 7:43 pm

Toni Tennille, the surviving half of the 1970s pop duo Captain & Tennille, turns 83 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/08/23 at 7:48 pm

Bill Lockyer - retired American politician from California - turns 82 today.

A member of the Democratic Party, he held elective office in the State of California continuously for 42 years (1973-2015). This included State Treasurer of California, California Attorney General, and President Pro Tempore of the California State Senate.

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Written By: nally on 05/09/23 at 7:44 pm

Sonny Curtis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/09/23 at 7:56 pm

Tommy Roe, American singer-songwriter and guitarist, turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/09/23 at 7:57 pm

John Ashcroft, American lawyer and politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General, also turns 81 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/09/23 at 10:38 pm

Glenda Jackson, English actress and politician, turns 87 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/23 at 12:33 am

Nayantara Sahgal, Indian writer who writes in English, turns 96 today.

She is a member of the Nehru–Gandhi family, the second of the three daughters born to Jawaharlal Nehru's sister, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit. She was awarded the 1986 Sahitya Akademi Award for her English novel Rich Like Us (1985).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/23 at 1:27 am

Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, turns 95 today.

He served as the last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from April 8, 1983, to March 29, 1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (from May 8, 1990: Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia) from March 29, 1990, to October 6, 1992, and was the third President of Estonia from October 8, 2001, to October 9, 2006. He was the second President since Estonia regained independence in 1991. Rüütel also served as one of fifteen Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/23 at 2:34 am

Donovan (Donovan Phillips Leitch), Scottish singer-songwriter, turns 77 today.

Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan reached fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965 with live performances on the pop TV series Ready Steady Go!. He emerged onto the scene in 1965 with three UK hit singles: "Catch the Wind", "Colours" and "Universal Soldier", the last written by Buffy Sainte-Marie. In September 1966, "Sunshine Superman" topped America's Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week and went to number two in Britain, followed by "Mellow Yellow" at US No. 2 in December 1966, then 1968's "Hurdy Gurdy Man" in the Top 5 in both countries, then "Atlantis", which reached US No. 7 in May 1969. He became a friend of pop musicians including Joan Baez, Brian Jones and the Beatles. He taught John Lennon a finger-picking guitar style in 1968 that Lennon employed in "Dear Prudence", "Julia", "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" and other songs. His backing musicians included the Jeff Beck Group and John Bonham and John Paul Jones, who later rose to fame as members of Led Zeppelin. Donovan's commercial fortunes waned after parting with Most in 1969, and he left the industry for a time.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/23 at 7:21 am

George E. Smith, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 93 today.

He is the co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD). He was awarded a one-quarter share in the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics for "the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit—the CCD sensor, which has become an electronic eye in almost all areas of photography".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/10/23 at 8:33 am

Jim Abrahams, American movie director and writer, turns 79 today.

Best known as a member of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker, makers of spoof movies that he co-wrote and produced with brothers Jerry Zucker and David Zucker, such as Airplane! (for which he was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay) and The Naked Gun series. The team of Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker (also referred to as "ZAZ") really began when the three men grew up together in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He directed movies on his own, such as Big Business, and further honed his skills in parody with Hot Shots! and its 1993 sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/10/23 at 4:17 pm

Arnold Rüütel, Estonian agronomist and politician, turns 95 today.

He served as the last Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR from April 8, 1983, to March 29, 1990, Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR (from May 8, 1990: Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia) from March 29, 1990, to October 6, 1992, and was the third President of Estonia from October 8, 2001, to October 9, 2006. He was the second President since Estonia regained independence in 1991. Rüütel also served as one of fifteen Deputy Chairmen of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.


“Chairman of the Supreme Soviet of the Estonian SSR”… that’s a pretty cool title.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/23 at 7:10 am

Valentino Garavani, Italian fashion designer, turns 91 today.

He is the founder of the Valentino brand and company. His main lines include Valentino, Valentino Garavani, Valentino Roma, and R.E.D. Valentino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/23 at 9:38 am

Eric Burdon, English singer-songwriter and actor, turns 82 today.

He was previously the vocalist of rock band The Animals and funk band War. He is regarded as one of the British Invasion's most distinctive singers with his deep, powerful blues-rock voice. He is also known for his aggressive stage performances.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/23 at 2:26 pm

Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Hungarian Olympic and world champion foil fencer, turns 86 today.

She represented Hungary in every Olympics from 1960 to 1976 and won seven Olympic medals, two gold (one each in foil individual and foil team), three silver (three foil team), and two bronze (one each in foil individual and foil team).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/11/23 at 3:03 pm

Nancy Greene, Canadian Senator for British Columbia and an Olympian alpine skier, turns 80 today.

She was voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Greene Raine won a very decisive giant slalom victory in Grenoble, France, in the 1968 Winter Olympics. After being appointed to the Senate in 2009, Greene Raine retired in 2018, when she reached the mandatory retirement age of 75. She is the mother of retired alpine skier Willy Raine.

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Written By: nally on 05/14/23 at 11:35 am

Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager, turns 81 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/14/23 at 11:54 am

Tony Pérez, Cuban-American baseball player and manager, turns 81 today.


Not to be confused with the other Tony Pérez, an actor in the 1970s…

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Written By: nally on 05/14/23 at 1:38 pm

Not to be confused with the other Tony Pérez, an actor in the 1970s…

Yep, another one of those full names that pertains to more than one famous entity!

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/23 at 1:29 am

Jasper Johns, American painter, sculptor, and printmaker, turns 93 today.

His work is associated with abstract expressionism, Neo-Dada, and pop art. He is well known for his depictions of the American flag and other US-related topics. Johns's works regularly sell for millions of dollars at sale and auction, including a reported $110 million sale in 2010. At multiple times works by Johns have held the title of most paid for a work by a living artist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/23 at 1:51 am

Akihiro Miwa (born Akihiro Maruyama), Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, author and drag queen, turns 88 today.

He began working in various nightclubs singing his favourites from the French chansons, such as those of Édith Piaf, Yvette Guilbert and Marie Dubas. Miwa became well known in 1957 after his smash-hit "Me Que Me Que", which included a string of profanities not used in media at the time. He also became renowned for his effeminate beauty, making him a hit with the media, and performed a monthly show at Shibuya Jean-Jean called "Akihiro Miwa no Sekai" ("The World of Akihiro Miwa") from the 1970s until its closure in 2000, as well as touring Japan.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/23 at 6:14 am

Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer, turns 87 today.

She is the daughter of Italian musicians, soprano Anna Maria Alberghetti was singing on the European concert circuit at the age of 12. Two years later, she made an impressive debut at Carnegie Hall. Hoping to promote Anna as "the new Deanna Durbin," Paramount pictures signed her to a film contract. While her official movie debut was in the independently produced filmed opera The Medium (1950), Anna was given a big-guns "introducing" buildup for her first Paramount effort, Frank Capra's Here Comes the Groom (1951). She followed this with a leading role in the celebrity-studded The Stars are Singing (1952), a genial musical based loosely on Anna's real-life rise to prominence. Few of her subsequent Paramount films were truly worthy of her talents; she left Hollywood, never to return, after surviving Jerry Lewis in Cinderfella (1960). Anna Maria Alberghetti then launched her Broadway career in the hit musical Carnival (1961), adapted from the 1953 Leslie Caron movie vehicle Lili (1953).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/23 at 12:14 pm

May 15th 1937 – Karin Krog, Norwegian singer, turns 86 today.

She began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet. In 1962, she started her first band, and that same year she became a student of the Norwegian-American singer Anne Brown. Krog studied with Brown until 1969. In the 1960s, she performed with the rhythm and blues band Public Enemies, releasing the hit singles "Sunny" and "Watermelon Man". She has worked with Vigleik Storaas, Jacob Young, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jan Garbarek, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Don Ellis, Steve Kuhn, Archie Shepp, Paul Bley, John Surman, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Red Mitchell, and Bengt Hallberg. In 1994, she became the first Norwegian musician to have an album released by Verve Records. The album Jubilee was a compilation of songs from her thirty-year career. is the great granddaughter of Anders Heyerdahl (1832–1918), a Norwegian composer, musician, genealogist, folklorist and local historian. Her long-term partner is British jazz multi-instrumentalist John Surman.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/23 at 1:46 pm

Ralph Steadman, English painter and illustrator, turns 87 today.

Best known for his collaboration and friendship with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. Steadman is renowned for his political and social caricatures, cartoons and picture books.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/15/23 at 3:20 pm

Anna Maria Alberghetti, Italian-American actress and singer, turns 87 today.



She’s also famous for hawking salad dressing on TV.  8)

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Written By: nally on 05/16/23 at 8:16 pm

Floyd Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach, turns 88 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/23 at 2:00 am

David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie, Scottish peer, turns 97 today.

He is the eldest son of David Ogilvy, 12th Earl of Airlie and Lady Alexandra Coke. His younger brother was Sir Angus Ogilvy, the husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent. He served as a page to his father at the coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Westminster Abbey on 12 May 1937. With the death of Queen Elizabeth II, as of 8 September 2022, he is the last surviving participant of the Coronation of George VI and Elizabeth in 1937. Lord Airlie as Lord Chamberlain initiated changes in the early 1990s under the auspices of “The Way Ahead Group”. Under these plans The Queen agreed to pay tax, greater transparency for the public subsidy of the monarchy began and a greater emphasis on public relations started. He was made a Knight of the Thistle on 29 November 1985. Two years after that he became Chairman of General Accident Fire and Life Assurance plc. He followed in the footsteps of his late father, who served as Lord Chamberlain to Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. He remained in the post until 1997, the same year he was awarded the Royal Victorian Chain.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/23 at 3:32 am

Ronald Wayne, American electronics industry businessman, turns 89 today.

He co-founded Apple Computer Company (now Apple Inc.) as a partnership with Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs on April 1, 1976, providing administrative oversight and documentation for the new venture. Twelve days later, he sold his 10% share of the new company back to Jobs and Wozniak for US$800 (equivalent to $3,810 in 2021), and one year later accepted a final US$1,500 (equivalent to $7,143 in 2021) to forfeit any potential future claims against the newly incorporated Apple.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/23 at 5:24 am

Hazel R. O'Leary, American lawyer, politician and university administrator, turns 86 today.

She served as the 7th United States Secretary of Energy from 1993 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, O'Leary was the first woman and first African American to hold that post. She also served as the 14th president of Fisk University from 2004 to 2013, a historically black college and her alma mater. O'Leary's tenure at Fisk came amid financial difficulty for the school, during which time she increased enrollment and contentiously used the school's art collection to raise funds.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/23 at 7:07 am

Hugh Dykes, Baron Dykes, British politician and member of the House of Lords, turns 84 today.

Initially a Europhile Conservative, he later defected to the Liberal Democrats.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/23 at 8:16 am

Alan Kay, American computer scientist, turns 83 today.

He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He is known for his pioneering work on object-oriented programming and windowing graphical user interface (GUI) design. At Xerox PARC he led the design and development of the first modern windowed computer desktop interface. There he also led the development of the influential object-oriented programming language Smalltalk, both personally designing most of the early versions of the language and coining the term "object-oriented." He has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Royal Society of Arts. He received the Turing award in 2003. Kay is also a former professional jazz guitarist, composer, and theatrical designer. He also is an amateur classical pipe organist.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/17/23 at 2:16 pm

David Cope, American author, composer, scientist, and former professor of music at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), turns 82 today.

His primary area of research involves artificial intelligence and music; he writes programs and algorithms that can analyse existing music and create new compositions in the style of the original input music. He taught a summer workshop in algorithmic computer music that was open to the public (but not free) as well as a general education course entitled Artificial Intelligence and Music for enrolled UCSC students. Cope is also co-founder and CTO Emeritus of Recombinant Inc., a music technology company.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/23 at 3:32 am

Sir Michael A. Epstein, British pathologist and academic, turns 102 today.

He is one of the discoverers of the Epstein–Barr virus, along with Yvonne Barr and Bert Achong. He was awarded its Royal Medal in 1992. He was awarded the CBE in 1985 and knighted in 1991.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/23 at 4:10 am

Priscilla Pointer, American stage, film and television character actress, turns 99 today.

She began her career in the theater, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood to act in films and on television. She is the mother of Amy Irving, therefore making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto and the mother-in-law of documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser, Jr.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/18/23 at 5:31 am

Priscilla Pointer, American stage, film and television character actress, turns 99 today.

She began her career in the theater, including productions on Broadway. Later, Pointer moved to Hollywood to act in films and on television. She is the mother of Amy Irving, therefore making her the former mother-in-law of filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Bruno Barreto and the mother-in-law of documentary filmmaker Kenneth Bowser, Jr.


Any relation to The Pointer Sisters ? ???

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/23 at 6:14 am

Any relation to The Pointer Sisters ? ???
It does not look like it, different ethical background.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/23 at 10:01 am

Miriam Margolyes, British-Australian character actress, turns 83 today.

Her earliest roles were in theatre; after several supporting roles in film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for her role in Martin Scorsese's The Age of Innocence (1993) and was cast in the role of Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter film series. Margolyes has spent many years dividing her time between the United Kingdom, Australia, and Italy. She has starred in productions in both the United Kingdom and Australia, including the Australian premiere of the 2013 play I'll Eat You Last. She became an Australian citizen in 2013.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/18/23 at 2:02 pm

Michael Sandle, British sculptor and artist, turns 87 today.

His works include several public sculptures, many relating to themes of war, death, or destruction.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 12:32 am

John Cruickshank, Scottish banker, former Royal Air Force officer, turns 103 today.

He is a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Cruickshank was awarded the VC for sinking a German U-boat and then, despite serious injuries, safely landing his aircraft. He is the last living recipient to have been awarded the VC during the Second World War.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 1:59 am

Constance Towers, American film, stage, and television actress, and singer, turns 90 today.

She gained prominence for her appearances in several mainstream 1950s films before transitioning to theater, starring in numerous Broadway productions through the 1970s. Her accolades include two Emmy Award nominations. She made her film debut in the Technicolor comedy picture Bring Your Smile Along (1955) by Blake Edwards before earning recognition for her roles in John Ford's civil war film The Horse Soldiers (1959) and western Sergeant Rutledge (1960). She later appeared in two roles in Samuel Fuller's hard-edged experimental thrillers Shock Corridor (1963) and The Naked Kiss (1964).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 3:52 am

José Mujica, Uruguayan politician and farmer, turns 88 today.

He served as the 40th President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was imprisoned for 12 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a Senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as President on 1 March 2010.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 6:13 am

Anthony Zerbe, American stage, film and television actor, turns 87 today.

Notable film roles include the post-apocalyptic cult leader Matthias in The Omega Man, a 1971 film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel, I Am Legend; as a corrupt gambler in Farewell, My Lovely; as Abner Devereaux in Kiss Meets the Phantom of the Park; as villain Milton Krest in the James Bond film Licence to Kill; Rosie in The Turning Point; Roger Stuart in The Dead Zone; Admiral Dougherty in Star Trek: Insurrection and Councillor Hamann in The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 8:59 am

Sadaharu Oh, Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager, turns 83 today.

He holds the world lifetime home run record, having hit 868 home runs during his professional career. He established many NPB batting records, including runs batted in (RBIs) (2,170), slugging percentage (.634), bases on balls (2,390), and on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS) (1.080). In 1977, Oh became the first recipient of the People's Honour Award. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 9:52 am

Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper, turns 81 today.

He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event. He was born in Nantymoel near Bridgend and was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club. Davies won an Olympic gold medal in the long jump in 1964 with a mark of 8.07 metres (26 ft 6 in), earning himself the nickname "Lynn the Leap". He finished ninth in 1968, having been flag bearer at the opening ceremony. In 1964 he also competed in the 100 metres and 4×100 metres contests.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 3:07 pm

Frew McMillan, South African tennis player, turns 81 today.

He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he won 63 doubles titles, surpassed only by the Bryan brothers, Mark Woodforde, Todd Woodbridge, John McEnroe and Tom Okker. He was also ranked No.1 in Doubles on the ATP Computer for a significant period from 1977 to 1979 when he was aged 37.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/20/23 at 3:27 pm

Deryck Murray, Trinidadian cricketer, turns 80 today.

A wicketkeeper and right-handed batsman, Murray kept wicket to the West Indian fast bowling attacks of the 1970s (including Andy Roberts, Michael Holding, Joel Garner and Colin Croft); his glovework effected 189 Test dismissals and greatly enhanced the potency of the bowling attack. Murray captained Trinidad and Tobago 1976–1981, and was vice-captain of the sides which won the 1975 World Cup and the 1979 World Cup. He deputised for Clive Lloyd as West Indies captain in one Test match in 1979.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/23 at 11:21 am

John Dalton, British bass guitar player, turns 80 today.

Best known as a member of The Kinks in 1966 and between 1969 and 1976, replacing original member Pete Quaife.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/21/23 at 12:51 pm

Bobby Cox, American professional baseball third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), turns 82 today.

He played for the New York Yankees and managed the Atlanta Braves and Toronto Blue Jays. He is a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Written By: nally on 05/21/23 at 3:45 pm

Ronald Isley, American singer-songwriter and producer, also turns 82. He was a member of his siblings’ band The Isley Brothers.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/23 at 5:50 am

Peter Nero (born Bernard Nierow), American pianist and conductor, turns 89 today.

He directed the Philly Pops from 1979 to 2013, and has earned two Grammy Awards. In 1963, Nero composed and performed the musical score for the motion picture Sunday in New York. The title song has been recorded by over two dozen vocalists, and the score was nominated for both a Golden Globe and Hollywood Reporter Award. He also made an appearance in the film with Jane Fonda, Rod Taylor, and Cliff Robertson. In the film, Jane Fonda's character gave her brother (Robertson) a Nero recording. Nero has worked with notable musicians including Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Arthur Fiedler, Andy Williams, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Diane Schuur, Johnny Mathis, Roger Kellaway and Elton John.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/23 at 7:54 am

Richard Benjamin, American actor and director, turns 85 today.

He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; Catch-22 (1970), from the Joseph Heller best-seller; Westworld (1973), a science-fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and The Sunshine Boys (1975), written by Neil Simon. After directing for television, his first film as director was the 1982 comedy My Favorite Year. His other films as director include City Heat (1984), starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, The Money Pit (1986) with Tom Hanks, and Made in America (1993) with Whoopi Goldberg.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/22/23 at 10:55 am

Kieth Merrill, American filmmaker, turns 83 today.

He has worked as a writer, director, and producer in the film industry since 1967. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Directors Guild of America, and received an Academy Award for The Great American Cowboy (1973) and a nomination for Amazon (1997). He published a novel, The Evolution of Thomas Hall, through Shadow Mountain in 2011. His first fantasy novel, The Immortal Crown, was published by Shadow Mountain in 2016.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/22/23 at 6:43 pm

Richard Benjamin, American actor and director, turns 85 today.


He’s been married to the lovely Paula Prentiss :-* since 1961.  :o

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 05/22/23 at 7:04 pm

He’s been married to the lovely Paula Prentiss :-* since 1961.  :o


Yes, and some will remember their ahead-of-it's-time TV series "He and She", co-starring 60s TV perennial Jack Cassidy, which aired for one season in 1967-78.

Cassidy' character of Oscar was openly the pattern for the Mary Tyler Moore Show's Ted Baxter character, for which creator Leonard Stern granted permission.[

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/22/23 at 7:18 pm

Cassidy' character of Oscar was openly the pattern for the Mary Tyler Moore Show's Ted Baxter character, for which creator Leonard Stern granted permission.https://www.hollywood.com/general/shirley-jones-was-not-a-fan-of-threesome-with-husband-jack-cassidy-59099769#:~:text=it%20a%20try…%3F-,%27,after%2018%20years%20of%20marriage.

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Written By: nally on 05/22/23 at 7:29 pm

Baseball pitcher Tommy John is 80 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/22/23 at 7:44 pm

Baseball pitcher Tommy John is 80 years old today.


Not to be confused with the Tommy John underwear brand. :D

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Written By: nally on 05/22/23 at 7:49 pm

Not to be confused with the Tommy John underwear brand. :D

I have heard of that. And from what I know, he had nothing to do with it.

However, he is the namesake of Tommy John Surgery, since it was an operation that was first performed on him, and improved his ability to pitch.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/23 at 2:40 am

Dame Joan Collins, English actress, author, and columnist, turns 90 today.

She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. In 1983, she was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has been recognized for her philanthropy, particularly her advocacy towards causes relating to children, which has earned her many honours. In 2015, she was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II for her charitable services. Her younger sister was Jackie Collins, a bestselling author

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Written By: Howard on 05/23/23 at 2:57 am

Jack was the man. Shirley Jones (who was once his wife) said that he was, uh, well equipped. He even got Shirley to participate in a ménage à trois with him and a female dancer. :o

https://www.hollywood.com/general/shirley-jones-was-not-a-fan-of-threesome-with-husband-jack-cassidy-59099769#:~:text=it%20a%20try…%3F-,%27,after%2018%20years%20of%20marriage.

Wow, that's crazy!  :o

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/23/23 at 4:03 am

Barbara Barrie (born Barbara Ann Berman), American actress, turns 92 today.

Her film breakthrough came in 1964 with her performance as Julie in the landmark film One Potato, Two Potato, for which she won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is best known for her role as Evelyn Stoller in Breaking Away, which brought her an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in 1979 and an Emmy Award nomination in 1981 when she reprised the role in the television series based on the film. On television Barrie is perhaps best known for her portrayal, between 1975 and 1978, of the wife of the namesake captain in the detective sitcom Barney Miller. She also is known for her extensive work in the theatre, receiving a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Musical in 1971 for originating the role of Sarah in Stephen Sondheim's Company.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/23 at 4:43 am

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate, turns 82 today.

Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture for more than 50 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements. His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. He has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ten Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Dylan has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize Board in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power". In 2016, Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/23 at 7:21 am

Stanley Baxter, Scottish actor and screenwriter, turns 97 today.

He began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and later became known for his British television comedy shows The Stanley Baxter Show, The Stanley Baxter Picture Show, The Stanley Baxter Series and Mr Majeika. Baxter has also written a number of books based on Glasgow.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/23 at 11:03 am

Gary Burghoff, American actor, turns 80 today.

He is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the film MASH, as well as the TV series. He was a regular on television game show Match Game from 1974 to 1975 for 140 episodes, standing in for Charles Nelson Reilly, who was in New York doing a Broadway play, but continued to make recurring appearances afterwards.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 05/24/23 at 3:44 pm

Singer Tina Turner is 83 years old today.
Today we have lost a music legend  :\'( :\'( :\'(

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/24/23 at 4:59 pm

Gary Burghoff, American actor, turns 80 today.

He is known for originating the role of Charlie Brown in the 1967 Off-Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, and the character Corporal Walter Eugene "Radar" O'Reilly in the film MASH, as well as the TV series. He was a regular on television game show Match Game from 1974 to 1975 for 140 episodes, standing in for Charles Nelson Reilly, who was in New York doing a Broadway play, but continued to make recurring appearances afterwards.


He’s also famous for his role in the series “After M*A*S*H”. 8)

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Written By: nally on 05/24/23 at 7:46 pm

Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman), American singer-songwriter, guitarist, artist, writer, and producer; Nobel Prize laureate, turns 82 today.

Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture for more than 50 years. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when songs such as "Blowin' in the Wind" (1963) and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" (1964) became anthems for the civil rights and anti-war movements. His lyrics during this period incorporated a range of political, social, philosophical, and literary influences, defying pop music conventions and appealing to the burgeoning counterculture. He has received numerous awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, ten Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Dylan has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The Pulitzer Prize Board in 2008 awarded him a special citation for "his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power". In 2016, Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".

O0

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Written By: nally on 05/26/23 at 8:12 pm

Paul E. Patton, former Kentucky governor, turns 86 today. A Democrat, he served as governor for two terms, 1995-2003.

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Written By: nally on 05/27/23 at 9:57 am

Lee Baca - former American law enforcement officer who served as the 30th Sheriff of Los Angeles County, California from 1998 to 2014 - turns 81 today. In 2017, he was convicted of felony obstruction of justice and lying to the FBI.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/23 at 10:17 am

Carroll Baker, American actress, turns 92 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/23 at 10:17 am

Jerry West - American basketball player, coach, and executive - turns 85 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/23 at 10:18 am

Former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani turns 79 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/23 at 10:19 am

American singer Gladys Knight also turns 79 years old today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/28/23 at 3:06 pm

Missed this one yesterday.

Legendary foreign affairs envoy Henry Kissinger hit the one-century mark yesterday. Born May 27, 2023 in Fürth, Bavaria - Germany.  8)

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Written By: Howard on 05/28/23 at 3:18 pm

American singer Gladys Knight also turns 79 years old today.

Happy Birthday Gladys Knight.

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Written By: nally on 05/28/23 at 5:05 pm

Missed this one yesterday.

Legendary foreign affairs envoy Henry Kissinger hit the one-century mark yesterday. Born May 27, 2023 in Fürth, Bavaria - Germany.  8)

Wow, good for him! O0

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 05/28/23 at 5:15 pm

Missed this one yesterday.

Legendary foreign affairs envoy Henry Kissinger hit the one-century mark yesterday. Born May 27, 2023 in Fürth, Bavaria - Germany.  8)



Wow, good for him! O0


Though for many, Kissinger was seen as an unindicted war criminal for his role in, among other events, expanding the Vietnam War to Cambodia and Laos, supporting military coups in Chile and Argentina, green-lighting Indonesia's bloody invasion of East Timor in 1975 and turning a blind eye to Pakistan's mass atrocities during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/28/23 at 5:25 pm

Though for many, Kissinger was seen as an unindicted war criminal for his role in, among other events, expanding the Vietnam War to Cambodia and Laos, supporting military coups in Chile and Argentina, green-lighting Indonesia's bloody invasion of East Timor in 1975 and turning a blind eye to Pakistan's mass atrocities during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence.


I don’t know about the other areas, but Cambodia was allowing NVA forces to attack American forces from Cambodian territory. So bombing the hades out of them was fair game.

Note that ol’ Henry is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 05/28/23 at 5:48 pm

Note that ol’ Henry is a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.


Yeah, wild isn't it? His co-honoree, North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho refused to accept his Nobel peace Prize, on the grounds that Kissinger had violated the agreed upon truce during the infamous Christmas bombing of Hanoi in 1972, done on Kissinger's orders.

"Everything is the opposite of what it is."
-Harry Nilsson

"Sometimes Satan comes as a man of peace"
-Nobel laureate Bob Dylan

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Written By: nally on 05/29/23 at 12:21 pm

Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach, turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/29/23 at 12:21 pm

Charles W. Pickering, American lawyer and judge, turns 86 years old today.

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Written By: nally on 05/29/23 at 12:22 pm

Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman, turns 85 today. He was Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 1989 until September 1992.

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Written By: nally on 05/29/23 at 12:24 pm

Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, turns 81 today. He was the 40th Mayor of Montreal, serving from 1994-2001.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 05/29/23 at 12:43 pm

Yeah, wild isn't it? His co-honoree, North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho refused to accept his Nobel peace Prize, on the grounds that Kissinger had violated the agreed upon truce during the infamous Christmas bombing of Hanoi in 1972, done on Kissinger's orders.


Henry was National Security Advisor at that time.  He couldn’t order a pizza. Nixon’s the one…

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Written By: nally on 05/30/23 at 7:59 pm

Ray Cooney, English actor/director and playwright, turns 91 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/31/23 at 11:43 pm

Clint Eastwood - American actor, director, musician, and producer - turned 93 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/31/23 at 11:46 pm

Musician Peter Yarrow turns 85 today. He was one-third of the folk trio known as Peter, Paul & Mary. (His bandmate Paul Stookey, also still alive, is five months his senior.)

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Written By: nally on 05/31/23 at 11:47 pm

American actress Sharon Gless turns 80 today.

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Written By: nally on 05/31/23 at 11:48 pm

American pro football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath also turns 80 today.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/01/23 at 5:37 am

American pro football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath also turns 80 today.


Little known fact: Joe was a member of the high school championship BASEBALL team from Beaver Falls PA in 1961.  8)

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Written By: nally on 06/01/23 at 8:00 pm

Little known fact: Joe was a member of the high school championship BASEBALL team from Beaver Falls PA in 1961.  8)

Well, he was quite athletic! O0

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Written By: nally on 06/01/23 at 8:00 pm

On topic...American actor Morgan Freeman turns 86 today.

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Written By: nally on 06/01/23 at 8:03 pm

Singer Pat Boone is still around; he turns 89 today.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/23 at 7:15 am

Robert Paul, Canadian former pair skater, turns 86 today.

He teamed up with Barbara Wagner in 1952. They became the 1960 Olympic champions, four-time World champions, and five-time Canadian national champions. After retiring from competition, the pair toured with Ice Capades. Paul choreographed for American skaters Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, and Linda Fratianne and the skating sequences for the Donny and Marie show. He was one of Mirai Nagasu's coaches.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/23 at 10:19 am

Deric Washburn, American screenwriter and playwright, turns 86 today.

His early career was that of a playwright, penning the off-Broadway plays Ginger Anne and The Love Nest. As a writer, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) and a WGA Award for "Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen" for The Deer Hunter, along with Quinn Redeker, Louis A. Garfinkle and Michael Cimino.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/02/23 at 3:38 pm

Stacy Keach, American actor and narrator, turns 82 today.

He has played mainly dramatic roles throughout his career, often in law enforcement or as a private detective. His most prominent role was as Mickey Spillane's fictional detective Mike Hammer, which he played in numerous stand-alone television films and at least three television series throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The role earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination in 1984. He has appeared as the lead in films such as Fat City and The Ninth Configuration. He has also performed as a narrator for programs including CNBC'S American Greed (2008–) and various educational television programs. Comedic roles include Ken, the father of comedian Christopher Titus in the FOX sitcom Titus (2000–2002), and as Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's films Up in Smoke (1978) and Nice Dreams (1981). Keach won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the television miniseries Hemingway (1988).

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/23 at 12:08 am

Torsten Wiesel, Swedish neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 99 today.

Together with David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/23 at 1:45 am

Werner Arber, Swiss microbiologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate, turns 94 today.

Along with American researchers Hamilton Smith and Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber shared the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of restriction endonucleases. Their work would lead to the development of recombinant DNA technology.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/23 at 2:49 am

Raúl Castro, Cuban politician and general, turns 92 today.

He served as the first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, the most senior position in the one-party communist state, from 2011 to 2021, succeeding his brother, Fidel Castro as well as the 16th President of Cuba from 2006 to 2018.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/23 at 4:55 am

Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and musician, turns 84 today.

He is best known as the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople, from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and at the time of its 2009 and 2013 reunions. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before joining Mott the Hoople, and continued in this vein after he left the band. He embarked on a solo career despite ill health and disillusionment with commercial success, and often worked in collaboration with Mick Ronson, David Bowie's sideman and arranger from The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars period.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/03/23 at 6:20 am

Hale Irwin, American golfer and architect, turns 78 today.

He was one of the world's leading golfers from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. He is one of the few players in history to win three U.S. Opens, becoming the oldest ever U.S. Open champion in 1990 at the age of 45. As a senior golfer, Irwin ranks first all-time in PGA Tour Champions victories. He is widely regarded as the greatest player in Champions Tour history. Along with Gary Player, David Graham, Bernhard Langer and Justin Rose, Irwin is one of five golfers to win official tournaments on all six continents on which golf is played. He has also developed a career as a golf course architect.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/23 at 3:32 am

Gustav Nossal, Australian research biologist, turns 92 today.

He is famous for his contributions to the fields of antibody formation and immunological tolerance.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/23 at 5:09 am

Bruce Dern, American actor, turns 87 today.

Often playing supporting villainous characters of unstable nature. He is the recipient of several accolades, including the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and the Silver Bear for Best Actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Coming Home (1978) and the Academy Award for Best Actor for Nebraska (2013). He is also a BAFTA Award, two-time Genie Award, and three-time Golden Globe Award nominee. With actress Diane Ladd, Dern is the father of actress Laura Dern.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/23 at 8:48 am

Art Mahaffey, American professional baseball starting pitcher, turns 85 today.

He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (1960–1965) and St. Louis Cardinals (1966). He batted and threw right-handed. In a seven-season MLB career, Mahaffey posted a 59–64 record, with 639 strikeouts, and a 4.17 earned run average (ERA), in 999.0 innings pitched.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/23 at 12:04 pm

Kenneth G. Ross, Australian playwright, screenwriter, and lyricist, turns 82 today.

Best known for writing the 1978 stage play Breaker Morant, that was based on the life of Australian soldier Harry "Breaker" Morant. With the support of the South Australian Film Corporation this play was later adapted by Ross into a film of the same name in 1980. The film was nominated for the 1980 Academy Award for the screenplay adapted from another source.

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Written By: Philip Eno on 06/04/23 at 12:21 pm

Sandra Haynie, American professional golfer, turns 80 today.

She started on the LPGA Tour in 1961, and won four major championships, 42 LPGA Tour career events, and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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Written By: nally on 06/04/23 at 1:45 pm

Michelle Phillips - American singer-songwriter and actress - turns 79 today. She is the last surviving original member of the 1960s folk band The Mamas And The Papas.

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Written By: LyricBoy on 06/04/23 at 4:35 pm

Michelle Phillips - American singer-songwriter and actress - turns 79 today. She is the last surviving original member of the 1960s folk band The Mamas And The Papas.


TMATP was one of those bands that was cursed :-\\ . Cass Elliot died at 32, John Phillips at 65, and Denny Doherty at 66. Hopefully Michelle :-* makes it well into her 80s and beyond.

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Written By: nally on 06/04/23 at 4:36 pm

TMATP was one of those bands that was cursed :-\\ . Cass Elliot died at 32, John Phillips at 65, and Denny Doherty at 66. Hopefully Michelle :-* makes it well into her 80s and beyond.

Well, she’s certainly outlived all of her bandmates!

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Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 06/04/23 at 5:19 pm

TMATP was one of those bands that was cursed :-\\ . Cass Elliot died at 32, John Phillips at 65, and Denny Doherty at 66. Hopefully Michelle :-* makes it well into her 80s and beyond.


Oh man, they were cursed for a lot more than that.  John & Michelle were married, but Michelle & Denny were having an affair, Cass had an unrequited love for Denny and was envious of Michelle who was having an affair with Denny but married to John..and on and on. they were a soap opera on wheels.


Well, she’s certainly outlived all of her bandmates!

She should start a band with Barry Gibb and Mickey Dolenz and call it Last Man Standing. 

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Written By: nally on 06/05/23 at 7:54 pm

Roger Craig - American baseball player, coach, and manager - turns 93 today.

He pitched in MLB from 1955 through 1966 (the first 7 seasons of which were spent with the Dodgers franchise). He managed the San Diego Padres in the late 1970s, and the San Francisco Giants from 1985 through 1992.

Sadly, Mr. Craig has just passed away yesterday. :\'( No cause of death was given.

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Written By: nally on 06/05/23 at 10:15 pm

Bill Moyers, American journalist who was the 13th White House Press Secretary, turns 89 today.

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