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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for April 8

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🏆⚾Charlie Maxwell -- is 97 in the year 2024 and 98 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1927
MLB Player
Names/Places: NN: Smokey, Paw Paw, Ol' Paw Paw, Sunday Punch and Sunday Charlie

📰Seymour Hersh -- is 87 in the year 2024 and 88 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1937
Journalist
Misc: investigative reporter; some say b. Apr 7

🎭Lory Patrick -- is 86 in the year 2024 and 87 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1938
Actress
Names/Places: Dean Jones' wife
Misc: retired from acting in 1967
TV Shows: Wagon Train, Tales of Wells Fargo
Movie Titles: How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Surf Party

🎭🎵Peggy Lennon -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1941
Actress, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles
Misc: some say b. 1940 or 1946
Group Names: The Lennon Sisters

🎭🎵Darlene Gillespie -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1941 N.S.
Actress, Singer, Canadian
Misc: retired from acting in 1962
TV Shows: Mickey Mouse Club, The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (as Darlene)

🎵Leon Huff -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1942
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Songwriter

🎵🎸Roger Chapman -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1942
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer, British
Group Names: Family

🏆⚾John Hiller -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1943
MLB Pitcher

🎭Donald Keeler -- is 80 in the year 2024 and 81 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1944
Actor
Names/Places: Ken Weatherwax's bro, Ruby Keeler's nephew; RN:Joey Vieira
TV Shows: Lassie (as Sylvester Porky Brockway)

🏆🏁Derrick Walker -- is 79 in the year 2024 and 80 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1945
Auto Racer, Scottish
Misc: former British auto racing team owner

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🎭Stuart Pankin -- is 78 in the year 2024 and 79 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1946 N.S.
Actor, Comedian, Puppet Actor
TV Shows: Curb Your Enthisiasm, Not Necessairily the News, Dinosaurs (as dad Earl Sinclair)
Movie Titles: Fatal Attraction, The Artist, Arachnophobia

🎵🎸Steve (Musician) Howe -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1947
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Names/Places: b. in London
Group Names: Yes, Asia, Anderson-Bruford-Wakeman-Howe

Tom DeLay -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1947
Congressperson

🎭Brian Delate -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1949
Actor, Director (m)
Movie Titles: The Truman Show, The Shawshank Redemption, Far From Heaven, The Brave One

🎭John (Actor) Madden -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1949 N.S.
Actor, Producer/Director (m), English
Names/Places: not to be confused with football analyst John Madden
Movie Titles: Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Debt, Proof; Shakespeare in Love

🏆⚾Jim Lampley -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1949
Baseball Announcer
TV Shows: Monday Night Baseball (1978-79)

🎵Brenda Russell -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1949
Composer, Keyboardist, Soul Singer
Names/Places: RLN:Gordon
Song Titles: Piano in the Dark

🏆⚾Randall Gilbert Marsh -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1949
MLB Umpire

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🎵🎸Mel Schacher -- is 73 in the year 2024 and 74 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1951
Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: ? and the Mysterians, Grand Funk Railroad

🎭Robby Weaver -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1953
Actor, Director (m)
Names/Places: Dennis' son

🎵🎸Adam Woods -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1953
Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Group Names: The Fixx

🎭Kane Hodder -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1955 N.S.
Actor, Stuntman
Movie Titles: Gone in 60 Seconds, 9 1/2 Ninjas, Hatchet (series)

Barbara Kingsolver -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1955
Novelist
Book Titles: The Poisonwood Bible, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle"

Ron Johnson -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1955 N.S.
Senator (m)

🏆🏁John Campbell -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1955
Harness Racer
Misc: 3-time winner of Hambletonian; 3-time Driver of Year; first driver to go over $100 million in career winnings; entered 1994 with 6,308 career wins.

🎵L'il Ed Williams -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1955
Songwriter, Blues Singer/Guitarist

🎭Michael Spound -- is 67 in the year 2024 and 68 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1957
Actor
Names/Places: Heidi Bohay's hubby
TV Shows: Hotel (as Dave Kendall)
Movie Titles: The Ring, Must Love Dogs

🎭🏆🏈Fred Smerlas -- is 67 in the year 2024 and 68 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1957
Actor, NFL Player

🏆Martin Weston -- is 65 in the year 2024 and 66 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1959
Cricket Player, English

🎭🎵John Schneider -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1960
TV/Movie Actor, Country Singer
Names/Places: Tawny Schneider's ex-hubby
Misc: some say b. in 1954
Song Titles: It's Now or Neer, Them Good Ol' Boys are Bad, I've Been Around Enough to Know, What's a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This), You're The Last Thing I Needed Tonight, At the Sound of the Tone
Album Titles: Now or Never, Too Good to Stop Now, A Memory Like You
TV Shows: The Dukes of Hazzard's Bo Duke, Smallville's Jonathan Kent, The Haves and the Have Nots

🏆🏈Mark Gregory Clayton -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1961
NFL Wide Receiver

🎭Richard (Reality Figure) Hatch -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1961
Reality TV Star
Misc: Survivor winner

🎭Shawn Miranda Reed -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1961 N.S.
Personality
Names/Places: aka Shawn Reedmore
TV Shows: Zoom (1974)

🎵🎸Izzy Stradlin -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1962
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Heavy Metal Singer/Guitarist
Names/Places: RN:Jeff Isabelle
Group Names: Guns 'N Roses

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🏆Alec Stewart -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1963
Cricket Player, English

🎭Dean Norris -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1963 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Breaking Bad (as Hank Schrader), Under the Dome (as James "Big Jim" Rennie)
Movie Titles: Little Miss Sunshine, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall

🏆⚾Juan José Pacho -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1963 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Baseball Manager, Baseball Player, Mexican
Misc: in the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: Yucatan Lions, Mexico City Red Devils

🏆🏀Terry Porter -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1963
NBA Coach, NBA Guard

🎵🎸Donita Sparks -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1963
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: L7

🎵🎸Julian Lennon -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1963
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Names/Places: b. in Liverpool; FN:John Charles; Cynthia & John's son
Misc: the first child born to a Beatle
Song Titles: Too Late For Goodbyes, Valotte, Say You're Wrong, Stick Around, Now You're In Heaven
Album Titles: Valotte

🎭🎮Robin Wright -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1966
Actress, Video Game Voice Actress
Names/Places: aka Robin Wright-Penn
Misc: some say b. in 1967
TV Shows: House of Cards
Movie Titles: The Playboys, The Crossing Guard, Denial, The Princess Bride, Toys, Forrest Gump, Message in a Bottle, White Oleander, A Home at the End of the World, Wonder Woman
Video Games: The Princess Bride Game

🎭Duane Dickinson -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1967
Actor, Stuntman, Canadian

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🎭Patricia Arquette -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1968
Actress
Names/Places: Rosanna's sister
TV Shows: CSI: Cyber (as Avery Ryan), Medium (as Allison Dubois)
Movie Titles: Boyhood, True Romance, Lost Highway, Ed Wood

🎭🎮🎵Shawn Fonteno -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1968 N.S.
Actor, Video Game Voice Actor, Rapper
Group Names: Kam&Solo
Movie Titles: Three Strikes, The Wash
Video Games: Watch Dogs, Grand Theft Auto (series)

🏆🏈Don Davey -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1968
NFL Player, Football Defensive Tackle

🏆🏈Steve Jackson -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1969
NFL Player

🏆⚾Pete Walker -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1969
MLB Pitcher

🎭JR Bourne -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1970 N.S.
Actor, Canadian
TV Shows: Revenge, Teen Wolf
Movie Titles: Thir13en Ghosts, Brake

🏆🏈Harold Bishop -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1970
NFL Player

🎵Craig Honeycutt -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1970
Singer
Group Names: Everything

🏆🏒Craig Ferguson -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1970
NHL Player, American, Canadian

🎵🎸Darren Jessee -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1971
Songwriter, Drummer, Alternative Rock Singer
Group Names: Ben Folds Five, Hotel Lights

🎭Sung Kang -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1972 N.S.
Actor, Producer (m)
Names/Places: Korean name: Kang Sung-Ho; aka Sung-Ho Kang

🏆🏈Damon Watts -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1972
NFL Cornerback

🏆🏈Isaac Davis -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1972
NFL Player

🎭Emma Caulfield -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1973
Actress, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Beverly Hills 90210 (as Susan Keats), General Hospital, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (as Anya Emerson/Anyanka)
Movie Titles: Darkness Falls, TiMER, Hollow

🏆🏈Joel Davis -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1973
NFL Player

🏆⚾Alex González -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1973
MLB Player

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🏆⚾Timo Pérez -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1975
MLB Player, Dominican Republican

Sara Shepard -- is 47 in the year 2024 and 48 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1977 N.S.
Novelist
Book Titles: Pretty Little Liars, The Lying Game (series), Everything We Ever Wanted, The Visibles

🎭Katee Sackhoff -- is 44 in the year 2024 and 45 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1980 N.S.
Actress, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Robot Chicken (various), Longmire (as Victoria "Vic" Moretti), 24 (as Dana Walsh), Battlestar Galactica (as Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace), The Education of Max Bickford
Movie Titles: Oculus, Riddick

🎭Taylor Kitsch -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1981 N.S.
Actor, Director (m), Canadian
TV Shows: Friday Night Lights (as Tim Riggins), True Detective (as Officer Paul Woodrugh)
Movie Titles: John Carter, Battleship, Lone Survivor, X-Men Origins: Wolverine

🎭Adrian Bellani -- is 42 in the year 2024 and 43 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1982
Actor

🎭Allu Arjun -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1983 N.S.
Actor, India

🏆🏁🏊Anastasiya Yermakova -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1983 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Russian

🎭Taran Noah Smith -- is 40 in the year 2024 and 41 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1984
Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 1999
TV Shows: Home Improvement (as Mark Taylor)

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🎭Kirsten Storms -- is 40 in the year 2024 and 41 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1984 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: General Hospital (as Maxie Jones for over a decade), Clubhouse (as Betsy Young), Kim Possible (as Bonnie Rockwaller voice)

🎵🎸Ezra Koenig -- is 40 in the year 2024 and 41 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1984
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Vampire Weekend

🏆⚾Félix Hernández -- is 38 in the year 2024 and 39 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1986 N.S.
MLB Pitcher, Venezuelan
Misc: AL Cy Young Award winner in 2010
Sports Teams: Seattle Mariners

🏆⚾Jeremy Hellickson -- is 37 in the year 2024 and 38 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1987 N.S.
MLB Pitcher
Misc: Gold Glove; active as of 2015

🎭Gabriella Wilde -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1989 N.S.
Actress, English
Movie Titles: The Three Musketeers (2011), Carrie (2013)

🏆Audrey Aleen Allen -- is 33 in the year 2024 and 34 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1991 N.S.
Playmate
Misc: June 2013

🏆Rainy Day Jordan -- is 33 in the year 2024 and 34 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1991
Playmate
Misc: December 2011

🏆🥊Gennady Golovkin -- is 32 in the year 2024 and 33 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1992 N.S.
Boxer
Names/Places: b. in Kazakhstan

Christopher Cody Cyrus -- is 32 in the year 2024 and 33 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1992
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Kristin Luckey and Billy Ray's son

🏆Shanice Jordyn -- is 32 in the year 2024 and 33 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1992
Playmate
Misc: April 2014

Victoria Lily Shaffer -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1993
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Cathy & Paul's girl

🎭Trent Sullivan -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1993 N.S.
Actor, Australian
TV Shows: H2O: Just Add Water
Movie Titles: The Condemned

🎵🎸Jamie Sierota -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1993
Rock and Roll Musician
Group Names: Echosmith

🎭Sadie Calvano -- is 27 in the year 2024 and 28 in the year 2025; b.4/8/1997
Actress
TV Shows: Mom (as Violet)

Ella Corinne Bening-Beatty -- is 24 in the year 2024 and 25 in the year 2025; b.4/8/2000
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Annette Bening and Warren Beatty's daughter

🎭Skai Jackson -- is 22 in the year 2024 and 23 in the year 2025; b.4/8/2002 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: Jessie (as Zuri Ross), Bunk'd (as Zuri Ross)

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Moses Martin -- is 18 in the year 2024 and 19 in the year 2025; b.4/8/2006
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris's son

Axel Strahl Meyers -- is 6 in the year 2024 and 7 in the year 2025; b.4/8/2018 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Alexi Ashe and Seth's son

✍⛪👑Siddhartha Gautama Buddha -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/563BC d.2/15/483BC (79)
Philosopher (m), Religious Leader, Prince, India
Names/Places: MN:Gautama
Misc: founded Buddhism

👑King Peter I -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1320 d.1/18/1367 (46)
King, Portuguese

👑King Philip IV Of Spain -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1605 N.S. d.9/17/1665 N.S. (60)
King, Spanish
Misc: ruled 1621-65

🎵Giuseppe Tartini -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1692 N.S. d.2/26/1770 N.S. (77)
Composer, Violinist, Italian

🎖Lewis Morris -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1726 d.1/22/1798 (71)
Revolutionary (m)
Misc: Declaration of Independence signer

⚛⚖David Rittenhouse -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1732 d.6/26/1796 (64)
Astronomer (m), Inventor (m), Mathematician (m), Politician (m)
Misc: U.S. Mint Director #1; an early observer of the atmosphere of Venus

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Robert F. Mushet -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1811 d.1/29/1891 (79)
Inventor (m)

August Wilhelm von Hofmann -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1818 d.5/2/1892 (74)
Chemist (m), German

👑King Christian IX Of Demnark -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1818 d.1/29/1906 (87)
King

🏆🥊James "Jem" Mace -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1831 N.S. d.11/30/1910 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English
Misc: English heavyweight champion who is considered by some authorities to have been world champion. He was the first fighter of consequence to show interest in the Queensberry Rules.

Howell E. Jackson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1832 d.8/8/1895 (63)
Supreme Court Justice
Misc: Associate Supreme Court Justice 1893-95

Elizabeth Custer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1842 d.4/4/1933 (90)
Writer (m)
Names/Places: George's wife

William Welch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1850 d.4/30/1934 (84)
Scientist (m), Bacteriologist (m), Pathologist (m)
Misc: founded John Hopkins

🎭Frank Keenan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1858 d.2/24/1929 (70)
Actor

Edmund Husserl -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1859 d.4/27/1938 (79)
Philosopher (m), German
Misc: founded Phenomenology

Harvey Cushing -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1869 d.10/7/1939 (70)
Neurosurgeon (m)
Misc: studied blood pressure

✍🎵Robert Schauffler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1879 d.11/24/1964 (85)
Author (m), Cellist

🎭🎵Victor Schertzinger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1880 d.10/26/1941 (61)
Movie Director (m), Composer, Lyricist

🎵Nicolai Myaskovsky -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1881 Ju-1 or 4/20/1881 N.S. d.8/8/1950 N.S. (69)
Composer, Russian

🎭Lulu McConnell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1882 d.10/9/1962 (80)
Comedienne, Panelist
TV Shows: It Pays to Be Ignorant

🏆🏌Jim Barnes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1886 d.5/24/1966 (80)
Hall of Famer, Golfer

Margaret Ayer Barnes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1886 N.S. d.10/25/1967 N.S. (81)
Novelist

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🎭Walter Connolly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1887 d.5/28/1940 (53)
Movie Actor

🎵Sir Adrian Cedric Boult -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1889 N.S. d.2/23/1983 N.S. (93)
Conductor, British
Misc: conducted the BBC Symphony Orchestra and other major orchestras for six decades

🎭Mary Pickford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1892 d.5/29/1979 (87)
Movie/Stage Actress, Producer (m), Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Toronto; NN:America's Sweetheart; RN:Gladys Mary Smith; Buddy Rogers' & Douglas Fairbanks Sr.'s ex-; Jack's sister
Misc: United Artists Films co-founder; some say b. in 1892 or 1894

🎨Richard J. Neutra -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1892 d.4/16/1970 (78)
Architect (m)
Misc: Who Bought America?; known for his role in introducing the International Style into American architecture.

🎨Richard Notriday -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1892 d.??/??/???? (0)
Architect (m), Austrian
Misc: sliding glass door, steel & glass houses

🎭Grace Cunard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1893 d.1/19/1967 (73)
Actress

🎭Bert I. Gordon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1895 d.11/30/1974 (79)
Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan
Names/Places: RN:Barney Gorodetsky

🎵E. I. "Yip" Harburg -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1896 N.S. d.3/5/1981 N.S. (84)
Lyricist, Songwriter
Names/Places: b. in New York City
Misc: ASCAP says b. in 1896, others b. in 1898
Song Titles: Over the Rainbow, We're Off to See the Wizard, Finian's Rainbow, Brother Can You Spare a Dime?

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🎨Louis Skidmore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1897 d.9/27/1962 (65)
Architect (m)

Hazel Wilson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1898 d.8/20/1992 (94)
Children's Author (m)

Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1898 d.7/4/1971 (73)
Critic (m), Scholar (m), British
Misc: professor of poetry (Oxford University)

💰Joseph Meyerhoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1899 d.2/2/1985 (85)
Businessperson, Philanthropist
Misc: Builder

✍🎭Ilka Chase -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1900 d.2/15/1978 (77)
Author (m), Humorist, Actress, Panelist, American
Misc: some say b. 1903 or 1905
TV Shows: Masquerade Party

🎵Josef Krips -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1902 d.10/13/1974 (72)
Violinist, Conductor, Austrian

M. H. Stone -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1903 d.1/9/1989 (85)
Mathematician (m)
Misc: contributed to real analysis, functional analysis, and the study of Boolean algebras.

📰Sir John Hicks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1904 d.5/20/1989 (85)
Economist, British

Helen Joseph -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1905 d.12/25/1992 (87)
Political Activist
Misc: Antiaparteid

🎵Raoul Jobin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1906 d.1/13/1974 (67)
Opera Singer, Canadian

🎭🎵Tito Guizar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1908 d.12/24/1999 (91)
Movie Actor, Singer, Mexican

🎨John Graham Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1908 d.1/29/1991 (82)
Architect (m)

📰Don Whitehead -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1908 d.1/12/1981 (72)
Journalist

🎭Patrick O'Moore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1909 d.12/10/1983 (74)
Actor

John Fante -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1909 d.5/8/1983 (74)
Novelist, Short Story Writer (m), Screenwriter

🎵🎷George (Jazz Musician) Dixon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1909 d.8/1/1994 (85)
Saxophonist, Jazz Trumpeter

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🏆🏈George Musso -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1910 d.9/5/2000 (90)
Hall of Famer, NFL Guard
Sports Teams: Chicago Bears (1933-1944)

Kimon Friar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1911 d.5/25/1993 (82)
Poet (m), Critic (m), Scholar (m), Greek

Melvin Calvin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1911 d.1/8/1997 (85)
Chemist (m)
Names/Places: NN:Mr. Photosynthesis

🎭🏆⛸Sonja Henie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1912 N.S. d.10/12/1969 N.S. (57)
Movie Actress, Figure Skater, Olympic Athlete, Norweigan
Misc: Norweigan world champ 1927-36; Olympic gold medalist 1928,32,& 36; earned $1 million (the first female athlete to do so).

Walentin Chorell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1912 d.11/18/1983 (71)
Author (m), Dramatist/Playwright (m), Finnish

🎭María Félix -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1914 N.S. d.4/8/2002 N.S. (88)
Actress, Mexican

📰Robert Giroux -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1914 d.9/5/2008 (94)
Publisher (m), Editor (m)
Misc: chairman

💰Warren Avis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1915 d.4/24/2007 (92)
Businessperson
Misc: founder of Avis Rent a Car

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🏆⚾Kirby Higbe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1915 d.5/6/1985 (70)
MLB Pitcher

⚖💰🎭Betty Ford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1918 d.7/8/2011 (93)
First Lady (f), Philanthropist, Dancer (m)
Names/Places: b. in Chicago; RN:Elizabeth Bloomer Warren Ford; Gerald's wife
Misc: founded own clinic

Glendon Swarthout -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1918 d.9/23/1992 (74)
Author (m)

🎭🎵Virginia O'Brien -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1919 d.1/16/2001 (81)
Actress, Singer
Group Names: The Harvey Girls

Ian Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1919 d.11/20/2007 (88)
Prime Minister (m)
Misc: of Rhodesia

🎭🎵🎷Carmen McRae -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1920 d.11/10/1994 (74)
Actress, Songwriter, Pianist, Jazz Singer
Misc: a scat-singing jazz virtuoso with a smoky, seductive voice; some say b. 1922

🎭Alfie (Alfred) Bass -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1921 d.7/15/1987 (66)
TV Actor, Comedian, English

🎵Franco Corelli -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1921 d.10/29/2003 (82)
Tenor, Opera Singer, Italian

🎭Ed Friendly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1922 d.6/17/2007 (85)
TV Producer (m)
TV Shows: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, Little House on the Prarie

Gerald Green -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1922 d.8/29/2006 (84)
Screen/Scriptwriter

✍📰William D. Chase -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1922 N.S. d.3/2/2020 N.S. (97)
Librarian (m), Editor (m)
Misc: founder of Chase's Annual Events

🎭Edward Mulhare -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1923 d.5/24/1997 (74)
Actor, Irish
TV Shows: The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (as Capt. Daniel Gregg), Knight Rider (as Devon Miles)

🏆🏁W. C. "Junie" Donlavey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1924 N.S. d.6/9/2014 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Names/Places: RFMN: Wesley Christian
Misc: former NASCAR Sprint Cup Series car owner with a team based in Richmond.

🎭Shecky Greene -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1926 N.S. d.12/31/2023 N.S. (97)
Actor, Comedian
Names/Places: b. in Chicago; RN:Fred Sheldon Greenfield
TV Shows: Combat (as Pvt. Braddock)

🎭Eric Porter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1928 d.5/15/1995 (67)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, British
Misc: stage: Anthony & Cleopatra
Movie Titles: The 39 Steps, The Day of the Jackal, Hands of the Ripper, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Lost Continent

🎵Fred Ebb -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1928 d.9/11/2004 (76)
Hall of Famer, Lyricist
Song Titles: Cabaret, New York New York

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🎵Jacques Brel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1929 d.10/9/1978 (49)
Composer, Singer/Guitarist, Belgiumese

🎵Walter Berry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1929 d.10/27/2000 (71)
Singer, Austrian
Names/Places: ex husband of Christa Ludwig

🎭Dorothy Tutin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1930 d.8/6/2001 (71)
Actress, English
Names/Places: b. in London
TV Shows: The Six Wives of Henry VII

🎭🎵Johnny Reardon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1930 d.4/16/1988 (58)
TV/Stage Actor, Baritone, Opera Singer

⚖🎭John Gavin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1931 d.2/9/2018 N.S. (86)
Ambassador (m), Diplomat (m), Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles; RN:John Anthony Golenor
Misc: some say b. 1932; Mexico ambassador
Movie Titles: Psycho, Spartacus, Imitation of Life, A Time ot Love and a Time to Die, Diamonds Are Forever

🎵Tommmy Cogbill -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1932 N.S. d.12/7/1982 N.S. (50)
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Bassist, Guitarist

🎵Paul Jeffrey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1933 d.3/20/2015 (81)
Educator (m), Professor (m), Arranger, Tenor-sax

🎭Klaus Lowitsch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1936 d.12/3/2002 (66)
Actor, German

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Kofi Annan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1938 N.S. d.8/18/2018 N.S. (80)
Diplomat (m), Ghana
Misc: former U.N. Secretary-General

🏆🏁🏍Don Vesco -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1939 d.12/16/2002 (63)
Motorcyclist
Misc: set motorcycle record in 1978 of 318MPH

🏆🏀John "Hondo" Havlicek -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1940 N.S. d.4/25/2019 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, NBA Forward
Names/Places: NN:Sixth Man for the Boston Celtics; b. in Martins Ferry, Ohio, RN:John Joseph Havlicek; NN:Hondo
Misc: 13x NBA All-Star; played in 3 NCAA Finals at Ohio St. (1960-62); star forward as starter who led the Celtics to eight NBA titles (1963-66,68-69,74,76); playoff MVP in 1974; 4-time All-NBA first team; played for 17 years and scored 26,395 NBA points in 1,188 games; 172 games, 3776 points, 22.0 ppg, in 1,270 games; Celtics #17 retired
Sports Teams: Ohio State (1959-1962), Boston Celtics (1962-1978)

🎵J. J. (MTV Jock) Jackson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1941 d.3/17/2004 (62)
Video Music Jock
Names/Places: Not to be confused with soul singer J.J. Jackson who was also born in 1941
Misc: one of the original five MTV VJs

⚛🎭Douglas Trumbull -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1942 N.S. d.2/7/2022 N.S. (79)
Geologist (m), Movie Director (m)
Misc: fx designer
Movie Titles: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Blade Runner

🎭Michael Bennett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1943 d.7/2/1987 (44)
Director (m), Choreographer (m), Dancer (m)
Names/Places: LN:DiFiglia; Donna McKechnie's ex-
Misc: stage: Dreamgirls, A Chorus Line

🎵Christopher Gaddy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1943 d.3/12/1968 (24)
Pianist
Group Names: Art Ensemble of Chicago

🎭Hywel Bennett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1944 d.7/25/2017 N.S. (73)
Actor, Welsh (Wales)

🎵Keef Hartley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1944 d.11/26/2011 (67)
Drummer, Bandleader, English
Misc: some say b. March 8

🏆⚾"Catfish" Jim Hunter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1946 d.9/9/1999 (53)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: b. in Hertford, N.C.; RN:James Augustus
Misc: pitched perfect game 1968; won 20 games or more 5 times (1971-75); played on 5 World Series winners with Oakland, NY Yankees; AL Cy Young Award winner in 1974
Sports Teams: Kansas City A's/Oakland A's (1965-1974), New York Yankees (1975-1979)

🎵Larry Norman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1947 d.2/24/2008 N.S. (60)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer, Christian/Rock Performer
Misc: considered to be a pioneer of Christian Rock
Group Names: People!

🏆⚾Gary Carter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1954 d.2/16/2012 (57)
Hall of Famer, MLB Catcher
Misc: All Star MVP 1981 and 1984 (both Expos); 11x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, 5x Silver Slugger; in the Mets and Baseball Halls of Fame, Expos #8 Retired
Sports Teams: Montreal Expos (1974-1984), New York Mets (1985-1989), San Francisco Giants (1990), Los Angeles Dodgers (1991), Montreal Expos (1992)

🏆🥊Gerrie Coetzee -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1955 N.S. d.1/12/2023 N.S. (67)
Boxer, South African

🏆🏈Ricky Lynn Bell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1955 N.S. d.11/28/1984 N.S. (29)
Hall of Famer, NFL Runningback
Misc: in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Southern California, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1977-1981), San Diego Chargers (1982)

🎭🎵Biz Markie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1964 N.S. d.7/16/2021 N.S. (57)
Producer (m), Announcer (m), Composer, Rapper
Song Titles: Just a Friend
TV Shows: Crank Yankers (announcer)

🎵Paul Gray -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1972 d.5/24/2010 (38)
Bassist
Group Names: Slip Knot

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Ensa Cosby -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1973 N.S. d.2/23/2018 N.S. (44)
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Bill's daughter

🎖Chris Kyle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.4/8/1974 N.S. d.2/2/2013 N.S. (38)
Hero (m)
Misc: United States Navy SEAl veteran and sniper

👑Emperor Marcus Caracalla Of Roman Empire -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/4/188 d.4/8/217 (29)
Emperor
Misc: ruled from 198 to 217

👑King John II Of France -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1319 d.4/8/1364 (44)
King, French
Misc: ruled 1350-64

👑King Charles VIII Of France -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/30/1470 d.4/8/1498 (27)
King, French
Misc: ruled 1483-98

🏆🥊Benjamin "Big Ben" Brain -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1753 N.S. d.4/8/1794 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English

🎵Gaetano Donizetti -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1797 N.S. d.4/8/1848 N.S. (50)
Composer, Italian
Misc: of operas

⚛💰Elisha Graves Otis -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/3/1811 d.4/8/1861 (49)
Inventor (m), Manufacturer
Misc: developer of the first safe passenger elevator.

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Sir Anthony Panizzi -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/16/1797 d.4/8/1879 (81)
Librarian (m), Italian
Misc: played a part in the unification of Italy.

Richard Grant White -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/23/1822 d.4/8/1885 (62)
Author (m), Critic (m), Scholar (m)

🎨⚛John Moss -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/5/1838 d.4/8/1892 (54)
Artist, Inventor (m)
Misc: credited with developing the first practicable photo-engraving process in 1863.

🎭Helena Modjeska -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/12/1840 N.S. d.4/8/1909 N.S. (68)
Stage Actress, Polish
Names/Places: RN: Helena Modrzejewska
Misc: Shakespearian role player

💰Frank Winfield Woolworth -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/13/1852 N.S. d.4/8/1919 N.S. (66)
Merchant
Misc: created the 5 & 10 chain Woolworth's

⚛💰John A. Brashear -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/24/1840 d.4/8/1920 (79)
Astronomer (m), Manufacturer

🎵Charles Griffes -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/7/1884 d.4/8/1920 (35)
Composer

🏆🥊Arthur Chambers -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/6/1846 d.4/8/1923 (76)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English

💰Franklin Mars -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/24/1882 N.S. d.4/8/1934 N.S. (51)
Businessperson
Misc: Mars candy company founder

📰Adolph Simon Ochs -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/12/1858 d.4/8/1935 (77)
Publisher (m)
Misc: New York Times

Robert Barany -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/22/1876 d.4/8/1936 (59)
Physician (m), Austrian

🎵Arthur Foote -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/5/1853 d.4/8/1937 (84)
Organist
Misc: Church music

🎵🎷King "Papa Joe" Oliver -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/11/1885 N.S. d.4/8/1938 N.S. (52)
Composer, Cornetist, Bandleader, Jazz Performer
Names/Places: RFN: Joseph
Misc: Louis Armstrong's teacher

🎭Earles Graser -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1909 d.4/8/1941 (32)
Radio Actor
Misc: radio's first Lone Ranger and originator of the famous line "Hi-yo silver! Awa-ay!"

🏆🎾Richard Dudley Sears -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/26/1861 d.4/8/1943 (81)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Misc: the first U.S. men's singles champion of lawn tennis

🎭Vaslav Nijinsky -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/28/1889 Ju-1 or 3/12/1889 N.S. d.4/8/1950 N.S. (61)
Choreographer (m), Ballet Dancer (m), Russian, Gay
Names/Places: d. in London
Misc: some sources give b. 1890 or b. on December 28

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🎭🎵Fritzi Scheff -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1879 d.4/8/1954 (74)
Actress, Opera Soprano, Austrian

✍📰George Jean Nathan -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/14/1882 d.4/8/1958 (76)
Author (m), Critic (m), Editor (m)

🏆🏒Russell Bowie -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/24/1880 d.4/8/1959 (78)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: NHL Rover
Sports Teams: Montreal Victorias (possibly 1896-1908)

🏆⚾George J. Moriarity -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/7/1884 d.4/8/1964 (79)
MLB Player

Harold Babcock -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/24/1882 d.4/8/1968 (86)
Astronomer (m)
Misc: with his son Horace Welcome Babcock invented (1951) the solar magnetograph, an instrument allowing detailed observation of the Sun's magnetic field.

🏆⛸Sherwin Badger -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/29/1901 d.4/8/1972 (70)
Hall of Famer, Figure Skater

🎨Pablo Ruiz y Picasso -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/25/1881 N.S. d.4/8/1973 N.S. (91)
Painter (m), Sculptor (m), Engraver (m), Spanish
Misc: founder of "Cubism"

🎭Frank Milan -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/22/1905 d.4/8/1977 (71)
Actor, Puerto Rican

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📰🏆⚾Ford C. Frick -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/19/1894 d.4/8/1978 (83)
Hall of Famer, Journalist, Sports Executive, MLB Player
Misc: 3rd MLB Commissioner 1951-65

🎭Norman Tauroy -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/23/1899 d.4/8/1981 (82)
Movie Director (m)
Names/Places: LN:Taurog?

🎖Omar Nelson Bradley -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/12/1893 d.4/8/1981 (88)
General
Names/Places: b. in Clark, Missouri; NN:The GI's General; d. in New York
Misc: 5-star WWII; commanded the highly effective 12th Army Group, which helped ensure the Allied victory over Germany during World War II; later he served as first chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (1949-53)

Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1894 Ju-1 or 7/8/1894 N.S. d.4/8/1984 N.S. (89)
Physicist (m), Russian

🎵J. Fred Coots -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/2/1897 d.4/8/1985 (87)
Songwriter
Song Titles: Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (songwriter)

🏆🥊Terry Allen -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/8/1924 d.4/8/1987 N.S. (62)
Boxer, English

🎖Ryan White -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/6/1971 d.4/8/1990 (18)
Hero (m)
Misc: AIDS victim led fight for compassion & understanding for sufferers; d. in Indianapolis

🎵Eddie Miller -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/23/1911 d.4/8/1991 (79)
Singer, Clarinetist, Tenor-sax

🏆🏁🏊Katherine Rawls -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/14/1917 N.S. d.4/8/1992 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Diver

Daniel Bovet -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1907 d.4/8/1992 (85)
Scientist (m), Pharmacologist (m), Swiss

🎭Arleen Whelan -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/16/1916 d.4/8/1993 (76)
Movie/Stage Actress

🎵Marian Anderson -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/1897 N.S. d.4/8/1993 N.S. (96)
Contralto, Opera Singer
Misc: some say b. Feb 17 or or 1898 or 1902

Rush H. Limbaugh Sr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/27/1891 d.4/8/1996 (104)
Celebrity Relative
Names/Places: Rush's grandfather

✍🎭Ben Johnson -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/13/1918 d.4/8/1996 (77)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), TV/Movie Actor
Misc: a champion steer-roper & stunt man, cowboy actor; b. 1920?
TV Shows: The Monroes (as Sleeve)

Benjamin Eisenstadt -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/7/1906 d.4/8/1996 (89)
Inventor (m)
Misc: Sweet 'n Low

🎵Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1936 d.4/8/1996 (59)
Blues Singer

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🎵Laura Nyro -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/18/1947 d.4/8/1997 (49)
Hall of Famer, Composer, Songwriter, Singer, Pianist, Gospel Singer, Soul Singer, Lesbian
Names/Places: b. in Bronx; Maria Desiderio's companion

🎭Lucille Vore -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/???? d.4/8/1999 (82)
Actress
Movie Titles: Our Gang (as Baby Lucille)

🎭Claire Trevor -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/8/1909 d.4/8/2000 (91)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Movie Titles: Key Largo

🎵Van Stephenson -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/4/1953 d.4/8/2001 (47)
Singer, Country Performer
Group Names: Blackhawk

🎭María Félix -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/8/1914 N.S. d.4/8/2002 N.S. (88)
Actress, Mexican

🎭🏆⚾Bing Russell -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1926 d.4/8/2003 (76)
Actor, MLB Player
Names/Places: Kurt's dad

🏆⚾Eddie Miksis -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/11/1926 d.4/8/2005 (78)
MLB Player

🏆🏌Bill Collins -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/23/1928 d.4/8/2006 (77)
Golfer

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🎭Stanley Kamel -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/1/1943 d.4/8/2008 (65)
TV Actor
TV Shows: Beverly Hills 90210 (as Tony Marchette 1995)

🎭Jane Bryan -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/11/1918 d.4/8/2009 (90)
Actress

🎵Malcolm McLaren -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/22/1946 d.4/8/2010 (64)
Music Producer, Songwriter, British
Misc: Music Manager
Group Names: Sex Pistols (founder), Adam Ant (founder), Bow Wow Wow (founder)

⛪⚖💰Abel Muzorewa -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/14/1925 d.4/8/2010 (84)
Clergyman, Prime Minister (m), Leader, African
Misc: Zimbabwe Rhodesia Prime Minister

💰Jack Tramiel -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/13/1928 d.4/8/2012 (83)
Businessperson
Misc: Founder of Commodore Computers and former CEO of Atari International

🎭🎵Annette Funicello -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/22/1942 d.4/8/2013 (70)
TV/Movie Actress, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Utica, NY
Misc: paired with Frankie Avalon for many zany teenage beach movies
Song Titles: Tall Paul, Pineapple Princess (covered by Barnes and Barnes)
TV Shows: The Mickey Mouse Club (1950s), Danny Thomas Show (as Gina)
Movie Titles: Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach, Pajama Party, Beach Blanket Bingo

Margaret Hilda Roberts Thatcher -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1925 d.4/8/2013 (87)
Prime Minister (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m), English
Names/Places: NN:Iron Lady
Misc: British P.M. 1979-90

🏆🥊James Brian Hellwig -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/16/1959 d.4/8/2014 (54)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: NN:The Ultimate Warrior

🎨🎭Juraj Herz -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/4/1934 N.S. d.4/8/2018 N.S. (83)
Designer (m), Actor, Movie Director (m), Czech

🎭🎮Chuck McCann -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/2/1934 N.S. d.4/8/2018 N.S. (83)
Actor, Comedian, Cartoon Voice Actor, Producer (m), Video Game Voice Actor
Misc: Oliver Hardy impersonator on 1960-70s TV
TV Shows: All That Glitters, Garry Moore Show, A New Kind of Family, DuckTales, Fantastic Four, Powerpuff Girls, Galtar and the Golden Lance, Pac-Man
Movie Titles: Robin Hood: Men in Tights, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Video Games: "King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow", Spider-Man 3, Gothic 3, True Crime: New York City, DuckTales: Remastered

🎵🎷Nathan Davis -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/15/1937 N.S. d.4/8/2018 N.S. (81)
Clarinetist, Flutist, Jazz Saxophonist

Linda Tripp -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/24/1949 N.S. d.4/8/2020 N.S. (70)

🎵Carl Dobkins Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/13/1941 N.S. d.4/8/2020 N.S. (79)
Singer
Names/Places: RN:Carl Edward Dobkins

🏆🏒Pat Stapleton -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/4/1940 N.S. d.4/8/2020 N.S. (79)
NHL Defensive, Canadian

✍🎭Richard Rush -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/15/1929 N.S. d.4/8/2021 N.S. (91)
Scriptwriter, Producer/Director (m)
Movie Titles: The Stunt Man, Color of Night, Freebie and the Bean

🏆Edwin Kantar -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/9/1932 N.S. d.4/8/2022 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, Bridge Player
Misc: in the ACBL Hall of Fame; prolific writer of bridge books and columns.

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🎵🎸Con Clusky -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/18/1941 N.S. d.4/8/2022 N.S. (80)
Rock and Roll Guitarist, Irish
Names/Places: aka Con Cluskey
Group Names: The Bachelors

🎭Elizabeth Hubbard -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/22/1933 N.S. d.4/8/2023 N.S. (89)
Actress

🎭Michael Lerner -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/22/1941 N.S. d.4/8/2023 N.S. (81)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: Clueless (as Mel)
Movie Titles: Godzilla (1998), Barton Fink, X-Men: Days of Future Past, Elf

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