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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for May 11

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🎨Yaacov Agam -- is 96 in the year 2024 and 97 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1928
Artist, Sculptor (m)
Misc: Palestine; Pioneer and leading exponent of optical and kinetic art, best known for his three-dimensional paintings and sculptures.

🎭Peggy Lynch -- is 95 in the year 2024 and 96 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1929
Actress
Movie Titles: Our Gang (as Margaret Kerry)

🎨Valentino -- is 92 in the year 2024 and 93 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1932
Fashion Designer (m), Italian
Names/Places: LN:Garavani
Misc: Jackie O's

Louis Farrakhan -- is 91 in the year 2024 and 92 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1933
Religious Leader
Misc: Muslim minister; leader of the black islam nation; million man march organizer

🎵Don Howard -- is 89 in the year 2024 and 90 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1935
Songwriter

🎵🎸Eric Burdon -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1941
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer, Rock and Roll Musician, English
Names/Places: MN:Victor
Misc: most sources including the AP wire say May 11
Group Names: The Animals (lead), War (lead)

🎭🎮Terry McGovern -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1942
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Producer (m), Personality, Video Game Voice Actor
TV Shows: Ducktales, Darkwing Duck; Charlie & Company
Movie Titles: Ducktales: The Movie, Mrs. Doubtfire
Video Games: Sam and Max (series), The Godfather (series), Ty (series)

⚖🏆Nancy Greene -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1943
Senator (m), Olympic Athlete, Canadian
Misc: giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1968)

Faith Popcorn -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1943
Author (m)
Misc: Prognosticatress; her name sounds like a Holy snack!
Book Titles: The Popcorn Report, Clicking, EVEolution, The Dictionary of the Future

🎵Arnie Satin -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1943
Baritone, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: RN: Arnie Silver
Group Names: The Dovells

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🎮🎵🎸Roy Blumenfeld -- is 80 in the year 2024 and 81 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1944
Video Game Voice Actor, Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: The Blues Project
Video Games: Deadlock II: Shrine Wars, Eradicator, Star Trek: The Next Generation -A Final Unity, Star Control 2

Robert Jarvik -- is 78 in the year 2024 and 79 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1946
Inventor (m), Physician (m), Surgeon (m)
Misc: The Jarvik 7 artifical heart maker

🏆Alfred Matt -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1948
Olympic Athlete, Austrian
Misc: slalom (Olympic-bronze-1968)

🏆🏌Bobby Cole -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1948
Golfer, South African

🎭Pam Ferris -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1948 N.S.
Actress, German, Welsh (Wales)
TV Shows: Call the Midwife (as Sister Evangelina)
Movie Titles: Children of Men, The Raven, Matilda, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

🎭João Botelho -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1949
Producer/Director (m), Portuguese

John F. Kelly -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1950 N.S.
Government Official (m)
TV Shows: Homeland Security Secretary

🏆⚾Dane Iorg -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1950
MLB Player
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals

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🎭Tom Waddell -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1952
Actor

🎭Frances Fisher -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1952
Actress, Cameraperson, English
Movie Titles: Resurrection, House of Sand and Fog, The Lincoln Lawyer, Unforgiven, Titanic

🎭🎮Shohreh Aghdashloo -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1952
Actress, Producer (m), Video Game Voice Actress, Iranian
TV Shows: Grimm, The Expanse
Movie Titles: X-Men: The Last Stand, The Lake House; The Nativity Story
Video Games: Mass Effect 2

✍🏆Mike Lupica -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1952 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Writer (m), Sports Journalist

🎭Boyd Gaines -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1953
Actor
TV Shows: One Day at a Time (as Mark Royer who married Valerie Bertinelli's character Barbara in 1982)
Movie Titles: Funny Games, Fame (1980), Heartbreak Ridge, The Sure Thing

Jeannine Crowell -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1954

🎵Mark Joel Herndon -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1955
Hall of Famer, Drummer, Country Singer
Group Names: Alabama

🎵🎸J. J. Jeczalik -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1955
New Wave Keyboardist, British
Group Names: The Art of Noise (programmer)

🎭Art Kimbro -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1956
Actor
Movie Titles: Beverly Hills Cop, Drag Me to Hell, Osmosis Jones, Choices

🎭Peter North -- is 67 in the year 2024 and 68 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1957
XXX-rated actor, Producer (m), Director (m), Dancer (m), Canadian

🏆⚾Walt Terrell -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1958
MLB Pitcher

🎭Martha Quinn -- is 65 in the year 2024 and 66 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1959
TV Actress
Names/Places: b. in Albany, NY
Misc: Mojo Nixon sang about her in "Martha's Muffin"
TV Shows: MTV VJ; The Bradys (as Tracey "Mrs. Bobby" Brady)

🎭🏆Diana Lee -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1961
Actress, Model, Playmate
Names/Places: now LN:-Hsu
Misc: May 1988

🏆🏈Steve Bono -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1962
NFL Quarterback

🎭🏆🥊Mark Breland -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1963
Actor, Boxer
Misc: welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1984)
Movie Titles: He Got Game, Summer of Sam, The Lords of Discipline

🎭Roark Critchlow -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1963
Actor, Producer (m), Canadian
TV Shows: Days Of Our Lives, Passions, Bold & The Beautiful
Movie Titles: Batman: Year One, Mr. Deeds

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🎵Tim Raybon -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1963
Musician, Country Singer
Group Names: Raybon Brothers

🎭Tim Blake Nelson -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1964
Actor, Producer (m)
Movie Titles: O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Incredible Hulk (2008), Lincoln, Holes

🎭🏆Katie Wagner -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1964
Actress, Model
Names/Places: daughter of Robert Wagner
TV Shows: MTV guest VJ

🏆⚾Bobby Witt -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1964
MLB Pitcher, Olympic Athlete

🏆⚾Floyd Youmans -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1964
MLB Player

🏆⚾Jeff Sellers -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1964
MLB Pitcher

🏆⚾Trenidad Hubbard -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1964
MLB Player

🏆⚾Chris Mohr -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1966
MLB Player

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🏆🥊Kenneth Gould -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1967
Boxer, Olympic Athlete
Misc: Welterweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1988)

🎭Jeffrey Donovan -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1968 N.S.
Actor, Producer/Director (m)
TV Shows: Crossing Jordan, Burn Notice, Fargo
Movie Titles: Touching Evil, Sicario, Hitch, Changeling

🎵Keith West -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1968
Country Bassist
Group Names: Heartland

🎭Nicky Katt -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1970
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Boston Public (as Harry Senate)
Movie Titles: Sin City, Insomnia, The Brave One, Boiler Room

Harold Ford Jr. -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1970 N.S.
Politician (m)

🏆⚾Kerry Lightenberg -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1971
MLB Pitcher

🏆Jacob Martin -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1972 N.S.
Cricket Player, India

🏆🏈Hicham El-Mashtoub -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1972
NFL Player, Lebanese

🎭James Haven -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1973 N.S.
Actor, Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: Jon Voight's son, Angelina Jolie's brother
Movie Titles: Original Sin, Rent-a-Person, Monster's Ball, Breaking Dawn, Ocean Park, Stay Alive

🏆🏒Kevin Brown -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1974
NHL Player, English
Misc: not to be confused with the baseball pitcher Kevin Brown

🏆🏒Mike Rathje -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1974
NHL Player, Canadian

🎭🎮Coby Bell -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1975
Actor, Producer (m), Video Game Voice Actor
TV Shows: The Game (as Jason Pitts), Third Watch (as Tyrone Davis Jr.), Burn Notice (as Jesse Porter)
Video Games: Halo: Reach

🏆⚾Francisco Cordero -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1975
MLB Pitcher, Dominican Republican

🎭Kevin Kelly -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1976
Actor, Producer (m)

🏆🥊Bobby Roode -- is 47 in the year 2024 and 48 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1977 N.S.
Wrestler, Canadian

🎵Perttu Kivilassko -- is 46 in the year 2024 and 47 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1978
Cellist, Finnish
Group Names: Apocalyptica

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🎭Austin O'Brien -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1981 N.S.
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Promised Land (as Joshua Greene)
Movie Titles: Apollo 13, My Girl 2, The Last Action Hero

🏆🏀Lauren Jackson -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1981 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Basketball Player, Olympic Athlete, Australian

🎭Jonathan Jackson -- is 42 in the year 2024 and 43 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1982
Actor, Director (m)
TV Shows: General Hospital (as Lucky Spencer), Nashville (as Avery Barkley)
Movie Titles: Tuck Everlasting, Insomnia, Riding the Bullet

🏆🏈Matt Leinart -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1983 N.S.
NFL Quarterback, College Football Player
Misc: Heisman Trophy (2004)
Sports Teams: University of California, Arizona Cardinals, Houston Texans, Oakland Raiders

🎭🎵Holly Valance -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1983
Actress, Pop Singer, Australian
Song Titles: Kiss Kiss
Album Titles: Footprints
TV Shows: Neighbours
Movie Titles: Taken, DOA: Dead or Alive, Pledge This!

🏆⚽Andrés Iniesta -- is 40 in the year 2024 and 41 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1984 N.S.
Soccer Midfielder, Spanish

🏆🏉Beau Ryan -- is 39 in the year 2024 and 40 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1985 N.S.
Rugby Player, Australian

🎭🏆🥊Jadyn Wong -- is 39 in the year 2024 and 40 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1985
Actress, Karate, Canadian
TV Shows: Scorpion (as Happy Quinn)

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🎭Karan Tacker -- is 38 in the year 2024 and 39 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1986 N.S.
Actor, India

🎭Kenneth Schmidt -- is 37 in the year 2024 and 38 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1987 N.S.
Actor
Movie Titles: Big Brother Trouble, Letter to My Killer, Catch That Kid, Cheaper By The Dozen 2

🏆Enikő Mihalik -- is 37 in the year 2024 and 38 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1987 N.S.
Model, Playmate, Hungarian

🏆Blac Chyna -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1988 N.S.
Model
Names/Places: RN: Angela Renee White

🏆🏈Jeremy Maclin -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1988 N.S.
NFL Wide Receiver

🎵Ace Hood -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1988
Rap Music Performer

🏆🏒Brad Marchand -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1988 N.S.
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏈Cam Newton -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1989 N.S.
NFL Quarterback, College Football Player
Misc: Heisman Trophy (2010)
Sports Teams: Auburn Tigers, Carolina Panthers

🎵Prince Royce -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1989 N.S.
Songwriter, Singer
Names/Places: RN: Geoffrey Royce Rojas
Misc: Latin singer

🏆⚽Giovani dos Santos -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1989 N.S.
Soccer Midfielder, Mexican

🏆Thibaut Courtois -- is 32 in the year 2024 and 33 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1992 N.S.
Soccer Goal Keeper, Belgiumese

🎭Adah Sharma -- is 32 in the year 2024 and 33 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1992 N.S.
Actress, India

🎭Annabelle Attanasio -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1993 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: Bull (as Cable McCrory)

Kelsey Rose Isaacs -- is 30 in the year 2024 and 31 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1994
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Gabrielle Carteris & Charles' daughter

🎵Howard Lawrence -- is 30 in the year 2024 and 31 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1994
Music Producer, Electronica Performer, English
Group Names: Disclosure

🏆⚾Griffin Canning -- is 28 in the year 2024 and 29 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1996 N.S.
MLB Pitcher
Misc: Gold Glove Award 2020

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Zoe D'Andrea -- is 27 in the year 2024 and 28 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1997
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Katherine Kelly Lang and Alex's girl

🎭Lana Condor -- is 27 in the year 2024 and 28 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1997 N.S.
Actress

🎭Kaitlyn Dias -- is 25 in the year 2024 and 26 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1999 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Inside Out

🎭Madison Lintz -- is 25 in the year 2024 and 26 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1999 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: The Walking Dead (as Sophia Peletier)

🎭🎵Sabrina Carpenter -- is 25 in the year 2024 and 26 in the year 2025; b.5/11/1999 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Pop Singer
TV Shows: Girl Meets World (as Maya Hart)
Movie Titles: Horns, Adventures in Babysitting, Noobz

Jacob Walker Sabatino -- is 24 in the year 2024 and 25 in the year 2025; b.5/11/2000
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Crystal Chappell and Michael's daughter

Dezi James Cubiche -- is 17 in the year 2024 and 18 in the year 2025; b.5/11/2007
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Jaime Pressly and Eric's son

Calvin Eugene Thile -- is 9 in the year 2024 and 10 in the year 2025; b.5/11/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Claire Coffee and Chris's son

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Ryan Ava Erhard Rosenberg -- is 9 in the year 2024 and 10 in the year 2025; b.5/11/2015
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Haylie Duff and Matt's daughter

William Lilly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/1/1602 J-LD or 5/11/1602 N.S. d.6/9/1681 (79)
Author (m), Astrologer (m), English
Misc: Almanac compiler

✍🎖Baron Karl Von Münchhausen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1720 d.2/22/1797 (76)
Author (m), Revolutionary (m), Soldier, German
Names/Places: MN:Friedrick Hieronymus
Misc: fictional German nobleman; tall tale storyteller, some of whose tales were the basis for "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen."
Book Titles: Baron Munchausen's Narrative of His Marvelous Travels and Campaigns in Russia

🎨Ralph Earle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1751 d.8/16/1801 (50)
Painter (m)

Elsaac D'Islaeli -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1766 d.1/19/1848 (81)
Author (m), English

Chang And Eng Bunker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1811 d.7/17/1874 (63)
Siamese Twin, Siamese
Misc: original siamese twins; b. Siam (now Thailand)

🎵Septimus Winner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1827 d.11/22/1902 (75)
Teacher (m), Songwriter, Musician

Charles Warren Fairbanks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1852 N.S. d.6/4/1918 N.S. (66)
Vice President (m)
Misc: 26th U.S. Vice President 1905-9; he was sometimes referred to as "the last of America's log-cabin statesmen."

Ottmar Mergenthaler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1854 d.10/28/1899 (45)
Inventor (m), American, German
Misc: the inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine

Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1861 d.11/17/1924 (63)
Engineer (m), Irish

Frank Schlesinger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1871 d.7/10/1943 (72)
Astronomer (m)
Misc: pioneered in the use of photography to map stellar positions and to measure stellar parallaxes, from which the most direct determinations of distance can be made.

✍⚛Harriet Quimby -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1875 N.S. d.7/1/1912 N.S. (37)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Aviatrix (f)

Theodore Von Kármán -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1881 d.5/6/1963 (81)
Engineer (m), Hungarian
Misc: aeronautical; designed the Bell X-1 airplane that was the 1st to break the sound barrier

🎵Alma Gluck -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1884 d.10/27/1938 (54)
Opera Soprano, Romanian
Names/Places: RN:Reba Fiersohn; Efrem Zimbalist's wife, Efrem Jr.'s mom, Stephanie's grandmother

🎵🎷King "Papa Joe" Oliver -- Birth 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

🎵Irving Berlin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1888 N.S. d.9/22/1989 N.S. (101)
Composer, Songwriter, Russian
Names/Places: b. in Temun; RN:Israel Isidore Baline
Misc: Wrote 1500 songs incl God Bless America, White Christmas, Easter Parade, There's No Buisiness Like Show Business, Alexander's Ragtime Band, Puttin' on the Ritz, Annie Get Your Gun, This is the Army, Always; wrote 19 Bway musicals, 18 movie scores; founded ASCAP

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💰Walter A. Haas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1889 d.12/7/1979 (90)
Businessperson
Misc: executive credited with saving the foundering Levi Strauss & Co., the major manufacturer of "blue jean" denim pants.

Henry Morgenthau Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1891 d.2/6/1967 (75)
Government Official (m)
Misc: US Secretary of the Treasury (1934-45)

🎭Dame Margaret Rutherford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1892 d.5/22/1972 (80)
Movie Actress, Comedienne, English

🎭Martha Graham -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1894 d.4/1/1991 (96)
Choreographer (m), Ballet Dancer (m)
Names/Places: b. in Allegheny, Pa.; NN: the Michelangelo of modern dance
Misc: 75+ years!

⚖💰Ellsworth Bunker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1894 d.9/27/1984 (90)
Diplomat (m), Businessperson

🎵William Grant Still -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1895 d.12/3/1978 (83)
Composer

🎭Walter "Dare" Wahl -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1896 N.S. d.6/23/1974 N.S. (78)
Actor

⛪🎭Kurt Gerron -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1897 d.10/28/1944 (47)
Jewish, Actor, Movie Director (m), German

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⚛💰Robert Ellsworth Gross -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1897 d.9/3/1961 (64)
Aviator (m), Manufacturer
Misc: airplanes

🎭Dick Curtis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1902 d.1/3/1952 (49)
Actor

🎵Bidu Sayão -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1902 N.S. d.3/13/1999 N.S. (96)
Opera Soprano, Brazilian
Names/Places: b. in Rio de Janeiro

🏆⚾Charlie Gehringer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1903 N.S. d.1/21/1993 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, MLB Second Baseman
Names/Places: NN:Mechanical Man; RFN:Charles Leonard
Misc: AL MVP 1937, 6x All-Star; Tigers #2 retired
Sports Teams: Detroit Tigers (1924-1942)

🎨Salvadore Dali -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1904 d.1/23/1989 (84)
Painter (m), Spanish
Misc: surrealist movement founder

Mikhail Sholokhov -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/24/1905 N.S. or 5/11/1905 Ju-1 d.2/21/1984 N.S. (78)
Novelist, Russian
Book Titles: And Quiet Flows the Don (1965 Nobel)

⚛💰Jacqueline Cochran -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1906 N.S. d.8/9/1980 N.S. (74)
Aviator (m), Cosmetic Executive
Names/Places: MaN:Odlum
Misc: Speed Pilot; Air Force colonel and cosmetics maker; the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound.

🎵🎷J. C. "Higgy" Higginbotham -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1906 N.S. d.5/26/1973 N.S. (67)
Jazz Trombonist
Names/Places: RFN:Jay

🎭Kent Taylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1907 d.4/11/1987 (79)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: RN:Louis Weiss
Misc: B movies 1930-70s; some say b. in 1906
TV Shows: Boston Blackie (star)
Movie Titles: The Crawling Hand, The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues

🏆⚾Truett Ripp Sewell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1907 d.9/3/1989 (82)
MLB Pitcher
Misc: won 143 ML games; famed eephus pitch

🎭🎵Doodles Weaver -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1911 d.1/17/1983 (71)
Actor, Comedian, Variety Show Host, Novelty Musician
Names/Places: RN:Winstead Sheffield Glendening Dixon; brother of Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, who in turn is Sigourney's father
Group Names: Spike Jones & the City Slickers (lunatic comic member)

🎭Phil Silvers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1912 d.11/1/1985 (73)
TV/Stage Actor, Comedian
Names/Places: b. in Brooklyn; RN:Philip Silversmith
Misc: High Button Shoes
TV Shows: The Phil Silvers Show's (aka You'll Never Get Rich as M/Sgt. Ernie Bilko), New Phil Silvers Show (as Harry Grafton), The Beverly Hillbillies (as Shifty Shafer)
Movie Titles: Top Banana

🎭🎵Foster Brooks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1912 d.12/20/2001 (89)
Actor, Comedian, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Louisville, KY
TV Shows: New Bill Cosby Show, Mork & Mindy (as Mr. Miles Sternhagen)

🎵Tutti Camarata -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1913 N.S. d.4/13/2005 N.S. (91)
Arranger, Trumpeter, Bandleader
Names/Places: FN:Salvador 'Toots'
Misc: Big Band era biggie

🎵Bob Atcher -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1914 d.10/31/1993 (79)
Country Singer

Herbert Philbrick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1915 d.8/16/1993 (78)
Author (m), Spy
Misc: U.S. counterintelligence agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) who spied on the Communist Party of the United States during the 1940s.
Book Titles: I Led Three Lives

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✍⚛Richard P. Feynman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1918 d.2/15/1988 (69)
Author (m), Physicist (m)
Misc: Physical Law, Nobel 1965

John Michael Hayes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1919 d.11/19/2008 (89)
Screen/Scriptwriter
Misc: scripted several of Alfred Hitchcock's films of the 1950s

🎭Denver Pyle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1920 d.12/25/1997 (77)
TV/Movie Actor
Misc: Roy Rogers & Gene Autry's frequent supporting actor
TV Shows: The Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp (as Ben Thompson), Code 3, Tammy (as Grandpa Tarleton), Doris Day Show (as Buck Webb), Karen, Grizzly Adams (as Mad Jack), The Dukes of Hazzard (as Uncle Jesse Duke), Dallas (as Blackie Callahan)

🎵🎷Beryl Bryden -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1920 d.7/14/1998 (78)
Jazz Singer

🏆⚾Nestor George Chylak Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1922 d.2/17/1982 (59)
Hall of Famer, MLB Umpire

🎵Eve Boswell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1922 d.8/14/1998 (76)
Singer, Hungarian

✍📰Seymour Krim -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1922 d.8/30/1989 (67)
Author (m), Literary Critic (m), Editor (m)

🏆⚽Jackie Milburn -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1924 d.10/9/1988 (64)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
Misc: centre forwarder who, as a member of the association football (soccer) team Newcastle United (1946-56), scored more than 170 goals in 354 league appearances and led the team to the FA Cup

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🏆🏁Julius Timothy "Tim" Flock -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1924 N.S. d.3/31/1998 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Misc: one of NASCAR's early pioneers, and a two-time series champion. He was a brother to NASCAR's second female driver Ethel Mobley and NASCAR pioneers Bob Flock and Fonty Flock. 39 race wins.

Antony Hewish -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1924 N.S. d.9/13/2021 N.S. (97)
Scientist (m), Astronomer (m), Astrophysicist (m), English
Misc: won a Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of pulsars.

Leonard Garment -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1924 d.7/13/2013 (89)
Attorney/Lawyer (m)
Misc: arts advocate; served under presidents Nixon and Ford

🏆🎳Tom Hennessey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1925 d.7/16/2001 (76)
Hall of Famer, Bowler
Misc: won four ABC Tournament titles in four years from 1962-65.

✍⚛Dr. William Glasser -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1925 d.8/23/2013 (88)
Author (m), Psychiatrist
Misc: His unorthodox emphasis on personal responsibility for mental problems sold millions of books, caught the attention of educators and earned him an international following.

🎭Frank Thring -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1926 d.12/29/1994 (68)
Movie Actor
Movie Titles: El Cid, Ben-Hur

🎭Bernard Fox -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1927 d.12/14/2016 N.S. (89)
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Welsh (Wales)
Misc: retired from acting in 2001
TV Shows: Bewitched (as Dr. Bombay)
Movie Titles: Titanic, The Mummy, The Rescuers

✍🎭Mort Sahl -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1927 N.S. d.10/26/2021 N.S. (94)
Satirist (m), Stage Actor, Comedian, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Montreal; RN:Morton Lyon Sahl

🎭Marco Ferreri -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1928 d.5/9/1997 (68)
Movie Director (m), Italian

✍📰Stanley Elkin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1930 d.5/31/1995 (65)
Novelist, Journalist, Professor (m), American
Book Titles: The Living End

🎵Mike Zwerin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1930 d.4/2/2010 (79)
Trombonist

James M. Jeffords -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1934 d.8/18/2014 (80)
Senator (m)

🎵🎷Freddie Roach -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1934 d.10/3/1980 N.S. (46)
Organist, Jazz Musician

🎭Doug McClure -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1935 d.2/5/1995 (59)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Glendale, California
Misc: Cowboy star; some say b. 1938
TV Shows: Checkmate (as Jed Sills), The Virginian (as Trampas), Barbary Coast, Roots (as Jemmy Brent), Out of This World (as Mayor Kyle Applegate)

🎵Kit Lambert -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1935 d.4/7/1981 (45)
Music Producer
Group Names: The Who (manager and producer)

🎵🎷Carla Bley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1936 N.S. d.10/17/2023 N.S. (87)
Composer, Organist, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist
Names/Places: RLN:Borg

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🎵Bruce Langhorne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1938 N.S. d.4/14/2017 N.S. (78)
Folk Guitarist

🏆⚾Milt Pappas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1939 d.4/19/2016 N.S. (76)
MLB Pitcher

🏆⚾Frank Quilici -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1939 N.S. d.5/14/2018 N.S. (79)
MLB Manager, MLB Player

🎵🎷Johnny Trudell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1939 N.S. d.5/29/2021 N.S. (82)
Flugelhorn, Pianist, Trombonist, Trumpeter, Jazz Musician

🎵R. Dean Taylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1939 N.S. d.1/7/2022 N.S. (82)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer, Canadian

🏆🏁Butch (Larry) Hartman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1940 d.12/21/1994 (54)
Auto Racer

Sharron Lee Blythe-Pettijohn -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1941 N.S. d.4/24/2022 N.S. (80)
Celebrity Relative
Names/Places: Bill Clinton's half-sister

🎵🎸Les Chadwick -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1943 N.S. d.12/26/2019 N.S. (76)
Rock and Roll Bassist, English
Names/Places: RFN:John Leslie
Group Names: Gerry & the Pacemakers

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🏆🏁🏊Donald Ward "Don" McKenzie Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1947 N.S. d.12/3/2008 N.S. (61)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, American

🎵🎸Butch Trucks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1947 N.S. d.1/24/2017 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Drummer
Names/Places: RN:Claude Hudson Trucks
Group Names: The Allman Brothers Band

🎭David Gest -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1953 d.4/12/2016 N.S. (62)
Producer (m), Personality
Names/Places: ex-husband of Liza Minnelli

🎭Shabba Doo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1955 N.S. d.12/29/2020 N.S. (65)
Actor, Choreographer (m), Dancer (m)
Movie Titles: Breakin' (series)

🎭Natasha Richardson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1963 d.3/18/2009 (45)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, English
Names/Places: b. in London; Vanessa Redgrave & Tony's daughter, Lynn's niece, Sir Michael's granddaughter, Liam Neeson's wife
Movie Titles: Evening

🎭Cory Monteith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1982 d.7/13/2013 (31)
Actor
TV Shows: Glee (as Finn Hudson)

🏆🏈Mitch Petrus -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/11/1987 N.S. d.7/18/2019 N.S. (32)
NFL Guard

👑Emperor Leo VI -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/19/866 d.5/11/912 (45)
Emperor
Misc: Byzantine coemperor from 870 and emperor from 886 to 912, whose imperial laws, written in Greek, became the legal code of the Byzantine Empire.

Otto von Guericke -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/20/1602 Ju-1 or 11/30/1602 N.S. d.5/11/1686 Ju-1 (83) or 5/21/1686 N.S. (83)
Inventor (m), Physicist (m), German
Misc: demonstrated the vacuum, also invented the first air pump.

🎨Jules Hardouin-Mansart -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1646 N.S. d.5/11/1708 N.S. (62)
Architect (m), French
Misc: Hall of Mirrors, King Louis XIV's building super

William The Elder Pitt -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/15/1708 d.5/11/1778 (69)
Statesman (m), British
Names/Places: NN:The Great Commoner

🎖John Hart -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1711 d.5/11/1779
Revolutionary (m)
Misc: Declaration of Independence signer; born between 1706 and 1713

Robert Treat Paine -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1731 d.5/11/1814 (83)
Judge/Jurist (m), Minister (m)
Misc: Declaration of Independence signer; founded American Academy of Arts & Sciences

✍⚖John Trumbull -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/24/1750 d.5/11/1831 (81)
Essayist, Poet (m), Jurist

Nicholas Noel -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/27/1746 N.S. d.5/11/1832 N.S. (86)
Physician (m), French

Thomas Andrew Knight -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/12/1759 N.S. d.5/11/1838 N.S. (78)
Scientist (m), Horticulturist (m), English

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🏆🥊Tom Cribb -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/8/1781 d.5/11/1848 (66)
Boxer, English
Misc: Champion English bareknuckle boxer, one of the most popular and respected personages in the English prize ring.

🎵Carl Otto Nicolai -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/9/1810 d.5/11/1849 (38)
Composer, German

Sir John F. W. Herschel -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/7/1792 d.5/11/1871 (79)
Astronomer (m), English
Misc: discovered Uranus, added over 500 nebulae and clusters of stars to those already known.

🎨✍Thomas Buchanan Read -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/12/1822 d.5/11/1872 (50)
Artist, Poet (m)

🎖Franklin Buchanan -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/17/1800 d.5/11/1874 (73)
Naval Officer

Henri Frederic Ameil -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/27/1821 d.5/11/1881 (59)
Critic (m), Swiss

🎵Max Reger -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/19/1873 d.5/11/1916 (43)
Composer

George Heber Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/14/1867 d.5/11/1919 (51)
Missionary

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✍📰William Dean Howells -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/1/1837 N.S. d.5/11/1920 N.S. (83)
Novelist, Critic (m), Editor (m)

✍🎖Henry M. Robert -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/2/1837 d.5/11/1923 (86)
Author (m), General
Book Titles: Robert's Rules of Order

🎨Juan Gris -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1887 d.5/11/1927 (40)
Painter (m), Sculptor (m), Spanish
Names/Places: RN:Jose Victoriano Gonzalez

Edward Thompson -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/28/1856 d.5/11/1935 (78)
Archaeologist (m)

🏆🎾Ellen Hansell -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/18/1869 d.5/11/1937 (67)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

🎵Herbie Kay -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/5/1904 d.5/11/1944 (39)
Singer
Names/Places: Dorothy Lamour's ex-

📰John R. Commons -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1862 d.5/11/1945 (82)
Historian (m), Economist

🎨📰Frederick William Goudy -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/8/1865 d.5/11/1947 (82)
Designer (m), Printer (m)
Misc: Type designer

🎭Jean Adair -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/13/1873 d.5/11/1953 (79)
Actress

🎨Bradley Walker Tomlin -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/19/1899 d.5/11/1953 (53)
Painter (m)

💰Russell Stover -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/6/1888 d.5/11/1954 (66)
Manufacturer
Misc: Eskimo Pie creator & prez

Walter Sydney Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/20/1876 d.5/11/1956 (79)
Astronomer (m)
Misc: director of Mount Wilson

🎭Frank Jaquet -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/16/1885 N.S. d.5/11/1958 N.S. (73)
Actor

🎨Lucien Lelong -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/11/1889 d.5/11/1958 (68)
Designer (m), French

💰John D. Rockefeller Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/29/1874 d.5/11/1960 (86)
Financier, Philanthropist
Names/Places: MN:David

Herbert Spencer Gasser -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/5/1888 d.5/11/1963 (74)
Physiologist (m)

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⚖🎵Wilbert Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1890 d.5/11/1969 (79)
Governor (m), Songwriter, Bandleader, Country Performer

🎵🎷Johnny Hodges -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/25/1906 d.5/11/1970 (63)
Alto-sax, Soprano-sax, Jazz Performer
Names/Places: NN:Rabbit or Jeep
Misc: some say b. 1907
Group Names: Duke Ellington (his band)

🎭Lex Barker -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/8/1919 N.S. d.5/11/1973 N.S. (54)
Movie Actor
Names/Places: RN:Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr.
Movie Titles: Tarzan (series 1949-53)

🎭Walter Kinsella -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/16/1900 d.5/11/1975 (74)
Actor
TV Shows: Martin Kane (as Happy McMann)

🎵Benny Harris -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/23/1919 d.5/11/1975 (56)
Songwriter, Trumpeter

🎨Alvar Aalto -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/3/1898 d.5/11/1976 (78)
Architect (m), Finnish

Barbara Hutton -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1912 d.5/11/1979 (66)
Socialite
Misc: Woolworth heiress; wed 7x's

🎵Lester Raymond Flatt -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/19/1914 d.5/11/1979 (64)
Hall of Famer, Mandolin, Country Singer/Guitarist, Bluegrass Guitarist
Names/Places: b. in Overton County, TN
Misc: b. June 14 or 28?
Song Titles: The Ballad of Jed Clampett (with Earl Scruggs)

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Howard Mumford Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1892 d.5/11/1980 (88)
Author (m), Critic (m), Professor (m)

🎵🎸Bob Marley -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/6/1945 d.5/11/1981 (36)
Hall of Famer, Composer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Reggae Singer, Jamaican
Names/Places: RFN:Robert Nesta; d. in a Miami hospital of brain and lung cancer.
Misc: has a holiday in Jamaica; birthdate acc to tradition though no Jamacian birth certificate exists; April 6 was his DOB according to his passport
Group Names: Bob Marley and the Wailers (lead)
Song Titles: Get Up Stand Up, I Shot the Sheriff, No Woman No Cry, Roots Rock Reggae, Exodus, Waiting in Vain, Jamming, One Love, Is This Love, Satisfy My Soul, So Much Trouble in the World, Could You Be Loved, Three Little Birds, Redemption Song, Reggae on Broadway, Buffalo Soldier, Iron Lion Zion, Why Should I, Keep On Moving, Sun is Shining (with Funkstar Deluxe), Turn Your Lights Down Low (featuring Lauryn Hill), Rainbow Country (vs Funkstar Deluxe), Jammin' (with MC Lyte), Slogans, Africa Unite, Stand Up Jamrock
Album Titles: Catch a Fire, Burnin', Natty Dread, Rastaman Vibration, Exodus, Kaya, Survival, Uprising, Confrontation
Video Titles: Live at the Rainbow, The Bob Marley Story: Caribbean Nights

🎨Chester Gould -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/20/1900 d.5/11/1985 (84)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Names/Places: b. in Pawnee, OK
Book Titles: Dick Tracy (creator)

🏆🏈Fritz Pollard -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/27/1894 d.5/11/1986 (92)
Hall of Famer, NFL Coach, NFL Runningback
Misc: the first black head coach of the NFL; in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Akron Pros (coach 1921), Hammond Pros (coach 1925), Chicago Black Hawks (coach 1928), Akron Pros (player 1920-1921), Union Club of Phoenixville (player 1920), Milwaukee Badgers (player 1922), Gilberton Cadamounts (player 1923-1924), Hammond Pros (player 1923-1925), Akron Indians (player 1925), Providence Steam Roller (player 1925), Akron Indians (player 1926), Chicago Black Hawks (player 1928)

Harold "Kim" Philby -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/1/1912 N.S. d.5/11/1988 N.S. (76)
Spy
Misc: master spy

🏆🥊Esteban DeJesus -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/2/1951 d.5/11/1989 (37)
Boxer

🎵🎷Max Gordon -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/12/1903 d.5/11/1989 (86)
Jazz Musician
Names/Places: RN:Michael Salpeter?

Carlos "Danny" Herrera -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/21/1901 N.S. d.5/11/1992 N.S. (90)
Inventor (m)
Misc: Margaritas

Elizabeth McDonald -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/24/1894 d.5/11/1992 (98)
Inventor (m)
Misc: Spic & Span

🎨📰Leigh A. Wiener -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/25/1929 d.5/11/1993 (63)
Photographer (m), Photojournalist

🎭Timothy Carey -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1929 d.5/11/1994 (65)
Movie Actor

✍⚖Lewis B. Puller Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/18/1945 d.5/11/1994 (48)
Author (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m)

🎨José Joya -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/3/1931 N.S. d.5/11/1995 N.S. (63)
Artist, Filipino (Phillipean)

🏆🏈Rodney Culver -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/23/1969 d.5/11/1996 (26)
NFL Runningback

🎵Walter Hyatt -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/25/1949 d.5/11/1996 (46)
Songwriter, Country Singer

🎭Catherine McLeod -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/2/1921 d.5/11/1997 (75)
Movie Actress

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🎭Howard Morton -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/15/1925 d.5/11/1997 (71)
Actor
TV Shows: Gimme a Break (as Police Officer Ralph Simpson)

🎵Ernie Fields -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/26/1905 d.5/11/1997 (91)
Arranger, Pianist, Trombonist, Bandleader

🎭Gene Fowler Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/27/1917 d.5/11/1998 (80)
Movie Director (m)
Movie Titles: I Was a Teenage Werewolf

🎭Al Simon -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/11/1911 d.5/11/2000 (88)
TV Producer (m)
TV Shows: Burns and Allen, Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Mr. Ed, Petticoat Junction

🎨✍Verna Aardema -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/6/1911 N.S. d.5/11/2000 N.S. (88)
Illustrator (m), Children's Author (m)

Douglas Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1952 N.S. d.5/11/2001 N.S. (49)
Author (m), Novelist, English
Book Titles: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe, "Life, the Universe & Everything", So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, Mostly Harmless, Dirk Gentry's Holistic Detective Agency, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul, The Meaning of Liff (co-writer), The Deeper Meaning of Liff, Last Chance to See, The Salmon of Doubt

🎵🎸Noel Redding -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1945 d.5/11/2003 (57)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Rock and Roll Bassist, English
Group Names: Jimi Hendrix Experience

Judianne Densen-Gerber -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/13/1934 d.5/11/2003 (68)
Psychiatrist

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🎵Dewey Terry -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/17/1937 d.5/11/2003 (65)
Composer, Pop Singer
Group Names: Don & Dewey

🎵John Whitehead -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/2/1948 d.5/11/2004 (55)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: McFadden & Whitehead

🎭Byron Morrow -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/8/1911 d.5/11/2006 (94)
Actor
TV Shows: The Winds of War

✍🎭🏆Frankie Thomas -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/9/1921 d.5/11/2006 (85)
Author (m), Actor, Producer (m), Bridge Player
Names/Places: Frank's son
Misc: bridge (cards) expert
TV Shows: One Man's Family (as Cliff Barbour), Tom Cordett Space Cadet (star)

🏆🥊Floyd Patterson -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/4/1935 d.5/11/2006 (71)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, Olympic Athlete
Names/Places: b. in Waco, N.C.
Misc: Olympic middleweight champ in 1952; world heavyweight champion (1956-59,60-62); was the first boxer to regain the heavyweight crown; pro record 55-8-1 with 40 KOs.

🎵Osita Osadebe -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/??/1936 d.5/11/2007 (71)
Composer, Singer/Guitarist, Bandleader, Nigerian
Misc: no source has the exact birth date

🏆🏈Curtis Whitley -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/10/1969 d.5/11/2008 (39)
NFL Player

🏆🥊Judy Grable -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/21/1935 N.S. d.5/11/2008 N.S. (72)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: NN:The Barefoot Contessa; RN:Nellya Baughman

🎵🎸John Rutsey -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/23/1952 d.5/11/2008 (55)
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Drummer, Canadian
Group Names: Rush

Maurice Goldhaber -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/18/1911 d.5/11/2011 (100)
Scientist (m)
Misc: noted nuclear and particle physicist

🎵Snooky Young -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/3/1919 d.5/11/2011 (92)
Trumpeter
Group Names: Count Basie Orchestra

🏆🏈Jack Butler -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/12/1927 d.5/11/2013 (85)
Hall of Famer, NFL Cornerback
Misc: 4x Pro Bowl
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Steelers (1951-1959)

🎵🎸Edward John "Ed" Gagliardi -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/13/1952 N.S. d.5/11/2014 N.S. (62)
Rock and Roll Bassist
Group Names: Foreigner

✍⚖💰Jeb Magruder -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/5/1934 d.5/11/2014 (79)
Author (m), Minister (m), Businessperson, Outlaw
Misc: Watergate participant

🎭Pua Magasuva -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/10/1980 N.S. d.5/11/2019 N.S. (38)
Actor, Samoan
TV Shows: Power Rangers: Ninja Storm

🎭🏆Peggy Lipton -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1946 N.S. d.5/11/2019 N.S. (72)
TV/Movie Actress, Model
Names/Places: Quincy Jones' ex-
Misc: some say b. 1947 or 1948
TV Shows: The Mod Squad (as Julie Barnes), John Forsythe Show (as Joanna), Twin Peaks (as Norma Jennings)
Movie Titles: The Postman

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🏆🏈Don Zimmerman -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/22/1949 N.S. d.5/11/2020 N.S. (70)
NFL Player

⛪🎭Jerry Stiller -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/8/1927 N.S. d.5/11/2020 N.S. (92)
Jewish, TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Commercial Actor, Producer (m)
Names/Places: b. Brooklyn; Anne Meara's hubby; Ben's father
Misc: James Brady gives me b. 1927, other sources range from b. 1926 to 1929 or 1931
TV Shows: The Paul Lynde Show (as Barney Dickerson), Joe & Sons, Seinfeld (as Frank Constanza, George's father), The King of Queens (as Arthur Spooner)
Movie Titles: Zoolander, The Heartbreak Kid, Hairspray

🎵Moon Martin -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/31/1950 N.S. d.5/11/2020 N.S. (69)
Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist
Names/Places: RFN:John

🎵Steve (Radio Deejay) West -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/29/1951 N.S. d.5/11/2020 N.S. (68)
Radio Disc Jock, English
Names/Places: RN: Stephen John Vintner
Misc: helped shape the alternative rock and roll sound of radio station 91X in the 1980s

🎭Norman Lloyd -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/8/1914 N.S. d.5/11/2021 N.S. (106)
TV/Movie Actor, Producer/Director (m)
Misc: 1940s & 50s movie villian
TV Shows: St. Elsewhere (as Dr. Daniel Auschlander)
Movie Titles: Dead Poet's Society

Lester L. Wolff -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/4/1919 N.S. d.5/11/2021 N.S. (102)
Politician (m)

✍🎭Kenneth Anger -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/3/1927 N.S. d.5/11/2023 N.S. (96)
Author (m), Actor, Filmmaker

⛪🎭Barry Newman -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/7/1938 N.S. d.5/11/2023 N.S. (84)
Jewish, Actor
TV Shows: Petrocelli (as Tony Petrocelli)
Movie Titles: Vanishing Point, Bowfinger

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📰⚖Hodding Carter III -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1935 N.S. d.5/11/2023 N.S. (88)
Newscaster, Journalist, Commentator, Politician (m)
Names/Places: FN:William
Misc: Media Commentator

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