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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for July 4

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🎭Eva Marie Saint -- is 100 in the year 2024 and 101 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1924
Radio Actress, TV/Movie Actress, Producer (m)
Names/Places: b. in East Orange, NJ
TV Shows: How the West Was Won (TV mini-series), One Man's Family (as Claudia Barbour Roberts)
Movie Titles: North by Northwest, Exodus, On The Waterfront, I Dreamed of Africa, Superman Returns

🎵🎷Gilbert Lopez -- is 90 in the year 2024 and 91 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1934
Jazz Singer, Doo Wop Performer
Names/Places: Margo Sylvia's brother
Group Names: Tune Weavers

🎭Ed Bernard -- is 85 in the year 2024 and 86 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1939
Actor
TV Shows: Cool Million, Police Woman (as Det. Joe Styles), The White Shadow (as Jim Willis)
Movie Titles: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey, Blue Thunder

✍🏆George Vecsey -- is 85 in the year 2024 and 86 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Sports Columnist
Misc: New York Times

🎭Karolyn Grimes -- is 84 in the year 2024 and 85 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1940
Actress
Movie Titles: Blue Skies, It's a Wonderful Life, Rio Grande, The Bishop's Wife

🎭🏆🏀Digger Phelps -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1941
Actor, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Notre Dame (1971-1991)

💰🏆⚾Hal Lanier -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1942
Businessperson, MLB Manager, MLB Coach, MLB Player
Misc: athlete

🎵Peter Rowan -- is 82 in the year 2024 and 83 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1942
Composer, Yodeler, Mandolin, Bluegrass Singer/Guitarist, American

✍⛪📰⚖🎭Geraldo Rivera -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1943 N.S.
Novelist, Jewish, Newscaster, Correspondent, Journalist, Attorney/Lawyer (m), TV Talk Show Host
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Jerry Miguel Rivers
Misc: many say b. July 3
TV Shows: 20/20, Geraldo, Now It Can Be Told

🏆🏈Emerson Boozer -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1943
Hall of Famer, Sportscaster, NFL Runningback
Misc: 2x AFL All-Star, Super Bowl III; in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: Maryland Eastern Shore College, New York Jets (1966-1975)

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🎵Annette Sterling -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1943
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Soul Singer
Names/Places: RLN:Beard
Group Names: Martha & the Vandellas

🎭Ray Meagher -- is 80 in the year 2024 and 81 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1944 N.S.
Actor, Australian
TV Shows: Home and Away (as Alf Stewart)

🎭Bruce French -- is 79 in the year 2024 and 80 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1945
Actor
TV Shows: Passions (as Father Logan for the entire run)
Movie Titles: Jurassic Park III, Mission: Impossible III, Beginners

🏆Tish Howard -- is 78 in the year 2024 and 79 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1946
Playmate
Misc: July 1966

✍🎖Ron Kovic -- is 78 in the year 2024 and 79 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1946
Author (m), Hero (m)
Misc: Vietnam War veteran and peace activist; some say b. on July 1
Book Titles: Born on the Fourth of July

💰Michael Milken -- is 78 in the year 2024 and 79 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1946
Financier, Philanthropist, Criminal
Misc: Junk bond king

🏆Morganna Roberts -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1947
Sports Figure
Misc: baseball's kissing bandit

🎵🎸Jeremy Spencer -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1948
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Group Names: Fleetwood Mac (co-founder)

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🏆🏁René Arnoux -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1948
Auto Racer, French
Misc: formula-1 racer (6th place-1980)

🎵James Stroud -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1949
Music Producer, Country Drummer

🎵David Jensen -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1950
Radio Disc Jock, Canadian, English

🎵Ralph Johnson -- is 73 in the year 2024 and 74 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1951
Hall of Famer, Percussionist, Rhythm and Blues Drummer
Group Names: "Earth, Wind and Fire"

Álavaro Uribe -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1952 N.S.
Head of State (m), Colombian
Misc: former Colombian President

🎵Domingo Ortiz -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1952
Musician
Group Names: Widespread Panic

🎵🎸John Waite -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1952 N.S.
Music Producer, Songwriter, Bassist, Harmonicaist, Rock and Roll Singer, English
Group Names: The Babys (lead), Bad English (lead), soloist

🎵🎸Richard Daley -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1953
Reggae Musician, Jamaican
Group Names: Third World

🏆⚾Jim Beattie -- is 70 in the year 2024 and 71 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1954
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏀Jawann Oldhem -- is 67 in the year 2024 and 68 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1957
NBA Player

🎨Bill Watterson -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1958
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Book Titles: Calvin and Hobbes

🎵🎸Kirk Pengilly -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1958
Saxophonist, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist, Australian
Group Names: INXS

🎭Victoria Abril -- is 65 in the year 2024 and 66 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1959
Actress, Spanish
Movie Titles: Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, High Heels, 101 Reykjavik, Don't Tempt Me (aka Sin Noticias de Dios)

🎵Bill "Wild Bill" McCorvey -- is 65 in the year 2024 and 66 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1959 N.S.
Singer

🎭Signy Coleman -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1960
Actress
Movie Titles: Blade Runner

🎵Teddy Carr -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1960
Country Performer

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⚛🎭Andrew Zimmern -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1961 N.S.
Chef (m), Personality
TV Shows: Bizarre Foods

🎭Neil Morrissey -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1962 N.S.
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, English
TV Shows: Men Behaving Badly (as Tony), Tayo the Little Bus, Roary the Racing Car, Bob the Builder

🏆🎾Pam Shriver -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1962
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Names/Places: RFMN:Pamela Howard
Misc: U.S. Open's Doubles 1983, 84, 86, 87

🎵🎸Rock D. J. Zonka -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1962
Alternative Rock Performer
Group Names: Big Audio Dynamite

🎵🎸Michael Sweet -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1963
Songwriter, Christian/Rock Performer, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Stryper

🎵🎸Matt Malley -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1963
Modern Rock Musician
Group Names: Counting Crows

🏆⚾José Oquendo -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1963
MLB Coach, MLB Player, Puerto Rican

🎭Rachel Ashley -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1964
XXX-rated actress

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🎭🏆Nina Alexander -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1964
Actress, XXX-rated actress, Model

🎭Cathryn De Prume -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1964
Actress, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Down the Shore (as Donna)
Movie Titles: Wild, Terminal Velocity, Mrs. Winterbourne, Five Corners

Ed Rama -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1964 N.S.
Prime Minister (m), Albanian

🎭🎵🎸Mark Allen Slaughter -- is 60 in the year 2024 and 61 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1964
Voice Actor, Composer, Keyboardist, Heavy Metal Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Slaughter (lead)

✍🎭Tracy Letts -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1965
Screenwriter, Playwright (m), Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Homeland (as Andrew Lockhart)
Movie Titles: The Big Short, August: Osage County, Killer Joe

🏆🏀Harvey Grant -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1965
NBA Forward
Names/Places: Horace's twin

🏆🏀Horace Junior Grant -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1965
NBA Forward
Names/Places: Harvey's twin

🏆🏀Adrian Caldwell -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1966
NBA Player

🎭Ellen Bethea -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1967
Actress
Movie Titles: The Siege, Following Bliss

🏆⚾Vinny Castilla -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1967 N.S.
Hall of Famer, MLB Infielder, Mexican
Misc: in the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame

🏆⚾Rick Wilkins -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1967
MLB Catcher

🎭Mindy Feldman -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1968
Actress, Dancer (m)
Misc: retired from acting in 1997
TV Shows: The New Mickey Mouse Club
Movie Titles: Say Anything, South Beach Academy, Busted

🏆🏈Derek Loville -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1968
NFL Runningback
Misc: Superbowl XXXII
Sports Teams: Denver Broncos

🏆🏈Todd Marinovich -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1969
NFL Quarterback

🎭Al Madrigal -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1971
Actor, Comedian, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Gary Unmarried (as Dennis Lopez), The Daily Show, About a Boy (as Andy)

🏆🏒Steve Rucchin -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1971
NHL Player, Canadian

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🎭Jenica Bergere -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1974
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Men Behaving Badly, Drew Carey Show (as Sharon)
Movie Titles: Rat Race, Frozen, Safety Not Guaranteed, Chasing Mavericks

🏆🏁🏊Denis Pankratov -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1974 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, Russian

🎭🎵John Lloyd Young -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1975
Actor, Singer
Misc: stage: Jersey Boys (as Frankie Valli)
Movie Titles: Jersey Boys (as Frankie Valli)

🎭Becki Newton -- is 46 in the year 2024 and 47 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1978
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Commercial Actress
Misc: commercial actress for Olive Garden
TV Shows: Ugly Betty (as Amanda Tanen), Love Bites, How I Met Your Mother (as Quinn Garvey), American Dad! (guest voice), Weird Loners (as Caryn Goldfarb)
Movie Titles: P.S., August Rush

🎵Stephen "Ste" McNally -- is 46 in the year 2024 and 47 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1978 N.S.
Songwriter, Singer, English

🏆🏈Josh McCown -- is 45 in the year 2024 and 46 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1979 N.S.
NFL Quarterback

Jamie Krauss -- is 44 in the year 2024 and 45 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1980
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Joan Lunden and Michael's daughter

🎭Max Elliott Slade -- is 44 in the year 2024 and 45 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1980
Movie Actor
Movie Titles: Apollo 13, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, 3 Ninjas, Parenthood

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🎭🏆Mike Sorrentino -- is 43 in the year 2024 and 44 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1981
Reality TV Star, Personality, Model
Sports Teams: NN: The Situation
TV Shows: Jersey Shore

🎭Mo McRae -- is 42 in the year 2024 and 43 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1982 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Pitch, Murder in the First, Sons of Anarchy
Movie Titles: Wild, Thirteen, Gridiron Gang, Lee Daniels' The Butler

🏆Isabeli Fontana -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1983 N.S.
Model, Brazilian

🎵Ben (Singer) Jorgensen -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1983 N.S.
Singer/Guitarist
Misc: not to be confused with Ben Jorgensen the soap actor
Group Names: Armor for Sleep

🎵Melanie Fiona -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1983
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Canadian

🎭Angelique Boyer -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1988 N.S.
Actress, French

🏆Alyssa Miller -- is 34 in the year 2024 and 35 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1990 N.S.
Model

🎭Melissa Barrera -- is 34 in the year 2024 and 35 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1990 N.S.
Actress

🎭Julianna Rose -- is 30 in the year 2024 and 31 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1994 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
Misc: Miscellaneous Crew, Sound Department
Movie Titles: Little Miss Sunshine, "Crazy, Stupid, Love.", Apocalypto, No Reservations, Khumba, Avatar: The Last Airbender

🎵Post Malone -- is 29 in the year 2024 and 30 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1995 N.S.
Rapper
Names/Places: RN: Austin Richard Post

🎵Era Istrefi -- is 29 in the year 2024 and 30 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1995 N.S.
Pop Singer, Yugoslav
Misc: combined elements of pop, electronic and reggae music

🎭Daniela Nieves -- is 27 in the year 2024 and 28 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1997 N.S.
Actress, Mexican
TV Shows: Every Witch Way (as Andi Cruz)

Cicely Yasmin Bernhard -- is 26 in the year 2024 and 27 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1998
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Sandra Bernhard's daughter

Malia Obama -- is 26 in the year 2024 and 27 in the year 2025; b.7/4/1998
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Michelle and Barack's daughter

🎭Alex Hibbert -- is 20 in the year 2024 and 21 in the year 2025; b.7/4/2004 N.S.
Actor

Lyon Richie -- is 9 in the year 2024 and 10 in the year 2025; b.7/4/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Shayne Lamas and Nik's son

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Charlie Ocean Goldblum -- is 9 in the year 2024 and 10 in the year 2025; b.7/4/2015 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Emile Livingston and Jeff's son

François Blanchard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1753 N.S. d.3/7/1809 N.S. (55)
Balloonist, French
Names/Places: FMN:Jean-Pierre-
Misc: made the first balloon flights in England and U.S.A.

🎨William Rush -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1756 N.S. d.1/17/1833 N.S. (76)
Sculptor (m), American

Sir George Everest -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1790 d.12/1/1866 (76)
Engineer (m), Explorer (m), English
Misc: Mt. Everest was named for him

🎵Josef Labitzky -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1802 d.8/18/1881 (79)
Composer, Violinist, Czech

Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1804 d.5/19/1864 (59)
Hall of Famer, Novelist, Short Story Writer (m)
Book Titles: The House of 7 Gables, The Scarlet Letter

Thomas Pratt -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1812 d.??/??/1875
Engineer (m)
Misc: died on May 16, 1875?

🎵Stephen Collins Foster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1826 d.1/13/1864 (37)
Hall of Famer, Composer, Songwriter
Misc: the first professional songwriter
Song Titles: Camptown Races, Oh Susannah, Swanee River, Old Black Joe

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Charlie Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1842 N.S. d.10/5/1979 N.S. (137)
World's Oldest Person
Misc: noted for claiming to be the oldest person in the U.S. although his claim has since been debunked; DOB is alleged

Thomas Barnardo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1845 d.9/19/1905 (60)
Social Reformer
Misc: In 1870, he founded the first of the "Dr. Barnardo's Homes" for destitute boys in London.

💰🎭James Anthony Bailey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1847 d.4/11/1906 (58)
Businessperson, Entertainment Figure
Misc: Circus Owner w/ P.T. Barnum, co-founded Greatest Show On Earth

John Casper Branner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1850 d.3/1/1922 (71)
Scientist (m), Geologist (m)

🎨Joseph Pennell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1857 d.4/23/1926 (68)
Artist

🏆⚾Mickey Welch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1859 d.7/30/1941 (82)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: NN:Smiling Mickey

🎵Emma Juch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1861 d.3/6/1939 (77)
Opera Singer, Austrian
Misc: Opera Manager

🎨Arthur Keller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1867 d.??/??/1924
Illustrator (m), Painter (m)

💰Stephen Mather -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1867 d.1/22/1930 (62)
Industrialist
Misc: organizer of the U.S. National Park Service

Henrietta Swan Leavitt -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1868 N.S. d.12/12/1921 N.S. (0)
Astronomer (m)

Calvin Coolidge -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1872 d.1/5/1933 (60)
President and Vice President (m)
Names/Places: b. in Plymouth, VT; FN:John; died at his home in Northhampton, Massachusetts; NN: Silent Cal
Misc: 30th U.S. President 1923-29; 29th U.S. Vice President

🎭William Farnum -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1876 d.6/5/1953 (76)
Movie Actor
Names/Places: Dustin's brother
Misc: silent screen

✍🎭🎵George Michael Cohan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1878 d.11/5/1942 (64)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), Stage Actor, Stage Producer (m), Composer
Names/Places: b. in Providence, RI
Misc: Give My Regards To Broadway, Over There, It's a Grand Old Flag, Yankee Doodle Dandy; many say b. July 3 but b. July 4 as some sources claim suggest subliminally it's more patriotic.

🎵Philippe Gaubert -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1879 d.7/8/1941 (62)
Conductor/Composer, Musician, French

🎭Pat Rooney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1880 d.9/9/1962 (82)
Actor, Vaudevillan

🏆⚾George Mullin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1880 d.1/7/1944 (63)
MLB Pitcher
Misc: no-hitter on 7/4/1912
Sports Teams: Detroit Tigers

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🎭Cornelis van der Lugt Melsert -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1882 d.8/16/1969 (87)
Actor, Director (m), Dutch (Netherlands)

🎨Rube Goldberg -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1883 d.12/7/1970 (87)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: Boob McNutt, Mike & Ike, Lucifer Butts; made the easy outrageously difficult

✍🎭George Trendle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1884 d.5/10/1972 (87)
Screenwriter, Producer (m)
Misc: also of Radio
TV Shows: The Lone Ranger, Green Hornet, Sgt. Preston of The Yukon

🎭🎵Anna Chandler -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1884 d.7/10/1957 (73)
Vaudevillaness, Singer, Mezzo-Soprano

🎭Louis Burt Mayer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1885 d.10/29/1957 (72)
Film Executive (m), Movie Producer (m), Russian
Misc: MGM Co. Co-founder

🎭Henry Armetta -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1888 d.10/21/1945 (57)
Actor, Italian

✍🎵Samuel Chotzinoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1889 d.2/9/1964 (74)
Critic (m), Pianist, Russian

🏆🏀Henry Clifford "Doc" Carlson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1894 N.S. d.11/1/1964 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Misc: a coach who originated the figure 8 play; in the Basketball and College Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Pittsburgh (player of football, baseball and basketball 1915-1917, basketball coach 1922-1953)

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🎵Irving Caesar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1895 d.12/17/1996 (101)
Lyricist
Misc: Great Tin Pan Alley lyricist
Song Titles: Tea for Two, Swanee, Animal Crackers in my Soup

🎭Johnny Lee -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1898 d.12/12/1965 (67)
Actor
TV Shows: Amos 'n Andy (as Algonquin J. Calhoun)

🎭Gertrude Lawrence -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1898 d.9/6/1952 (54)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, English
Names/Places: RN:Gertrude Alexandra Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen

🏆🏒Victor Arthur "Vic" Desjardins -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1898 N.S. d.11/22/1988 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, NHL Player
Sports Teams: Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers

Austin Warren -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1899 d.8/20/1986 (87)
Author (m), Critic (m)

🎭🎵John W. Hundley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1899 d.4/17/1990 (90)
Actor, Singer
Misc: Censor, CBS executive

Guy Endore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1900 d.2/12/1970 (69)
Novelist, Screen/Scriptwriter

Carleton Morse -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1901 d.5/24/1993 (91)
Dramatist/Playwright (m)

🎭Vince Barnett -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1902 d.8/10/1977 (75)
Actor
Movie Titles: A Star Is Born

⚖🎭🎵George Murphy -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1902 d.5/3/1992 (89)
Senator (m), Movie/Stage Actor, Dancer (m), Singer
Names/Places: b. in New Haven, CT
Misc: 1930-40's movie musicals; song-and-dance man-turned-politician

🏆🏀Abraham M. "Abe" Saperstein -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1902 N.S. d.3/15/1966 N.S. (63)
Hall of Famer, NBA Owner, NBA Coach, English
Misc: ABL; the earliest coach of the Harlem Globetrotters
Sports Teams: Savoy Big Five (which later became the Harlem Globetrotters in which he helped formed as owner and coach), Chicago Majors (owner)

Meyer Lansky -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1902 d.1/15/1983 (81)
Outlaw, Russian
Names/Places: RN:Maier Suchowljansky

🏆⚾🏈🏀Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1903 N.S. d.6/9/1991 N.S. (87)
Hall of Famer, College Baseball Coach, College Football Coach, College Basketball Player, College Basketball Coach
Misc: in the College Basketball and Basketball Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Oregon (basketball player 1923-1926, basketball coach 1935-1944, 1945-1947, baseball coach 1936-1947), Southern Oregon University (football coach 1932-1934, basketball coach 1932-1935), Yale University (basketball coach 1947-1956)

🎵Charlie Monroe -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1903 d.9/27/1975 (72)
Country Guitarist
Names/Places: Bill's brother

🎭Angela Baddeley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1904 d.2/22/1976 (71)
TV Actress, English
TV Shows: Upstairs Downstairs

Mary Keane -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1904 d.4/22/1996 (91)
Novelist, Irish
Names/Places: RN:Mary Nesta Skrine; aka Molly Keane
Misc: some say b. July 20, 1904

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🎨✍Lionel Trilling -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1905 d.11/5/1975 (70)
Artist, Author (m), Novelist, Critic (m), Educator (m)

Vincent J. Schaefer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1906 d.7/25/1993 (87)
Inventor (m)
Misc: cloud seeding

🎭Elliott Sullivan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1907 N.S. d.6/2/1974 N.S. (66)
Actor

🎭Gordon Griffith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1907 d.10/12/1955 (48)
Entertainment Figure

🎭Gloria Stuart -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1910 d.9/26/2010 (100)
Actress
Movie Titles: Titanic

✍🎵🎷Alec Templeton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1910 d.3/28/1963 (52)
Satirist (m), Novelty Singer, Jazz Pianist, Welsh (Wales)
Misc: Witty jazz & satrical numbers

🎵🏆🥊"Champion" Jack Dupree -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1910 d.1/21/1992 (82)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Drummer, Guitarist, Pianist, Blues Singer, Boxer
Names/Places: RFN:William

🎭🎵Mitch Miller -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1911 N.S. d.7/31/2010 N.S. (99)
Variety Show Host, Music Producer, Conductor/Composer, Arranger, Bandleader
Names/Places: b. in Rochester, N.Y.; RN:Mitchell William
Misc: producer of sing-along albums, Columbia records head
TV Shows: Sing Along With Mitch!

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🎭Virginia Graham -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1912 d.12/22/1998 (86)
Actress, TV Talk Show Hostess
Names/Places: b. in Chicago; RLN:Komiss
Misc: some say b. 1913
TV Shows: Food For Thoght, Girl Talk, Virginia Graham Show, All My Children (guest)

🏆🏀Arad McCutchan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1912 N.S. d.6/16/1993 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Bosse High School (coach 1936-1943), University of Evansville (coach 1946-1977)

🎭Barbara Weeks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1913 d.7/2/2003 (89)
Actress

🎭🎵Timmie Rogers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1914 d.12/17/2006 N.S. (92)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Comedian, Vaudevillan, Songwriter, Singer, Bandleader
Names/Places: NN: The Jackie Robinson of Comedy
Misc: catchphrase: Oh Yeah!; he was one of the first Black comedians allowed to directly address a white audience when he worked; appeared on many national television shows of the 1960s and 1970s; in the National Comedy Hall of Fame
TV Shows: Uptown Jubilee (1949 on CBS), The Jackie Gleason Show (recurring)

Tokyo Rose -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1916 d.9/26/2006 (90)
Names/Places: RN:Iva Ikiko Toguri D'Aquino
Misc: claimed that the Japanese forced her to make broadcasts to servicemen during WWII

🏆🥊Manolete -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1917 d.8/29/1947 (30)
Bullfighter, Spanish
Names/Places: RN:Manuel Rodriguez y Sanchez

🎭Buster Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1918 d.7/1/1987 (68)
Director (m)
Misc: choral director

⛪📰Abigail van Buren -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1918 d.1/16/2013 (94)
Jewish, Columnist
Names/Places: b. in Sioux City; RN:Mrs. Morton Phillips or Pauline Esther Phillips or LN:Friedman; Ann Landers' twin sis; aka Dear Abby

⛪📰Ann Landers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1918 d.6/22/2002 (83)
Jewish, Columnist
Names/Places: b. in Sioux City; RN:Anne Dugan Brown or Eppie Lederer or Esther Pauline Friedman; Abigail van Buren's twin sis

Leona Helmsley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1920 d.8/20/2007 (87)
Criminal
Misc: Hotel owner; income tax cheater

✍🎭Delia Fiallo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1924 N.S. d.6/29/2021 N.S. (96)
Screenwriter, Actress, Cuban
Misc: possibly born in 1918

🏆🏀Lidiya Alekseyeva -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1924 N.S. d.6/26/2014 N.S. (89)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Coach, Russian
Misc: in the Women's Basketball, FIBA and the Naismith Memorial Basketball Halls of Fame

🎭Eric Fleming -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1925 d.9/28/1966 (41)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: Major Dell Conway (star), Rawhide (as Gil Favor)

🎭Mary Stuart -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1926 d.2/28/2002 (75)
Hall of Famer, Soap Actress
Misc: never won an Emmy
TV Shows: Search For Tomorrow (as Joanne Tourneur Tate), Guiding Light (as Meta Bauer)

🎨🎭Gina Lollobrigida -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1927 N.S. d.1/16/2023 N.S. (95)
Photographer (m), TV/Movie Actress, Director (m), Italian
Misc: some say b. in 1928
TV Shows: Falcon Crest (as Francesca Gioberti)
Movie Titles: Beat the Devil, The Hunchback of Notre Dame

✍⛪Neil Simon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1927 N.S. d.8/26/2018 N.S. (91)
Author (m), Screenwriter, Playwright (m), Jewish
Names/Places: b. in Bronx; FN:Marvin; Marsha Mason's hubby; 2x Diane Lander's hubby
Misc: stage: Barefoot in the Park
TV Shows: The Odd Couple
Movie Titles: The Odd Couple, Biloxi Blues, California Suite, Goodbye Girl, Plaza Suite, Murder By Death (Duh!), Chapter Two (of 2?), The Sunshine Boys

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🎭Stephen Boyd -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1928 d.6/2/1977 (48)
TV/Movie Actor, Italian
Names/Places: RN:Stephan William Millar
Movie Titles: Ben Hur, Fantastic Voyage, Fall of the Roman Empire

🏆🏈Al Davis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1929 d.10/8/2011 (82)
Hall of Famer, NFL Owner, NFL Executive, NFL General Manager
Misc: the only one in pro football history to be a scout, assistant coach, head coach, GM, league commissioner, and owner; GM-coach of Oakland 1963-66; helped force AFL-NFL merger as AFL commisioner (April-July,1966); returned to Oakland as managing general partner and directed club to 3 Super Bowl wins (1977,81,84); moved Raiders to Los Angeles in 1982 and back to Oakland in 1995.
Sports Teams: The Citadel (1955-1956), Southern California (1957-1959), San Diego Chargers (1960-1962), Oakland Raiders (coach 1963-1965, part owner and General Manager 1966-1971, principal owner 1972-2011)

✍🎭Ulrich Thein -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1930 d.6/21/1995 (64)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Actor, Director (m), German

🏆⚾George Steinbrenner III -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1930 d.7/13/2010 (80)
MLB Owner, MLB Executive
Misc: his teams have won 4 pennants and 2 World Series (1977-78); has changed managers 18 times, pitching coaches 15 times and GMs 10 times in 21 years; ordered by baseball commissioner Fay Vincent in 1990 to surrender control of club for dealings with small-time gambler; reinstated on Mar. 1, 1993; also serves as one of 3 VPs of U.S. Olympic Committee; David Letterman hates him.
Sports Teams: New York Yankees (principal owner)

🎵Marion Worth -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1930 d.12/19/1999 (69)
Country Singer

🎭Otis Young -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1932 d.10/11/2001 (69)
Actor

🏆🥊Carey L. Lloyd -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1933 N.S. d.11/13/1993 N.S. (60)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: ring name: Rufus R. "Freight Train" Jones

✍🎭Colin Welland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1934 d.11/2/2015 N.S. (81)
Screenwriter, Actor, English, German
Misc: won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for his script of the 1981 movie Chariots of Fire
Movie Titles: Chariots of Fire

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🏆🏈Erich Barnes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1935 N.S. d.4/29/2022 N.S. (86)
NFL Defensive

🏆🏈Roosevelt "Rosey" Taylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1937 N.S. d.5/29/2020 N.S. (82)
NFL Safety
Sports Teams: Grambling State, Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers

🎵Ray Pillow -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1937 N.S. d.3/26/2023 N.S. (85)
Country Singer

🎵Bill Withers -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1938 N.S. d.3/30/2020 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Composer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Soul Singer
Names/Places: b. in Slab Fork, WV
Song Titles: Lean on Me

🎵🎸Dave Rowberry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1940 d.6/6/2003 (62)
Rock and Roll Keyboardist, British
Group Names: The Animals

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

🏆🏈Floyd Douglas Little -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1942 N.S. d.1/1/2021 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, NFL Runningback, College Football Player
Names/Places: NN: The Franchise
Misc: 3x Pro Bowl; in the College Football and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Syracuse University, Denver Broncos (1967-1975)

🏆🏁🏊Sylvia Ruuska -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1942 N.S. d.2/7/2019 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, American

🎵🎸Al "Blind Owl" Wilson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1943 N.S. d.9/3/1970 N.S. (27)
Songwriter, Harmonicaist, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Names/Places: RFN:Alan
Group Names: Canned Heat

🎵🎷Butch Miles -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1944 N.S. d.2/2/2023 N.S. (78)
Jazz Drummer

🎵Bob Enos -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1947 N.S. d.1/11/2008 N.S. (60)
Singer, Trumpeter

🎵Jacques Morali -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1947 d.11/15/1991 (44)
Music Producer, Songwriter, French

🏆🏒Juha Widing -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1947 d.12/30/1984 (37)
NHL Player

🏆🏀Caldwell Jones -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1950 d.9/21/2014 (64)
NBA Player

🎭Vincent Marzello -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1951 N.S. d.3/31/2020 N.S. (68)
Actor

🏆Mark Edward Lenzi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1968 N.S. d.4/9/2012 N.S. (43)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American
Misc: Diving Coach

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🏆🏈Will (Football) Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.7/4/1981 N.S. d.4/9/2016 N.S. (34)
NFL Defensive End
Sports Teams: New Orleans Saints

🎵William Byrd -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1540 or ??/??/1543 d.7/4/1623 O.S. or 7/14/1623 N.S.
Composer, English
Misc: born sometime from late 1539 to 1543

Thomas Middleton -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/18/1570 J-LD d.7/4/1627 J-LD (57)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), English

✍📰Samuel Richardson -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/19/1689 d.7/4/1761 (71)
Novelist, Printer (m), English

✍⚖💰Thomas Jefferson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/13/1743 N.S. or 4/2/1743 J-LD d.7/4/1826 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), President and Vice President (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m), Philanthropist, American
Names/Places: b. in Shadwell (present-day Albemarle County), VA; 3rd U.S. President (1801-09)
Misc: the 2nd U.S. Vice President; Declaration of Independence writer; Univ of VA founder; on a $2 bill & a nickel

🎖⚖John Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/30/1735 N.S. or 10/19/1735 J-LD d.7/4/1826 N.S. (90)
Hall of Famer, Revolutionary (m), President and Vice President (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m), American
Names/Places: b. in Braintree, MA; John Quincy Adams' dad
Misc: the first U.S. Vice President; 2nd U.S. President (1797-1801); Declaration of Independence signer

James Monroe -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1758 N.S. d.7/4/1831 N.S. (73)
Hall of Famer, President (m)
Names/Places: b. in Westmoreland County, VA; d. in New York City
Misc: The 5th U.S. President 1817-25

Karl Ferdinand Von Gräfe -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/8/1787 d.7/4/1840 (53)
Surgeon (m)
Misc: helped create modern plastic surgery

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✍⚛📰⚖François René de Chateaubriand -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/4/1768 N.S. d.7/4/1848 N.S. (79)
Novelist, Poet (m), Explorer (m), Historian (m), Statesman (m), French
Misc: cooked steak the French way

William Learned Marcy -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/12/1786 d.7/4/1857 (70)
Politician (m), Governor (m)
Misc: remembered primarily for his remark: "To the victor belong the spoils of the enemy."

Hannibal Hamlin -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/27/1809 d.7/4/1891 (81)
Vice President (m), Attorney/Lawyer (m)
Misc: 15th U.S. Vice President 1861-65

🎖Julian Scott -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/14/1846 d.7/4/1901 (55)
Hero (m)
Misc: Medal of Honor recipient; served as a Union Army drummer during the American Civil War

✍📰John Fiske -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/30/1842 d.7/4/1901 (59)
Lecturer, Philosopher (m), Historian (m)
Names/Places: RN:Edmund Fisk Green

Peter Tait -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1831 d.7/4/1901 (70)
Mathematician (m), Physicist (m), Scottish

⚛⚖Giovanni Schiaparelli -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/14/1835 d.7/4/1910 (75)
Astronomer (m), Senator (m), Italian
Misc: discovered asteroid Hesperia, Martian canals

Melville Weston Fuller -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/11/1833 d.7/4/1910 (77)
Supreme Court Chief Justice
Misc: 8th Chief Justice 1888-1910

Alan Seeger -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/22/1888 d.7/4/1916 (28)
Poet (m)

👑Czar Nicholas II -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/18/1868 N.S. or 5/6/1868 Ju-1 d.7/4/1918 Ju-1 (50) or 7/17/1918 N.S. (50)
Tsar, Russian
Names/Places: LN:Romanov
Misc: the last Tsar of Russia 1894-1917

🎨Sydney Smith -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/28/1894 d.7/4/1928 (34)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: The Gumps

✍⛪Chaim Nachman Bialik -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/9/1873 d.7/4/1934 (61)
Poet (m), Jewish, Russian

Marie Marja Sklodowska Curie -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/7/1867 d.7/4/1934 (66)
Chemist (m), Physicist (m), Polish
Names/Places: NN:Madame; Pierre's wife

🏆🎾Suzanne Lenglen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/24/1899 d.7/4/1938 (39)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, French
Misc: 6x Wimbledon champ

🎭Walter Long -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/5/1879 d.7/4/1952 (73)
Actor
Movie Titles: Moby Dick, Sheik, Sea Devils, Dragnet Patrol

🎭Judy Tyler -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1932 d.7/4/1957 (24)
TV/Movie Actress
Misc: appeared in many 1950s TV varieties
TV Shows: The Howdy Doody Show (as Princess Summerfall Winterspring of the Tinka Tonka tribe)

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🎭Franklyn Farnum -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/5/1878 d.7/4/1961 (83)
Actor

⚖🎭Rex Bell -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/16/1905 d.7/4/1962 (56)
Governor (m), Movie Actor
Names/Places: Clara Bow's hubby
Misc: Cowboy star

💰John Christie -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/14/1882 d.7/4/1962 (79)
Philanthropist, British
Misc: Founder of the Glendebourne Opera House

Thomas Jefferson See -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/19/1866 d.7/4/1962 (96)
Astronomer (m)

🎭Grant Richards -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1916 d.7/4/1963 (47)
Actor

🎭Beatrice Varley -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1896 d.7/4/1964 (67)
Actress, British

🎵Hank Sylvern -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/26/1908 d.7/4/1964 (56)
Bandleader

🎖💰🏆🏁Harold S. Vanderbilt -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/6/1884 d.7/4/1970 (85)
Sailor (m), Businessperson, Yachts Person
Misc: Invented Contact Bridge; owner and skipper who successfully defended the America's Cup 3 consecutive times (1930, 1934, and 1937).

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

🎵Donald McPherson -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/9/1941 d.7/4/1971 (29)
Soul Singer
Group Names: The Main Ingredient

🎨✍🎭Harry Oliver -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/4/1888 d.7/4/1973 (85)
Artist, Humorist, Movie Director (m)

Georgette Heyer -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/6/1902 d.7/4/1974 (71)
Novelist, Mystery Writer (m), British

📰Morgan Beatty -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/6/1902 d.7/4/1975 (72)
News Person
Misc: AP reporter & radio commentator
TV Shows: The DuMont Evening News (brief anchor)

🏆🏀Mendy Rudolph -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/8/1926 d.7/4/1979 (53)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Referee
Misc: worked for the NBA for 22 years from 1953-1975; regarded as one of the greatest officials in NBA history; officiated 2,112 NBA games.

🎭Leon Janney -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/1/1917 d.7/4/1980 (63)
TV/Radio Actor, Game Show Host
TV Shows: Stop Me If You've Heard This One, Think Fast, Hawk (as Asst. DA Ed Gorton)

✍⚛Gregory Bateson -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/9/1904 d.7/4/1980 (76)
Author (m), Scientist (m), Anthropologist (m), British
Names/Places: Margaret Mead's hubby
Misc: behavioral; studied schizophrenia

🎨🎭Stephen Bosustow -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/6/1911 d.7/4/1981 (69)
Animator (m), Movie Producer (m), Cartoon Producer (m), Canadian
Misc: founed United Productions of America

🎵Jimmie Spheeris -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/5/1949 d.7/4/1984 (34)
Songwriter, Singer

🎭Vic Perrin -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/26/1916 d.7/4/1989 (73)
Actor, Announcer (m), Narrator (m)
TV Shows: The Outer Limits (as the control voice), Star Trek, Maverick, Dragnet

🏆Phillip George "Phil" Boggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1949 N.S. d.7/4/1990 N.S. (40)
Hall of Famer, Diver, Olympic Athlete, American

🏆🏒David "Sweeney" Schriner -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/30/1911 d.7/4/1990 (78)
Hall of Famer, NHL Left Wing, NHL Forward, Canadian, Russian
Misc: played 1933-1946
Sports Teams: New York Americans, Toronto Maple Leafs

🎨Art Sansom -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/16/1920 d.7/4/1991 (70)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Book Titles: The Born Loser

🎵🎷Joe Newman -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/7/1922 d.7/4/1992 (69)
Composer, Singer, Bandleader, Jazz Trumpeter
Group Names: Count Basie

🎭Lola Gaos -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/2/1921 d.7/4/1993 (71)
Actress, Spanish

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🎭Booker Griffin Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/???? d.7/4/1993 (55)
Political Activist, TV Talk Show Host

🎭Anne Shirley -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/17/1918 d.7/4/1993 (75)
Movie Actress
Names/Places: RN:Dawn Evelyn Paris then Dawn O'Day

🎨🎭Bob Ross -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/29/1942 N.S. d.7/4/1995 N.S. (0)
Painter (m), TV Host
Misc: Art Instructor
TV Shows: The Joy of Painting

🎭🎵Eva Gabor -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/11/1919 d.7/4/1995 (76)
TV/Movie Actress, Pianist, Hungarian
Names/Places: b. in Budapest; PRON:AY-va; Zsa Zsa's younger sis
Misc: some say b. in 1923, '24, or '25
TV Shows: Green Acres (as Lisa Douglas)

✍📰Charles Bishop Kuralt -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/10/1934 d.7/4/1997 (62)
Hall of Famer, Author (m), Newscaster, Correspondent, Journalist
Names/Places: b. in Wilmington, NC
TV Shows: CBS News, Sunday Morning

🎭Gregg Burge -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1958 N.S. d.7/4/1998 N.S. (39)
Stage Actor
Misc: stage: A Chorus Line

✍🎭🎵Ronny Graham -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/26/1919 d.7/4/1999 (79)
Writer (m), Actor, Comedian, Composer
Misc: Also collaborated with Mel Brooks on several films
TV Shows: M*A*S*H (writer), Mary Tyler Moore (writer), New Bill Cosby Show (actor), Bob Crane Show (actor), Chico & the Man (as Rev. Bemis)
Movie Titles: The Inquisition, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs, To Be or Not to Be

🎵Ruby Johnson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/19/1936 d.7/4/1999 (63)
Soul Singer

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🎖Benjamin O. Davis Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/18/1912 d.7/4/2002 (89)
General, Military Leader
Misc: Lt. Gen.

🎵Barry White -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/12/1944 N.S. d.7/4/2003 N.S. (58)
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Arranger, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Soul Singer
Misc: DEEEEEP bass singer; led the Love Unlimited Orchestra whose singers sang background in his records.
Group Names: Love Unlimited Orchestra (lead), soloist
Song Titles: The Harlem Shuffle (penned for Bob and Earl), I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby, Never Never Gonna Give You Up, Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe, You're The First-The Last-My Everything

🎵Cal Green -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/22/1935 d.7/4/2004 (69)
Hall of Famer, Rhythm and Blues Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: The Midnighters (a backing group for Hank Ballard)
Song Titles: Work With Me Annie, Annie Had a Baby

🏆🏈Hank Stram -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/3/1923 d.7/4/2005 (82)
Hall of Famer, Football Announcer, NFL Player, College Football Coach
Sports Teams: Purdue (1948-1955), University of Notre Dame, Southern Methodist University, University of Miami, Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs (1960-1974), New Orleans Saints (1976-1977)

🎭🎵June Haver -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/10/1926 d.7/4/2005 (79)
Movie Actress, Dancer (m), Singer
Names/Places: b. in Rock Island, Ill.; RLN:Stovenour; Fred MacMurray's wife

🎵"Big" Al Downing -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/9/1940 d.7/4/2005 (65)
Soul Singer, Country Performer

🎵Steve Rappaport -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/5/1942 d.7/4/2007 (64)
Novelty Singer
Group Names: The Ran-Dells
Song Titles: Martian Hop

🎵Billy Pinkney -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/15/1925 N.S. d.7/4/2007 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, Bass Singer/Basso
Names/Places: or Bill Pinckney?
Group Names: The Drifters

🎭Evelyn Keyes -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/20/1916 d.7/4/2008 (91)
TV/Movie Actress
Names/Places: Artie Shaw's eighth wife

Thomas M. Disch -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/2/1940 d.7/4/2008 (68)
Poet (m), Science Fiction Writer (m)
Book Titles: The Man Who Had No Idea, Genocides, 102 H-Bombs

Jesse Helms -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/18/1921 d.7/4/2008 (86)
Senator (m)

🎭Brenda Joyce -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/25/1917 N.S. d.7/4/2009 N.S. (92)
Actress
Movie Titles: Tarzan and the Amazons (as Jane)

🏆🏈Steve McNair -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/14/1973 d.7/4/2009 (36)
NFL Player

🎵🎸Drake Kid Levin -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/17/1946 d.7/4/2009 (62)
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Paul Revere & the Raiders

🏆🎳Dick Evans -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/20/1931 d.7/4/2010 (78)
Hall of Famer, Bowler
Misc: Bowling Writers Association of America president

🏆🏈Billy Hardee -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/12/1954 d.7/4/2011 N.S. (56)
CFL Figure, Football Defensive
Sports Teams: Toronto Agronauts

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🏆⚾Wes Covington -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/27/1932 d.7/4/2011 (79)
MLB Outfielder
Sports Teams: Milwaukee Braves

✍🎭Eric Sykes -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/4/1923 d.7/4/2012 (89)
Writer (m), Actor, Comedian, Director (m)

🏆🥊Jimmy Bivins -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/6/1919 d.7/4/2012 (92)
Hall of Famer, Boxer

🎭🎵Bernadette Nolan -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/17/1960 d.7/4/2013 (52)
Actress, Personality, Singer, Irish
Group Names: The Nolans

📰💰Richard Mellon Scaife -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1932 d.7/4/2014 (82)
Publisher (m), Businessperson
Misc: The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

🎭Diana Douglas -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/22/1923 d.7/4/2015 (92)
Actress
Names/Places: the first wife of Kirk and mother of Michael
TV Shows: The Cowboys

🎨✍🎭Abbas Kiarostami -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/22/1940 N.S. d.7/4/2016 N.S. (76)
Photographer (m), Screenwriter, Producer/Director (m), Iranian

🎭Ji-Tu Cumbuka -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/4/1940 d.7/4/2017 N.S. (77)
Actor
TV Shows: Roots (as wrestler)
Movie Titles: Bound for Glory, Brewster's Millions, Outrageous Fortune, Bachelor Party

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🏆⚾🏀Gene Conley -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/10/1930 d.7/4/2017 N.S. (86)
MLB Pitcher, NBA Player
Misc: played for World Series and NBA champions with Milwaukee Braves (1957) and Boston Celtics (1959-61); winning pitcher in 1954 All-Star Game; won 91 games in 11 seasons.

🎭Brandis Kemp -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/1/1944 N.S. d.7/4/2020 N.S. (76)
Actress, Comedienne
Names/Places: Mark Blankfield's wife
TV Shows: Fridays, AfrerM*A*S*H (as Alma Cox)

🏆🏈Terry Donahue -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/24/1944 N.S. d.7/4/2021 N.S. (77)
Sports Executive, College Football Coach
Sports Teams: University of California Los Angeles

🎵Sanford Clark -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/24/1935 N.S. d.7/4/2021 N.S. (85)
Country Singer/Guitarist

🎭Robert Hoffman -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1939 N.S. d.7/4/2022 N.S. (82)
Actor, Austrian
TV Shows: The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Movie Titles: Grand Slam, The Old Gun, Spasmo, Wake Up and Die

🎵Alan Blaikley -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/23/1940 N.S. d.7/4/2022 N.S. (82)
Composer, Songwriter, English
Misc: formed a team with Ken Howard which was second to Lennon/McCartney in the 1960s writing numerous hits together

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