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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for December 8

Last Updated 12-09-2023

🎭🎵🏆Robert A. Daly -- is 87 in the year 2023 and 88 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1936
TV Executive (m), Music Executive, Sports Executive
Misc: led organizations such as CBS Entertainment, Warner Brothers, Warner Music Group, and the Los Angeles Dodgers

⚛🎵Bernie Krause -- is 85 in the year 2023 and 86 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1938
Ecologist, Songwriter, Folk Singer
Group Names: The Weavers

🎭Jenny Linden -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1939
Actress, English

🎵Jerry (Singer) Butler -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Music Producer, Songwriter, Gospel Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: b. in Sunflower, MS
Group Names: The Impressions

🏆🏒Red Berenson -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NHL Coach, NHL Player, AHL Figure, Canadian
Names/Places: RN: Gordon Arthur Berenson; NN: Red, The Red Baron
Sports Teams: Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings, Quebec Aces

🎵James Galway -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1939
Flutist, Irish

🏆⚽Geoff Hurst -- is 82 in the year 2023 and 83 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1941
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English
Misc: MBE; striker

🎵🎸Bobby Elliott -- is 82 in the year 2023 and 83 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1941
Hall of Famer, Rock and Roll Drummer, British
Group Names: The Hollies

🏆🏈Bill Polian -- is 81 in the year 2023 and 82 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1942
Hall of Famer, Sports Analyst, NFL General Manager

🎭Patti Chandler -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1943
Actress
Misc: retired from acting in 1977
Movie Titles: Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, Ski Party, Beach Blanket Bingo, The Million Eyes of Sumuru, Bikini Beach

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🎨✍🎭Mary Woronov -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1943 N.S.
Painter (m), Author (m), Actress
Names/Places: NN:Cult Queen
Movie Titles: Eating Raoul, The Munsters (film series)

🎵🎸Lee Pickens -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1943
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Bloodrock

🎵George Baker -- is 79 in the year 2023 and 80 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1944
Songwriter, Pop Singer, Dutch (Netherlands)
Names/Places: RN:Johannes Bouwens
Group Names: The George Baker Selection

🎭🎵Bertie Higgins -- is 79 in the year 2023 and 80 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1944
Actor, Songwriter, Drummer, Adult-Pop Singer

🎭Richard Yniguez -- is 77 in the year 2023 and 78 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1946
Actor, Director (m)
TV Shows: Mama Malone (as Father Jose Silva)
Movie Titles: Boulevard Nights, What's Cooking?, The Deadly Tower, Pretty Rosebud

🎭🎵John Rubinstein -- is 77 in the year 2023 and 78 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1946
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Composer
Names/Places: b. in Beverly Hills; Arthur's son
Misc: stage: Pippin
TV Shows: RoboCop the Series (as Chip Chayken), Family (as Jeff Maitland), Crazy Like a Fox (as Harrison K. Fox)

🎵Graham Knight -- is 77 in the year 2023 and 78 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1946
Pop Bassist, Scottish
Group Names: Marmalade

🎭Belinda Balaski -- is 76 in the year 2023 and 77 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1947
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
Misc: retired from acting in 2001
Movie Titles: Food of the Gods, Piranha, The Howling, Gremlins, Amazon Women on the Moon, Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Warlord: Battle for the Galaxy, Small Soldiers

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🎵🎸Geoff Daking -- is 76 in the year 2023 and 77 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1947
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: Blues Magoos

✍🎭Nancy Meyers -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1949
Screenwriter, Producer/Director (m)

🏆🥊Ricardo Luis Carreras -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1949
Boxer, Olympic Athlete
Misc: bantamweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972)

Mary Gordon -- is 74 in the year 2023 and 75 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1949
Writer (m)

🎭Rick Baker -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1950
Sound Effects Technician
Misc: make-up artist

Bill Bryson -- is 72 in the year 2023 and 73 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1951
Writer (m)
Misc: author of humourous books on travel, the English language, and science.

🏆🏈Greg Collins -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1952
NFL Player

🏆⚽Paul Child -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1952
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, American, English
Misc: played forward for nine seasons in the ASL

🎵🎷Richie Morales -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1952
Jazz Drummer
Group Names: Spyro Gyra

🎵Mathias Rüegg -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1952
Music Director, Composer, Pianist, Bandleader, Swiss

🏆Roy Firestone -- is 70 in the year 2023 and 71 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1953
Sports Commentator, Sports Journalist

🎭Gail Matthius -- is 70 in the year 2023 and 71 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1953 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Saturday Night Live, Bobby's World

🎭🎵🏆Kim Basinger -- is 70 in the year 2023 and 71 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1953
TV/Movie Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Singer, Model
Names/Places: b. in Athens, GA
TV Shows: From Here to Eternity, Dog and Cat
Movie Titles: Blind Date, Batman, My Stepmother is an Alien, Never Say Never Again, L.A. Confidential, I Dreamed of Africa, The Door in the Floor, Cellular, The Sentinel

🎵🎸D. J. Bonebrake -- is 68 in the year 2023 and 69 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1955
Percussionist, Punk Rock Drummer
Group Names: X

🎵🎸Warren Cuccurullo -- is 67 in the year 2023 and 68 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1956 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Frank Zappa, Missing Persons (founder), Duran Duran

🏆🏁🏊Hannelore Anke -- is 66 in the year 2023 and 67 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1957 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Olympic Athlete, East German
Names/Places: aka Hannelore Hofmann

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🎵🎸Phil Collen -- is 66 in the year 2023 and 67 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1957 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Heavy Metal Guitairst, English
Names/Places: RFMN:Philip Kenneth
Group Names: Def Leppard

🏆🏈George Washington Rogers Jr. -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1958
Hall of Famer, NFL Runningback, College Football Player
Misc: Heisman Trophy (1980)
Sports Teams: University of South Carolina, New Orleans Saints (1981-1984), Washington Redskins (1985-1987)

🎭🎵Billy Hufsey -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1958 N.S.
Actor, Casting Department, Singer
TV Shows: Fame (as Christopher Donlon)

⚛💰Jim Yong Kim -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1959
Anthropologist (m), Physician (m), Businessperson
Misc: World Bank President

🎭🎵🎸Paul (Rock) Rutherford -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1959
Dancer (m), Songwriter, Keyboardist, New Wave Singer, English
Names/Places: Not to be confused with Paul Rutherford b. 1940
Group Names: Frankie Goes to Hollywood

🎵Marty Raybon -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1959
Country Singer
Group Names: Shenandoah

🎵🎸Fher Olvera -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1959 N.S.
Rock and Roll Guitarist, Mexican
Group Names: Mana (a Mexican rock band)
Album Titles: Donde Jugaran Los Ninos

🎭🎮David Cowgill -- is 63 in the year 2023 and 64 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1960
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Video Game Voice Actor
Movie Titles: Bee Movie, Brat, Chicken Little, Kung Fu Panda 2, Madagascar (series), Tangled, Big Hero 5, Howl's Moving Castle, Meet The Parents, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Mulan, Open Season (series), Shark Tale, Shrek (series), The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, The Jungle Book 2, Wreck-It Ralph
Video Games: Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Transformers: The Game

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📰Ann Coulter -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1961
Commentator

🏆🏌Steve Elkington -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1962
Golfer, Australian

🎵🎸Marty Friedman -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1962
Heavy Metal Guitairst
Group Names: Megadeth

🎭Wendell Pierce -- is 60 in the year 2023 and 61 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1963 N.S.
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Moloney (as Calvin Patterson), My Wife and Kids (as Dr. Boucher), The Wire (as Det. William "Bunk" Moreland, Treme (as Antoine Batiste, The Michael J. Fox Show, Suits (as Robert Zane), The Odd Couple (as Teddy)

🎭Teri Hatcher -- is 59 in the year 2023 and 60 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1964 N.S.
Actress
Names/Places: b. in Sunnyvale, CA
Misc: remember when she was the queen of the Internet in those ancient times of the mid 1990s?
TV Shows: Love Boat, Capitol, MacGyver, Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (as Lois Lane), Desperate Housewives (as Susan Mayer), The Odd Couple (as Charlotte)
Movie Titles: Tango and Cash, Soapdish, Tomorrow Never Dies, Spy Kids, Coraline

🎵Athena Bass -- is 59 in the year 2023 and 60 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1964 N.S.
Drummer
Names/Places: Tommy Lee's sister
Group Names: Femme Fatale

🎭David Harewood -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1965
Actor, English
TV Shows: Homeland, Supergirl (as J'onn J'onzz)
Movie Titles: The Brothers Grimsby, Blood Diamond

🏆🏈Greg Truitt -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1965
NFL Player

🏆🏈Troy Sadowski -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1965
NFL Tight End

🏆🏀Teresa Weatherspoon -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1965 N.S.
Hall of Famer, WNBA Figure, Basketball Coach, Basketball Player

🎭🎮Matthew Laborteaux -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1966
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Video Game Voice Actor
TV Shows: 79 Park Avenue, Little House on the Prarie (as Albert Ingalls), Whiz Kids
Movie Titles: Mulan, Deadly Friend
Video Games: Kinect Star Wars (series), Star Wars: The Old Republic (series), Thrillville (series), .hack (series)

🏆🏈Joe Staysniak -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1966
NFL Player

🏆⚽Hope Powell -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1966
Hall of Famer, Soccer Midfielder, English

🎭🏆Kascha -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1967
XXX-rated actress, Model

✍📰⚖🎭🏆Marina Augusta Pepper -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1967
Children's Author (m), Journalist, Politician (m), Actress, Model, Playmate, English
Names/Places: aka Marina Augusta Baker
Misc: March 1987

🏆🏈Jeff George -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1967
NFL Quarterback

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🏆🏈Tony Mayberry -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1967
NFL Player, German

🏆🥊Michael Cole -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1968 N.S.
Sports Commentator, Wrestling Figure

🏆🏈Barry Foster -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1968
NFL Runningback

🏆⚾Michael Cole "Mike" Mussina -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1968 N.S.
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: NN: Moose
Misc: 5x All Star, 7x Gold Glove
Sports Teams: Baltimore Orioles (1991-2000), New York Yankees (2001-2008)

🏆Lisa Marie Munzert -- is 54 in the year 2023 and 55 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1969 N.S.
Beauty Pagent Winner
Misc: Miss Delaware-America (1991)

🏆🏈Victor Green -- is 54 in the year 2023 and 55 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1969
NFL Safety

🏆🏒Darrin Shannon -- is 54 in the year 2023 and 55 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1969
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏈James Stewart -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1971
NFL Runningback

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🏆⚾Garvin Alston -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1971
MLB Pitcher

🎵🎸Ryan Newell -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1972
Modern Rock Musician
Group Names: Sister Hazel

🏆🏈Mitch Jacoby -- is 50 in the year 2023 and 51 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1973
NFL Tight End

🏆🏈Monty Montgomery -- is 50 in the year 2023 and 51 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1973
NFL Cornerback

🎵🎸Corey Taylor -- is 50 in the year 2023 and 51 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1973 N.S.
Heavy Metal Singer
Group Names: Slipknot (lead), Stone Sour

🏆🏁Kevin Harvick -- is 48 in the year 2023 and 49 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1975 N.S.
Auto Racer

🎭Dominic Monaghan -- is 47 in the year 2023 and 48 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1976 N.S.
Actor, West German
TV Shows: Lost (as Charlie Pace)
Movie Titles: Lord of the Rings (series), X-Men Orgins: Wolverine

🎭🏆Ian Somerhalder -- is 45 in the year 2023 and 46 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1978 N.S.
Actor, Producer/Director (m), Ping Pong Player
TV Shows: Lost (as Boone Carlyle), The Vampire Diaries (as Damon Salvatore)
Movie Titles: Pulse, The Rules of Attraction

🏆⚾Vernon Wells -- is 45 in the year 2023 and 46 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1978 N.S.
MLB Center Fielder
Misc: 3x All-Star, 3x Gold Glove, Silver Slugger
Sports Teams: Toronto Blue Jays

🎵🎸Ingrid Michaelson -- is 44 in the year 2023 and 45 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1979
Rock and Roll Singer

🏆🏈Philip Rivers -- is 42 in the year 2023 and 43 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1981
NFL Quarterback
Sports Teams: San Diego Chargers

🎭🏆Hannah Ware -- is 41 in the year 2023 and 42 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1982
Actress, Model
TV Shows: Betrayal
Movie Titles: Shame, Oldboy, Cop Out, Hitman: Agent 47

🎵Chrisette Michele -- is 41 in the year 2023 and 42 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1982
Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎵Nicki Minaj -- is 41 in the year 2023 and 42 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1982
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: RN: Onika Tanya Maraj
Misc: some say b. 1984

🎭Utkarsh Ambudkar -- is 40 in the year 2023 and 41 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1983 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: The Mindy Project
Movie Titles: Basmati Blues, Kitchen Sink, Pitch Perfect

🎵🏆🏈Sam Hunt -- is 39 in the year 2023 and 40 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1984
Country Singer, College Football Player

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🏆🏀Dwight Howard -- is 38 in the year 2023 and 39 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1985 N.S.
NBA Player

🏆⚾Josh Donaldson -- is 38 in the year 2023 and 39 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1985 N.S.
MLB Third Baseman
Misc: AL MVP (2015); active as of 2015

🏆🥊Enzo Amore -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1986 N.S.
Wrestler

Ashley Noell Campbell -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1986
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Glen Campbell & Kim's daughter

🏆🥊Amir Khan -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1986 N.S.
Boxer, Olympic Athlete, English

🎭🎵🎸Kate Voegele -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1986
Actress, Rock and Roll Singer
TV Shows: One Tree Hill (as Mia Catalano)

🏆Kelley Thompson -- is 36 in the year 2023 and 37 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1987
Playmate
Misc: November 2009

✍🏆Jessica Ashley -- is 34 in the year 2023 and 35 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1989
Author (m), Model, Playmate
Misc: June 2014

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🎵Jen Ledger -- is 34 in the year 2023 and 35 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1989
Drummer, Christian/Rock Performer
Group Names: Skillet

🏆🏒Drew Doughty -- is 34 in the year 2023 and 35 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1989 N.S.
NHL Defensive, Canadian

🎭🎵Katie Stevens -- is 31 in the year 2023 and 32 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1992 N.S.
Actress, Singer

Thomas Carter Bruine -- is 30 in the year 2023 and 31 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1993
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Judith Ivey & Tim's son

🎭Jessica Tyler -- is 30 in the year 2023 and 31 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1993 N.S.
Actress, Canadian
TV Shows: Degrassi: The Next Generation (as Jenna Middleton)

🎭🏆Anna Sophia Robb -- is 30 in the year 2023 and 31 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1993 N.S.
Actress, Gymnast, Model
TV Shows: The Carrie Diaries
Movie Titles: Winn-Dixie, Race to Witch Mountain, Bridge to Terabithia, Have Dreams Will Travel, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

🏆⚽Raheem Sterling -- is 29 in the year 2023 and 30 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1994 N.S.
Soccer Player, Jamaican

🎭Teala Dunn -- is 27 in the year 2023 and 28 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1996 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Are We There Yet?, Wonder Pets (voice)
Movie Titles: Enchanted, Expelled

Gabriel Luke Beauregard Jagger -- is 26 in the year 2023 and 27 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1997
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Jerry Hall and Mick's son

🎭Tanner Buchanan -- is 25 in the year 2023 and 26 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1998 N.S.
Actor

🎭💻Owen Teague -- is 25 in the year 2023 and 26 in the year 2024; b.12/8/1998 N.S.
Actor, Internet Video Actor
TV Shows: Bloodline (as Nolan Rayburn)

Bailey Linda Olwyn Willis -- is 17 in the year 2023 and 18 in the year 2024; b.12/8/2006
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Stella McCartney and Alasdhair's daughter

Deveraux Octavian Basil Jagger -- is 7 in the year 2023 and 8 in the year 2024; b.12/8/2016 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Melanie Hamrick and Mick Jagger's son

Piper Lillie Pasley -- is 5 in the year 2023 and 6 in the year 2024; b.12/8/2018 N.S.
Criminal
Names/Places: Natalie and Eric's daughter

Cleopatra Hampton -- is 2 in the year 2023 and 3 in the year 2024; b.12/8/2021 N.S.
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Christina Ricci and Mark's daughter

🎵Alan McNeil Jr. -- b.12/8/????
Pop Singer
Group Names: Troop

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Horace -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/65BC d.??/??/8BC
Poet (m), Roman

👑Queen Mary Of Scots -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1542 J-LD d.2/8/1587 J-LD (44)
Queen, Scottish
Names/Places: LN:Stuart
Misc: ruled 1560-87; lost her head over this

👑Queen Christina Of Sweden -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1626 Ju-1 d.4/19/1689 Ju-1 (62)
Queen, Swedish
Misc: ruled 1644-65

Jan Ingenhousz -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1730 N.S. d.9/7/1799 N.S. (68)
Scientist (m), Biochemist (m), Physician (m), Dutch (Netherlands), Dutch (Netherlands)
Misc: best known for his discovery of the process of photosynthesis, by which green plants in sunlight absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen.

Eli Whitney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1765 d.1/8/1825 (59)
Hall of Famer, Inventor (m)
Misc: The Cotton Gin and the concept of mass production of interchangable parts

📰Richard Carlile -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1790 d.2/10/1843 (52)
Journalist, English
Misc: a notable champion of the freedom of the press

🏆🥊James "Deal" Burke -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1809 d.1/8/1845 (35)
Hall of Famer, Boxer, English

💰August Belmont -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1816 d.11/24/1890 (73)
Financier, Banker, German
Names/Places: RLN:Shoenberg
Misc: Man 'O War breeder, founded the New York Jockey Club

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Henry Timrod -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1829 N.S. d.10/7/1867 N.S. (37)
Poet (m), American
Names/Places: NN:The Laureate of the Confederacy

✍📰B. J. Ornst Jerne Bjornson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1832 d.4/26/1910 (77)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright (m), Poet (m), News Person, Journalist, Norweigan

🎭George Melies -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1861 d.1/21/1938 (76)
Movie Director (m), French
Misc: the first person to film fictional narratives
Movie Titles: A Trip to the Moon

🎨Aristide Mailloi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1861 d.9/27/1944 (82)
Sculptor (m), French
Misc: One of the most important of the 20th century

💰William Crapo "Billy" Durant -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1861 d.3/18/1947 (85)
Industrialist, Manufacturer
Misc: founded Buick, Chevrolet, & General Motors

Georges Feydeau -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1862 N.S. d.6/5/1921 N.S. (58)
Playwright (m), French

Jacques Hadamard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1865 d.10/17/1963 (97)
Mathematician (m), French
Misc: Number theorist

🎵Jean Sibelius -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1865 d.9/20/1957 (91)
Composer, Finnish
Names/Places: RFN:Johann Julius Christian

Norman Douglas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1868 d.2/9/1952 (83)
Author (m), Scottish

Padraic Colum -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1881 d.1/12/1972 (90)
Poet (m), Irish

Tom Mooney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1882 d.3/6/1942 (59)
Outlaw
Misc: Socialist union organizer and activist convicted of murder in connection with a 1916 San Francisco bomb explosion.

Kenneth Roberts -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1885 d.7/21/1957 (71)
Author (m)
Misc: wrote fictional reconstructions of the American Revolution.

🎨Diego Rivera -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1886 d.11/24/1957 (70)
Painter (m), Muralist, Mexican

🎭Vesey O'Davoren -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1888 d.5/30/1989 (100)
Actor

🎭Paul Cavanagh -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1888 d.3/15/1964 (75)
Actor, English
Movie Titles: Tarzan (some of their movies)

✍📰Hervey Allen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1888 d.12/28/1949 (61)
Author (m), Novelist, Poet (m), Biographer (m)

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🎨📰Fiske Kimball -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1888 d.8/14/1955 (66)
Architect (m), Historian (m)
Misc: of Art

🎵Bohuslav Martinů -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1890 N.S. d.8/28/1959 N.S. (68)
Composer, Austrian, Hungarian

🏆🎾Pierre Etchebaster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1893 d.3/24/1980 (86)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player

🎨Elzie Crisler Segar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1894 d.10/13/1938 (43)
Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto, Sweet Pea, Wimpy, and others in the Thimble Theater Gang

🎨✍James Grover Thurber -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1894 d.11/2/1961 (66)
Editorial Cartoonist, Artist, Author (m), Short Story Writer (m), Humorist, American
Names/Places: b. in Columbus, OH
Misc: New Yorker

🏆⚾Harold Arlin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1895 d.3/14/1986 (90)
Baseball Announcer
Misc: broadcast the first MLB game in 1921 at Forbes Field.

✍⚛Josephine Bell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1897 d.4/24/1987 (89)
Novelist, Physician (m), English
Misc: best known for her numerous detective novels, in which poison and unusual methods of murder are prominent.

🎭John Qualen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1899 d.9/12/1987 (87)
Movie Actor, Canadian
Names/Places: RLN:Oleson
Movie Titles: The Grapes Of Wrath, The Searchers

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🏆⚾Moe Solomon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1900 d.6/25/1966 (65)
MLB Player
Names/Places: NN:the Rabbi of Swat

🎨Irene -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1900 d.11/15/1962 (61)
Fashion Designer (m)

📰🏆Oswald Jacoby -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1902 N.S. d.6/27/1984 N.S. (81)
Columnist, Bridge Player
Misc: contact bridge champion

🎨Adele Simpson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1903 d.8/23/1995 (91)
Fashion Designer (m)
Names/Places: RLN:Smithline
Misc: clothed first ladies and movie stars

🏆🎾Wilmer Allison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1904 d.4/20/1977 (72)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player
Misc: U.S. Open 1935

🎭Frank Faylen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1905 d.8/2/1985 (79)
TV/Movie Actor, Vaudevillan
TV Shows: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (as Herbert T. Gillis)

🏆🏒Marty Barry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1905 d.8/20/1969 (63)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Names/Places: NN:Martin James "Goal-a-Game" Barry
Misc: playing career 1927-1941
Sports Teams: New York Americans, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens

Richard Llewellyn -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1906 d.11/30/1983 (76)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright (m), Welsh (Wales)
Book Titles: How Green Was My Valley

🎵Cleo Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1909 d.4/15/1995 (85)
Songwriter, Pianist

🎭Lee J. Cobb -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1911 d.2/11/1976 (64)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: RN:Leo Jacoby
TV Shows: The Virginian (as Judge Henry Griffith), Death of a Salesman (as Willie Lohman), Young Lawyers

🎵Jack Stapp -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1912 d.12/20/1980 (68)
Hall of Famer, Music Executive, Country Performer
Misc: WSM Radio executive and co-founder of Tree Publishing

Delmore Schwartz -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1913 d.7/11/1966 (52)
Poet (m), Critic (m)

🎵🎷Floyd Tillman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1914 d.8/22/2003 (88)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Guitarist, Blues Singer, Jazz Singer, Country Singer

🎭Richard Fleischer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1916 d.3/25/2006 (89)
Director (m)
Movie Titles: Tora! Tora! Tora!, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea

🏆Emmanuel McDonald Bailey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1920 d.12/4/2013 (92)
Olympic Athlete, British, Trinidad
Misc: 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1952).

🏆🎳Joseph Kristof -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1920 d.11/22/2003 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Bowler

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🎨📰Giuliana Camerino -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1920 d.5/10/2010 (89)
Fashion Designer (m), Fashion Editor (m), Italian
Names/Places: founded the Roberta di Camerino fashion house in Venice

🎭Terence Morgan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1921 d.8/25/2005 (83)
Actor, English
TV Shows: The Adventures of Sir Frances Drake (star)

🎭Jean Porter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1922 N.S. d.1/13/2018 N.S. (95)
Actress
Names/Places: RN: Bennie Jean Porter
TV Shows: The Red Skelton Show
Movie Titles: Abbott and Costello (series)

🎵🎷Sol Yaged -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1922 N.S. d.5/16/2019 N.S. (96)
Jazz Clarinetist
Misc: strongly influenced by Benny Goodman's style

✍🎵Jean Ritchie -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1922 d.6/1/2015 (92)
Author (m), Singer, Folk Performer

🎭Dewey Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1923 N.S. d.4/9/2018 N.S. (94)
Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 1978
Movie Titles: The Longest Day, The Desperate Hours, The Big Sky, The Thing from Another World

⛪🎭🎵Sammy Davis Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1925 N.S. d.5/16/1990 N.S. (64)
Hall of Famer, Judaism Convert, TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Vaudevillan, Impressionist, Dancer (m), Singer
Names/Places: b. in New York City
Misc: lounge, records, films, theater, & television
Song Titles: Baretta (theme), The Candyman
TV Shows: Sammy Davis Jr. Show

🏆⚾Hank Thompson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1925 d.9/30/1969 (43)
MLB Player

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🎵🎷Jimmy Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1925 d.2/8/2005 (79)
Songwriter, Organist, Jazz Performer
Names/Places: FMN:James Oscar
Misc: Jazz-Funk-Soul style; he is acknowledged as the first important jazz player on the Hammond B-3 organ

🏆🏒Wallace Daniel "Wally" Grant -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1927 N.S. d.11/5/2014 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Hockey Player
Sports Teams: University of Michigan

✍🎭Maximilian Schell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1930 d.2/1/2014 (83)
Screen/Scriptwriter, TV/Movie Actor, Movie Producer/Director (m), Austrian
Names/Places: Maria's brother

🎵Jimmy Wisner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1931 d.3/13/2018 N.S. (86)
Music Producer, Arranger, Singer, Pianist
Group Names: Kokomo

🎭Michael Levin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1932 N.S. d.1/6/2023 N.S. (90)
Actor

🏆🏀John (Basketball) Green -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1933 N.S. d.11/16/2023 N.S. (89)
NBA Player

🎭"Flip" Wilson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1933 d.11/25/1998 (64)
Actor, Comedian, Variety Show Host
Names/Places: b. in Jersey City, N.J.; RFN:Clerow
Misc: played characters Geraldine & Reverend Leroy
TV Shows: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (semireg), Flip Wilson Show (host); Charlie & Company (as Charlie Richmond)

⛪🎭David Carradine -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1936 d.6/3/2009 (72)
Protestant, TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Hollywood; Keith & Robert's brother, John's son, 2x Gail's hubby
Misc: some say b. 1940
TV Shows: Shane, Kung Fu's & Legend Continues' Kwai Chang Caine, North & South

🎭James MacArthur -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1937 d.10/28/2010 (72)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles; Helen Hayes' & Charles' adopted son
TV Shows: Hawaii Five-O (as Det. Danny "Dano" Williams)

🎭🎵Ken Delo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1938 N.S. d.2/8/2016 N.S. (0)
Actor, Comedian, Singer, Doo Wop Performer
Group Names: The Pencil Smudges (a take-off on the group The Ink Spots), Delo and Daly (comedy team)
TV Shows: The Lawrence Welk Show

🏆🏈Robert Stanford "Bob" Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1941 N.S. d.6/16/2023 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, NFL Tackle
Names/Places: NN:The Boomer
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Eagles (1964-1968), Los Angeles Rams (1969-1970), Oakland Raiders (1971-1973)

🏆⚾Ed Brinkman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1941 d.9/30/2008 (66)
MLB Player
Misc: Gold Glove

✍🎵🎸Jim Morrison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1943 d.7/3/1971 (27)
Hall of Famer, Poet (m), Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer
Names/Places: NN:The Lizard King; FN:James Douglas; d. heart failure in Paris; his name is an anagram for "Mr. Mojo Risin'".
Group Names: The Doors (lead), soloist
Song Titles: Break On Thorugh (To The Other Side), Light My Fire, People Are Strange, Love Me Two Times, Hello I Love You, Touch Me, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm
Album Titles: The Doors, Strange Days, Waiting for the Sun, The Soft Parade, Morrison Hotel, L.A. Woman

🎵Mike Botts -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1944 d.12/9/2005 (61)
Drummer
Group Names: Bread

🎨🎭🏆Donna Michelle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1945 d.4/11/2004 (58)
Photographer (m), Actress, Model, Playmate
Names/Places: RN:Donna M. Ronne
Misc: December 1963; Playboy Playmate of the Year 1964
Movie Titles: Beach Blanket Bingo

⛪🎵🎸Gregg Allman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1947 d.5/27/2017 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Baptist, Songwriter, Keyboardist, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist
Names/Places: b. in Nashville
Group Names: The Allman Brothers Band, soloist
Song Titles: Ramblin' Man (as part of The Allman Brothers Band), Midnight Rider, I'm No Angel, Anything Goes
Album Titles: At Fillmore East (live), Eat a Peach, Brothers and Sisters, Win Lose or Draw, Enlightened Rogues, Reach For The Sky (previous titles as part of The Allman Brothers Band), Laid Back, Playin' Up a Storm, I'm No Angel, Low Country Blues

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🎵🎸Ray Shulman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1949 N.S. d.3/30/2023 N.S. (73)
Bassist, Trumpeter, Violinist, Rock and Roll Guitarist, British
Group Names: Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, Gentle Giant

🎵Dan Hartman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1950 N.S. d.3/22/1994 N.S. (43)
Songwriter, Disco Singer
Song Titles: Instant Replay

🎵🎸Jimmy Farrar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1950 N.S. d.10/29/2018 N.S. (67)
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer
Group Names: Molly Hatchett

🎭🎵Sam Kinison -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1953 d.4/10/1992 (38)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Novelty Singer
Misc: loudmouth comedian OOH-OOOOOOH!; d. in a car crash
TV Shows: Charlie Hoover (as Hugh)
Movie Titles: Back to School

🎭Andy Griffith Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1958 d.1/17/1996 (37)
Producer (m)
Names/Places: Andy's son

🎵Sinéad O'Connor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1966 N.S. d.7/26/2023 N.S. (56)
Composer, Songwriter, Pop Singer, Irish, Lesbian
Names/Places: b. in Dublin; Pron:SHIN-AID; changed nane to Shuhada' Davitt
Misc: she ripped up Pope John Paul II's picture on Saturday Night Live on October 3, 1992

🎵Bushwick Bill -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/8/1966 N.S. d.6/9/2019 N.S. (52)
Rap Music Performer, Jamaican
Group Names: Geto Boys

Thomas Corneille -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/20/1625 N.S. d.12/8/1709 N.S. (84)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), French
Names/Places: Pierre's brother

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🎖⚖Henry Laurens -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/24/1723 O.S. or 3/6/1724 N.S. d.12/8/1792 (68)
Revolutionary (m), Statesman (m)
Misc: President of Continental Congress

🎨James Hoban -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/1758 or ??/??/1762 d.12/8/1831
Architect (m)
Misc: designed the White House

💰Jonas Chickering -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/5/1798 d.12/8/1853 (55)
Manufacturer
Misc: Grand pianos

Thomas De Quincey -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/15/1785 d.12/8/1859 (74)
Essayist, Critic (m), English

George Boole -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/2/1815 d.12/8/1864 (49)
Mathematician (m), Irish
Misc: Boolean algebra

💰William Henry Vanderbilt -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/8/1821 d.12/8/1885 (64)
Philanthropist
Misc: railroad magnate who nearly doubled the Vanderbilt family fortune established and in large part bequeathed to him by his father, Cornelius; father of Cornelius II.

Herbert Spencer -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1820 d.12/8/1903 (83)
Philosopher (m), British

🎨Franklin Simmons -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/11/1839 d.12/8/1913 (74)
Sculptor (m)

🎵Vess Ossman -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/21/1868 d.12/8/1923 (55)
Banjoist
Names/Places: NN:King of the Banjo

🎵Ernest Henry Schelling -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/26/1876 d.12/8/1939 (63)
Conductor/Composer, Pianist

🏆🏀Frank "Pop" Morgenweck -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/15/1875 N.S. d.12/8/1941 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, NBA Executive, Basketball Coach, Basketball Player
Misc: a coach and an owner of professional teams, operating teams in ten different leagues and in more than 18 cities

🎨Albert Kahn -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/21/1869 d.12/8/1942 (73)
Architect (m), German
Misc: known for his designs of American automobile factories. In his own time he was considered the world's foremost industrial architect and the "father of modern factory design."

🎵🎷George Frederick "Rod" Cless -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/20/1907 N.S. d.12/8/1944 N.S. (37)
Saxophonist, Jazz Clarinetist

🎭Gladys George -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/13/1900 d.12/8/1954 (54)
Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: RLN:Clare

✍⛪Ernest Dimnet -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/9/1866 d.12/8/1954 (88)
Lecturer, Religionist, Priest, French

🎭Reginald Sheffield -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/18/1901 d.12/8/1957 (56)
Actor, English

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🏆⚾Tristram Speaker -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/4/1888 d.12/8/1958 (70)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB Center Fielder
Misc: AL Chalmers Award Winner 1912; AL batted .344 over 22 seasons; hit record 793 career doubles, 3515 hits; Tris hit more doubles than Pete Rose.
Sports Teams: Boston Americans/Red Sox (1907-1915), Cleveland Indians (1916-1926), Washington Senators (1927), Philadelphia Athletics (1928), Cleveland Indians (manager 1919-1926)

🎵🎷Julia Lee -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1902 d.12/8/1958 (56)
Pianist, Jazz Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎵John Mills -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/11/1889 d.12/8/1967 (78)
Singer/Guitarist
Names/Places: Father of The singing Mills Brothers
Misc: some say b. 1882

🏆George Widener -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/11/1889 d.12/8/1971 (82)
Sports Figure
Misc: Racehorse breeder

🎵🎸Gary Thain -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/15/1948 d.12/8/1975 (27)
Rock and Roll Bassist, New Zealand
Group Names: Uriah Heep

✍⚖Golda Meir -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/3/1898 N.S. d.12/8/1978 N.S. (80)
Author (m), Prime Minister (m), Russian
Names/Places: RN:Golda Mabovitz then Meyerson
Misc: Israeli P.M. 1969-74

🎨🎭🎵🎸John Lennon -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1940 d.12/8/1980 (40)
Hall of Famer, Artist, Movie Actor, Music Producer, Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer/Guitarist, English
Names/Places: b. in Liverpool; MN:Ono nee Winston; Yoko Ono's hubby, Cynthia's ex-husband
Misc: in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo and a Beatle
Group Names: The Quarrymen, Moondogs, Silver Beatles, Beatles (co-lead), Plastic Ono Band, Elephant's Memory, soloist
Song Titles: Love Me Do, From Me To You, She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, I Saw Her Standing There, All My Loving, Twist and Shout, Can't Buy Me Love, A Hard Day's Night, I Feel Fine, Eight Days a Week, Ticket To Ride, Rock and Roll Music, Help!, Yesterday, We Can Work It Out, Michelle, Nowhere Man, Paperback Writer, Yellow Submarine, Penny Lane, All You Need is Love, Hello Goodbye, Lady Madonna, I Am The Walrus, Hey Jude, Oh-La Di Ob-La Da, Get Back, The Ballad of John and Yoko, Come Together, Something, Let It Be, The Long and Winding Road (previous titles with The Beatles), Give Peace a Chance, Cold Turkey, Instant Karma, Power to the People, Imagine, Happy Xmas, Mind Games, Whatever Gets You Through The Night, #9 Dream, Stand By Me, Starting Over, Woman, Watching The Wheels, Nobody Told Me
Album Titles: Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Introducing...The Beatles, Meet The Beatles!, The Beatles Second Album, A Hard Day's Night, Something New, Beatles '65, Beatles VI, Help!, Rubber Soul, Yesterday and Today, Revolver, Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, Let It Be (previous titles with The Beatles), John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, Imagine, Mind Games, Walls and Bridges, Double Fantasy
Movie Titles: A Hard Day's Night, Help!, How I Won The War, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine

🎵Walter "Shakey" Horton -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/6/1921 N.S. d.12/8/1981 N.S. (60)
Hall of Famer, Harmonicaist
Names/Places: NN:Big

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🎭🎵Marty Robbins -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/26/1925 d.12/8/1982 (57)
Hall of Famer, Movie Actor, Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Country Performer
Names/Places: b. in Glendale, AZ; RN:Martin David Robinson
Misc: Grand Ole Opry regular; stock car racer
Song Titles: I'll Go On Alone, Singing The Blues, A White Sport Coat, El Paso, Don't Worry
Album Titles: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, Return of the Gunfighter, R.F.D., Drifter, Tonight Carmen, I Walk Alone, El Paso City, Adios Amigo

🎭🎵"Slim" Pickens -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/29/1919 d.12/8/1983 (64)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie Actor, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Kingsberg, CA; RN:Louis Bert Lindley Jr.; d. in Modesto, CA
Misc: some say d. November 20; in Cowboy Hall of Fame; 1930s top rodeo clown, 1940s western films, 1950s western TV supporting player
TV Shows: The Outlaws, Custer, BJ & the Bear (as Sgt. Beauregard Wiley), Hee Haw, Filthy Rich (as Big Guy Beck)
Movie Titles: Blazing Saddles, Dr. Strangelove

🎭Luther Adler -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/4/1903 d.12/8/1984 (81)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Misc: usually played villians in films

🏆⚾Bill Wambsganss -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/19/1894 d.12/8/1985 (91)
MLB Second Baseman

Harrison "Scott" Brown -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/26/1917 d.12/8/1986 (69)
Scientist (m), Geochemist
Misc: who was known for his role in isolating plutonium for its use in the first atomic bombs and for his studies regarding meteorites and the Earth's origin.

🎵🎸Hollywood Fats -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/24/1954 d.12/8/1986 (32)
Rock and Roll Musician
Group Names: the Blasters

📰Sydney J. Harris -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/14/1917 d.12/8/1986 (69)
Journalist, Canadian

🎭Anne Seymour -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/11/1909 d.12/8/1988 (79)
Radio Actress, TV/Movie Actress, English
Names/Places: b. in New York City
Misc: was in 5000+ radio dramas
TV Shows: Tim Conway Show

🎵Herbert "Tubo" Rhoad -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/1/1944 d.12/8/1988 (44)
Singer
Group Names: The Persuasions

🎭Martin Ritt -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/2/1924 d.12/8/1990 (76)
Movie Actor, TV/Movie Director (m)
Misc: some say b. 1920
Movie Titles: The Long Hot Summer, Norma Rae

Ed Edmondson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/7/1919 d.12/8/1990 (71)
Congressperson

🎨Jean Donald Swiggett -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/6/1910 d.12/8/1990 (80)
Painter (m), Muralist

Deane Davis -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/7/1900 d.12/8/1990 (90)
Politician (m)

🎵John Alexander -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/21/1923 d.12/8/1990 (67)
Tenor, Opera Singer
Misc: metropolitian opera

🎵🎷Buck Clayton -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/12/1911 d.12/8/1991 (80)
Arranger, Jazz Trumpeter

📰William Shawn -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/31/1907 d.12/8/1992 (85)
Editor (m)
Misc: The New Yorker

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🏆⚾Helen Callaghan Candaele Saint Aubin -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/13/1929 d.12/8/1992 (63)
Baseball Figure
Names/Places: NN: The "Ted Williams" of Women's Baseball

🎵Antônio Carlos Brasieiro De Almeida Jobim -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/25/1927 d.12/8/1994 (67)
Composer, Musician, Brazilian
Misc: founder Bossa Nova Brazilian music

🎭George J. Lewis -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/10/1903 d.12/8/1995 (91)
Actor, Mexican
TV Shows: Zorro (as Don Alejandro)

Ernest Leroy Boyer -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/13/1928 d.12/8/1995 (67)
Educator (m)

🎭Pauline Myers -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/9/1913 d.12/8/1996 (83)
Actress

🎭Howard E. Rollins Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/17/1950 d.12/8/1996 (46)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Baltimore, MD
Misc: some say b. 1952
TV Shows: In the Heat of the Night (as Det. Virgil Tibbs)

🎵Ben Hewitt -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/11/1935 d.12/8/1996 (61)
Songwriter, Pop Singer
Misc: he sang like Elvis Presley

🎭Bob Bell -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/18/1922 d.12/8/1997 (75)
Clown (m)
TV Shows: Bozo the Clown (played Bozo The Clown for 25 years on Chicago's WGN-TV)

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🎭Michael Craze -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1942 N.S. d.12/8/1998 N.S. (56)
TV Actor, British
TV Shows: Dr. Who (as Ben Jackson)

🏆🏒Gary Bergman -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/7/1938 d.12/8/2000 N.S. (62)
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏈George (Football) Young -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/22/1930 N.S. d.12/8/2001 N.S. (71)
Hall of Famer, NFL Executive, Football Coach, Football Player

🎵🎸"Diamond" Darrell -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/20/1966 d.12/8/2004 (38)
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Pantera

🎵🎸Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/20/1966 N.S. d.12/8/2004 N.S. (38)
Heavy Metal Guitairst
Group Names: Pantera

Roger Shattuck -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/20/1923 d.12/8/2005 (82)
Writer (m), Educator (m)

🏆⚾José Uribe -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/21/1960 d.12/8/2006 (46)
MLB Player, Dominican Republican

🎵🎷Martha Tilton -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1915 d.12/8/2006 (91)
Singer, Jazz Performer

🎭Roger Monroe King -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/22/1944 d.12/8/2007 (63)
Hall of Famer, TV Executive (m)
Misc: media and TV executive for King World Productions and CBS.

🎭Robert Prosky -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/13/1930 d.12/8/2008 (77)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Polish
TV Shows: Hill Street Blues (as Sgt. Stanislaus Jablonski), Veronica's Closet
Movie Titles: Dudley Do Right

Hilary Baugh Waugh -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/22/1920 d.12/8/2008 (88)
Mystery Writer (m)
Names/Places: NN:Grand Master of Mystery Writers

🏆🏈Lewis Bush -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/2/1969 d.12/8/2011 (42)
NFL Player

🎭Don Mitchell -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/17/1943 d.12/8/2013 (70)
Actor
TV Shows: Ironside (as Mark Sanger)

Sir John Cornforth -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/7/1917 d.12/8/2013 (96)
Chemist (m), Australian

🎵🎸Bonnie Lou -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/27/1924 d.12/8/2015 N.S. (91)
Hall of Famer, Country Singer, Rock and Roll Singer
Names/Places: LN:Kath; RN:Sally Carson
Misc: in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame

🎵Mattiwilda Dobbs -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1925 d.12/8/2015 N.S. (90)
Opera Soprano

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⚛⚖John Herschel Glenn Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/18/1921 d.12/8/2016 N.S. (95)
Astronaut, Senator (m)
Names/Places: b. in Cambridge, Ohio
Misc: the first American to orbit the Earth on 2-20-62

🎭🎵Joseph Mascolo -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/13/1929 d.12/8/2016 N.S. (87)
Actor, Musician
TV Shows: Days of Our Lives (as Stefano DiMera), Gangster Chronicles, Bold & The Beautiful
Movie Titles: Jaws 2, Shaft's Big Score

🏆⚾🏈Harold R. "Tubby" Raymond -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/14/1926 N.S. d.12/8/2017 N.S. (91)
Hall of Famer, College Baseball Coach, College Football Coach
Misc: in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Delaware (baseball 1956-64, football 1954-2001)

🎵🎷Sunny Murray -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/21/1936 d.12/8/2017 N.S. (81)
Jazz Drummer
Names/Places: RN: James Marcellus Arthur Murray
Misc: one of the pioneers of the free jazz drumming style.

🏆🏈Rod Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1964 N.S. d.12/8/2018 N.S. (54)
NFL Player

🎭Carroll Spinney -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/26/1933 N.S. d.12/8/2019 N.S. (85)
Actor, Puppet Actor, Puppeteer (m)
Names/Places: b. in Walthem, MA
TV Shows: Sesame Street (as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch)

🎭🎵René Auberjonois -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/1/1940 N.S. d.12/8/2019 N.S. (79)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor, Singer
Names/Places: b. in New York City
TV Shows: The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Boston Legal (as Paul Lewiston), Pound Puppies, Benson (as Clayton Endicott III), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Security Officer Odo the shape-shifting chief)
Movie Titles: The Little Mermaid, The Patriot

📰⚖Paul A. Volcker -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/5/1927 N.S. d.12/8/2019 N.S. (92)
Economist, Government Official (m)
Misc: ex-federal reserve board chairman under Presidents Carter and Reagan

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🏆🏈Mark Pike -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/27/1963 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (57)
NFL Linebacker, NFL Defensive End

🏆🥊John "Jack" Lanza -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1935 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: ring name: Blackjack Lanza

🏆⚾Richie Lewis -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/25/1966 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (55)
MLB Pitcher

🎵🎸Gil Bridges -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/14/1941 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (80)
Flautist, Percussionist, Saxophonist, Rock and Roll Singer
Group Names: Rare Earth

🎵Robbie Shakespeare -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/27/1953 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (68)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Bassist, Jamaican
Group Names: Sly & Robbie

🎵🎷John Heard -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/3/1938 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (83)
Jazz Bassist

🎵Ralph Vierra Tavares -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/10/1941 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (79)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Misc: b. 1945? 1942? 1948?
Group Names: Tavares

🎵🎷Barry Harris -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/15/1929 N.S. d.12/8/2021 N.S. (91)
Educator (m), Arranger, Composer, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist

⛪🎭Ryan O'Neal -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/20/1941 N.S. d.12/8/2023 N.S. (82)
Roman Catholic, TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles; FN:Patrick; Joanna Moore's ex-husband
TV Shows: Empire (as Tal Garrett 1962-1963), Peyton Place (as Rodney Harrington), Good Sports (as Bobby), Miss Match (as Jerry Fox), Bones (as Max Keenan)
Movie Titles: Barry Lydon, Nickelodeon, The Main Event, Love Story, What's Up Doc?, Paper Moon

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