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People on June 6th: birthdates

Peter Albin: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Singer/Guitarist, Bassist, Songwriter, of Big Brother & the Holding Company
Monty Alexander: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Pianist, Jamaican
Tom Araya: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Bassist, Singer, lead of Slayer
Hal Azaria: 2009 (is 1 in 2010, 2 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Katie Wright and Hank's son
Shorty Beck: 1948 (is 62 in 2010, 63 in 2011)
Drummer, Dutch, of Shocking Blue
Rodney Benford: yr unknown
Pop Singer, aka:Rodney B; of Troop
Sandra Bernhard: 1955 (is 55 in 2010, 56 in 2011)
TV/Movie Actress, Comedienne, Singer, Lesbian, Roseanne's Nancy Thomas
Bill Bernhardi: 1967 (is 43 in 2010, 44 in 2011)
Music Figure, of the Nelsons; Janet Lennon and Lee Bernhardi's son
Gary U. S. Bonds: 1939 (is 71 in 2010, 72 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Singer, Songwriter, b. in Jacksonville, FL; Quarter to Three; RN:Gary Anderson
Lisa Brokop: 1973 (is 37 in 2010, 38 in 2011)
Country/Western Performer
Max Casella: 1967 (is 43 in 2010, 44 in 2011)
TV Actor, Doogie Howser MD's Vinnie Delpino
Ivan Chermayeff: 1932 (is 78 in 2010, 79 in 2011)
Artist, Designer, American, British
Tamara Davies: yr unknown
Soap Actress, Bold & The Beautiful's Tricia Quickon
Laudir DeOliveira: 1940 (is 70 in 2010, 71 in 2011)
Percussionist, of Chicago
George Deukmejian: 1928 (is 82 in 2010, 83 in 2011)
Governor, ex-California
Robert Englund: 1949 (is 61 in 2010, 62 in 2011)?
TV/Movie Actor, b. in Glendale, CA; Downtown, V's Willie, Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddie Kruger, Nightmare Cafe's Blackie; some say b. Jun 6, 1947 (is 63 in 2010), b. Jun 6, 1948 (is 62 in 2010), or b. Jun 6, 1952 (is 58 in 2010)
Harvey Fierstein: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Producer/Director, Dramatist/Playwright, Cartoon Voicist, Gay, Simpsons' Karl, Daddy's Girls, Independence Day
Allison Fonte: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
Dancer, Singer, Pianist, Poet, Songwriter, of Mickey Mouse Club 70s
Edgar Froese: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Guitarist, Synthesizer, Songwriter, German, New Age; of Tangerine Dream
Paul Giamatti: 1967 (is 43 in 2010, 44 in 2011)
Movie Actor, Man on the Moon, Big Momma's House, Sideways, Lady in the Water, The Ant Bully, The Illusionist
Tenzin Giatzo: 1935 (is 75 in 2010, 76 in 2011)
Head of State, The Dalai Lama, Tibet's spiritual leader
Gary Graham: 1960 (is 50 in 2010, 51 in 2011)
TV Actor, Alien Nation's Matthew Sikes, Enterprise's Ambassador Soval
Damien Hall: 1968 (is 42 in 2010, 43 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Damon Hall: 1968 (is 42 in 2010, 43 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Guy
Henry Harrison: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
Drummer, of New Vaudeville Band
Roy Innis: 1934 (is 76 in 2010, 77 in 2011)
Civil Rights Leader
Jason Isaacs: 1963 (is 47 in 2010, 48 in 2011)
Actor, The Patriot, Peter Pan, Harry Potter films
Jimmy Jam: 1959 (is 51 in 2010, 52 in 2011)
Music Producer, Songwriter
Jasper Breckenridge Johnson: 2002 (is 8 in 2010, 9 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Kelley and Don's son
Marilyn Jones: 1956 (is 54 in 2010, 55 in 2011)
Actress, Secrets of Midland Heights, King's Crossing
Howie Kane: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Jay & the Americans
Staci Keanan: 1975 (is 35 in 2010, 36 in 2011)
TV Actress, NN:Asia; RN:Anastasia Sogorsky; aka Stacy Love; My Two Dad's Nicole Bradford, Going Places (...went nowhere), Step By Step's Dana Foster
Kirk Kirkorian: 1917 (is 93 in 2010, 94 in 2011)
Businessperson, CEO MGM, VA
Uncle Kracker: 1974 (is 36 in 2010, 37 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer
Dee C. Lee: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Singer, Songwriter, British, backed Wham! and Style Council, soloist
Natalie Morales: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Correspondent
Holly Near: 1949 (is 61 in 2010, 62 in 2011)
Folk Singer, Songwriter, Actress
Gary Newby: 1966 (is 44 in 2010, 45 in 2011)
Music Figure, of Railway Children
Amanda Pays: 1959 (is 51 in 2010, 52 in 2011)
TV/Movie Actress, Model, Australian, Corbin Bernsen's wife; Max Headroom's Theora Jones, The Flash's Tina McGee
Colin Quinn: 1959 (is 51 in 2010, 52 in 2011)
Comedian, Saturday Night Live
Tom Ryan: 1926 (is 84 in 2010, 85 in 2011)
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Tumbleweeds
James "Munky" Shafter: 1970 (is 40 in 2010, 41 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Korn
Esther Shapiro: 1934 (is 76 in 2010, 77 in 2011)
Producer, Writer, Richard's wife; they co-produced Dynasty
Joe Stampley: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
Country Singer, Songwriter, of Moe and Joe
Evan Shane Stanley: 1994 (is 16 in 2010, 17 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Pamela Bowen and Paul's son
Anthony Starke: 1963 (is 47 in 2010, 48 in 2011)
TV Actor, Licence To Kill, George Carlin Show's Jack
Jeri Taylor: yr unknown
TV Producer, Star Trek: Voyager
Dwight Twilley: 1951 (is 59 in 2010, 60 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Singer, Pianist, Songwriter, Keyboardist
Bryan Utman: yr unknown
Actor, Herbie: The Love Bug, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Steve Vai: 1960 (is 50 in 2010, 51 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth Band, Whitesnake
Sonya Walger: 1974 (is 36 in 2010, 37 in 2011)
Actress
Sid Walsh: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Actor, of Hooperman
Sydney Walsh: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Actress, of Hooperman
Billie Whitelaw: 1932 (is 78 in 2010, 79 in 2011)
Actress, English
Terry Williams: 1947 (is 63 in 2010, 64 in 2011)
Singer, of New Christy Minstrels, First Edition, Kenny Rogers
Marian Wright-Edelman: 1939 (is 71 in 2010, 72 in 2011)
Civil Rights Leader, Attorney/Lawyer, Founder, Children's Defense Fund prez
Vincent Young: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
Actor, 90210's Noah Hunter
Sean Ysealt: 1966 (is 44 in 2010, 45 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of White Zombie

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People on June 6th: birth anniversaries

Walter Abel: 1898=d.Mar 26, 1987 (was 88)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, MN:Charles; film career 1930-74
Steve Barton: 1954=d.Jul 21, 2001 (was 47)
Soap Actor, Another World's Bailey Thompson, Phantom of the Opera's Raoul
Karl Ferdinand Braun: 1850=d.Apr 20, 1918 (was 67)
Physicist, German, co-developer of wireless telegraphy (Nobel 1909)
Thomas Chippendale: 1718=d.Nov 13, 1779 (was 61)
Inventor, Cabinet maker; furniture (nude?)
Pierre Corneille: 1606=d.Oct 1, 1684 (was 78)
Dramatist/Playwright, Poet, French, wrote "El Cid"
Richard Crane: 1918=d.Mar 9, 1969 (was 50)
Actor, Surfside Six's Lt. Plehan
Peter Donald: 1918=d.Apr 20, 1979 (was 60)
Game Show Host, Producer, Panelist, Masquerade Party; 50s game show panelist: Pantotime Quiz, Can You Top This?, etc.
David Dukes: 1945=d.Oct 9, 2000 (was 55)
TV Actor, Winds of War, Sisters' Wade Halsey, Mommies' Jack, Dawson's Creek's Mr. McPhee; NOT the ex-KKK leader
Donald F. Duncan: 1892=d.May 15, 1971 (was 78)
Inventor, The Yo-Yo
Al Grey: 1925=d.Mar 24, 2000 (was 74)
Trombonist
Nathan Hale: 1755=d.Sep 22, 1776 (was 21)
Revolutionary, American Revolutionary officer; co-founding father; hanged as a spy by the British
William Inge: 1860=d.1954
Theologian, Author, Religious Leader, Philosopher, Scholar, English, MN:Ralph
Virginia Kelley: 1923=d.Jan 6, 1994 (was 70)
Celebrity Relative, Bill Clinton's mom
Aram "Ilich" Khachaturian: 1903=d.May 1, 1978 (was 74)
Composer, Musician, Russian, Folk
S. P. Leary: 1930=d.Jan 26, 1998 (was 67)
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Performer, Drummer
Ted Lewis: 1892?=d.Aug 25, 1971 (was 79)
Bandleader, Singer, Clarinetist, Songwriter, NN:The High Hatted Tragedian; RN:Theodore Leopold Friedman; some say b. Jun 6, 1890, b. Jun 6, 1891, or b. Jun 9, 1892
Jimmie Lunceford: 1902=d.Jul 13, 1947 (was 45)
Bandleader, Jazz Saxophonist
James "Steele" MacKaye: 1842=d.Feb 25, 1894 (was 51)
Inventor, Dramatist/Playwright, Actor, Author, Director, folding theatre seats, moveable stage
Thomas Mann: 1875=d.Aug 12, 1955 (was 80)
Novelist, Essayist, German, Magic Mountain
Richard Paul: 1940=d.Dec 25, 1998 (was 58)
TV/Stage Actor, Panelist, Match Game panelist, Carter Country's Mayor Teddy Burnside, W.C. Fields 80 Proof; Hail to the Chief & other TV bombs; appearred on albums of the legendary Firesign Theatre comedy troupe
Alexander Pushkin: 1799 N.S.=d.Jan 29, 1837 O.S. (was 37)?
Poet, Dramatist/Playwright, Author, Russian, MN:Sergeevich; other style says b. May 26, 1799 O.S.; ; some say d. Feb 10, 1837 N.S. (was 37)
George Rickey: 1907=d.Jul 17, 2002 (was 95)
Sculptor
Alexandria Romanov: 1872=d.Jul 17, 1918 (was 46)
Queen, Russian, Czar Nicholas' wife
Jan Rubes: 1920=d.Jun 29, 2009 (was 89)
TV/Movie Actor, Kay O'Brien
Robert Falcon Scott: 1868=d.Mar 29, 1912 (was 43)
Explorer, British, leader of ill-fated south pole expedition
Robert C. Sherriff: 1896=d.Nov 13, 1975 (was 79)
Author, Dramatist/Playwright, English, Journey's End
Levi Stubbs: 1936=d.Oct 17, 2008 (was 72)
HALL OF FAMER, Pop Singer, RLN:Stubbles; lead of The Four Tops
James Gideon "Gid" Tanner: 1885=d.May 13, 1960 (was 74)
Country/Western Performer, Fiddler, Bandleader, Comedian
John Trumbull: 1756=d.Nov 10, 1843 (was 87)
Painter, Declaration of Independence signer
Diego Velazquez: 1599=d.Aug 6, 1660 (was 61)
Painter, Spanish, MN:Rodriguez de Silva y
Clarence White: 1944=d.Jul 14, 1973 (was 29)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Singer, of The Byrds, Everly Brothers, Flying Burritos, Rick Nelson, Gene Clark, Randy Newman, Maria Muldaur, Joe Cocker, Rita Collidge, and Arlo Guthrie; d. when a drunk driver hit him

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People on June 6th: death anniversaries

Anne Bancroft: 2005 (was 73)/b.Sep 17, 1931
Movie/Stage Actress, Roman Catholic, b. in New York City; The Graduate's Mrs. Robinson immortalized by Simon & Garfunkel, Miracle Worker, Home For The Holidays, Great Expectations; RN:Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; Mel Brooks' wife
Michael Billington: 2005/b.Dec 24, yr unknown
Actor, English, UFO, The Quest
Larry Blyden: 1975 (was 49)/b.Jun 23, 1925
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Game Show Host, RN:Ivan Lawrence Blieden; Joe & Mabel's Joe; "To Tell The Truth", "Personality" and "What's My Line" moderator
James Bridges: 1993 (was 57)/b.Feb 3, 1936
Movie Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Author, China Syndrome, Urban Cowboy
Georgia Brown: 1992 (was 58)/b.Oct 21, 1933
Movie/Stage Actress, Singer, Cartoon Voicist, English
Louis Chevrolet: 1941 (was 62)/b.Dec 25, 1878
Auto Racer, Inventor, Designer, Manufacturer, Swiss, of Chevy auto & truck motor companies
Randolph Churchill: 1968 (was 57)/b.May 28, 1911
Correspondent, Journalist, Politician, English, Winston's son
Robbin Crosby: 2002 (was 41)/b.Aug 4, 1960
Heavy Metal Singer/Guitarist, of Ratt
Johnny Downs: 1994 (was 80)/b.Oct 10, 1913
Movie Actor, Vaudevillan, Singer, Dancer, Our Gang 1920s, also hosted "Magic Key" kid show on KOGO (now KGTV) in San Diego, also first celebrity D.T. saw at age 10
Dana Elcar: 2005 (was 77)/b.Oct 10, 1927
Actor, RFN:Ibson; Baretta, Baa Baa Black Sheep, MacGyver's Peter Thornton
Georges Feydeau: 1921 (was 58)/b.Dec 8, 1862
Dramatist/Playwright, French
Magda Gabor: 1997 (was 79)/b.Jul 10, 1917
Movie Actress, Hungarian, Eva & Zsa Zsa's sister
Jean "J." Paul Getty: 1976 (was 83)/b.Dec 15, 1892
Zillionaire, Executive, Billionaire; oil empire founder; d. in London
Stan Getz: 1991 (was 64)/b.Feb 2, 1927
Jazz Performer, Pianist, Tenor-sax, b. in Philadelphia; RN:Stanley Gayetzsky; of Dave Brubeck Quartet
Peter Graves: 1994 (was 82)/b.Oct 21, 1911
TV/Movie Actor, English, not the American Mission Impossible actor
Jack Sr. Haley: 1979 (was 79)/b.Aug 10, 1899
Movie Actor, Comedian, Singer, Dancer, b. in Boston; Wizard of Oz's Tin Man; some say b. Aug 1 1900
Patrick Henry: 1799 (was 63)/b.May 29, 1736
Statesman, Revolutionary, Orator, Patriot
Dr. Carl Gustav Jung: 1961 (was 85)/b.Jul 26, 1875
Psychiatrist, Swiss, Psychoanalysis father
Robert Francis Kennedy: 1968 (was 42)/b.Nov 20, 1925
Senator, Attorney/Lawyer, b. in Brookline, Mass; Attorney General
Louis Jean Lumiere: 1948 (was 83)/b.Oct 5, 1864
Inventor, Cinematographer, French, photography pioneer, with brother Auguste, patented the Cinematographe, the first motion picture machine; made first motion picture in 1895. d. Jun 7?
Sir John A. MacDonald: 1891 (was 76)/b.Jan 11, 1815
Prime Minister, 1st Canadian P.M. 1867-73
Lester Matthews: 1975 (was 74)/b.Dec 3, 1900
Actor, English, of The Adv's of Fu Manchu
Mark McManus: 1994 (was 59)/b.Feb 21, 1935
TV Actor, Scotish, Taggart star
Claudette Orbison: 1966/b.1941
Music Figure, Roy's wife; died in a motorcycle accident
Billy Preston: 2006 (was 59)/b.Sep 9, 1946
Rhythm and Blues-Soul Peformer, Keyboardist, Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer, Gospel Singer, Drummer, Organist, b. in Houston; the first non-Beatle to be credited on a Beatles record "Get Back" for his musical contributions, also a so-called fifth Beatle
Ella Raines: 1988 (was 66)/b.Aug 6, 1921
Movie/Stage Actress, RN:Ella Wallace Raubes; Janet Dean RN star; d. May 30?
Kenneth Rexroth: 1982 (was 76)/b.Dec 22, 1905
Poet, Essayist, Translator, Painter, an early champion of the Beat movement.
Larry Riley: 1992 (was 39)/b.Jun 20, 1952
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Composer, Soap Actor, The Doctors, A Soldier's Story's C.J. Memphis; Knots Landing's Frank Williams
Dave Rowberry: 2003 (was 62)/b.Jul 4, 1940
Rock & Roll Keyboardist, British, of The Animals
Hilton Ruiz: 2006 (was 54)/b.May 29, 1952
Pianist, Composer, Bandleader
Lillian Russell: 1922 (was 60)/b.Dec 4, 1861
Opera Soprano, Stage Actress, Vaudevillan, RN:Helen Louise Leonard; NN:The American Beauty; in light comedies who represented the feminine ideal of her generation. She was as famous for her flamboyant personal life as for her beauty and voice.
Barry Sullivan: 1994 (was 81)/b.Aug 29, 1912
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, b. in New York City; RFN:Patrick Barry; in 100s of TV episodes; The Bastard, Once an Eagle, Casino, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial, Rich Man Poor Man
Norma Teagarden: 1996 (was 85)/b.Apr 28, 1911
Jazz Pianist, Jack's sister
Victor Varconi: 1976 (was 85)/b.Mar 31, 1891
Movie Actor, Hungarian
Robert Warwick: 1964 (was 85)/b.Oct 9, 1878
Movie Actor, Zorro, Lady Godiva
Guinn Williams: 1962 (was 63)/b.Apr 26, 1899
Actor, Circus Boy's Big Boy; some say b. 1900

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