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People on September 6th: birthdates

Darryl Anthony: 1969 (is 41 in 2010, 42 in 2011)
Singer, of Az Yet
Dave Bargeron: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, Trumpeter, of Blood Sweat & Tears
Stella Barker: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
Pop Singer, British, of Belle Stars
Buster Bloodvessel: 1958 (is 52 in 2010, 53 in 2011)
Singer, of Bad Manners
Foxy Brown: 1979 (is 31 in 2010, 32 in 2011)
Rap Performer
Dylan Bruno: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Actor, Numbers' Colby Granger
Katherine Cannon: 1953 (is 57 in 2010, 58 in 2011)
Actress, The Survivors, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Father Murphy, 90210's Felice Martin
Shawn Carpenter: 1995 (is 15 in 2010, 16 in 2011)
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Will Reed
Taylor Carpenter: 1995 (is 15 in 2010, 16 in 2011)
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Will Reed
James Carroll: yr unknown
Soap Actor, Loving's Leo Burnell, Another World's Dr. Murray. As the World Turns' Mr. Beachman
Alexander Cassini: 1953 (is 57 in 2010, 58 in 2011)
Director, Star Time
Mark Chesnutt: 1963 (is 47 in 2010, 48 in 2011)
Country Singer
Natalia Cigliuti: 1978 (is 32 in 2010, 33 in 2011)
TV Actress, Saved By The Bell: The New Class's Lindsay Warner 1993-, Pacific Palisades' Rachael Whittaker, All My Children's Anita Santos Warner
David Allan Coe: 1939 (is 71 in 2010, 72 in 2011)
Country Singer, Songwriter, b. in Akron, OH
Jane Curtin: 1947 (is 63 in 2010, 64 in 2011)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, Author, Roman Catholic, b. in Cambridge, MS; Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update anchor, Prymaat Conehead, & reg 1975-80; Kate & Allie's Allie Lowell, How to Beat the High Cost of Living, Working It Out, 3rd Rock From The Sun's Dr. Mary Albright
Tommy Debarge: 1957 (is 53 in 2010, 54 in 2011)
Singer, of DeBarge
Nathaniel Dudney: 1985 (is 25 in 2010, 26 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Barbara Mandrell & Ken's son
Steven Eckholdt: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
TV Actor, Grapevine's Thumper, It's Like You Know's Robbie Graham, My Big Fat Greek Life's Thomas Miller
Idris Elba: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Actor
Jeff Foxworthy: 1958 (is 52 in 2010, 53 in 2011)
Comedian, TV Host, b. in Atlanta; You Might Be A Redneck; Jeff Foxworthy Show's title character; Blue Collar TV co-host, Racing Stripes
Daniele Gaither: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Comedienne, Actress, of MAD TV
Ella Betsi Gruffudd: 2009 (is 1 in 2010, 2 in 2011)
Celebrity Daughter, Alice Evans and Ioan's daughter
Naomie Harris: 1976 (is 34 in 2010, 35 in 2011)
Actress, Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest
James Martin Kelly: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
Actor, Joan of Arcadia's God
Swoosie Kurtz: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, b. in Omaha, NE; Love Sidney's Laurie Morgan, Sisters's Alex Reed Halsey; named after the famous WWII B-17D bomber
Mark Luna: 1963 (is 47 in 2010, 48 in 2011)
Country/Western Performer
Justina Machado: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Actress, of Six Feet Under
Kelli McCarty: 1969 (is 41 in 2010, 42 in 2011)
Soap Actress, Passions' Beth Wallace
Mel McDaniel: 1942 (is 68 in 2010, 69 in 2011)
Country Singer
Trina McGee-Davis: 1970 (is 40 in 2010, 41 in 2011)
Actress, of Boy Meets World
Buddy Miller: 1952 (is 58 in 2010, 59 in 2011)
Country/Western Performer
Kevin Miller: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Fuel
Anika Noni: 1972 (is 38 in 2010, 39 in 2011)
Actress, Dreamgirls
Norega: 1977 (is 33 in 2010, 34 in 2011)
Rap Performer
Patrick O'Hearn: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
New Wave Bassist, of Missing Persons
Dolores O'Riordan: 1971 (is 39 in 2010, 40 in 2011)
Modern Rock Singer, of Cranberries
Gene Patrick: 1968 (is 42 in 2010, 43 in 2011)
Actor
Ce Ce Peniston: 1969 (is 41 in 2010, 42 in 2011)
Disco Singer, hit: "Finally"; CAUTION: you pronounce her last name Pen-nis-ton (and I'll bet you that Howard Stern pronounces it the other way!)
Rosie Perez: 1964 (is 46 in 2010, 47 in 2011)
Movie Actress, Choreographer, b. in Brooklyn; screechy, Noo-Yawk accent; Do the Right Thing, White Men Can't Jump, Fearless, It Could Happen To You, the 24 Hour Woman; some say b. Sep 14 or Sep 4
Nina Persson: 1974 (is 36 in 2010, 37 in 2011)
Modern Rock Singer, of Cardigans
Richard J. Roberts: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
Biologist, Molecular; the winner, with Phillip A. Sharp, of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his independent discovery of "split genes."
Andrea Joseph Schiavelli: 1987 (is 23 in 2010, 24 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, son of Allyce Beasley and Vincent Schiavelli
Claydes Smith: 1948 (is 62 in 2010, 63 in 2011)
Rhythm and Blues Performer, Guitarist, RFN:Charles; of Kool & the Gang
Steve "Vegas" Smith: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Flame
Joe Smyth: 1957 (is 53 in 2010, 54 in 2011)
Country Musician, of Sawyer Brown
Jeremy Snider: 1990 (is 20 in 2010, 21 in 2011)
Soap Actor, Bold & the Beautiful's Eric Jr.; Katherine Kelly Lang & Skott's son
Colin Michael Stanley: 2006 (is 4 in 2010, 5 in 2011)
Celebrity Son, Erin Sutton and Paul's son
Banner Thomas: 1954 (is 56 in 2010, 57 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Molly Hatchett
Scott Travis: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Judas Priest
Elizabeth Vargas: 1962 (is 48 in 2010, 49 in 2011)
Newsperson
Paul Waaktaar: 1961 (is 49 in 2010, 50 in 2011)
Pop Singer, Guitarist, Norweigan, of A-HA
Mickey Waller: 1944 (is 66 in 2010, 67 in 2011)
Rock & Roll Drummer, British, of Jeff Beck and sessionist for Rod Stewart and others
Roger Waters: 1943 (is 67 in 2010, 68 in 2011)
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Performer, Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, Bassist, English, of Pink Floyd
Justin Whalin: 1974 (is 36 in 2010, 37 in 2011)
TV/Soap Actor, Charles in Charge, General Hospital's Alan Jr., Lois & Clark's Jimmy Olsen
Michael Winslow: 1958 (is 52 in 2010, 53 in 2011)
Actor, Comedian, b. in Spokane, WA; Police Academy movies
Kathi Wolfgram: 1971 (is 39 in 2010, 40 in 2011)?
Soul Performer, of The Jetts; some say b. Sep 6, 1970 (is 40 in 2010)
Jo Anne Worley: 1937 (is 73 in 2010, 74 in 2011)
Comedienne, TV Actress, Cartoon Voicist, Panelist, b. in Lowell, IN; Love American Style occ guest, Laugh In reg/tirade-thrower; some say '39, '42, or Oct 6

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People on September 6th: birth anniversaries

Jane Addams: 1860=d.May 21, 1935 (was 74)
Social Reformer, Political Activist, laureate; founded Hull House in Chicago, Nobel 1931
Sir Edward Appleton: 1892=d.Apr 21, 1965 (was 72)
Physicist, English, discovered the ionosphere
Morgan Beatty: 1902=d.Jul 4, 1975 (was 72)
Newsperson, Briefly anchored the DuMont Evening News; AP reporter & radio commentator
Catherine Beecher: 1800=d.May 12, 1878 (was 77)
Educator, Suffragate, Henry Ward Beecher & Harriet Beecher's sister
Charles "Buddy" Bolden: 1877=d.Nov 4, 1931 (was 54)
Bandleader, Cornetist, formed 1st jazz band in 1890s
Sir Georges Cartier: 1814=d.May 20, 1873 (was 58)
Prime Minister, British, Canadian co-prmie minister (1858-62)
Claire Lee Chennault: 1890=d.Jul 27, 1958 (was 67)
General, Air Force Officer; brigadier general who commanded the U.S. Army Air Forces in China (1942-45) and created the American Volunteer Group (AVG), best known as the Flying Tigers.
Zeke Clements: 1911=d.Jun 4, 1994 (was 82)
Country Singer, Crooner
John Henry Dallmeyer: 1830=d.Dec 30, 1883 (was 53)
Inventor, British, manufacturer of lenses.
John Dalton: 1766=d.Jul 27, 1844 (was 77)
Chemist, Physicist, Teacher, English, Atomic theorist pioneer, developed the table of atomic weights, hence is known as one of the fathers of modern physical science.
Marquis de Lafayette: 1757=d.May 20, 1834 (was 76)
Statesman, General, French, American Revolutionary Soldier; RN:Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier
Charlie Dell: 1881=d.Nov 16, 1971 (was 90)
Actor, Comedian
Ida Fuller: 1875=d.????
Hero, first recipient of social security
James Melville Gilliss: 1811=d.Feb 9, 1865 (was 53)
Naval Officer, Astronomer, founded the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., the first U.S. observatory devoted entirely to research.
Michael Gordon: 1909=d.Apr 29, 1993 (was 83)
Movie Director, Stage Director, Actor
Joseph P. Sr. Kennedy: 1888=d.Nov 18, 1969 (was 81)
Diplomat, Financier, b. in Boston; Patriarch; Rose's hubby, Robert, Edward, & John F.'s dad; d. in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts
King Peter II: 1923=d.Nov 3, 1970 (was 47)
Head of State, The last king of Yugoslavia.
Otto Kruger: 1885=d.Sep 6, 1974 (was 89)
Movie/Stage Actor, High Noon, Lux Video Theater
Paul LaValle: 1908=d.Jun 24, 1997 (was 88)
Bandleader, Conductor/Composer
Elizabeth Lawrence: 1922=d.Jun 11, 2000 (was 77)
Soap Actress, All My Children's Myra Sloane Murdoch
Luis Leloir: 1906=d.Dec 2, 1987 (was 81)
Chemist, French, Argentine biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1970 for his investigations of the processes by which complex carbohydrates are broken down into simple sugars.
John MacLeod: 1876=d.Mar 16, 1935 (was 58)
Physiologist, Scotish, Canadian, MN:James Rickard; insulin discoverer; Nobel 1923; also his work on carbohydrate metabolism
Jody McCrea: 1934=d.Apr 4, 2009 (was 74)
Actor, Joel's son; Rancher & rodeo rider; Beach Party movies of the 60s
Stephen Murray: 1912=d.Mar 31, 1983 (was 70)
Movie Actor, English, Alice In Wonderland
Jimmy Reed: 1925=d.Aug 29, 1976 (was 50)
HALL OF FAMER, Blues Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Harmonicaist, Songwriter, RN:Mathis James Reed Leland
Billy Rose: 1899=d.Feb 10, 1966 (was 66)
Composer, Stage Producer, Songwriter, Lyricist, American, b. in New York City; RN:William Samuel Rosenberg; Showman; Fanny Brice's, then Eleanor Holm's hubby; Theatrical impressario
William Rosecrans: 1819=d.Mar 11, 1898 (was 78)
General, Congressperson, Union general and excellent strategist early in the American Civil War (1861-65); after his defeat in the Battle of Chickamauga (September 1863), he was relieved of his command.
Maxie Rosenbloom: 1904=d.Mar 6, 1976 (was 71)
Boxer, Movie Actor, NN:Slapsie Maxie; light heavyweight boxing champ (1930-34)
Felix Salten: 1869=d.Oct 8, 1945 (was 76)
Writer, Hungarian, Walt Disney's "Bambi" was based on his novel
Charles Smith: 1948=d.Jun 20, 2006 (was 57)
Rhythm and Blues Musician, of Kool & the Gang
Sylvester: 1947=d.Dec 16, 1988 (was 40)
Disco Singer, Songwriter, Gay, transvestite; LN:James
Carol Wayne: 1942=d.Jan 13, 1985 (was 42)
Actress, Panelist, Tonight Show's matinee lady
Frances Wright: 1795=d.Dec 13, 1852 (was 57)
Social Reformer, Scotish, Scottish-born American social reformer whose revolutionary views on religion, education, marriage, birth control, and other matters made her both a popular author and lecturer and a target of vilification.

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People on September 6th: death anniversaries

Richard Allan: 1999 (was 76)/b.Jun 22, 1923
Movie Actor
E. J. Andre: 1984 (was 76)/b.Aug 14, 1908
TV Actor, Dallas' Eugene Bullock
J. R. Bailey: 1985 (was 48)/b.yr unknown
Singer, of The Cadillacs
Johnny Desmond: 1985 (was 64)/b.Nov 14, 1920
Crooner, Movie Actor, Composer, b. in Detroit; Your Hit Parade, Blanskys' Beauties; RN:Giouvanni Alfredo DeSimone; some say 1921
Irvin Feld: 1984 (was 66)/b.May 9, 1918
Businessperson, Producer, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus prez
Hamilton Fish: 1893 (was 85)/b.Aug 3, 1808
Statesman, Presidential Aide, sec of state under Grant
Tom Fogerty: 1990 (was 48)/b.Nov 9, 1941
HALL OF FAMER, Rock & Roll Musician, Rhythm Guitarist, Rock & Roll Bassist, b. in El Cerrito, CA; of Credence Clearwater Revival, soloist; John's brother
Jane Frazee: 1985 (was 67)/b.Jul 18, 1918
Actress, Singer, of Beulah
William Francis Gibbs: 1967 (was 81)/b.Aug 24, 1886
Architect, Engineer, WWII Naval ships and destroyers
Edmund Gwenn: 1959 (was 83)/b.Sep 26, 1875
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Wales, Miracle on 34th Street's Kris Kringle
Henry Kimball Hadley: 1937 (was 65)/b.Dec 20, 1871
Conductor/Composer
Nicky Hopkins: 1994 (was 50)/b.Feb 24, 1944
Rock & Roll Keyboardist, Pianist, Songwriter, English, Session with The Rolling Stones, The Who, Jeff Beck, Kinks, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Band, etc.
Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson: 1782 (was 33)/b.Oct 19, 1748
First Lady, Thomas's wife
Max Kaminsky: 1994 (was 85)/b.Sep 7, 1908
Jazz Performer, Trumpeter
Otto Kruger: 1974 (was 89)/b.Sep 6, 1885
Movie/Stage Actor, High Noon, Lux Video Theater
Akira Kurosawa: 1998 (was 88)/b.Mar 23, 1910
Movie Director, Screen/Scriptwriter, Japanese
Gertrude Lawrence: 1952 (was 54)/b.Jul 4, 1898
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, English, RN:Gertrude Alexandra Dagmar Lawrence-Klasen
Madeleine L'Engle: 2007 (was 88)/b.Nov 29, 1918
Sci-fi Writer, A Wrinkle in Time, An Acceptable Time, Troubling a Star
Phoebus Levene: 1940 (was 71)/b.Feb 25, 1869
Chemist, Russian, nucleic acids
Little Brother Montgomery: 1985 (was 79)/b.Apr 18, 1906
Blues Singer, Pianist, Composer
Luciano Pavarotti: 2007 (was 71)/b.Oct 12, 1935
Tenor, Opera Singer, Movie Actor, Italian, b. in Modena
Godfrey Quigley: 1994 (was 71)/b.May 5, 1923
Stage Actor, Irish
Arthur Rackham: 1939 (was 71)/b.Sep 19, 1867
Children's Author, Illustrator, British, Grimm's Fairy Tales
Alex Raymond: 1956 (was 46)/b.Oct 2, 1909
ComicStrip Cartoonist, Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Rip Kirby, Secret Agent X-9
Percy Rodrigues: 2007 (was 89)/b.Jun 13, 1918
Actor, Canadian, Peyton Place's Dr. Harry Miles, Sanford's Winston
Margaret Higgins Sanger: 1966 (was 86)/b.Sep 14, 1879
Social Reformer, Feminist, Founder, Planned Parenthood fndr; Nurse; Birth control; b. 1883 is wrong
Jimmy Savo: 1960 (was 65)/b.1890
Comedian, Novelty Singer, Broadway comic, specialized in pantotime & song parodies
Margarita Sierra: 1963 (was 26)/b.1936
Actress, Surfside Six's Spanish Dancer Cha Cha O'Brien
Blanche Sweet: 1986 (was 90)/b.Jun 18, 1896?
Movie Actress, D.W. Griffith movies; some say b. Jun 18, 1895
Ernest Tubb: 1984 (was 70)/b.Feb 9, 1914
HALL OF FAMER, Country Singer/Guitarist, Composer, b. in Crisp, TX; NN:The Texas Troubadour; Grand Ole Opry reg
Hendrik F. Verwoerd: 1966 (was 64)/b.Sep 8, 1901
Prime Minister, South African, South African PM (1958-66)

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