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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for May 22

Last Updated 07-08-2023

🎵🎷Elaine Leighton -- is 97 in the year 2023 and 98 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1926
Jazz Drummer

🏆🎳Glenn Allison -- is 93 in the year 2023 and 94 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1930
Hall of Famer, Bowler
Names/Places: aka Mr. 900
Misc: won four titles and 10 other top 10 finishes.

🏆🏒John Edward Mayasich -- is 90 in the year 2023 and 91 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1933 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Hockey Player, Olympic Athlete

✍📰Garry Wills -- is 89 in the year 2023 and 90 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1934
Author (m), Journalist, Historian (m)
Book Titles: Nixon Agonistes (1970), Inventing America: Jefferson's Declaration of Independence (1978), Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America (1993)

🎵Peter Nero -- is 89 in the year 2023 and 90 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1934
Pianist, Conductor
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Bernie Nierow
Misc: Pop-Jazz-Classical piano

🎵Al Brown -- is 89 in the year 2023 and 90 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1934
Bandleader

🎭Frank Converse -- is 85 in the year 2023 and 86 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1938
Actor
Names/Places: b. in St. Louis, Mo.
TV Shows: NYPD (as Det. Johnny Corso), Movin' On (as Will)

⛪🎭Richard Benjamin -- is 85 in the year 2023 and 86 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1938
Jewish, TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director (m)
Names/Places: b. in New York City; Paula Prentiss's hubby
TV Shows: He & She, Quark (as Adam Quark, the captain of an intergalactic garbage scow)
Movie Titles: Westworld, Catch-22, Marci X, Deconstructing Harry

🎵🎸Ian Underwood -- is 84 in the year 2023 and 85 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1939
Rock and Roll Keyboardist
Misc: Woodwind player
Group Names: Mothers of Invention

🎭Barbara Parkins -- is 81 in the year 2023 and 82 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1942
TV/Movie Actress, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Vancouver, B.C.
Misc: retired from acting in 1998
TV Shows: Peyton Place (as Betty Anderson Harrington Cord), Captains & the Kings, Valley of the Dolls

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🏆⚾Tommy John -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1943
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Misc: 4x All-Star
Sports Teams: Cleveland Indians (1963-1964), Chicago White Sox (1965-1971), Los Angeles Dodgers (1972-1974, 1976-1978), New York Yankees (1979-1982), California Angels (1982-1985), Oakland Athletics (1985), New York Yankees (1986-1989)

Betty Williams -- is 80 in the year 2023 and 81 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1943
Political Activist, Irish
Misc: of North Ireland

John Flanagan -- is 79 in the year 2023 and 80 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1944
Author (m), Australian
Misc: fantasy author
Book Titles: Ranger's Apprentice, Brotherband

🎨🎭Victoria Wyndham -- is 78 in the year 2023 and 79 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1945
Sculptor (m), Soap Actress
TV Shows: Guiding Light (as Charlotte Waring Bauer), Another World (as Rachel Davis Matthews Clark Frame Cory Cory Cory Hutchins / Justine)

🎵Doug Gray -- is 75 in the year 2023 and 76 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1948
Country Singer
Group Names: Marshall Tucker Band

🎭Thomas Schlamme -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1950
Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: Christine Lahti's hubby
TV Shows: Sports Night, The West Wing, Jack and Bobby, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Manhattan

🎵Bernie Taupin -- is 73 in the year 2023 and 74 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1950
Lyricist, Songwriter, English
Misc: usually team wrtier with Elton John

🏆🏒Rich Preston -- is 71 in the year 2023 and 72 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1952
NHL Coach, NHL Player, Canadian

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🎵🎸Dennis Bovell -- is 70 in the year 2023 and 71 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1953
Music Producer, Reggae Musician, West Indies

🎵🎸Jerry Dammers -- is 69 in the year 2023 and 70 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1954
Songwriter, Pianist, New Wave Keyboardist, India
Group Names: The Special A.K.A.

🎭🎵Al Corley -- is 68 in the year 2023 and 69 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1955
TV Actor, Producer (m), Songwriter, Singer
Song Titles: Square Rooms
Album Titles: Square Rooms
TV Shows: Dynasty (as Steven Carrington 1981-82)
Movie Titles: You Kill Me, Kill the Irishman, Don Juan DeMarco

🎵🎸Iva Davies -- is 68 in the year 2023 and 69 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1955
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist, Australian
Group Names: Icehouse (lead)

🎭Douglas Heyes Jr. -- is 67 in the year 2023 and 68 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1956
Actor
Names/Places: son of a TV director
TV Shows: Captains & the Kings, Aspen

Lisa Murkowski -- is 66 in the year 2023 and 67 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1957
Senator (m)
Names/Places: Alaskan

🎭Christian Sebaldt -- is 65 in the year 2023 and 66 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1958
Director (m), Cinematographer (m), German
TV Shows: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Movie Titles: Resident Evil: Apocalypse, Feardotcom, Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation

🏆🏀David Blatt -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959 N.S.
NBA Coach, College Basketball Player, Basketball Coach, Olympic Athlete

🎭Ed Fry -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Actor
Movie Titles: Rude Awakening, Living Out Loud

🎭🎵Lisa Dalbello -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Songwriter, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist, Canadian
Misc: composed for Heart, Queensryche, and the English lyrics for Nena
TV Shows: Sailor Moon (as Queen Nehllenia)

🎵🎸Morrissey -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Lyricist, Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer, British, Gay
Names/Places: FN:Stephen Patrick
Group Names: The Smiths, soloist

Andy Andrews -- is 64 in the year 2023 and 65 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1959
Author (m)
Book Titles: The Traveler's Gift

🏆🏈Dave Rimmington -- is 63 in the year 2023 and 64 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1960 N.S.
Hall of Famer, NFL Center
Misc: in the College Football Hall of Fame
Sports Teams: University of Nebraska, Cincinnati Bengals (1983-1987), Philadelphia Eagles (1988-1989)

🎭Jeremy Gelbwaks -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
TV Actor
Misc: retired from acting after performing in just one season of the Patridge Family
TV Shows: The Partridge Family (as Chris Partridge in season 1)

🎭Ann Cusack -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
Actress
TV Shows: Jeff Foxworthy Show (as Karen Foxworthy)
Movie Titles: Nightcrawler, A League of Their Own, Accepted, Stigmata

🎵Dana Williams -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
Bassist, Country Singer
Group Names: Diamond Rio

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🎵Caroline Buckley -- is 62 in the year 2023 and 63 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1961
Music Figure

🎭I. Marlene King -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1962 N.S.
Producer (m), German

🏆🏌Andrew Mayer -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1962
Golfer, French

🎵🎸Jesse Valenzuela -- is 61 in the year 2023 and 62 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1962
Musician, Alternative Rock Singer
Group Names: Gin Blossoms, The Low Watts

🎭Mark Christopher Lawrence -- is 59 in the year 2023 and 60 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1964
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Chuck (as Big Mike)
Movie Titles: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Pursuit of Happyness, Garfield (2004)

Jay Carney -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1965
Government Official (m)
Misc: former White House Press Secretary

🎵🎸Matthew Gerrard -- is 58 in the year 2023 and 59 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1965
Rock and Roll Bassist, Canadian
Group Names: Von Groove

🏆🏀Donald Royal -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
NBA Player

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🏆⚾José Mesa -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
MLB Pitcher, Dominican Republican

🎭🎵Johnny Gill -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
Actor, Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: New Edition, soloist

🎵🎸Kenny Hickey -- is 57 in the year 2023 and 58 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1966
Heavy Metal Guitairst
Group Names: Type O Negative

🎭Dave Payne -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Entertainment Figure

🎭Brooke Smith -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Actress
Movie Titles: The Silence of the Lambs, Intersteller, In Her Shoes

🎭David Holcomb -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Actor
Movie Titles: Spider-Man (2002), Bulldog

🎵🎸Dan Roberts -- is 56 in the year 2023 and 57 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1967
Modern Rock Bassist, Canadian
Group Names: Crash Test Dummies

🏆🏀Randy Brown -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1968
NBA Coach, NBA Guard

🏆⚾Alan Levine -- is 55 in the year 2023 and 56 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1968
MLB Pitcher

🎭Michael Kelly -- is 54 in the year 2023 and 55 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1969
Actor
TV Shows: House of Cards
Movie Titles: Changeling, The Adjustment Bureau, Now You See Me, Chronicle

🎵🎸Jared Tuten -- is 54 in the year 2023 and 55 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1969
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Pariah

🏆🏈Marcus Dowdell -- is 53 in the year 2023 and 54 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1970
NFL Player

🎭🎵🏆Naomi Campbell -- is 53 in the year 2023 and 54 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1970
Actress, Producer (m), Dancer (m), Pop Singer, Model, English
Names/Places: b. in London
TV Shows: The Face (producer), Empire

🏆🏈Corey Croom -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1971
NFL Runningback

🎵🎸David Walsh -- is 52 in the year 2023 and 53 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1971
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Disturbance

🎭Anna Belknap -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
Actress
TV Shows: Medical Investigation (as Eva Rossi), CSI NY (as Detective Lindsay Monroe)
Movie Titles: Alchemy

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🎨🎭🏆Alison Eastwood -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
Fashion Designer (m), Actress, Producer/Director (m), Model
Names/Places: Maggie & Clint's daughter
Movie Titles: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Tightrope, Absolute Power, Poolhall Junkies

🏆🏈Mike Hollis -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
NFL Player

🏆🏈Rich Owens -- is 51 in the year 2023 and 52 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1972
NFL Player

🏆⚾Julián Tavárez -- is 50 in the year 2023 and 51 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1973
MLB Pitcher, Dominican Republican

🎵Donell Jones -- is 50 in the year 2023 and 51 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1973
Music Producer, Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎭A. J. Langer -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974
Actress
Misc: some say b. 1973
TV Shows: Drexell's Class (as Melissa), Baywatch (as Caroline), My So Called Life (as Rayanne Graff), Brooklyn South, Private Practice, Three Sisters, It's Like You Know (as Lauren Woods)
Movie Titles: The People Under the Stairs, Escape from L.A., Meet the Deedles

🎭Sean Gunn -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Gilmore Girls (as Kirk Gleason)
Movie Titles: Super, Guardians of the Galaxy, Pearl Harbor

🏆🏒Andrei Nazarov -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974
NHL Coach, NHL Player, Soviet

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🏆⚾John Bale -- is 49 in the year 2023 and 50 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1974
MLB Pitcher

🏆Katie Price -- is 45 in the year 2023 and 46 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1978 N.S.
Model, English

🎭Ginnifer Goodwin -- is 45 in the year 2023 and 46 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1978
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Ed, Big Love, Electric City, Once Upon a Time (as Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White)
Movie Titles: Ramona and Beezus, Walk the Line, Zootopia, Something Borrowed, He's Just Not That Into You, Zootopia

🎭🏆Maggie Q -- is 44 in the year 2023 and 45 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1979 N.S.
Actress, Producer (m), Model
Names/Places: RN: Denise Quigley
TV Shows: Nikita (as Nikita), Designated Survivor (as Hannah Wells)
Movie Titles: Insurgent, Live Free or Die Hard, Divergent, Mission Impossible III

🎵Vivian Green -- is 44 in the year 2023 and 45 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1979 N.S.
Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎭Nazanin Boniadi -- is 43 in the year 2023 and 44 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1980 N.S.
Actress, Iranian
TV Shows: Homeland (as Fara Sherazi)
Movie Titles: Charlie Wilson's War, Iron Man, The Next Three Days

🏆🥊Daniel Bryan -- is 42 in the year 2023 and 43 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1981 N.S.
Wrestler

🏆🏁⛸Apolo Anton Ohno -- is 41 in the year 2023 and 42 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1982
Speed Skater, Olympic Athlete, Skater
Misc: Olympic gold medal speed skater

💻Dustin Moskovitz -- is 39 in the year 2023 and 40 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1984 N.S.
Internet Company Entrepreneur
Misc: Facebook co-founder

🏆⚽Carlos (Soccer) Valdés -- is 38 in the year 2023 and 39 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1985 N.S.
Soccer Player, Colombian

🎭Molly Ephraim -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1986 N.S.
Actress
TV Shows: Last Man Standing (as Mandy Baxter)
Movie Titles: Paranormal Activity (series), College Road Trip

🏆🏈Julian Edelman -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1986 N.S.
NFL Wide Receiver
Misc: Super Bowl LIII MVP (2019)

🎵Austin (Country) Brown -- is 37 in the year 2023 and 38 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1986 N.S.
Country Singer
Group Names: Home Free
Album Titles: Crazy Life

🏆🎾Novak Djokovic -- is 36 in the year 2023 and 37 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1987 N.S.
Tennis Player, Serbian

🏆⚽Arturo Vidal -- is 36 in the year 2023 and 37 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1987 N.S.
Soccer Player, Chilean
Names/Places: NN: Il Guerriero (The Warrior)

🏆🥊Santana Garrett -- is 35 in the year 2023 and 36 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1988 N.S.
Wrestler

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🏆⚾Corey Dickerson -- is 34 in the year 2023 and 35 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1989 N.S.
MLB Outfielder, American
Misc: Gold Glove 2018, All-Star

🏆Brittny Ward -- is 33 in the year 2023 and 34 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1990
Model, Playmate
Misc: January 2015

🎵Adrian Marcel -- is 33 in the year 2023 and 34 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1990 N.S.
Songwriter, Rhythm and Blues Singer

🏆Olivia Paige -- is 32 in the year 2023 and 33 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1991
Playmate
Misc: September 2010

🎭Anna Katerina Baryshnikov -- is 31 in the year 2023 and 32 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1992 N.S.
Actress
Names/Places: Lisa Rine Hart & Mikhail's girl
TV Shows: Superior Donuts

🎭Camren Bicondova -- is 24 in the year 2023 and 25 in the year 2024; b.5/22/1999 N.S.
Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress
TV Shows: Gotham (as Selina Kyle, also in Gotham Stories)

Cannon Edward King -- is 23 in the year 2023 and 24 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2000
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Shawn Southwick and Larry's son

Roan Joseph Bronstein -- is 23 in the year 2023 and 24 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2000
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Sharon Stone and Phil Bronstein's adoptive son

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Zahra Savannah Rock -- is 19 in the year 2023 and 20 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2004
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Malaak and Chris's daughter

🎭Peyton Elizabeth Lee -- is 19 in the year 2023 and 20 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2004 N.S.
Actress

Zolten Penn Jillette -- is 17 in the year 2023 and 18 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2006
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Emily and Penn's son

McLaurin Clement Williams -- is 4 in the year 2023 and 5 in the year 2024; b.5/22/2019 N.S.
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Olivia June and Zak's son; Robin Williams' grandson

🎖Louis De Frontenac -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1622 d.11/28/1698 (76)
Soldier, Courtier, French

William Sturgeon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1783 d.12/4/1850 (67)
Inventor (m), Physicist (m), English
Misc: electromagnet developer

Gerard dé Nerval -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1808 d.1/26/1855 (46)
Poet (m), French
Misc: Symbolist & surrealist

🎵Richard Wagner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1813 d.2/13/1883 (69)
Composer, German
Names/Places: b. in Leipzig; RN:Wilhelm
Misc: composer of operas

🎨Mary Cassatt -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1844 d.6/14/1926 (82)
Painter (m)

✍⚛Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1859 N.S. d.7/7/1930 N.S. (71)
Novelist, Physicist (m), Scottish
Misc: Spiritualist; Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson creator
Book Titles: Sherlock Holmes (series)

🏆🥊Gama Pahalwan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1878 N.S. d.5/23/1960 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, India
Names/Places: aka The "Great Gama" and Ghulam Muhammad

🎭Alla Nazimova -- Birth Anniversary -- b.6/3/1879 N.S. or 5/22/1879 Ju-1 d.7/13/1945 N.S. (66)
Movie/Stage Actress, Russian

🏆🏒Tommy Phillips -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1883 d.11/30/1923 (40)
Hall of Famer, NHL Left Wing, NHL Right Wing, Canadian
Misc: played 1901-1912
Sports Teams: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), Edmonton Professionals, Ottawa Hockey Club (ECAHA), Kenora Thistles (MHL)

🎵🎷Edwin Branford "Eddie" Edwards -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1891 N.S. d.4/9/1963 N.S. (71)
Jazz Trombonist
Group Names: Original Dixieland Jazz Band

🎵Ralph Sylvester Peer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1892 N.S. d.1/19/1960 N.S. (67)
Hall of Famer, Music Executive, Music Producer
Misc: famous country music publisher and talent Scout

🏆⚾Al Simmons -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1902 d.5/26/1956 (54)
Hall of Famer, MLB Left Fielder
Names/Places: NN:Bucketfoot Al
Misc: AL had lifetime .334 batting avg
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1924-1932), Chicago White Sox (1933-1935), Detroit Tigers (1936), Washington Senators (1937-1938), Boston Braves (1939), Cincinnati Reds (1939), Philadelphia Athletics (1940-1941), Boston Red Sox (1943), Philadelphia Athletics (1944)

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🎭Sir Lawrence Kerr Olivier -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 d.7/11/1989 (82)
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Producer/Director (m), English
Names/Places: was married to Vivien Leigh and Joan Plowright; AKA Lord Olivier
Misc: the greatest stage actor; director of the National Theater Company in England; Hamlet, Henry V; considered by many the finest English-speaking actor of his generation

🎨Georges "Herge" Remi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 N.S. d.3/3/1983 N.S. (75)
Cartoonist, Belgiumese
Misc: an underrated Belgian cartoonist; Tin Tin creator

🎭🎵Harry Ritz -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 d.3/29/1986 (78)
Actor, Comedian, Dancer (m), Singer
Misc: of The Ritz Brothers

🏆⚽Arnold Oliver -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1907 d.10/16/1993 (86)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player

🏆🏌Horton Smith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1908 d.10/15/1963 (55)
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Misc: PGA President

🎭Johnny Olsen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1910 d.10/12/1985 (75)
Announcer (m)
TV Shows: Doorway to Fame, Hold That Note, Keep it in the Family, Play Your Hunch, Jackie Gleason Show, What's My Line?, I've Got a Secret, The Price is Right (Come on down!)

🎭Carlyle Blackwell Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1913 d.9/20/1974 (61)
Actor

✍📰Vance Packard -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1914 d.12/12/1996 (82)
Author (m), Journalist
Book Titles: Animal I.Q., The Hidden Persuaders

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🎵🎷Sun Ra -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1914 d.5/30/1993 (79)
Composer, Keyboardist, Bandleader, Jazz Pianist
Names/Places: RN:Herman "Sonny" Blount
Misc: incorporated jazz, blues, gospel, & electronic sounds into his music

🎨George Baker -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1915 d.5/8/1975 (59)
Animator (m), Comic Strip Cartoonist
Misc: The Sad Sack

✍🎭Douglas Heyes Sr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1919 d.2/8/1993 (73)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), Director (m)
Names/Places: RN:Matthew Howard

Thomas Gold -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1920 d.6/22/2004 (84)
Astronomer (m)
Misc: established the steady-state theory of the universe.

🎭Quinn Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1922 d.9/5/1987 (65)
Hall of Famer, TV Producer (m)
TV Shows: The Fugitive, Barnaby Jones, Streets of San Francisco, Cannon

Judith Crist -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1922 d.8/7/2012 (90)
Author (m), Critic (m)
Names/Places: RN:Judith Klein
Misc: She appeared regularly on the Today show from 1964 to 1973, and was among the first full-time female critics for a major American newspaper, in her case the New York Herald Tribune. She was the founding film critic at New York magazine and become known to most Americans as a critic at TV Guide
Book Titles: The Private Eye, The Cowboy and the Very Naked Girl, Take 22: Moviemakers on Moviemaking

🎭🎵Charles Aznavour -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1924 N.S. d.10/1/2018 N.S. (94)
Movie Actor, Songwriter, Singer, French
Names/Places: b. in Paris; RN:Shahnour Varenaugh Aznavourian

🎵Eric Delaney -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1924 d.6/14/2011 (87)
Percussionist, Bandleader, English

🎵Elek Bacsik -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1926 d.2/14/1993 (66)
Guitarist, Violinist, Hungarian

🎭Michael Constantine -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1927 N.S. d.8/31/2021 N.S. (94)
TV Actor
Names/Places: b. in Reading, PA
TV Shows: Room 222 (as Seymour Kaufman the principal), 79 Park Avenue
Movie Titles: The Hustler, My Big Fat Greek Wedding (series)

🏆🥊Don Curtis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1927 d.3/6/2008 (80)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: RN:Don Beitelman

✍⚛Peter Matthiessen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1927 d.4/5/2014 (86)
Writer (m), Novelist, Naturalist
Misc: specializing in the wilderness

💰T. Boone Pickens -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1928 N.S. d.9/11/2019 N.S. (91)
Businessperson, Executive
Misc: founded Mesa Petroleum Company; Oil magnate; Daniel Boone's descendant

🎵🎷Jackie Cain -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1928 d.9/15/2014 (86)
Jazz Singer

🎨Marisol -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1930 N.S. d.4/30/2016 N.S. (85)
Sculptor (m), French, Venezuelan
Names/Places: LN:Escobar

Harvey Milk -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1930 d.11/27/1978 (48)
Politician (m), Gay
Misc: Activist, Political Office Holder of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Jan-Nov 1978. Murdered by Supervisor Dan White

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🎵🎷Kenny Ball -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1931 N.S. d.3/7/2013 N.S. (81)
Singer, Bandleader, Jazz Trumpeter, British
Names/Places: RFN:Kenneth Daniel

🎨✍Arnold Lobel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1933 d.12/4/1987 (54)
Illustrator (m), Children's Author (m)

🎭Merry Anders -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1934 d.10/28/2012 (78)
TV/Movie Actress
TV Shows: Stu Erwin Show

🎵🎷Giuseppi Logan -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1935 N.S. d.4/17/2020 N.S. (84)
Reeds, Jazz Performer

🎵🎸Dallas Taylor -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1936 d.1/18/2015 (78)
Rock and Roll Drummer
Group Names: "Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young"

✍🎭Susan Strasberg -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1938 d.1/21/1999 (60)
Author (m), TV/Movie/Stage Actress
Names/Places: b. in New York City; Lee's daughter
TV Shows: Toma (as Patty Toma)

🏆Laura Young -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1938 d.11/27/1999 (61)
Model, Playmate
Misc: October 1962

🎭Paul Winfield -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1939 d.3/7/2004 (64)
Actor
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles
Misc: some say b. 1940 or b. 1941
TV Shows: Julia (as Paul Cameron), Roots, The Blue & the Gray, 227 (as Julian C. Barlow), Family Matters

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🏆🏀Sue Gunter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1939 N.S. d.8/4/2005 N.S. (66)
Hall of Famer, College Basketball Coach
Sports Teams: Middle Tennessee State University (1962-1964), Stephen F. Austin State University (1964-1980), Louisiana State University (1982-2004)

🏆🏀Larry Siegfried -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1939 d.10/5/2010 (71)
NBA Player
Sports Teams: Boston Celtics

🎭Michael Sarrazin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1940 d.4/17/2011 (70)
Movie Actor, Canadian
Names/Places: b. in Quebec; RN:Jacques Michel Andre Sarazin

🏆🏈Mick Tingelhoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1940 N.S. d.9/11/2021 N.S. (81)
Hall of Famer, NFL Player
Misc: All-Pro team: [1964, 65, 66, 67, 68, 68], 6x Pro Bowl, 5x AP First Team; Vikings #53 retired
Sports Teams: Minnesota Vikings (1962-1978)

📰Bernard Shaw -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1940 N.S. d.9/7/2022 N.S. (82)
Newscaster, Correspondent
TV Shows: CBS, ABC, CNN

🎵Jackie Landry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1941 d.12/23/1997 (56)
Pop Singer
Group Names: Chantels

🎵🎸Bruce Rowland -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1941 d.6/29/2015 N.S. (74)
Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Misc: on many bands such as Joe Cocker, Fairport Convention, Bryan Ferry, and others
Group Names: The Grease Band, Fairport Convention, sessionist

🏆🏀Roger William Brown -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1942 d.3/4/1997 (54)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Figure
Misc: played in the ABA, 3x ABA champ; Pacers #35 retired
Sports Teams: NN:The Rajah; Indiana Pacers (1967-1974, 1975), Memphis Sounds (1974), Utah Stars (1974-1975)

🎵Calvin Simon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1942 N.S. d.1/6/2022 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Gospel Singer, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: Parliament, Funkadelic

Theodore Kaczynski -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1942 N.S. d.6/10/2023 N.S. (81)
Outlaw
Misc: Unabomber

🏆⚽George Best -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1946 d.11/25/2005 (59)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Northern Ireland

🏆⚽Howard Kendall -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1946 d.10/17/2015 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Soccer Manager, English
Misc: midfielder and manager

⚛🎵Bobby Bloom -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1946 d.2/28/1974 (27)
Engineer (m), Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer
Song Titles: Montego Bay

🎭Beau Kayser -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1951 d.12/30/2014 (63)
Actor, Canadian
Names/Places: aka:Beau Kazer

🎨🎵🎷🎸John Grimaldi -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1955 d.11/15/1983 N.S. (28)
Artist, Songwriter, Jazz Musician, Rock and Roll Guitarist, English
Group Names: Argent

🏆⚾Vaughn Eshelman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1969 N.S. d.7/24/2018 N.S. (49)
MLB Pitcher

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🎭Brody Stevens -- Birth Anniversary -- b.5/22/1970 N.S. d.2/22/2019 N.S. (48)
Actor, Comedian
Names/Places: RN: Steven Brody
TV Shows: Brody Stevens: Enjoy It!

👑Constantine The Great -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/272 d.5/22/337 (65)
King
Misc: Byzantine; the first great Roman emperor; birth year between 272 and 274 B.C.

✍📰⚖Francesco Guicciardini -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/6/1483 d.5/22/1540
Writer (m), Historian (m), Politician (m), Italian

Pope Alexander VII -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/13/1599 N.S. d.5/22/1667 N.S. (68)
Pope, Italian
Misc: [Fabio Chigi], Siena Italy, pope (1655-67).

Martha Dandridge Custis Washington -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/2/1731 O.S. or 6/13/1731 N.S. d.5/22/1802 (70)
First Lady (f)
Names/Places: George's wife
Misc: the first First Lady

⚛⚖Hugh Williamson -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/5/1735 d.5/22/1819 (83)
Scientist (m), Politician (m)
Misc: legislator

Maria Edgeworth -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/1/1768 N.S. d.5/22/1849 N.S. (81)
Novelist, English

🎨Edward Baily -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/18/1788 N.S. d.5/22/1867 N.S. (79)
Sculptor (m), British

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Julius Plucker -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/16/1801 N.S. d.5/22/1868 N.S. (66)
Astronomer (m), Mathematician (m), Physicist (m), German

Alessandro Manzoni -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/7/1785 N.S. d.5/22/1873 N.S. (88)
Novelist, Poet (m), Italian

Victor Marie Hugo -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/26/1802 d.5/22/1885 (83)
Novelist, Dramatist/Playwright (m), Poet (m), French
Names/Places: b. in Besancon
Book Titles: Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables

🏆🏁🏊Charles Claude Cavill -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/19/1870 N.S. d.5/22/1897 N.S. (26)
Hall of Famer, Swimmer, Australian

Edward Bellamy -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/26/1850 N.S. d.5/22/1898 N.S. (48)
Author (m), Social Reformer

Jules Renard -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/22/1864 d.5/22/1910 (46)
Author (m), Educator (m), French
Misc: d. Feb 22?

Elizabeth Miller -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/20/1822 d.5/22/1911 (88)
Social Reformer

🏆🏌Willie Park Jr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/4/1864 d.5/22/1925 (61)
Hall of Famer, Golfer, Scottish

Lady Isabella Augusta Persse Gregory -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/15/1852 d.5/22/1932 (80)
Writer (m), Dramatist/Playwright (m), Irish, Scottish
Misc: founder Irish National Theater

David Wesson -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/14/1861 d.5/22/1934 (73)
Chemist (m)
Misc: created Wesson Oil, Florence Henderson wouldn't have Wessonality without him!

🎨William Glackens -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/13/1870 d.5/22/1938 (68)
Artist

Helen Herron Taft -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/2/1861 d.5/22/1943 (81)
First Lady (f)
Names/Places: William's wife

James V. Forrestal -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/15/1892 d.5/22/1949 (57)
Politician (m)
Names/Places: MN: Vincent
Misc: the first Secretary of Defense

🎵Hans Pfitzner -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1869 d.5/22/1949 (80)
Composer, German, Russian

🏆⚾Charles "Chief" Bender -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1884 N.S. d.5/22/1954 N.S. (70)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: RFN:Charles Albert
Misc: 3x World Series champ, AL pennant winner; the only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame.
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1903-1914), Baltimore Terrapins (1915), Philadelphia Phillies (1916-1917), Chicago White Sox (1925)

✍📰🎵Langston Hughes -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/1/1902 d.5/22/1967 (65)
Poet (m), Playwright (m), Journalist, Lyricist
Names/Places: FN:James
Misc: poet laureate

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Joseph Wood Krutch -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/25/1893 d.5/22/1970 (76)
Author (m), Essayist, Stage Critic (m)

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

Cecil Day-Lewis -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/27/1904 d.5/22/1972 (68)
Poet (m), Irish
Misc: poet-laureate

🏆⚾Robert "Lefty" Grove -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/6/1900 d.5/22/1975 (75)
Hall of Famer, MLB Pitcher
Names/Places: RN:Robert Moses
Misc: AL MVP 1931; Won 300 AL games; 20-game winner 8X's; 6x All-Star, 2x World Series champ, 2x Triple Crown, 4x AL wins leader, 9x AL ERA leader, 7x AL strikeout leader
Sports Teams: Philadelphia Athletics (1925-1933), Boston Red Sox (1934-1941)

🏆🥊Oscar Bonavena -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1942 d.5/22/1976 (33)
Boxer

🎵Hampton Hawes -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/13/1928 d.5/22/1977 (48)
Composer, Pianist

Albert Claude -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/24/1899 d.5/22/1983 (83)
Scientist (m), Microbiologist (m), Belgiumese, Canadian
Misc: founder of modern cell biology; isolated a cancer virus, Nobel 1974

🎭John Marley -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/17/1917 N.S. d.5/22/1984 N.S. (66)
Movie Actor
Movie Titles: Cat Ballou

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🏆🥊George Zaharis -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/1908 N.S. d.5/22/1984 N.S. (76)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler
Names/Places: RN: Theodore Vetoyanis

🎭Martin Gabel -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/19/1912 d.5/22/1986 (73)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Producer/Director (m), Panelist
Names/Places: Arlene Francis' onetime husband
TV Shows: What's My Line?

🎖🏆🏌⚽🏒James Gentle -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/21/1904 d.5/22/1986 (81)
Hall of Famer, Soldier, Golfer, Soccer Player, Hockey Figure
Misc: in the National Soccer Hall of Fame

🎭🏆🥊Rocky Graziano -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/1/1919 d.5/22/1990 (71)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Panelist, Boxer
Names/Places: NN:Da Rock; RN:Thomas Rocco Barbella
Misc: World middleweight champ 1940s; some sources give Dec 31, 1921, Jan 1, 1922, and June 7, 1922
TV Shows: Pantotime Quiz (panelist)

🎭Lino Brocka -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/3/1939 N.S. d.5/22/1991 N.S. (52)
Director (m), Filipino (Phillipean)

🏆⚽Stanley Harding "Stan" Mortensen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/26/1921 N.S. d.5/22/1991 N.S. (69)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, English

🎭Dan Enright -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/30/1917 d.5/22/1992 (74)
Producer (m)
Misc: Game Show producer

🎵Mieczyslaw Horszowski -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/23/1892 d.5/22/1993 (100)
Pianist, Polish
Names/Places: PRON:Mee-Cheh-Slav Hor-Shov-Ski

🎭Jane Dulo -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/13/1918 d.5/22/1994 (75)
Actress
TV Shows: McHale's Navy (as Nurse Molly Turner), Get Smart (as 99's mom), Medical Center, Sha Na Na, Gimme a Break (as Grandma Mildred Kanisky)

🎭Donald Curtis -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/27/1915 d.5/22/1997 (82)
Actor

Alfred D. Hershey -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/4/1908 d.5/22/1997 (88)
Scientist (m), Biologist (m)
Misc: who, along with Max Delbruck and Salvador Luria, won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1969. The prize was given for research done on bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria).

Clinton E. Riggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/15/1910 d.5/22/1997 (86)
Inventor (m)
Misc: The Yield Sign

🎭John Derek -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/12/1926 d.5/22/1998 (71)
Movie Actor, Movie Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: b. in Hollywood, CA; Dolores Johnson & Lawson Harris' son; Married to Patti Behrs, Ursula Andress, then Linda Evans, now Bo Derek; RN:Derek Harris
Movie Titles: The Ten Commandments

🎭Robert W. Morgan -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/23/1937 d.5/22/1998 (60)
Hall of Famer, Radio Broadcaster (m)

🎵Royce Kendall -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/25/1935 N.S. d.5/22/1998 N.S. (62)
Country Singer
Group Names: The Kendalls

🎭Connie Marshall -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/28/1938 d.5/22/2001 (63)
Actress

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🎭Jack Watling -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/13/1923 d.5/22/2001 (78)
Actor, English

🎭Whitman Mayo -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/15/1930 d.5/22/2001 (70)
TV Actor
TV Shows: Sanford & Son (as Grady), Grady (star), Sanford Arms (as Grady Wilson), Hell Town (as One Ball)

🏆Leamon King -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/13/1936 d.5/22/2001 (65)
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Misc: 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1956)

🏆Mikhail Woronin -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/26/1945 N.S. d.5/22/2004 N.S. (59)
Gymnast, Olympic Athlete, Russian
Misc: Olympic-2 gold/4 silver/bronze-1968

🎭Richard Biggs -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/18/1960 d.5/22/2004 (44)
Actor
TV Shows: Babylon 5 (as Dr. Steven Franklin)

🎭Thurl Ravenscroft -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/6/1914 N.S. d.5/22/2005 N.S. (91)
Actor, Commercial Actor
Misc: Tony The Tiger voicist since 1952, singer of songs on How the Grinch Stole Christmas and scary voice for cartoons
Song Titles: Grim Grinning Ghosts, You're a Mean One Mr. Grinch

Martin Gardner -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/21/1914 d.5/22/2010 (95)
Mathematician (m)
Misc: a popular mathematics and science writer specializing in recreational mathematics.

🎭Janet Carroll -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/24/1940 d.5/22/2012 (71)
Actress
TV Shows: Bonnie Hunt Show (as Diane Fulton)
Movie Titles: Risky Business

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✍🎭Matthew Cowles -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/28/1944 d.5/22/2014 (69)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), Actor
TV Shows: Loving, All My Children, Bold & the Beautiful

🏆🏈Kevin Hunt -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1948 N.S. d.5/22/2015 N.S. (66)
NFL Player

🏆🏀Marques Haynes -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/4/1926 d.5/22/2015 (88)
Hall of Famer, NBA Guard
Misc: "The World's Greatest Dribbler," Hall of Fame Harlem Globetrotters' ace.
Sports Teams: Harlem Globetrotters

💰🎭Dina Merrill -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/29/1923 d.5/22/2017 N.S. (93)
Philanthropist, TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Producer (m)
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Nedenia Hutton; Cliff Robertson's wife
TV Shows: Batman (as Calamity Jan)
Movie Titles: The Player, Operation Petticoat, Caddyshack II, Butterfield 8

🏆🏁🏍Nicky Hayden -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/30/1981 N.S. d.5/22/2017 N.S. (35)
Motorcyclist
Names/Places: NN: The Kentucky Kid

🎵🎷Mickey Roker -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/3/1932 d.5/22/2017 N.S. (84)
Jazz Drummer

🎭Elizabeth Sung -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1954 N.S. d.5/22/2018 N.S. (63)
Actress, Movie Director (m), Hong Kong

Philip Roth -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/19/1933 N.S. d.5/22/2018 N.S. (85)
Novelist
Names/Places: b. in Newark, N.J.
Book Titles: Goodbye Columbus, Portnoy's Complaint

🏆🏀Jerry Sloan -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/28/1942 N.S. d.5/22/2020 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, NBA Player
Names/Places: RN: Gerald Eugene Sloan
Sports Teams: Baltimore Bullets (player 1965-1966), Chicago Bulls (player 1966-1976, coach 1978-1982), Utah Jazz (coach 1985-2011)

🏆🎾Ashley J. Cooper -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/15/1936 N.S. d.5/22/2020 N.S. (83)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Australian
Misc: US Open 1957

🏆🏁🚲Robert Marchand -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/26/1911 N.S. d.5/22/2021 N.S. (109)
Bicyclist, French
Misc: he was the holder of the world record for cycling 100 km and for the distance cycled in one hour, in both the 100-105 and over-105 years old age categories.

🏆⚾Thomas Joseph "Joe" Beckwith -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/28/1955 N.S. d.5/22/2021 N.S. (66)
MLB Pitcher

🎭Lee Lawson -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1941 N.S. d.5/22/2022 N.S. (80)
Actress
Misc: retired from acting in 1991
TV Shows: Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Love of Life

🎵🎸Kirk Arrington -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/23/1962 N.S. d.5/22/2023 N.S. (61)
Heavy Metal Performer
Group Names: Metal Church

🎭🏆⚾🏈🏁🏃Jim Thorpe -- Birth Anniversary Conflict -- b.5/28/1887 N.S. or 5/22/1887 N.S. d.3/28/1953 N.S. (65)
Hall of Famer, Movie Actor, MLB Player, NFL Coach, NFL Player, College Football Coach, Runner, Olympic Athlete
Names/Places: b. in Prague, OK; a twin; FN:James Francis
Misc: football All-America 1911, 1912; won pentathlon & decathlon, '12 Olympics; was the first NFL president; the greatest American athlete of the half-century; in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Canton Bulldogs (player 1915-1917, 1919-1920, 1926; coach 1915-1920), Cleveland Indians (player and coach 1921), Oorang Indians (player 1922-1923), Rock Island Independents (player 1924, 1925), New York Giants (player 1925), Tampa Cardinals (player 1926), Chicago Cardinals (player 1928), Indiana University Bloomington (coach 1915), Oorang Indians (coach 1922-1923), Tampa Cardinals (coach 1926)

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