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Super Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Age for December 9

Last Updated 04-13-2024

🏆🏀Clifford O. "Cliff" Hagan -- is 93 in the year 2024 and 94 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1931
Hall of Famer, NBA Coach, NBA Forward
Names/Places: NN:Lil Abner
Misc: remarkably tough 6' 5 forward, played college ball at Kentucky, star for the St. Louis Hawks, helped them win 1958 NBA title. Remarkable athlete, was player /coach for years, later played in the ABA in the late 1960s as well.
Sports Teams: St. Louis Hawks (1956-1966), Dallas Caparrals (ABA player 1967-1969, coach 1967-1970)

🎵Billy Edd Wheeler -- is 92 in the year 2024 and 93 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1932
Songwriter, Guitarist, Country Singer, Folk Singer
Song Titles: Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back
Album Titles: Memories of America

🎭🎵Dame Judi Dench -- is 90 in the year 2024 and 91 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1934
Movie Actress, Singer, English
Names/Places: aka Judith
Movie Titles: A Room With a View, Henry V, GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, Shakespeare in Love, The World is Not Enough, The Shipping News, Iris, The Importance of Being Ernest, Mrs. Henderson Presents, Notes on a Scandal

🎵Sammy Strain -- is 85 in the year 2024 and 86 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1939 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Musician, Soul Singer
Group Names: Little Anthony & the Imperials, The O'Jays

🎭Beau Bridges -- is 83 in the year 2024 and 84 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1941
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Los Angeles; RN:Lloyd Vernet Bridges III; Jeff's brother, Lloyd's son
Misc: some say b. Dec 19
TV Shows: The Millers, Stargate SG-1, United States, Harts of the West (as Dave Hart)
Movie Titles: Max Payne, The Descendants, The Fabulous Baker Boys

🎵Kenny Vance -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1943
Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer
Group Names: Jay & the Americans

🏆⚾Jim Merritt -- is 81 in the year 2024 and 82 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1943
MLB Pitcher

🎭Michael Nouri -- is 79 in the year 2024 and 80 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1945
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Washington, DC
Misc: some say b. 1946
TV Shows: Beacon Hill, Curse of Dracula (star), The Last Convertible, Gangster Chronicles, Bay City Blues, Downtown
Movie Titles: Flashdance, The Proposal, The Terminal, Finding Forrester

🎵Walter Clyde Orange -- is 78 in the year 2024 and 79 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1946
Songwriter, Drummer, Funk Singer
Group Names: The Commodores

🏆🏈Steve Owens -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1947
Hall of Famer, NFL Runningback, College Football Player
Misc: Heisman Trophy (1969)
Sports Teams: University of Oklahoma, Detroit Lions (1970-1974)

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Thomas Andrew Daschle -- is 77 in the year 2024 and 78 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1947
Senator (m)
Names/Places: NN:Tom

✍🎭Marlene Gorris -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1948
Writer (m), Director (m), Dutch (Netherlands)

🎵🎸Dennis Dunaway -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1948
Hall of Famer, Lyricist, Heavy Metal Bassist
Misc: some say b. Mar 15 1946
Group Names: Alice Cooper (1969-1974)

🎵"Screamin'" Scott Simon -- is 76 in the year 2024 and 77 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1948
Pianist, Pop Singer
Group Names: Sha Na Na

🏆🏌Thomas O. "Tom" Kite Jr. -- is 75 in the year 2024 and 76 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1949
Hall of Famer, Golfer
Names/Places: b. in Austin, Texas
Misc: won his first major with victory in 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach; NCAA champion (1972); PGA Rookie of Year (1973); PGA Player of Year (1989).

🎭Anne Sward -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1950
Actress
Names/Places: LN:Hanson

🎵🎸Joan Armatrading -- is 74 in the year 2024 and 75 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1950
Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Keyboardist, Blues Performer, Folk Singer, Rock and Roll Guitarist, Alternative Rock Performer, British

🎭Michael Dorn -- is 72 in the year 2024 and 73 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1952
Actor, Director (m)
TV Shows: CHiPs (as Off. Turner), Star Trek The Next Generation (as Lt. Worf the Klingon security officer), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (as Lt. Worf)
Movie Titles: Star Trek (movie series)

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🎭John Malkovich -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1953
Movie/Stage Actor, Movie Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: b. in Christopher, IL
Movie Titles: Empire of the Sun, Of Mice and Men, Being John Malkovich, Burn After Reading, RED, The Killing Fields, Places in the Heart, Making Mister Right, Dangerous Liaisons, Sheltering Sky, Warm Bodies, In The Line Of Fire, The Portrait of a Lady, Con Air, Shadow of the Vampire, Knockaround Guys, Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon

🏆🏀World B. Free -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1953
NBA Guard
Sports Teams: Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors

🎵🎷Jill Saward -- is 71 in the year 2024 and 72 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1953 N.S.
Composer, Jazz Singer, Funk Singer, English
Group Names: Shakatak

🏆🏀Otis Birdsong -- is 69 in the year 2024 and 70 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1955
NBA Player

🎵Sylvia -- is 68 in the year 2024 and 69 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1956
Country Singer
Names/Places: LN: Hutton; b. in Kokomo, IN; RN:Sylvia Kirby
Misc: NOT the R&B Sylvia (b. 3-6)
Song Titles: Nobody (a hit in 1982 on the pop and country charts)

⛪🎭🎵Donny Osmond -- is 67 in the year 2024 and 68 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1957
Mormon, Actor, TV Host, Cartoon Voice Actor, Keyboardist, Pop Singer
Names/Places: b. in Ogden, Utah; Osmond brother
Group Names: The Osmonds, Donny and Marie, soloist
TV Shows: The Andy Williams Show, The Osmonds (cartoon), Donny & Marie (variety)

🎨🎵🎸Nick Seymour -- is 66 in the year 2024 and 67 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1958 N.S.
Painter (m), Music Producer, Rock and Roll Bassist, Australian
Group Names: Crowded House

Kevin Donahue -- is 65 in the year 2024 and 66 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1959
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Phil's son

✍🎭Mario Cantone -- is 65 in the year 2024 and 66 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1959
Writer (m), Actor, Comedian, Cartoon Voice Actor
TV Shows: Sex and the City, Chappelle's Show
Movie Titles: The Aristocrats, Farce of the Penguin, Surf's Up, Sex and the City (movie series)

🎭Jay Schertzer -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1960 N.S.
Personality
TV Shows: Zoom (1972-1973)

🏆⚾Juan Samuel -- is 64 in the year 2024 and 65 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1960
MLB Second Baseman, Dominican Republican

⚛🎭Joe Lando -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1961
Chef (m), Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman (as Byron Sully), The Secret Circle
Movie Titles: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Bloodsuckers

🎭David Anthony Higgins -- is 63 in the year 2024 and 64 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1961 N.S.
Actor
TV Shows: Big Time Rush (as Reginald Bitters), Ellen (as Joe Farrell), Malcolm in the Middle (as Craig Feldspar), Mike and Molly (as Harry)
Movie Titles: The Wrong Guy

🎭Felicity Huffman -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1962
TV Actress
TV Shows: Sports Night (as Dana Whitaker), Desparate Housewives (as Lynette Scavo)
Movie Titles: Georgia Rule

🎭🎵Richard (Actor B. 1962) Brooks -- is 62 in the year 2024 and 63 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1962 N.S.
Actor, Director (m), Singer
TV Shows: Law & Order (as D.A. Paul Robinette)
Movie Titles: The Crow: City of Angels, Shakedown, The Hidden

🎭🏆Barbara Palacios -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1963
TV Hostess, Beauty Pagent Winner, Spanish
Misc: Miss Universe 1986

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🎭Edith Mooers -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1963 N.S.
Personality
TV Shows: Zoom (1973)

🏆🏈Barry Wilburn -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1963
NFL Player

👑Crown Princess Masako -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1963
Princess, Japanese
Group Names: Japan

🎵🎸Kat Bjelland -- is 61 in the year 2024 and 62 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1963
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Babes in Toyland

🎭Brad Savage -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1965
Actor
TV Shows: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (as Sean), Tony Randall Show (as Oliver)
Movie Titles: Red Dawn, Salem's Lot, Islands in the Stream, The Apple Dumpling Gang

🎵Jerry Hughes -- is 59 in the year 2024 and 60 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1965
Country Keyboardist
Group Names: Yankee Grey

🎭Toby Huss -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1966
Actor, Cartoon Voice Actor
TV Shows: King of the Hill (as Cotton Hill/Kahn Souphanousinphone), The Adventures of Pete and Pete, Carnivale, Halt and Catch Fire
Movie Titles: Down Periscope, Jerry Maguire, Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, The Mod Squad, The Country Bears, Reno 911!: Miami, World's Greatest Dad, Cowboys and Aliens

Kirsten Gillibrand -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1966
Senator (m)

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🏆🏒Dana Murzyn -- is 58 in the year 2024 and 59 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1966
NHL Player, Canadian

🏆🏈Ray Agnew -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1967
NFL Defensive End

🎵🎸Thomas Flowers -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1967
Rock and Roll Performer
Group Names: Oleander

🎵Joshua Bell -- is 57 in the year 2024 and 58 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1967 N.S.
Violinist, Conductor

🏆🏈Bill Johnson -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1968
NFL Player

🎭🏆🥊Kurt Steven Angle -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1968 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Actor, Wrestler

🏆🏀Brent Price -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1968
NBA Guard

🎵🎸Brian Bell -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1968
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer/Guitarist
Group Names: Weezer, The Relationship, Space Twins
Song Titles: Undone-The Sweater Song, Buddy Holly, Say It Ain't So, Beverly Hills, Pork and Beans
Album Titles: Weezer (Blue Album), Pinkerton, Weezer (Green Album), Maladroit, Make Believe, Raditude, Hurley, Everthing Will Be Alright in the End

🎵🎸Michael "Mike" Foster -- is 56 in the year 2024 and 57 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1968
Heavy Metal Drummer
Group Names: Firehouse

⚛💰Lori Greiner -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1969 N.S.
Inventor (m), Entrepreneur
Misc: invented a plastic earring organizer
TV Shows: Shark Tank

🎭🏆⚾Ramón García -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1969
Actor, MLB Pitcher, Spanish

🎭🎵Allison Smith -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1969
TV/Stage Actress, Cartoon Voice Actress, Singer
Misc: stage: Annie (lead)
TV Shows: Kate & Allie (as Jennie Lowell), The West Wing
Movie Titles: The Animatrix, Helter Skelter, Terror Tract

🎵🎸Jakob Dylan -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1969
Songwriter, Rock and Roll Singer
Group Names: The Wallflowers, soloist
Song Titles: One Headlight, 6th Avenue Heartache, The Difference, Three Marlenas, Heroes, Sleepwalker
Album Titles: Bringing Down The Horse, (Breach)

🎵Brian Hayes -- is 55 in the year 2024 and 56 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1969
Country Musician

🎭🎵Kara DioGuardi -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1970
Panelist, Songwriter
Misc: collaborated with Christina Aguilera, Jesse McCartney, Britney Spears, Pink, Meat Loaf, and many others.
TV Shows: American Idol

🎵David Kersh -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1970
Country Singer

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🏆⚾Tony Tarasco -- is 54 in the year 2024 and 55 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1970
MLB Coach, MLB Outfielder

🏆🏈Chris Boniol -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1971
NFL Placekicker

🏆🏈Clifton Abraham -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1971
NFL Defensive, CFL Figure, XFL Figure, American

🏆⚾Todd Van Poppel -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1971
MLB Pitcher

🏆🏒Petr Nedvěd -- is 53 in the year 2024 and 54 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1971
NHL Player, Czech

🎭Reiko Aylesworth -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1972
Actress
TV Shows: 24 (as Michelle Dessler)
Movie Titles: Mr. Brooks

🎵🎸Tre Cool -- is 52 in the year 2024 and 53 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1972 N.S.
Hall of Famer, Alternative Rock Drummer, German
Names/Places: RN: Frank Wright III
Group Names: Green Day

🏆⚾Tony Batista -- is 51 in the year 2024 and 52 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1973
MLB Infielder, Dominican Republican

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🎭Luisa Bradshaw-White -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1974 N.S.
Actress, English
TV Shows: EastEnders (as Tina Carter), Holby City (as Lisa Fox), This Life (as Kira), Grange Hill (as Maria Watts)

🎵Canibus -- is 50 in the year 2024 and 51 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1974
Rapper

🎭Joshua Rudoy -- is 49 in the year 2024 and 50 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1975
Actor
Misc: retired from acting in 1991
TV Shows: What a Dummy
Movie Titles: Flatliners, Harry & The Hendersons

🎭Kevin Daniels -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1976
Actor
TV Shows: Law and Order, Modern Family (as Longinus), Sirens (as Hank)
Movie Titles: Ladder 49

🏆🏈Jim Finn -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1976 N.S.
NFL Fullback

🎵🎸Eric Zamora -- is 48 in the year 2024 and 49 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1976
Alternative Rock Performer
Group Names: Save Ferris

🎵🎸Imogen Heap -- is 47 in the year 2024 and 48 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1977
Songwriter, Alternative Rock Singer, English

🎭Jesse Metcalfe -- is 46 in the year 2024 and 47 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1978
Actor, Producer (m)
TV Shows: Passions, Desperate Housewives (as John), Dallas (as Christopher Ewing), Chesapeake Shores (as Trace Riley)
Movie Titles: God's Not Dead 2, John Tucker Must Die, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, The Other End of the Line

🎵La Toya London -- is 46 in the year 2024 and 47 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1978
Singer
TV Shows: American Idol (Finalist #4 2004)

🎭Simon Helberg -- is 44 in the year 2024 and 45 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1980
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: MAD TV, The Big Bang Theory (as Howard Wolowitz)
Movie Titles: Good Night and Good Luck, Van Wilder: Party Liaison, Florence Foster Jenkins, A Cinderella Story

🎭Jolene Purdy -- is 41 in the year 2024 and 42 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1983
Actress
TV Shows: Under the Dome (as Dodee Weaver), Orange is hte New Black (as Hapakuka)
Movie Titles: Donnie Darko, Benched

🎭Joshua Sasse -- is 37 in the year 2024 and 38 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1987
Actor, English
TV Shows: Galavant (as Galavant), No Tomorrow (as Xavier Holliday), Rogue (as Alec Laszlo)
Movie Titles: Frankenstein's Army

🏆🏉Rhys Webb -- is 36 in the year 2024 and 37 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1988 N.S.
Rugby Player, Welsh (Wales)

🏆Lindsey Gayle Evans -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1989
Model, Playmate
Misc: October 2009

🏆🏀Eric Bledsoe -- is 35 in the year 2024 and 36 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1989 N.S.
NBA Guard

🎭Ashleigh Brewer -- is 34 in the year 2024 and 35 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1990 N.S.
Actress, Australian

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🎮Sung Won Cho -- is 34 in the year 2024 and 35 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1990 N.S.
Video Game Voice Actor
Video Games: Apotheon, A Hat in Time

Justice Marley -- is 33 in the year 2024 and 34 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1991
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Ziggy's daughter

🏆🏁🏂Mark McMorris -- is 31 in the year 2024 and 32 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1993 N.S.
Snowboarder, Canadian

🏆McKayla Maroney -- is 29 in the year 2024 and 30 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1995
Gymnast, Olympic Athlete

🏆MyKayla Skinner -- is 28 in the year 2024 and 29 in the year 2025; b.12/9/1996 N.S.
Gymnast, Olympic Athlete

🎭Nico Parker -- is 20 in the year 2024 and 21 in the year 2025; b.12/9/2004 N.S.
Actor

Viggo Moriah Hanson -- is 16 in the year 2024 and 17 in the year 2025; b.12/9/2008
Celebrity Son
Names/Places: Natalie and Taylor's son

Kaya Klitschko -- is 10 in the year 2024 and 11 in the year 2025; b.12/9/2014
Celebrity Daughter
Names/Places: Hayden Panettiere and Wladimir's daughter

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Worf -- is -316 in the year 2024 and -315 in the year 2025; b.12/9/2340
General Fictious Character
Misc: Klingon character on Star Trek Next Generation.

🎵Musical Mike -- b.12/9/????
Novelty Musician
Misc: Dr. Demento Show

⚛⚖Sir Edwin Sandys -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1561 d.10/??/1629 (67)
Pioneer (m), Statesman (m), British
Misc: Virginia Colony co-founder

John Milton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1608 d.11/8/1674 (65)
Poet (m), English, Gay
Names/Places: b. in London

Carl Scheele -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1742 d.5/21/1786 (43)
Chemist (m), Swedish
Misc: pharmacist; sour lemon, scheeliet

Claude-Louis Berthollet -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1749 d.11/6/1822 (72)
Chemist (m), French

🎭🎵George Grossmith -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1847 d.3/1/1912 (64)
Comedian, Singer, English
Misc: created many of the chief characters in the original productions of Gilbert and Sullivan light operas.

✍📰Joel Chandler Harris -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1848 d.7/3/1908 (59)
Short Story Writer (m), Editor (m)
Book Titles: Uncle Remus

Fritz Haber -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1868 d.1/29/1934 (65)
Chemist (m), Inventor (m), Physicist (m), German
Misc: Ammonia synthesizing

🏆⚾Joe Kelley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1871 d.8/14/1943 (71)
Hall of Famer, MLB Left Fielder
Sports Teams: Boston Beaneaters (1891), Pittsburgh Pirates (1892), Baltimore Orioles (NL, 1892-1898), Brooklyn Superbas (1899-1901), Baltimore Orioles (AL, 1902), Cincinnati Reds (1902-1906), Boston Doves (1908), Cincinnati Reds (manager, 1902-1905), Boston Doves (manager, 1908)

⚛💰Clarence Birdseye -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1886 d.10/7/1956 (69)
Inventor (m), Businessperson
Misc: Deep Freezing food method; General Foods Corp. co-founder

🎭Tim Moore -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1887 d.12/13/1958 (71)
Actor, Comedian
TV Shows: Amos 'n Andy (as George Kingfish Stevens)

🏆Hannes Kolehmainen -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1889 d.1/1/1966 (76)
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field, Finnish

📰George Brett Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1893 d.2/11/1984 (90)
Publisher (m)

🏆🥊Jack Hurley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1897 d.11/17/1972 (74)
Boxing Figure
Misc: Boxing promoter

🎭Hermione Gingold -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1897 d.5/24/1987 (89)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Comedienne, English
Names/Places: b. in London
TV Shows: Jack Paar Show
Movie Titles: Gigi, The Music Man, Munster Go Home

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🎭Emmett Kelly -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1898 d.3/28/1979 (80)
Comedian, Clown (m)
Misc: of circuses

🏆🏈Frederick Wayman "Duke" Slater -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1898 N.S. d.8/14/1966 N.S. (67)
Hall of Famer, Football Player
Sports Teams: Milwaukee Badgers, Rock Island Independents, Chicago Cardinals

🎭Frank Wisbar -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1899 d.3/17/1967 (67)
Director (m)
TV Shows: Fireside Theater

🎭Howard Freeman -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1899 d.12/11/1967 (68)
Actor

Jean de Brunhoff -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1899 d.10/16/1937 (37)
Children's Author (m), French
Book Titles: Babar the Elephant

🎭Carol Dempster -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1901 d.2/1/1991 (89)
Actress

🎭Brace Beemer -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1902 d.3/1/1965 (62)
Radio Actor
Misc: radio: The Lone Ranger

🎭Margaret Hamilton -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1902 d.5/16/1985 (82)
TV/Movie Actress, Commercial Actress
Names/Places: b. in Cleveland, OH
Misc: Cora the Maxwell House Coffee lady; some say b. Sep 12
TV Shows: Winchell-Mahoney Show
Movie Titles: The Wizard of Oz (as the Wicked Witch of the West)

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✍📰Louis Kronenberger -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1904 d.4/30/1980 (75)
Author (m), Critic (m), Journalist, Biographer (m)

✍🎭Dalton Trumbo -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1905 N.S. d.9/10/1976 N.S. (70)
Screenwriter, Movie Director (m)
Misc: one of the blacklisted Hollywood Ten

Innokentii Gerasimov -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1905 O.S. or 12/22/1905 N.S. d.??/??/1985
Scientist (m), Geographer (m), Russian

🎖⚛💻Grace Murray Hopper -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1906 d.1/1/1992 (85)
Military Leader, Inventor (m), Mathematician (m), Computer Software Programmer
Names/Places: NN:the first Lady of Software
Misc: COBOL computer language inventor

🎵Freddy Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1906 d.10/1/1983 (76)
Songwriter, Tenor-sax, Bandleader
Names/Places: NN:Mr. Silvertone

🎭Robert R. Livingston -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1908 d.3/7/1988 (79)
Movie Actor
Names/Places: RN:Robert E. Randall
Misc: the "Unmasked" Lone Ranger

🎭Douglas Fairbanks Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1909 d.5/7/2000 (90)
Movie Actor, TV Host, Stuntman, Movie Producer (m)
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RMLN:Elton Ulman Jr.; Joan Crawford's ex-, Douglas Sr.'s son
Misc: Hosted England TV's self titled anthology series; United Artists co-founder, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences original member and first president; he never took a movie role without first asking "how much furniture do I get to jump over?"
Movie Titles: The Mark of Zorro (movies' first), Robin Hood, The Thief of Bagdad, Outward Bound, The Dawn Patrol, Little Caesar, The Prisoner of Zenda, Gunga Din

🎭Broderick Crawford -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1911 d.4/26/1986 (74)
TV/Movie Actor
Names/Places: b. in Philadelphia; FN:William; Helen Broderick's son
TV Shows: Highway Patrol (as Chief Dan Matthews), King of Diamonds, The Interns

🎭Bartlett Robinson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1912 d.3/26/1986 (73)
Actor, Radio Actor
Misc: Prominent 1930-40s actor who originated Perry Mason on the radio

Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1912 d.1/5/1994 (81)
Congressperson
Misc: consummate ward politician who rose to become speaker of the House and main Democratic spokesman during the Reagan years

🎭Frances Reid -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1914 d.2/3/2010 (95)
Soap Actress
TV Shows: Days of Our Lives (as Alice Horton)

🎵Elisabeth Schwarzkopf -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1915 d.8/3/2006 (90)
Opera Soprano, Polish
Names/Places: Norman's distant relative

✍⛪🎭Kirk Douglas -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1916 N.S. d.2/5/2020 N.S. (103)
Author (m), Novelist, Jewish, Movie Actor, Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: b. in Amsterdam, N.Y.; RN:Issur Danielovitch Demsky
Movie Titles: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, The Bad and the Beautiful, Lonely Ate The Brave, Seven Days in May, Lust for Life, Champion, Detective Story, Spartacus, Paths of Glory, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, The Final Countdown

🎵Bob Scobey -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1916 d.6/12/1963 (46)
Trumpeter, Bandleader, Canadian

🏆Lemhényi Dezső -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1917 N.S. d.12/4/2003 N.S. (85)
Hall of Famer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, Hungarian

James Rainwater -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1917 d.5/31/1986 (68)
Physicist (m)
Misc: atomic nuclei shapes

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🏆🏒Clifford Bernard "Cliff" Thompson -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1918 N.S. d.2/6/1997 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, NHL Player
Sports Teams: Boston Bruins (1939-1950)

William Lipscomb -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1919 d.4/14/2011 (91)
Chemist (m)

🎭Redd Foxx -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1922 d.10/11/1991 (68)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, Variety Show Host
Names/Places: b. in St. Louis, MO; RN:John Elroy Sanford
TV Shows: Sanford & Son (as Fred G. Sanford), Sanford, The Redd Foxx Show, The Royal Family (as Alexander Royal)

Frank Sturgis -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1924 d.12/4/1993 (68)
Criminal
Misc: Watergate burglar

🎭Patricia Wheel -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1925 d.6/3/1986 (60)
Actress

Henry Way Kendall -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1926 d.2/15/1999 (72)
Physicist (m)

🎭Dick Van Patten -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1928 d.6/23/2015 (86)
TV/Movie Actor, Commercial Actor
Names/Places: b. in Richmond Hill, N.Y.
Misc: Nature Balance dog Food maker
Song Titles: Smells Like Nirvana (cameo in the "Weird Al" Yankovic video)
TV Shows: Mama (as Nels), The Partners, The New Dick Van Dyke Show (as Max Mathias), When Things Were Rotten (as Friar Tuck), Eight is Enough (as Tom Bradford), WIOU (as Floyd Graham)

✍🎭John Cassavetes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1929 d.2/3/1989 (59)
Screen/Scriptwriter, TV/Movie Actor, Movie Director (m)
Names/Places: Gena Rowlands' hubby; b. in New York City
Misc: appeared in 100+ live TV dramas in 1950s
TV Shows: Johnny Staccato (star)
Movie Titles: Rosemary's Baby

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⚖💰Robert Hawke -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1929 N.S. d.5/16/2019 N.S. (89)
Prime Minister (m), Labor Leader, Australian
Misc: Prime Minister 1983-91

✍🎭Buck Henry -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1930 N.S. d.1/8/2020 N.S. (89)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Comedy Writer (m), Actor
Names/Places: LN:Zuckerman
TV Shows: That Was the Week That Was, Get Smart (co-creator)
Movie Titles: The Owl and the Pussycat, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Heaven Can Wait, The Graduate, Get Smart (2008), To Die For, Catch-22

🏆Osvaldo Horacio Codaro -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1930 N.S. d.6/6/2017 N.S. (86)
Hall of Famer, Olympic Athlete, Water Polo Player, Argentine

🎭William Reynolds -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1931 N.S. d.8/24/2022 N.S. (90)
TV/Movie Actor
TV Shows: The F.B.I. (as special agent Tom Colby)
Movie Titles: The Thing That Couldn't Die

🏆🏁🏇Billy Hartack -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1932 d.11/26/2007 (74)
Horse Jockey
Names/Places: RFN:William Jr.
Misc: won Kentucky Derby 5 times (1957,60,62,64,69), Preakness 3 times (1956,64,69), but the Belmont only once (1960), also the first in 1956 to win $2,000,000 in a single year.

🎵Jessie Hill -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1932 d.9/17/1996 (63)
Drummer, Pianist, Rhythm and Blues Singer

🎵🎷Donald Byrd -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1932 d.2/4/2013 (80)
Educator (m), Composer, Flugelhorn, Jazz Trumpeter
Misc: jazz-rock flugelhornist

🏆Milt Campbell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1933 d.11/2/2012 (78)
Olympic Athlete, Track and Field
Names/Places: RFMN:Milton Gray
Misc: won silver medal in 1952 Olympic decathlon and gold medal in '56.

🏆🏌Orville Moody -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1933 d.8/8/2008 (74)
Golfer

🎭Morton Downey Jr. -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1933 d.3/12/2001 (67)
TV Talk Show Host
Misc: zip-it fool!

🎵Junior Wells -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1934 d.1/15/1998 (63)
Hall of Famer, Songwriter, Harmonicaist, Blues Singer

📰Steve Bell -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1935 N.S. d.1/25/2019 N.S. (83)
Newscaster, Correspondent, Journalist
TV Shows: Good Morning America, World News This Morning

🎵David Houston -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1935 d.11/30/1993 (57)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Country Singer
Names/Places: Sam Houston's and Robert E. Lee's descendant

🎭Leonard Simon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1936 N.S. d.6/3/2014 N.S. (77)
Actor
TV Shows: Just Our Luck (as Jim Dexter)

🏆🏈David "Deacon" Jones -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1938 N.S. d.6/3/2013 N.S. (74)
Hall of Famer, NFL Defensive
Names/Places: FN:David
Misc: 2X NFL outstanding Fearsome Foursome defensive player; specialized in quarterback sacks; 5-time All-Pro (1965-69) with LA Rams; all-time NFL sack leader with 172 in 14 years; Rams #75 retired
Sports Teams: Los Angeles Rams (1961-1971), San Diego Chargers (1972-1973), Washington Redskins (1974)

🎵Dan Hicks -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1941 N.S. d.2/6/2016 N.S. (74)
Music Producer, Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, Drummer
Group Names: Hot Licks

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🎭🏆🏈Dick Butkus -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1942 N.S. d.10/5/2023 N.S. (80)
Hall of Famer, Actor, Sportscaster, NFL Linebacker
Names/Places: b. in Chicago; RFN:Richard Marvin
Misc: Miller Beer Commercials; 2-time All-America at Illinois (1963-64); All-Pro 7 of 9 NFL seasons with Chicago Bears, 2X best defensive player; Bears #51 retired
Sports Teams: Chicago Bears (1965-1973)
TV Shows: Rich Man Poor Man, Blue Thunder (as Richard Ski Butowski), Half Nelson, My Two Dads (as Ed Klawicki)

🏆⚽William John "Billy" Bremner -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1942 N.S. d.12/7/1997 N.S. (54)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Midfielder, Scottish

Joe McGinniss -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1942 d.3/10/2014 (71)
Author (m), Novelist
Book Titles: Fatal Vision

🏆🏒"Pit" Martin -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1943 d.11/30/2008 (64)
NHL Center, Canadian
Names/Places: FN:Hubert Jacques

🎵Neil Innes -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1944 N.S. d.12/29/2019 N.S. (75)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Pianist, Novelty Singer, British
Group Names: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band, soloist, The Rutles (as Ron Nasty--Lennon-esque)
Song Titles: I'm The Urban Spaceman, How Sweet To Be An Idiot
TV Shows: Monty Python's Flying Circus (sketch writer), The Rutles (TV movie)

🎵Shirley Brickley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1944 d.10/13/1977 (32)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Group Names: The Orlons

🎭Ron Vawter -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1948 d.4/16/1994 (45)
Actor

✍🎭John Paragon -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1954 N.S. d.4/3/2021 N.S. (66)
Screenwriter, Actor, Director (m)
Misc: he got his start in the Los Angeles-based improv group The Groundlings
TV Shows: Pee Wee's Playhouse (as Jambi the Genie)

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🎵🎸Jack Sonni -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1954 N.S. d.8/30/2023 N.S. (68)
Rock and Roll Guitarist
Group Names: Dire Straits (as The Other Guitarist)

✍🎭Antony Alda -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1956 d.7/3/2009 N.S. (52)
Writer (m), Actor, Director (m)
Names/Places: Robert's son, Alan's brother

🎭Terri Vandenbosch -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1962 d.3/9/2009 (46)
Actress

🎵🎸Zac Foley -- Birth Anniversary -- b.12/9/1970 d.1/3/2002 (31)
Alternative Rock Bassist
Group Names: EMF

⛪⚖Pope Pius IV -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1499 O.S. d.12/9/1565 O.S. (66)
Pope, Lawyer (m), Italian
Misc: pope 1559-65

⚛📰Ubbo Emmius -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/5/1547 d.12/9/1625 (78)
Geographer (m), Historian (m), German

🎨Sir Anthony Van Dyck -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/22/1599 N.S. d.12/9/1641 N.S. (42)
Painter (m), Belgiumese

Pope Clement IX -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/28/1600 N.S. d.12/9/1669 N.S. (69)
Pope, Italian
Names/Places: RN:Giulio Rospigliosi
Misc: 238th Roman Catholic pope (1667-69) who wrote what may be the first comic opera.

⚛⛪Joham Forester -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/22/1729 d.12/9/1798 (69)
Naturalist, Religionist, Pastor, Prussian

Joseph Bramah -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/13/1748 d.12/9/1814 (66)
Inventor (m), English
Misc: Machine Tools, Pick-Proof Lock, Hydraulic Press; b. 1748?

✍📰🎵Samuel Woodworth -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/13/1784 d.12/9/1842 (58)
Dramatist/Playwright (m), Poet (m), Poet (m), Journalist, Librettist

💰Ezra Cornell -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/11/1807 d.12/9/1874 (67)
Businessperson, Philanthropist, Educator (m)
Misc: founded Western Union Telegraph & Cornell University.

Oliver Gibbs -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/21/1822 d.12/9/1908 (86)
Chemist (m)

💰William Deering -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/25/1826 d.12/9/1913 (87)
Manufacturer
Misc: of farm machinery

🎭🎵Nat Wills -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/11/1873 d.12/9/1917 (44)
Stage Actor, Comedian, Singer

Mahlon Pitney -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/5/1858 d.12/9/1924 (66)
Supreme Court Justice
Misc: Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1912-22).

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🏆⚾Andrew "Rube" Foster -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/17/1879 d.12/9/1930 (51)
Hall of Famer, MLB Manager, MLB Pitcher
Misc: in Negro Leagues as Pitcher & Manager
Sports Teams: Chicago Union Giants (1902), Cuban X-Giants (1903), Philadelphia Giants (1904-06), Leland Giants (1907-10), Chicago American Giants (1911-17), Leland Giants (manager, 1907-10), Chicago American Giants (manager, 1911-26)

Nils Gustav Dalen -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/30/1869 d.12/9/1937 (68)
Engineer (m), Inventor (m), Swedish

🏆🏒Harry Trihey -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1877 d.12/9/1942 (64)
Hall of Famer, NHL Center, Canadian
Misc: NHL Rover; played 1896-1901
Sports Teams: Montreal Shamrocks

🎭Laird Cregar -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/28/1916 d.12/9/1944 (28)
Movie Actor
Names/Places: FN:Samuel

🏆⚾Bill McGowan -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/18/1896 d.12/9/1954 (58)
Hall of Famer, MLB Umpire

🏆🏈Calvin Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/7/1933 d.12/9/1956 (23)
Hall of Famer, Sports Executive, College Football Player, CFL Figure, Football Player
Misc: the first black player to win Outland Trophy [1955] and to captain a U of Iowa team; CFL: Winnipeg Blue Bombers; killed in plane crash following all-star game
Sports Teams: Winnipeg Blue Bombers (1956)

🏆Carswell Adams -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/???? d.12/9/1957
Sportscaster

🏆🥊Tony Canzoneri -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/6/1908 d.12/9/1959 (51)
Hall of Famer, Boxer

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📰Walter Compton -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1912 d.12/9/1959 (47)
Newscaster
TV Shows: DuMont Evening News

📰Perry G. Miller -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/25/1905 d.12/9/1963 (58)
Historian (m), Professor (m)

Dame Edith Sitwell -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/7/1887 d.12/9/1964 (77)
Author (m), Poet (m), Critic (m), English

💰🏆⚾Branch Rickey -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/20/1881 d.12/9/1965 (83)
Hall of Famer, Executive, MLB Manager, MLB Player
Misc: instrumental in breaking baseball's color barrier '47; initiated the minor league farm system in 1919; Cardinals and Baseball Halls of Fame member
Sports Teams: St. Louis Browns (player 1905-1906), New York Highlanders (player 1907), St. Louis Browns (player 1914), St. Louis Browns (manager 1913-1915), St. Louis Cardinals (manager 1919-1925), St. Louis Browns (G.M. 1913-1915, 1919), St. Louis Cardinals (G.M. 1919-1942), Brooklyn Dodgers (G.M. 1943-1950), Pittsburgh Pirates (G.M. 1950-1955)

🏆🏀John J. O'Brien -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/4/1888 N.S. d.12/9/1967 N.S. (79)
Hall of Famer, Basketball Figure
Misc: Basketball referee and administrator, founded the Metropolitan Basketball League in 1925 which featured the Original Celtics; executive of the American Basketball League 1928-1953

Dr. Ralph Johnson Bunche -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/7/1904 d.12/9/1971 (67)
Statesman (m), Diplomat (m)
Misc: Political; a founder and diplomat of the U.N. (Nobel 1950)

🎭William Dieterle -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/15/1891 d.12/9/1972 (81)
Movie Actor, Movie Director (m), German
Misc: some say b. 1893

📰Louella Parsons -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/6/1881 d.12/9/1972 (91)
Journalist, Columnist
Names/Places: RLN:Oettinger
Misc: Hollywood Gossip

✍⚛🎭William Augustus W. Wellman -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/29/1896 d.12/9/1975 (79)
Screen/Scriptwriter, Aviator (m), Movie Producer/Director (m)
Names/Places: b. in Brookline, Mass
Misc: WWI flying ace
Movie Titles: A Star is Born, The Ox Bow Incident

🏆⚾Wes Ferrell -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/2/1908 N.S. d.12/9/1976 N.S. (68)
MLB Player

🎭🎵Nino Martini -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/8/1905 d.12/9/1976 (71)
Movie Actor, Opera Singer, Italian

Clarice Lispector -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/10/1920 N.S. d.12/9/1977 N.S. (56)
Novelist, Short Story Writer (m), Brazilian

🏆🏈Ed Healey -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/28/1894 d.12/9/1978 (83)
Hall of Famer, NFL Tackle, College Football Player
Misc: in the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame
Sports Teams: Rock Island Independents (1920-1922), Chicago Bears (1923-1927)

🏆⚾Dick Siebert -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/19/1912 d.12/9/1978 (66)
MLB Player

✍⛪🎭Bishop Fulton J. Sheen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/8/1895 d.12/9/1979 (84)
Author (m), Religious Leader, Roman Catholic, Priest, TV Host
Names/Places: RFN:Peter
TV Shows: Life Is Worth Living, The Bishop Sheen Program

🎵Tommy Jackson -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1926 N.S. d.12/9/1979 N.S. (53)
Hall of Famer, Fiddler

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🎵Sonny Til -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/18/1928 d.12/9/1981 (53)
Hall of Famer, Tenor, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: RN:Earlington Tilgham
Group Names: The Orioles

🎭Joey Forman -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/17/1929 d.12/9/1982 (53)
Actor
TV Shows: Mickey Rooney, Steve Allen, Joey Bishop, Sid Caesar

Leon Jaworski -- Death Anniversary -- b.9/19/1905 d.12/9/1982 (77)
Attorney/Lawyer (m)
Misc: the Watergate special prosecutor who played a key role in forcing the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974

Norman Mayer -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/31/1916 d.12/9/1982 (66)
Political Activist

🎭David Rounds -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/9/1930 d.12/9/1983 (53)
Actor

🏆🥊Earl Gray McCready -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/5/1905 N.S. d.12/9/1983 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Wrestler, Olympic Athlete

⛪🎵🎷Jan Van Halen -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/18/1920 d.12/9/1986 (66)
Roman Catholic, Pianist, Saxophonist, Bandleader, Jazz Clarinetist, Dutch (Netherlands)
Names/Places: Eddie & Alex's father (missed his future grandson Wolfie by five years)
Song Titles: Big Bad Bill (is Sweet William Now, on the Van Halen album "Diver Down")

🎭John Loder -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/3/1898 d.12/9/1988 (90)
Movie Actor, British
Names/Places: RLN:Lowe; Hedy Lamarr's ex-; wed 5x's
Misc: d. 12-26?

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🎭🏆🥊Mike Mazurki -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1907 d.12/9/1990 (82)
Hall of Famer, TV/Movie Actor, Director (m), Wrestler, Austrian
Names/Places: RN:Mikhail Mazurwski
TV Shows: It's About Time (as Clon)

William Owens -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/2/1905 d.12/9/1990 (85)
Writer (m), Educator (m)
Misc: folklorist

🎨Berenicee Abbott -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/17/1898 d.12/9/1991 (93)
Photographer (m), American

🎭Vincent Gardenia -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/7/1922 d.12/9/1992 (70)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Italian
Names/Places: RLN:Scognamiglio
TV Shows: All in the Family (as Frank Lorenzio), Breaking Away (as Ray)
Movie Titles: Moonstruck

⚖🏆⚾Carl Barger -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/18/1930 d.12/9/1992 (62)
Attorney/Lawyer (m), MLB Executive
Sports Teams: Pittsburgh Pirates (president)

🏆⚽Robert Dennis "Danny" Blanchflower -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/10/1926 d.12/9/1993 (67)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player, Northern Ireland

🎵Graham George -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/11/1912 d.12/9/1993 (81)
Composer, Canadian

💰Frederick Coolidge Crawford -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/19/1891 d.12/9/1994 (103)
Businessperson
Misc: one of the founders of TRW, chief contributor and namesake of Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, trustee and patron of numerous Cleveland institutions

📰Daniel James -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/???? d.12/9/1994 (80)
Journalist

🎵🎸Garnet Silk -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/2/1966 d.12/9/1994 (28)
Reggae Performer, Jamaican

⚛🎭Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan -- Death Anniversary -- b.1/22/1907 d.12/9/1995 (88)
Aviator (m), TV Actor
Misc: landed in Ireland after taking off from NY to LA; became an instant folk hero in 1938 when he "mistakenly" flew solo across the Atlantic after authorities told him he couldn't

🎭🎵Vivian Blaine -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/21/1921 d.12/9/1995 (74)
TV/Movie/Stage Actress, Singer
Names/Places: b. in Newark, NJ; RN:Vivian S. Stapleton
Misc: 1940s Movies, played Miss Adelaide, the long-suffering chorus girl, in the Broadway and film versions of "Guys and Dolls"
TV Shows: Mary Hartman Mary Hartman (as Neighbor)
Movie Titles: Guys and Dolls

🎭June Carlson -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1924 d.12/9/1996 (72)
Movie Actress

🎵🎸Patty Donahue -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/29/1956 d.12/9/1996 (40)
Punk Rock Drummer
Group Names: The Waitresses (lead)

Mary Leakey -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/6/1913 d.12/9/1996 (83)
Scientist (m), Archaeologist (m), Palentologist (m), British

🎨Ivor Roberts-Jones -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/2/1913 d.12/9/1996 (83)
Sculptor (m), British

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🏆🥊Archie Moore -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/13/1916 d.12/9/1998 (81)
Hall of Famer, Boxer
Names/Places: b. in Benoit, MS; RN:Archibald Lee Wright
Misc: a light-heavyweight boxing champ (1952-60), won 136 of 220 fights all by knockout. A light-heavyweight champ for ten years, he once challenged heavyweight Rocky Marciano and knocked him down in the 2nd round, but lost the bout; pro record 199-26-8 with 145 KOs; some say b. 1913.

🏆⚽Bill Looby -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/20/1931 d.12/9/1998 (67)
Hall of Famer, Soccer Player

Paul Simon -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/29/1928 d.12/9/2003 (75)
Senator (m)
Names/Places: b. in Eugene, OR
Misc: he's not the guy with Garfunkel

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

🏆🎳E. A. "Bud" Fisher -- Death Anniversary -- b.??/??/???? d.12/9/2006 (83)
Hall of Famer, Bowler

🎵Georgia Gibbs -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/17/1919 d.12/9/2006 (87)
Pop Singer
Names/Places: b. in Worcester, MA; NN:Her Nibs; FN:Fredda Lipson Gibbons

🎵🎸Freddie Marsden -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/23/1940 d.12/9/2006 (66)
Rock and Roll Drummer, English
Names/Places: Gerry's brother
Group Names: Gerry & the Pacemakers

⛪🎭Gene Barry -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/14/1919 d.12/9/2009 (90)
Jewish, TV/Movie/Stage Actor
Names/Places: b. in New York City; RN:Eugene Klass
TV Shows: Our Miss Brooks (as Gene), Bat Masterson (star), Burke's Law (as Capt. Amos Burke), The Name of the Game (as Glenn Howard)

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🎵James Moody -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/26/1925 d.12/9/2010 (85)
Flutist, Alto-sax, Tenor-sax, Bandleader

✍⚛Sir Patrick Moore -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/4/1923 d.12/9/2012 (89)
Writer (m), Astronomer (m), English
Book Titles: A-Z of Astronomy

🎵Charles Rosen -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/5/1927 d.12/9/2012 (85)
Musicologist, Pianist

🎵Jenni Rivera -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/2/1969 N.S. d.12/9/2012 N.S. (43)
Pop Singer, American
Names/Places: RN: Dolores Janney Rivera
Album Titles: Jenni, Farewell to Selena

⛪🎭Eleanor Parker -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/26/1922 d.12/9/2013 (91)
Judaism Convert, Movie Actress
Names/Places: b. in Cedarville, OH
Movie Titles: Of Human Bondage, Sound Of Music, Caged

🎭🏆Mary Ann Mobley -- Death Anniversary -- b.2/17/1937 d.12/9/2014 (77)
Actress, Beauty Pagent Winner
Names/Places: Gary Collins' wife
Misc: Miss America of 1959; fake birth year: 1939
TV Shows: Diff'rent Strokes (as Maggie McKinney Drummond), Falcon Crest (as Beth Everdene), Hearts Afire (as Mary Fran)

🎵Winfred "Blue" Lovett -- Death Anniversary -- b.11/16/1936 N.S. d.12/9/2014 N.S. (78)
Hall of Famer, Bass Singer/Basso, Rhythm and Blues Singer
Names/Places: RN: Winfred Lorenzo Lovett
Group Names: Manhattans

Bob Bergland -- Death Anniversary -- b.7/22/1928 N.S. d.12/9/2018 N.S. (90)
Congressperson, Government Official (m)
Names/Places: RN: Robert Selmer Bergland
Misc: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President Carter.

🎵Marie Fredriksson -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/30/1958 N.S. d.12/9/2019 N.S. (61)
Guitarist, Pop Singer, Swedish
Group Names: Roxette

🏆🏈Walter Ray Perkins -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/6/1941 N.S. d.12/9/2020 N.S. (79)
NFL Coach, NFL Player

🏆🎾Alex Olmedo -- Death Anniversary -- b.3/24/1936 N.S. d.12/9/2020 N.S. (84)
Hall of Famer, Tennis Player, Peruvian
Names/Places: b. in Arequipa, Peru

🏆⚾Phil Linz -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/4/1939 N.S. d.12/9/2020 N.S. (81)
MLB Shortstop
Sports Teams: New York Yankees

🎭Larry Sellers -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/2/1949 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (72)
Actor, Stuntman
TV Shows: Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman (as Cloud Dancing and as Native American consultant)
Movie Titles: Revolution, Waynes World 2, Like Father Like Son

✍🎭Lina Wertmüller -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/14/1928 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (93)
Screenwriter, Movie Director (m), Italian
Names/Places: RN:Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmuller von Elgg

🎭🏆Cara Williams -- Death Anniversary -- b.6/29/1925 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (96)
TV/Movie Actress, Poker Player
Names/Places: John Drew Barrymore's ex-wife
Misc: she says b. 1933; a high stakes poker champ
TV Shows: Pete & Gladys (as Gladys Porter), Cara Williams Show (as Cara Bridges Wilton), Rhoda (as Mae)

🏆🏈Demaryius Thomas -- Death Anniversary -- b.12/25/1987 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (33)
NFL Wide Receiver

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🏆🏁Al Unser Sr. -- Death Anniversary -- b.5/29/1939 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (82)
Hall of Famer, Auto Racer
Names/Places: b. in Alberquerque, NM; younger brother of Bobby and father of Little Al
Misc: drove over 8,000 miles in 22 Indy races; 3-time USAC/CART national champion (1970,83,85); 4-time winner of Indy 500 (1970-71, 78, 87); retired in 1994 ranked third on all-time IndyCar list with 39 wins

🎵David Lasley -- Death Anniversary -- b.8/20/1947 N.S. d.12/9/2021 N.S. (74)
Songwriter, Pop Singer

🎭🎵Ruth Madoc -- Death Anniversary -- b.4/16/1943 N.S. d.12/9/2022 N.S. (79)
Actress, Singer, English

🏆🏈Frank Wycheck -- Death Anniversary -- b.10/14/1971 N.S. d.12/9/2023 N.S. (52)
Sports Commentator, NFL Tight End

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