2001 Death Dagmar, blonde, Broadway Open House, dies at 79 1982 Death Donald Dillaway, actor (Min and Bill, Platinum Blonde), dies at 78 1979 Death Jody Gilbert, actress (Willard, Shaggy, Blonde Dynamite), dies 1976 Birthday Ali Larter, Cherry Hill, New Jersey, actress, fashion model, appeared in 'Heroes', 'Dawson's Creek' television series, appeared in film, 'Legally Blonde' 1971 Birthday Luke Wilson, born in Dallas, Texas, actor, films include, 'Blades of Glory', 'You Kill Me', 'Blonde Ambition', 'Henry Poole is Here', 'Death at a Funeral' 1970 Death Sonny Tufts, actor (Atomic Blonde, 7 Year Itch), dies at 58 1968 Death Gertrude Short, actress (Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus), dies at 66 1967 Death Barbara Payton, actress (Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde), dies at 39 1959 Death Blonde Dolly, Sybille A J Niemans, society prostitute, dies at 33 1958 Birthday Harry Rushakoff, rocker, Concrete Blonde 1958 Death Walter Kingsford, actor (My Favorite Blonde, Fly by Night), dies at 76 1957 Birthday Johnette Napolitano, rocker, Concrete Blonde 1953 Birthday Jilly Johnson, England, vocalist, Blonde on Blonde 1952 Birthday Nina Carter, born in London, England, vocalist, Blonde on Blonde 1952 Birthday James Mankey, rocker, Concrete Blonde 1927 Birthday Barbara Payton, Cloquet, Minnesota, actress, Dallas, Trapped, Bad Blonde 1911 Birthday Margot Grahame, born in Canterbury, England, born Margaret Clark, actress, compared to Jean Harlow, dubbed the 'Aluminum Blonde', performed with Bebe Daniels in The Fabulous Joe 1909 Birthday Mauritz Hugo, Sweden, actor, Atomic Blonde, Road Agent 1902 Birthday Gertrude Short, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, actress, Stella Dallas, Blonde Venus 1900 Birthday Mary Philips, CT, actress, Farewell to Arms, Incendiary Blonde 1881 Birthday Walter Kingsford, Redhill England, actor, My Favorite Blonde 1881 Birthday Leon Errol, Australian actor, Ziegfeld Follies, What a Blonde! 1574 Death Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 1524 Birthday Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey, 1566-74