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1993 Roy Budd, English jazz pianist/composer (Paper Tiger), dies at 46
1991 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist (Eel), dies at 84 1989 23 year old olympic barefoot South African runner Zola Budd retires 1989 South African/British Olympic runner Zola Budd marries 1987 R Budd Dwyer, Penns State Treasurer, facing prison for conspiracy and perjury, shot himself to death at a televised news conference 1984 Mary Decker trips on heel of Zola Budd during 3,000m Olympic run 1966 Zola Budd, born in Bloemfontein, South Africa, track and field long distance runner, trained and raced barefoot, politically controversial figure, two-time Women's 5000 meters world record holder, two-time World Cross Country Championships winner 1954 Julie Budd, Brooklyn, singer, Child of Plenty 1951 Benjamin Britten's opera "Billy Budd," premieres in London 1936 Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie 1922 Miroslav "Standa" Bares, Czechoslovakian/Dutch actor and director, Billy Budd 1921 Peter Ustinov, born in London, actor, Death on Nile, Logan's Run, Billy Budd 1917 Paul Rogers, British actor, Looking Glass War, Billy Budd 1914 Budd Schulberg, born in New York City, novelist, On the Waterfront 1909 Robert Ryan, Chicago, actor, Billy Budd, Dirty Dozen, Longest Day 1906 Budd [Lawrence] Freeman, U.S. jazz saxophonist, Eel 1891 Herman Melville, writer (Billy Budd, Moby Dick), dies at 72 1819 Herman Melville, U.S., author, Moby Dick, Billy Budd |
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