1981 Death D[ennis] F[eltham] Jones, sci-fi author (Colossus), dies at 65 1941 Birthday Eric Braeden, born in Austria, actor, Victor Newman-Young and Restless, Colossus 1932 Birthday Sylvia Plath, Victoria Lucas, U.S., poet, Colossus, 3 Women, Bell Jar 1918 Birthday John Baragrey, born in Haleyville, Alabama, actor, Creeper, Colossus of New York 1849 Birthday Emma Lazarus, Jewish poet, "New Colossus" at the base of Statue of Liberty