2000 Death Jose Greco, flamenco dancer, Ship of Fools, dies at 82 1994 Death Lilia Skala, Austrian/US actress (Ship of Fools, Caprice), dies at 98 1993 Death Janice Carroll, actress (End, April Fools), dies of cancer at 61 1993 Death Billy Eckstine, jazz singer (Fools Rush In), dies at 78 of stroke 1980 Death Katherine A Porter, U.S. author (Ship of Fools, Pulit-66), dies at 90 1973 Death Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81 1972 Event "Only Fools Are Sad" closes at Edison Theater New York City after 144 performances 1971 Event "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 144 performances 1969 Death Claire Whitney, silent film actress (Blind Fools), dies at 79 1969 Death Tom Aherne, actor (Hustler, April Fools), dies of influenza in NY 1967 Death Karen Verne, actress (Ships of Fools, Underground), dies at 49 1964 Birthday Griffin O'Neal, actor, April Fools Day, Wraith 1961 Birthday Jon Tenney, born in Princeton, New Jersey, actor, lead role in television series, Brooklyn South, appeared in Fools Rush In, Nixon, was married to Terri Hatcher 1959 Death Lester Vail, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies on 59th birthday 1954 Birthday Rosie Vela, British singer, Zazu, Fools Paradise 1949 Birthday Sue Holderness, actress, Marlene-Only Fools and Horses, Sandbaggers 1943 Birthday Christiane Schmidtmer, Heidelberg Germany, actress, Ship of Fools 1942 Birthday Frankie Lymon, New York City, rocker, & Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love 1942 Birthday Jimmy Merchant, rock vocalist, Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools 1941 Birthday Herb Santiago, vocalist, Frankie Lymon and Teenagers-Why Do Fools Fall 1934 Birthday Michael Dunn, Shattuck, Oklahoma, actor, House of the Damned, Ship of Fools 1928 Birthday William Trevor, British writer, Children of Dynmouth, Fools of Fortune 1925 Birthday Michel Piccoli, Paris, France, actor, Topaz, Peril, May Fools 1907 Birthday Charles Korvin, Czechoslovakia, actor, Berlin Express, Ship of Fools 1900 Birthday Lester Vail, actor, Dance Fools Dance, Consolation Marriage 1891 Birthday Earle Foxe, Oxford, Ohio, actor, Dance Fools Dance 1890 Birthday Katherine Anne Porter, U.S., novelist, Ship of Fools 1890 Birthday Claire Whitney, New York, silent film actress, Blind Fools, Haunted Mine 1709 Event Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools," premieres in London