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2003 Sheb Wooley, singer/actor, ", One-eyed, One-horn Flying Purple People Eater, ", dies at 82
1996 Gene Nelson, actor/dancer (SOB, Purple Hills, Starlift), dies at 76 1987 Benson Fong, actress (Charlie Chan, Purple Heart), dies at 70 1986 43th Golden Globes: Whoopi Goldberg, Color Purple win 1984 Prince's "Purple Rain," album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 24 weeks 1983 Alice Walker wins Pulitzer Prize for "The Color Purple" 1983 Pulitzer prize awarded to Alice Walker for "Color Purple" 1980 Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75 1976 Tommy Bolin, rock guitarist (Deep Purple), dies of heroin overdose 1976 Rock group Deep Purple disbands 1975 Ritchie Blackmore quits Deep Purple, forms Rainbow 1973 "Smoke on the Water" by Deep Purple goes gold 1970 Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist (Purple Hayes), dies of an overdose at 27 1967 "Purple Haze" recorded by Jimi Hendrix 1960 Apollonia, Patricia Kotero, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Purple Rain 1958 "Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley hits #1 1958 O+>, Prince, Rogers Nelson, Minnesota, rocker/actor, 1999, Purple Rain 1956 Joe Satriani, born in Westbury, New York, instrumentalist, guitarist, Grammy-Award nominee, recruited by Mick Jagger to play lead guitar for The Rolling Stones' tour, in 1988, lead guitarist for Deep Purple in 1994, performed in annual G3 Jam Concerts, influenced by Eric Clapton 1954 Steve Morse, born in Hamilton, Ohio, rocker, guitarist, founder of the Dixie Dregs, guitar player in Deep Purple 1954 Oprah Winfrey, born in Mississippi, actress/TV host, Color Purple, Oprah 1951 Carmen R "Tata" Vega, U.S. soul singer, Color Purple soundtrack 1951 Cheryl Ladd, born in Huron, South Dakota, actress, Charlie's Angels, Purple Hearts 1950 Leroy Deans awarded 1st Order of Purple Heart in Korea 1949 Whoopi Goldberg, Caryn Johnson, New York City, actress, Color Purple, Burglar 1949 David Coverdale, England, rock vocalist, Whitesnake, Deep Purple 1949 Ronnie James Dio, rocker, Dio-Holy Diver, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath 1948 Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer, White Snake, Deep Purple 1946 Doug Simper, rocker, Deep Purple 1945 Roger Glover, British hard rock bassist, Episode Six-Deep Purple 1945 Ritchie Blackmore, born in England, guitarist, Rainbow-Stone Cold, Deep Purple 1944 Alice Walker, U.S., novelist, Color Purple, Meridian 1942 Jimi Hendrix, born in Seattle, Washington rock guitarist, Purple Haze 1941 Chris Curtis, Chris Crummy, rock drummer/vocalist, Deep Purple 1939 Clarence Williams III, New York City, actor, Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain 1936 April Stevens, born in Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple 1935 William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies 1935 Nino Tempo, Niagara Falls, New York, rock vocalist, Deep Purple 1933 Wilson Mizner, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner, dies 1932 Purple Heart award reinstituted 1921 Sheb Wooley, born in Erick, Oklahoma, vocalist, Purple People Eater, Hee Haw 1917 Ram Gopal, Indies/English dancer, Blue Peter, Purple Plain 1916 Benson Fong, Sacramento California, actress, Charlie Chan, Purple Heart 1876 Wilson Mizner, born in Benicia, California, playwright, entrepreneur, raconteur, wrote, 'The Deep Purple', 'The Greyhound', opium addict, boxing manager, hotel manager, managed restaurant The Brown Derby, with brother, Addison Mizner 1872 Zane Grey, American West novelist, Riders of the Purple Sage 1866 Gelett Burgess, author, Purple Cow 1782 George Washington creates Order of Purple Heart |
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