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2007 Robert Pickett, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash', dies
2006 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines, dies of cancer, in Tebworth, England, at age 53 2004 Jan Miner, pitchwoman/stage actress, You're soaking in it, dies at 86 1997 Violet Carlson, stage dancer/singer, dies at 97 1995 Fabio Casartelli, raced with Ariostea team in 1993, won Olympic gold medal in 1992 Summer Olympics road race, died during 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France, in a crash occurring on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet in the Pyrenees 1995 Ginger Rogers, actress/dancer (Top Hat, Stage Door), dies at 83 1994 Michael Joyce, stage Manager, dies at 48 1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" 1992 Francesca Primus, columnist (Back Stage), dies at 45 1991 Horse Racing Breeders' Cup Champs: Arazi, Black Tie Affair, Dance Smartly, Miss Alleged, Opening Verse, Pleasant Stage, Sheikh Albadou 1991 Robert DiMatte, Jr., stage director/actor, dies at 43 1989 Rod Stewart hits his head while on stage and knocks himself out 1987 Dick Shawn, comedian (Producers), dies on stage at 57 1985 Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager, dies at 71 1984 Andrea Leeds, actress (Stage Door, Earthbound), dies of cancer at 70 1984 Tommy Cooper, comedian, collapses and dies on stage 1981 Anita Loos, U.S. (stage)author (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 88 1980 Bob Marley collapses on stage, brought to Sloan-Kettering Hospital 1980 John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg stage one of the greatest U.S. Open finals as 21 year old McEnroe fends off Borg to win his 2nd straight title 1980 Brian May of rock group Queen collapses on stage with hepatitis 1978 Baseball umps stage a 1 day strike 1978 Fee Waybill of Tubes breaks a leg falling off stage 1977 Cleveland Indians stage 1st "I hate the Yankee Hanky Night" 1976 Alicia Witt, born in Worcester, Massachusetts, born Alicia Roanne Witt, film, stage and television actress, singer, played role of Cybill Shepherd's character in sitcom Cybill, 1995 - 1998 1976 Pieter Balledux, actor/stage manager/resistance fighter, dies at 89 1976 Johan[nes A] Card, actor/stage manager (My Fair Lady), dies at 78 1975 Rocker Alice Cooper falls off stage in Vancouver, breaks 6 ribs 1973 Samuel N Behrman, U.S. stage/screenwriter (Quo Vardis), dies at 80 1973 Phil Everly storms off stage declaring an end to Everly Brothers 1973 "Rocky Horror Picture Show," stage production opens in London 1970 Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily 1970 2 men begin ascent of south face of Annapurna I, highest final stage in a wall climb in world 1969 Turtles play White House, Mark Volman falls off stage 5 times 1969 John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam) 1969 John and Yoko stage their 1st bed-in for peace (Amsterdam Hilton) 1968 100th Belmont: Gus Gustines aboard Stage Door Johnny wins in 2:27.2 1967 Jim Morrison, arrested on stage for disturbing the peace 1965 Dave Davies of Kinks stumbles and is knocked unconscious on stage 1960 Students stage kneel-in demonstrations in Atlanta churches 1960 Leonard Warren, U.S. baritone, dies on stage at 48 1960 4 students stage 1st civil rights sit-in, at Greensboro North Carolina Woolworth 1959 Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour' 1959 Joe Cook, Stage comedian, dies at 69 1957 John W. Van Druten, U.S. stage/screenwriter (I Remember Mama), dies at 56 1957 Jo Brand, born in Hastings, England, stage name, 'The Sea Monster', stand up comedian, embraced alternative comedy movement, employing use of monotone delivery, pauses, image inspired by radicalized feminism 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st TV appearance (Dorsey Bros Stage Show) 1956 Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies 1954 Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1954 Dirk Verbeek, actor and director (Hofstad Stage), dies at 70 1952 Jack Wild, actor, theater, stage, Academy Award nominee at age 16 for role of Artful Dodger in film production of 'Oliver!', favorite subject, teen magazines 1952 Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62 1952 Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62 1948 Peter Ruzicka, born in Dusseldorf, Germany, professor, composer, conductor, composes stage, orchestral, chamber, piano, vocal music 1948 Hiroshi "Can" Kikuchi, Japan (stage)writer (Tjitj kaeru), dies at 59 1947 Jonathan Pryce, North Wales, stage actor, Miss Saigon 1946 Donald Meek, Scotland, actor (Stage Fair, Stagecoach), dies at 86 1945 Robert Pickett, born in Somerville, Massachusetts, stage name, Bobby Boris Pickett, singer, co-wrote and performed hit 'Monster Mash' 1945 Michael Joyce, stage manager 1945 Karen Akers, New York City, singer, On Stage at Wolf Trap 1945 Dave Lee Travis, born in Derbyshire, England, radio presenter, stage name DLT, hosted shows on Garrison Radio, BBC Radio 1, Magic Network, DAB Digital Radio 1943 Rick Danko, Canada, rocker, The Band-Islands, Stage Fright 1943 Andre Antoine, French stage manager (Theatre Antoine), dies at 85 1943 Max Reinhardt, Austrian stage manager (Turandot), dies 1938 Alida JM Tartaud-Little, actress (Rotterdam Stage), dies at 64 1937 New York City college students stage 4th annual peace strike 1936 United Auto Workers stage 1st sit-down strike, at Fisher Body Plant 1935 Dominico Tromp, Aruba, stage leader 1933 Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany 1931 Carl Toms, stage designer 1931 James Dean, born in Marion, Indiana, stage/film actor, Giant, Rebel Without a Cause 1928 Katharine Hepburn's New York stage debut in "Night Hostess" 1928 Andrew Gordon Speedie-Pask, cybernetician stage producer/lyricist 1927 Barbara Cook, born in Atlanta, Georgia, stage singer and actress, Music Man 1927 Carl Toms, stage designer, 1 Million BC, Moon Zero Two 1926 Christopher Logue, British poet/stage writer, Trials 1926 Actress Theo Mann-Master resigns from stage 1923 Siobhan McKenna, Ireland, stage actress, Saint Joan 1922 Paul Scofield, born in England, stage and screen actor, considered one of the best British actors of the 20th century 1921 Deborah Kerr, born in Helensburg, Scotland, television, stage, film actress, in 'The King and I', 'From Here to Eternity' 1921 Joseph Papp, born in Brooklyn, stage producer/director, Pirates of Penzance 1921 Earnest von Possart, German actor/stage manager, dies 1921 Kan Ishii, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, famous for Symphonia Ainu, inspired by national primitivism, wrote orchestral and vocal music for film and stage, including music for science-fiction film Gorath 1918 Ingmar Bergman, born in Sweden, director, writer, producer for stage, film and television, Academy Award winner 1918 Bob Carroll, singer and actor, Stage Two Revue, Stranger 1915 Scott McKay, Pleasantville Iowa, actor, Stage Door 1913 Rik Jacobs, Flemish stage manager 1913 Peter Glenville, actor stage/screen director, Hotel Paradiso, Becket 1913 Dayton, Ohio almost destroyed when Scioto, Miami, and Muskingum River reach flood stage simultaneously 1910 Harry Horner, stage/Film Designer 1909 Cleo Brown, born in Mississippi, pianist, vocalist, stage name Cleo Patra Brown, performed on National Public Radio, stride piano playing was compared to Fats Waller 1908 William Bakewell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stage manager-Pinky Lee Show 1908 Ethel Merman, stage and screen actress, Anything Goes, Call Me Madam 1908 Abraham Goldfaden, U.S. Yiddish stage performer (Shulamis), dies at 67 1905 Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show, Mahogany 1904 Jimmy Dorsey, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show 1900 Alastair Sims, Edinburgh Scot, actor, Christmas Carol, Stage Fright 1897 Johan[nes A] Kaart, Dutch actor/stage manager, My Fair Lady 1896 Lillian Gish, silent film/stage actress, Birth of a Nation 1896 Henry M de Montherlant, French stage author, La Reine Morte 1893 Erwin Piscator, German stage director, Der Stellvertreter 1891 Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician, stage, author and resistance fighter 1891 Peter H "Paul" Huf, actor and director, Great Netherlands Stage 1890 Lauri SA Haarla, Finnish, stage, writer, Juudas, Sukeltaja 1890 Cor Ruys, Dutch actor, Princess Stage 1887 Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes' 1886 Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter 1883 Dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor and director, Hofstad Stage 1880 Donald Meek, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actor, Stage Fair, Stagecoach 1879 Ethel Barrymore, classic film and stage actress, Pinky, Moonrise 1879 Ludovicus H [Lode] Baekelmans, Flemish, stage, author, Tille 1873 Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star, Rotterdam Stage 1873 Colette, born in Yonee, France, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical 1869 Aurelien FM Lugne-Poe, French actor/stage manager, La Parade 1867 Blacks stage ride-in to protest segregation in New Orleans 1867 Black demonstrators stage ride-ins on Richmond Virginia streetcars 1853 William H Gillette, actor, Sherlock Holmes on stage 1841 Johannes de Koo, Dutch journalist/stage writer 1841 Ernst von Possart, German actor/stage manager/reciter 1841 William H H Davenport, Buffalo, stage medium 1834 Edouard Pailleron, French attorney/stage writer 1831 Victorien Sardou, French stage writer, Madame Sans-Gane 1831 Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 1816 Carl Herrmann, near Hanover Germany, stage magician 1805 Mihaly Csokonai Vitez, Hungarian (stage)poet (Dorottya), dies at 31 1691 George Etherege, English stage writer (Love in a Tub), dies at 56 |
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