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2009 Paul Harvey, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'The Rest of the Story'
2002 Caroline Knapp, writer, Drinking: A Love Story, dies at 41 2000 Richard Farnsworth, actor/stunt man, The Straight Story, dies at 80 1998 Jerome Robbins, choreographer, West Side Story, dies at 79 1997 Tom Blackburn, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, dies at 71 1997 Saul Chaplin, director (West Side Story), dies at 85 1995 Michael Ende, German writer (Neverending Story), dies at 65 1995 Michael VerMeulen, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor, dies at 38 1995 Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71 1994 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83 1992 Larry Riley, actor (Soldier Story, Knots Landing), dies of AIDS at 39 1991 Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), after a stroke at 75 1991 Larry Kert, actor (Tony-West Side Story), dies of AIDS at 60 1991 "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" closes at Shubert New York City after 225 performances 1990 Helene Stanley, actress (Carnival Story, Roar of the Crowd), dies 1990 Roald Dahl, Br short story author (Sweet Mystery of Life), dies at 74 1990 "Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story" opens at Shubert New York City for 225 performances 1990 Leonard Bernstein, composer (West Side Story), dies at 72 1990 Katharine Balfour, actress (Love Story), dies of ALS at 69 1988 Tucker Smith, singer/dancer (Cool-West Side Story), dies 1988 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer (Furious Season), dies at 50 1986 Adolph Caesar, actor (Club Paradise, Soldier's Story), dies 1985 Tom Greenway, actor (Miami Story), dies of a heart attack at 75 1983 Tamara Shayne (Jolson Story), actress, dies at 80 of a heart attack 1983 STS-6 specialist Story Musgrave and Don Peterson 1st STS spacewalk 1981 Natalie Wood, actress (West Side Story), drowns at 43 (suicide) 1981 Will Durant, U.S. author (story of civilization), dies at 96 1981 1st live radio drama in 25 years (Halloween Story on NBC) 1981 Ariel Durant, U.S. author (Story of Civilization), dies at 83 1981 Janet Cooke says her Pulitzer award 8-year-old heroin addict story is a lie, Washington Post relinquishes Pulitzer Prize on fabricated story 1981 Washington Post Janet Cooke wins Pulitzer Prize (later admits story a hoax) 1980 "West Side Story" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 341 performances 1980 "West Side Story" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 341 performances 1977 Peter Finch, actor (Network, Nun's Story, Judith), dies at 60 1976 Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91 1975 Howard Joslin, actor (Quebec, Detective Story), dies at 68 1974 1st edition of women's magazine "Story" 1973 John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbitt), dies of ulcer at 81 1973 Barret Oliver, actor, Never Ending Story, Secret Garden 1972 Tami Stronach, born in Teheran, Iran, actress, Neverending Story 1971 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story," (introducing the Waltons) 1971 Diana Lynn, actress (Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go), dies at 45 1971 Noah Hathaway, actor, Troll, Neverending Story 1968 Thomas Merton, French/U.S. priest and writer '7 Story Mountain', dies at 53 1968 Nick Adams, actor (Interns, Pillow Talk, FBI Story), ODs at 36 1966 Elizabeth Patterson, actress (Tall Story), dies at 90 1965 Sarah Jessica Parker, born in Nelsonville, Ohio, actress, Square Pegs, LA Story 1964 Drew Story, San Clemente, California, canoe alternate for 1996 Olympics 1962 West Side Story soundtrack album goes to #1 and stays #1 for 54 weeks which is more than 20 weeks longer than any other album 1962 34th Academy Awards - "West Side Story," Sophia Loren and Max Schell win 1962 David Foster Wallace, born in New York, author, novelist, short story and literary fiction writer 1961 Joan McCracken, actress (Claudie The Story of a Marriage), dies at 38 1961 Imogen Stubbs, Rothbury England, actress, Summer Story 1959 Edward Franklin Albee's "zoo story," premieres in Berlin 1959 "West Side Story" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 734 performances 1957 "West Side Story" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 734 performances 1957 Bernstein and Sondheim's musical "West Side Story," premieres in New York City 1957 Musical "West Side Story," opens on Broadway 1956 Michael VerMeulen, born in Chicago, Illinois, writer, journalist, magazine editor, broke story on U.S. AIDS epidemic, published in Vanity Fair, Parade, GQ founding features editor 1956 Juliet Stevenson, Essex England, actress, Secret Rapture, Life Story 1956 Lena Olin, born in Stockholm, Sweden, actress, Enemies A Love Story 1955 Isabelle Adjani, born in Paris, actress, Story of Adele H, Driver, Ishtar 1951 John Bentley, born in Deptford, South East London, rocker, bass player, played for Squeeze 1980 - 1982, appeared on albums Argybargy and East Side Story 1950 Gemma Craven, Dublin, actress, Wagner, Story of Slipper and Rose 1950 Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1949 Sidney Kingsley's "Detective Story," premieres in New York City 1948 "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance 1947 Vincent Baggetta, Paterson, New Jersey, actor, Lou-Chicago Story 1947 Ann Beattie, born in Washington, D.C., short story writer, novelist, compared to John Updike, J.D Salinger, professor at Harvard, University of Virginia, Rea Award for the Short Story recipient 1947 Bill Smitrovich, actor, Crime Story, Miami Vice 1946 Bruce Robinson, actor, Story of Adele H 1945 Nicola Pagett, actress, Oliver's Story, Privates on Parade 1944 Don Stroud, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, actor, Coogan's Bluff, Buddy Holly Story 1944 Gary Busey, born in Goose Creek, Texas, actor, Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born 1944 Paul Sands, born in Los Angeles, California, comedian/actor, SCTV, Story Theater, St. Elsewhere 1944 Dennis Farina, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Mike Torello-Crime Story 1944 Jackie Torrence, story teller/artist 1941 Ryan O'Neal, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Peyton Place, Paper Moon, Love Story 1941 Ryan O'Neal, actor, Love Story, Paper Moon 1939 Ali MacGraw, born in Pound Ridge, New York, actress, Love Story, Goodbye Columbus 1939 Philip Barry's "Philadelphia Story," premieres in New York City 1939 Charles Fuller, U.S. writer, Zooman, Soldier Story 1939 Richard Beymer, Avoca, Iowa, actor, West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank 1938 Raymond Carver, poet/short story writer, Furious Season 1937 Erich Segal, born in Brooklyn, New York, author, Love Story, Oliver's Story 1936 Susan Kohner, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Imitation of Life, Gene Krupa Story 1936 Tony Lo Bianco, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ann Jillian Story, Hizzoner! 1935 F Story Musgrave, Boston, MD/astronaut, STS-6, 51-F, 33, 44, 61, 80 1935 Story Musgrave, American Astronaut 1934 Martin Charnin, Broadway lyricist, Annie, West Side Story 1934 Carol Lawrence, Illinois, dancer/actress, West Side Story 1933 George Chakiris, born in Norwood, Ohio, actor, West Side Story 1933 Chita Rivera, Washington D.C., actress, West Side Story, Sweet Charity 1931 Rita Moreno, Rosa Dolores Alverio, Humacao PR, West Side Story 1931 Ken Takakura, Goichi Oda, Kita Japan, actor, Story of Antarctic 1930 Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1930 Robert Evans, born in New York City, director/actor, Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown 1930 Stephen Sondheim, born in New York City, lyricist, West Side Story, Company 1929 Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1928 Edward Albee, born in Washington, D.C., playwright, Virgina Woolfe, Zoo Story 1928 Harold Prince, U.S. producer/director, West Side Story, Evita 1928 Peter Donat, Kentville Nova Scotia, Flamingo Road, Different Story 1926 Diana Lynn, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Annapolis Story, Easy Come Easy Go 1926 John Derek, born in Los Angeles, California, actor and director, 10, Annapolis Story 1924 Sieto Hoving, actor, Holiday in Havana, Palm Beach Story 1923 Arthur Hiller, director, Love Story 1923 Cathy O'Donnell, Siluria AL, actress, Miniver Story, Man from Laramie 1923 Tom Blackburn, born in Raton, New Mexico, writer, author, screenwriter, lyricist, worked for Walt Disney's story department, wrote lyrics to The Ballad of Davy Crockett 1922 Joan McCracken, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Claudie Story of a Marriage 1922 Grace Paley, born in New York, short story writer, political activist, pacifist, poet 1922 Michel Auclair, Vujovic, Germany, actor, Story of a Love Story 1922 Eleanor Parker, born in Ohio, actress, Caged, Detective Story, Hans Brinker 1920 Anthony Steel, London, actor, Malta Story, Wooden Horse 1918 Jerome Robbins, Rabinowitz, New York, choreographer, Tony-West Side Story 1918 Paul Harvey, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio broadcaster and news commentator, 'Rest of the Story' 1918 Leonard Bernstein, Lawrence, Massachusetts, conductor and composer, West Side Story 1918 Arthur Laurents, born in New York City, playwright, West Side Story, Gypsy 1917 Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actress, Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story 1916 Beatrice Straight, Old Westbury, New York, actress, Poltergeist, Nun's Story 1914 Samuel "Larry" K Parks, Olathe, Kansas, actor, Jolson-Jolson Story 1914 Charles Drake, Bayside New York City, actor, Air Force, Glenn Miller Story 1914 Robert Wise, director, Day the Earth Stood Still, West Side Story 1913 Delmore Schwartz, U.S., poet/short story writer/critic, Shenandoah 1910 Jack Hawkins, London, actor, Ben-Four Just Men, Zulu, Malta Story 1910 Bill Goodwin, born in San Francisco, California, announcer, Jolson Story, Burns and Allen 1909 Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., New York City, actor, Ghost Story 1909 Josephine Hutchinson, born in Seattle, Washington, actress, Story of Louis Pasteur 1908 Ben Grauer, New York City, newscaster, Big Story 1907 Howard Joslin, Georgia, actor, Quebec, Detective Story 1907 Richard Harkness, Artesian, South Dakota, newscaster, Story of the Week, NBC 1906 Bob Considine, sports columnist, Bob Feller Story 1906 Henry Roth, born in Galicia, Austro-Hungary, writer, short story writer, novelist, Call It Sleep considered masterpiece of Jewish American literature 1906 William Bendix, born in New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley 1905 Boyd Neel, born in London, England, conductor, Story of an Orchestra 1904 Edward Chodorov, playwright/director, Story of Louis Pasteur 1902 Kathryn Forbes, short story writer, mama's bank account 1901 Melvyn Douglas, born in Macon, Georgia, actor, Hud, Ghost Story 1900 Ludwig Donath, actor, Jolson Story, Jolson Sings Again 1900 Mildred Dunnock, Balt, actress, Baby Doll, Nun's Story 1899 Conrad Aiken, U.S., poet/short story writer/critic, Selected Poems 1899 George Cukor, producer/director, Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story 1898 Ariel Durant, writer, Story of Civilization 1896 Philip Barry, U.S., dramatist, Philadelphia Story 1894 Will Wright, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Living Christ Story 1894 Henry Daniell, born in London, actor, Camille, Philadelphia Story, Body Snatchers 1893 Roy Del Ruth, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show 1893 Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian writer/poet/story teller 1893 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit 1893 Dorothy Parker, New Jersey, short story writer, 1958 Marjorie Peabody Award 1891 Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist 1889 Alfred E. Green, born in Perris, California, director, Copacabana, Jolson Story 1889 Margery Allingham, detective story writer 1887 Alexander Woollcott, New Jersey, short story writer, Man Who Came to Dinner 1885 Will Durant, U.S., author/historian, Story of Civilization 1885 Louis Untermeyer, New York City, poet and critic, Immortal Poems, Story Poems 1885 Mary Nash, Troy, New York, actress, Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By 1885 Sacha Guitry, France, actor and playwright, Story of a Cheat 1882 Geraldine Farrar, U.S. soprano/actress, Story of American Singer 1882 Ludvig Nordstrom, Sweden, writer, Story of Peter Svensk 1882 Noah Beery, Smithville AR, actor, Story of Esther, Mark of Zorro 1882 Hendrik W van Loon, Netherland, commentator/writer, Story of America 1881 Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month 1875 Elizabeth Patterson, Savannah, Tennessee, actress, Climax, Tall Story 1871 Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies 1871 Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45 1861 Georges Melies, Paris, magician; 1st to film a fictional story 1841 1st detective story (Poe's "Murders in Rue Morgue") published 1836 Thomas Bailey Aldrich, U.S., author/editor, Story of a Bad Boy 1835 N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel 1826 Alexander Aphanashev, Russian story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki 1811 Samuel Story, Dutch rear Admiral (Battle of Kamperduin), dies at 58 1798 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller, Fairy legends 1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller, Rhymes and Tales 1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales 1785 Arvir A. Afzelius, Swedish story teller 1779 Joseph Story, Massachusetts, 19th Supreme Court justice, 1812-45 1752 Samuel Story, Dutch Admiral, Battle at Kamperduin 1709 British sailor Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being marooned on a desert island for 5 years, his story inspires "Robinson Crusoe" 1608 John Smith's story of Jamestown's 1st days submitted for publication |
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