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SINGER BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1940
Ricky Nelson (born Eric Hilliard Nelson in Teaneck, New Jersey)
(May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985)
Nelson began his entertainment career in 1949 playing himself alongside his
family in the radio sitcom series, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet and
later in the ABC television series of the same name from 1952 to 1966
He put 53 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1973 including
"Poor Little Fool" which was the first #1 song on Billboard magazine’s then-
newly created Hot 100 chart.
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DON RICKLES IS 89 YEARS OLD TODAY
Donald Jay "Don" Rickles was born in New York.
Legendary insult comedian Don Rickles studied at the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts and began performing stand up comedy in hotels in the
Catskill Mountains in New York after becoming frustrated from the lack of
work he was getting as an actor.
ACTOR BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1901
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper in Helena, Montana)
(May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961)
Cooper became famous for playing Marshall Will Kane in “High Noon”
(1952). He also played roles in “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936), and
“The Pride of the Yankees” (1942). Before fame, he managed a ranch
and worked as a newspaper cartoonist in Montana.
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