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JOHNNY TILLOTSON IS 77 TODAY
Tillotson was born in Jacksonville, Florida.
Singer/songwriter Johnny Tillotson enjoyed his greatest success in the early
1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult
contemporary Billboard charts including "Poetry in Motion." He continues
to write and perform in concert.
HUGH O’BRIAN IS 91 TODAY
O’Brian in the U.S Marine Corps during World
War II. At seventeen, he became the youngest
Marine drill instructor.
Hugh O’Brian (Hugh Charles Krampe)
was born in Rochester, New York.
O’Brian is known for his starring roles in the1955–1961 ABC western television
series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp and the 1972-1973 NBC action
television series Search. Hugh had a small role in John Wayne‘s last film, The Shootist (1976).
On June 25, 2006, O’Brian married for the first time at age 81 to 64-year-old
Virginia Barber. The ceremony was held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park with
the Rev. Robert Schuller officiating.
HIGHLIGHTS OF PAST NEWS
BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1933
Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer)
(April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967)
Actress, singer, and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield appeared on Broadway in Will
Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1955-1956). Her numerous Hollywood credits
include The Girl Can’t Help It (1956), and The Wayward Bus (1957). As a child,
she was a talented pianist and violinist who gave impromptu concerts in her
family’s driveway. In 1967, Mansfield was killed in a car crash at the age of 34.

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