TIM MAGUIRE

Michael Kirk Douglas is 72 today.

Michael Douglas studied drama at the University of California,
Santa Barbara. His role as flamboyant pianist Liberace in the
2013 HBO biopic Behind the Candelabra earned him an Emmy
Award.

1993

From left: Michael Douglas with his father Kirk Douglas.

CAMILLE BOHANNON

   
     James Maury "Jim" Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) 

Jim Henson created puppets for a children’s show on local TV called The Junior
Morning Show. Another early TV show was Sam and Friends, which featured
prototypes of The Muppets. He was honored on the Hollywood Walk of Fame as
both himself and Kermit the Frog.

The song "People Are Strange" was released by The Doors from their second
album Strange Days which was also released in September 1967. The single
peaked at the number 12 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and made it
to the top ten in the Cash Box charts. It was written by Jim Morrison and Robby
Krieger although credit was given to The Doors.  

CAMILLE BOHANNON

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is 67 years old today.

According to reports, Springsteen felt deep alienation while attending
high school and did not appear at his graduation. He failed his physical
examinations after being drafted to fight in Vietnam and never served.

Bruce Springsteen performed with the power trio Earth in the late 1960s
and, in 1971, he performed with Steve Van Zandt and Steel Mill.

Circus Boy is an action/adventure/drama series that aired in prime time on
NBC, and then on ABC, from 1956 to 1958. It was then rerun by NBC on
Saturday mornings, from 1958 to 1960. Micky Dolenz began his television
career in the series as the main character, young Corky who was adopted
by Joey the Clown (Noah Beery, Jr.), and the whole Burke and Walsh Circus
family. Dolenz was billed at the time as Mickey Braddock. He was later hired
for the role as the "drummer" in NBC’s sitcom The Monkees.

George Michael "Micky" Dolenz, Jr. turned 71 in March.