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MOVIE LEGEND CLINT EASTWOOD IS 92
An Academy Award nominee for Best Actor, Eastwood won Best
Director and Best Picture for his Western film Unforgiven (1992)
and his sports drama Million Dollar Baby (2004).

IRISH SINGER IS 62 YEARS OLD TODAY
Bono (Paul David Hewson)
Born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, Bono is the lead vocalist and
primary lyricist of the rock band U2. He has received 22 Grammy
Awards and has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame.


SUCCESSFUL SINGER IS 80 YEARS YOUNG
Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is a singer and actress. With
a career spanning over six decades, she has achieved success
in multiple fields of entertainment, and is among the few
performers awarded an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony.

FIRST HISPANIC OSCAR WIN ON THIS DAY IN 1962
On April 9, 1962, Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno become the first Hispanic woman to win an Oscar, for her role of Anita in West Side
Story (1961).
Moreno, who was born in Puerto Rico in 1931 and grew up in Long Island, New York, began acting at a young age, landing her first Broadway role at the age of 13. She will turn 91 in December.

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