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Ross Simpson


Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. is 64 today.

His mother Lynne owned a beauty parlor and his father was an
ordained Pentecostal minister. After taking a semester off from
college, he worked as an overnight summer camp counselor,
where he discovered his acting abilities.


2006

    

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CHARACTER ACTOR HAS DIED AT 90

 
Martin E. Brooks (born Martin Baum in The Bronx, New York)
(November 30, 1925 – December 7, 2015)

Los Angeles (AP) – Martin E. Brooks, whose acting career stretched
from Broadway dramas to TV series including "The Six Million Dollar
Man" and "Dallas," died Monday. He was 90.

Jon Landau, a film producer and friend of Brooks, said he died of
natural causes after a brief hospitalization in Los Angeles.

Steve Austin and Dr. Rudy Wells
Steve Austion (Lee Majors) and Dr. Rudy Wells (Martin E. Brooks)

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John Belmont


John Michael
"Ozzy" Osbourne is 67 years old today.

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ACTRESS BORN ON THIS DAY IN 1913


Mary Virginia Martin (December 1, 1913 – November 3, 1990)

Broadway star whose Tony Award-winning musical theater credits include
Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949) and the title role in Peter Pan (1954).

She made her Broadway debut in the Cole Porter musical Leave It to Me!
(1938). Her son, Larry Hagman, also became an actor.  

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Camille Bohannon



William Holden (William Franklin Beedle, Jr.) 
(April 17, 1918 – November 16, 1981)


1956

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