February 25, 1927
Richard Percy Jones (February 25, 1927 – July 7, 2014)
Jones achieved some success as a child actor and as a young adult,
especially in B-Westerns and television. He is probably best known as
the voice of Pinocchio in the 1940 Walt Disney film Pinocchio. He died
at his home on July 7 from natural causes.
Tom Hanks
The epic romantic comedy-drama film Forest Gump was based on the 1986
novel of the same name by Winston Groom. The film is now considered a
“classic.” It won 6 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert
Zemeckis, and Best Actor in a Leading Role for Tom Hanks.
Huey Lewis (Born Hugh Anthony Cregg III in New York City)
Lewis is a singer and harmonica player with his group The News. The
band is perhaps best known for their third album, Sports, and their
contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the
Future. Lewis previously played with the band Clover from 1972 to
1979. He learned how to play the harmonica while hitchhiking across
the country.
1983
Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida
Besides being an Italian actress, Gina is also a photojournalist and a
sculptor. She was one of the highest profile European actresses of the
1950s and early 1960s, a period in which she was considered to be by
many, the world’s most beautiful woman and a sex symbol.
