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IT’S BOBBY RYDELL’S BIRTHDAY

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Bobby Rydell (Robert Louis Ridarelli) is 72 today

Bobby won a talent competition on Paul Whitman’s TV Teen Club and
became a regular on the series. Well known singles by the early 1960s
teen idol include,”Wild One” and “Volare”. He also appeared in the 1963
film Bye Bye Birdie.

Rydell underwent major surgery In July 2012 when he had a double organ
transplant to replace his liver and kidneys. In January 2013, six months after 
the surgery, he returned to the stage in Las Vegas for a three night gig to a
sold out audience. He continues to perform internationally and he returned to 
tour Australia this year. It’s hard to keep a good man down! Happy Birthday
Bobby! 

Bobby Rydell In Hospital
Bobby recovering from his transplant surgery in 2012.


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CAROL BURNETT IS 81 TODAY!

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Carol Creighton Burnett 

  
Actress, comedian, singer, and writer.Carol Burnett is best known for her long- 
running TV variety show, The Carol Burnett Show,on CBS. It originally aired 
from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes, and again 
with 9 episodes in the fall of 1991.

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AL PACINO IS 74 YEARS OLD TODAY

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Alfredo James "Al" Pacino

Actor and director Al Pacino has won the Academy Award
for Best Actor for his role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film,
Scent of a Woman. He also starred in Dog Day Afternoon
(1975), Scarface (1983). Pacino played mobster Michael
Corleone in The Godfather trilogy beginning in 1972, still
considered one of the greatest performances of all time.

Before fame, Al Pacino developed a love for acting at an
early age and participated in the majority of his school’s
productions. As a teenager, he went by the nickname
Sunny and dreamed of becoming a pro baseball player. 

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LOOKING BACK AT TODAY IN HISTORY

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Sandy Kozel

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Barbra Joan Streisand is 72 today

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Camille Bohannon

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John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson is 77 today

 

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Jack Nicholson as the Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 “Batman”

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