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Singer Tony Bennett (Anthony Dominick Benedetto) is
95 today.

Tony Bennett has won 19 Grammy Awards (including a Lifetime Achievement Award, presented in 2001) and two Primetime
Emmy Awards, and was named an NEA Jazz Master and a
Kennedy Center Honoree. Bennett has sold over 50 million
records worldwide.

In February 2021, it was revealed that Bennett was diagnosed
with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016. Due to the slow progression
of his illness, he has continued to record, tour, and perform.

(FOXNEWS) – The legendary Marv Albert called the final game of his
55-year career on Saturday night.

Albert, who served as the play-by-play broadcaster for TNT,
announced in May that he had plans to retire once the Eastern Conference Finals were over. On Saturday night, the Bucks
defeated the Hawks in Game 6 to wrap up the series and set
up a Milwaukee-Phoenix NBA Finals, which will begin on
Tuesday.

Clifford Ralph Robinson (December 16, 1966 – August 29, 2020)

Clifford Robinson, a former NBA All-Star and the 1993 Sixth Man of the
Year Award winner, has died.

The cause of Robinson’s death wasn’t immediately known. He had
suffered a stroke in March 2017 and had a tumor removed from his
jaw in March 2018.

Robinson played 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association
(NBA). Selected in the second round of the 1989 NBA draft, he played
the first eight seasons of his career with the Portland Trail Blazers,
followed by stints with the Phoenix Suns, Detroit Pistons, Golden
State Warriors, and New Jersey Nets.

Larry Bird was a high school basketball star in his native Indiana. After
graduation, he received a scholarship to play for legendary coach Bobby
Knight at Indiana University, one of the finest teams in the country. However,
Bird was homesick and uncomfortable in the spotlight in Bloomington and
left the school after one month. He returned to French Lick, his hometown,
and eventually enrolled at the smaller Indiana State, far from a basketball powerhouse. There, Bird was a one-man offense, averaging 30 points per
game as a sophomore, junior and senior. He led the Sycamores to an
undefeated record in his senior season (1978-79) before losing to Earvin
“Magic” Johnson’s Michigan State Spartans in the most viewed NCAA
title game ever.

Bird warming up for Indiana State.

Larry Joe Bird will be 64 years old on December 7th.

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Singer, songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress,
and television personality.Paula Julie Abdul is 58
years young today.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day,
is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of
slavery in the United States.