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SINGER DORIS DAY IS 92 TODAY


Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff in Cincinnati, Ohio)

She lied about her age so that she could sing professionally with big
bands. She received an Academy Award nomination for her role in the
1959 film Pillow Talk.

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OREGON BORN ACTRESS IS 87


Jane Powell (born Suzanne Lorraine Burce in Portland, Oregon) 

 

Powell rose to fame as a singer in her home state of Oregon, and signed to
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while still in her teens. Powell resides in Connecticut,
and is still active in television and theater. She celebrated her 87th birthday
yesterday, April 1.  

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DEBBIE REYNOLDS IS 84 TODAY


Debbie Reynolds (born Mary Frances Reynolds in El Paso, Texas)

Actress and singer Debbie Reynolds is best known for starring as Kathy Seldon
in the 1952 classic Singin’ in the Rain. She married Eddie Fisher in 1955 and is
the mother of actress Carrie Fisher and Todd Fisher. Reynolds won the Miss
Burbank beauty contest at the age of sixteen (below).

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Eric Patrick Clapton is 71 today.

Clapton got the nickname Slow hand because he played the
guitar with such ferocity that his strings would break and as
he replaced them onstage, the audience would slowly clap
their hands.

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JOHN ASTIN IS 86 TODAY


John Allen Astin was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Best known for his role as Gomez Addams on ABC- TV’s The
Addams Family
(1964 – 1966). He was initially a math major
in college at Washington & Jefferson before transferring to
Johns Hopkins.
 

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