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  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,328
    Happy 94th birthday, Clint Eastwood 


  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Pat Boone singer. Born 1 June 1934.

    Particularly successful and famous in the nineteen fifties. My late mother in law was a great fan.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    Actually a favourite of mine too back in the 50s and one of first LPs I ever bought.  We saw him in later life on stage in Wellington and he was embarrassingly off key.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    LenGlover said:
    Pat Boone singer. Born 1 June 1934.

    Particularly successful and famous in the nineteen fifties. My late mother in law was a great fan.
    The anti-Rock n Roller... BUT - his sanitised versions of songs originally sung by black artists did expose the music to a wider audience, some of whom would then have gone out and discovered the originals. And in some cases (where the artist hadn't been ripped off by unscrupulous publishers, producers or managers) earned a few bob for the songwriter(s). He also discovered this bloke... 

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zgsIdMa8qA    
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Millicent Martin

    Actress, Singer and all round entertainer. Born 8 June 1924.

    Been active for more than 60 years and was particularly famous in That Was The Week That Was a satirical programme from the 60s. She also often appeared as a panellist on Juke Box Jury around the same time.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    LenGlover said:
    Millicent Martin

    Actress, Singer and all round entertainer. Born 8 June 1924.

    Been active for more than 60 years and was particularly famous in That Was The Week That Was a satirical programme from the 60s. She also often appeared as a panellist on Juke Box Jury around the same time.
    More recently well known for playing Daphne Moon's mother in Frasier.  
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    William Daniels, Actor born 31 March 1927

    Played the father of Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman character) in The Graduate and also appeared in St Elsewhere, Greys Anatomy and plenty of others.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    I think she has been mentioned before, but as she just popped up on a post on Facebook - Marion Ross (Mrs Cunningham from Happy Days) is still with us at 95. 
  • Still having a go at 98 Dick Van Dyke.


  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    How come Brian Connelly and Matthew Kelly got in on the act? 
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  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Wendy Craig, actress born 20 June 1934.

    Active for over 60 years. 3 programmes she starred in are: Not In Front of The Children, Butterflies and The Royal. There have been a whole host more too.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    I’ve never laughed as much as when watching Butterflies
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    Bob Blair, NZ fast bowler in the 1950s is 92 today.

    I might have mentioned this before but in 1953, when on tour with the NZ team in South Africa, news came through that Bob’s fiancée Narissa Love had been killed in the Tangiwai train disaster on Christmas Eve.

    It was during the Test at Johannesburg and an announcement was made to the crowd that Blair would take no further part in the match.  On Boxing Day at the fall of NZ’s 9th second innings wicket in a pretty hopeless situation, Bert Sutcliffe the not out batsman had started his return to the pavilion when Blair came out to bat.

    The crowd rose in silence as Bob Blair made his way to the wicket.  An iconic moment of kiwi sporting history.

    The pair put on 33 runs in 20 balls before Blair was stumped and NZ went down by 132 runs.

    Bob Blair married his wife Barbara in 1986, 33 years after the rail disaster and they live in England.

  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Dame Eileen Atkins.

    Actress, born 15 June 1934.

    Gosford Park and Doc Martin two relatively recent things she has appeared in. Upstairs Downstairs for the oldies.
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,229
    LenGlover said:
    Millicent Martin

    Actress, Singer and all round entertainer. Born 8 June 1924.

    Been active for more than 60 years and was particularly famous in That Was The Week That Was a satirical programme from the 60s. She also often appeared as a panellist on Juke Box Jury around the same time.

    Len, you aged her by a decade !
    Millicent Martin was born in Romford 
    8th June 1934 and when she appeared on TW3, she was in her late 20's and i did some research and the programme was CANCELLED after only two series before the 64 election !

    Cancel culture is nothing new.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    LenGlover said:
    Millicent Martin

    Actress, Singer and all round entertainer. Born 8 June 1924.

    Been active for more than 60 years and was particularly famous in That Was The Week That Was a satirical programme from the 60s. She also often appeared as a panellist on Juke Box Jury around the same time.

    Len, you aged her by a decade !
    Millicent Martin was born in Romford 
    8th June 1934 and when she appeared on TW3, she was in her late 20's and i did some research and the programme was CANCELLED after only two series before the 64 election !

    Cancel culture is nothing new.
    Can't edit and correct now!
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    Jean Marsh was 90 yesterday. 
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    John Clegg, aka Lah De Dah Gunner Graham in It Ain't 'Alf Hot Mum, is 90 today
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,140
    Georgio Armani was 90 yesterday. 
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  • PopIcon
    PopIcon Posts: 5,970
    Engelbert Humperdinck, I thought he's died years ago. Nope, still touring at age 309.
  • Blackheathen
    Blackheathen Posts: 6,655
    Bit premature for this thread.  He’s 88.
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Nanette Newman, actress and author born 29 May 1934
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    6 August 1934. Two born on this day:

    Chris Bonington mountaineer and expedition leader on numerous occasions to Everest and other Himalayan mountains as well as mountains elsewhere.

    Billy Boston rugby league legend and (to date) the second highest try scorer (to Brian Bevan) in rugby league history. Played predominantly for Wigan during the 50s, 60s and early 70s.
  • Blackheathen
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    Anyone interested in the Everest side of things might be interested in a Netflix documentary “Mountain Queen”, the story of the first woman to summit the mountain, a feat she achieved 10 times.  It’s very good.  Sorry to digress.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,212
    Eddie Firmani - 91 today 
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Paul Trevillion

    Sports artist and cartoonist. Born 11 March 1934.
    Known for golf as he used to illustrate Gary Player's Golf Class in the Sunday Times. (He may still do so as I've not read the Sunday Times for a long time) and has published a book about putting too.

    https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/16375/paul-trevillion




  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,216
    Des Lynam been in the news lately, one of those you thought had died.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,328
    iaitch said:
    Des Lynam been in the news lately, one of those you thought had died.
    He's dead to me!
  • Pete Murray, DJ, is 99 today