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On this day in 2017, Hugh Hefner the american founder, publisher and editor in chief of Playboy Magazine, died aged 91. His residence , known as the Playboy mansion ,were many a young aspiring model lived as part of a sort of harem of his favourite models-known as Playboy bunnies, became synonymous with Hollywood excess and debauchery.

Scottish singer and actress Barbara Dickson celebrates her 75th birthday today.

She seems the type to have a solid support network of friends. .

https://www.thesun.co.uk/health/19926340/mammogram-nhs-breast-cancer-deidre-saunders/ Agony aunt Deirdre Sanders who works for The Sun and ITVs This Morning diagnosed with breast cancer.

On this day three years ago in 2019 former French President and official DeathList alumni Jacques Chirac died aged 86.

Team just sent cheers.

On this day 14 years ago in 2008 legendary Oscar winning american actor Paul Newman died aged 83. Husband of actress Joanne Woodward, Paul had six children , three by his first marriage, three by his second to Joanne. He outlived his only son Scott Newman who died of a drugs overdose in 1978. Some of his best known films include Cat on a hot tin roof (1958) opposite Elizabeth Taylor, The Hustler (1961) with Piper Laurie , The Color of money (1986) alongside Tom Cruise, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid(1969) with Robert Redford and Katharine Ross, Sweet bird of Youth (1962) , Cool Hand Luke(1967) costars including George Kennedy and Dennis Hopper, The Towering Inferno (1974) and Road to Perdition (2002) opposite Tom Hanks. Often cited as one of the best movie stars and actors of the 20th century .

https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/breaking-molly-mae-hague-pregnant-28077289 Former reality tv stars Molly Mae Hague and professional boxer Tommy Fury(brother of Tyson)who met on ITV2 s Love Island , have announced they are expecting their first child together.

British actor Ricky Tomlinson celebrates turning 83 today. American swimmer and Olympic gold medallist Dick Roth celebrates his 75th birthday today.

Count me in! Will work on my lists tonight inbetween watching my favourite clips from last nights Strictly Come Dancing on Iplayer.

On this day 35 years ago in 1987 American actress Mary Astor died aged 81. Her career began in the silent movie era and she is probably best known for starring in legendary film The Maltese Falcon in 1941. She played femme fatale Ruth Wonderly in this film noir opposite Humphrey Bogart that was also the directorial debut of John Huston.

Oscar winning american actor Michael Douglas celebrates his 78th birthday today.

Very surprised he hasn't resigned his seat yet.

Legendary American broadcasting journalist, presenter and interviewer Barbara Walters turns 93 today.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11243607/Holby-City-star-Camilla-Arfwedson-gives-birth.html British actress Camilla Arfwedson (Holby City BBC) and husband actor Jack Hawkins (Call the midwife) have become parents to their first child together.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11245735/BBC-Womans-Hour-presenter-Emma-Barnett-reveals-expecting-second-child.html Emma Barnett, presenter of Womans Hour on Radio 4, has announced she is expecting her second child.

On this day 19 years ago in 2003, american character actor Lyle Bettger died in California aged 88. He played numerous roles in both Hollywood film's and television from the 1950s and beyond. Lyle often portrayed villains, the most notable being as the angry vengeful and jealous elephant handler Klaus in Oscar winning film The Greatest Show on earth (1952). His first theatre role , was in a play called Brother Rat which was made into a film in 1938 which starred Ronald Reagan, Priscilla Lane, Eddie Albert and Jane Wyman. In terms of his film debut it was in 1949 in a film called The Lie. A villainous role in Barbara Stanwyck film No man of her own(1950) followed. He seemed to fit quite well into westerns cast in ones such as Forbidden (1953) (With Tony Curtis), The Great Sioux Uprising (1953) cast lead Jeff Chandler, Drums across the river(1954) with Audie Murphy and Walter Brennan and Gunfight at the O.K Corral with legendary golden era actors Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas. A later role in 1969 saw him cast alongside leading man Burt Reynolds in Impasse. By the 1960s Lyle career moved more to become a mix of television and film roles. Basically taking roles and work wherever it was offered. Bonanza, Combat, Rawhide, Gunsmoke and Hawaii Five-O being some of the TV shows he appeared in. Numerous appearances in the latter in part explained by his moving to live in Hawaii in the late 1960s . At his acting peak he was a blonde haired , handsome steely eyed villian-perfect for many a role in westerns on film and TV. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years in 1996 and survived by their three children. .

Peter Salisbury, drummer with British rock band The Verve, celebrates his 50th birthday today.

Are we sure it's not just a sabbatical?

On this day in 2020 renowned French singer Juliette Greco died aged 93. She was a notable bohemian of her generation.

Nicholas Witchell, a man we have seen a lot of recently in the UK as a result of the death of Queen Elizabeth ll , celebrates his 69th birthday today. Witchell is the royal correspondent for BBC News.

Spanish singer songwriter Julio Iglesias celebrities his 79th birthday today. The legendary American singer songwriter Bruce Springsteen celebrates turning 73 today. Affectionately nicknamed 'The Boss'.

American actress Ashley Greene, star of the Twilight film series, has given birth to her first child. https://www.ok.co.uk/celebrity-news/ashley-greene-gives-birth-twilight-28034290

https://pagesix.com/2022/09/21/mark-zuckerberg-pregnant-priscilla-chan-expecting-third-baby/ CEO and Cofounder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg is set to become a father for the third time.

On this day in 2010 American singer Eddie Fisher died aged 82. The crooner sold millions of records in the 1950s and famously left his wife Hollywood actress and american sweetheart Debbie Reynolds to become, briefly Elizabeth Taylors 4th husband before she left him for Richard Burton. The two women later resumed their friendship decades later but the hostility they felt towards Eddie persisted until the end of his life. He died approximately six months before his ex wife Elizabeth Taylor. He had good relations with his third wife actress Connie Stevens who he had two daughters with but who he also divorced but Debbie continued to make digs and drop hints about the size of his manhood in her stage shows and tv interviews. Eddie was the father of the late Carrie Fisher- his daughter with Reynolds.