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Controversial Oscar winning american actor Kevin Spacey turns 63 today. Asif Ali Zardari former President of Pakistan and widows of assainated President Benazir Bhutto, celebrates his 67th birthday today.

The current UK foreign secretary and contender to be the next Prime Minister celebrates her 47th birthday today. British author , screenwriter and film and television producer Nicholas Evans celebrates his 72nd birthday today.

On this day seventy years ago in 1952 , the First Lady of Argentina Eva Peron died of cervical cancer aged 33.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19319794/michael-j-fox-death-hoax-sweeps-web/ Michael J Fox hoax rumour of his death swept the Internet today.

On this day in 1984 George Gallup, an american statistician , pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the famous Gallup poll method of measuring public opinion, died aged 82 in Switzerland.

American actress Kate Mara and British husband actor Jamie Bell have announces they are expecting their second child together. https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/11/entertainment/kate-mara-jamie-bell-baby-2-intl-scli/index.html

Former Prime Minister of Australia and leader of the Australian Liberal party John Howard, turns 83 today.

British actor Jason Statham celebrates his 55th birthday today. Before his acting career he also used to be a professional diver. Here competing in the 1990 commonwealth games.

Generally surprised not a single person picked him.

Not before the next General Election in my opinion.

A unique movie icon for sure.

There will lots of delicious avatar pictures in the days, weeks and months ahead!

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On this day in 1843 Scottish chemist Charles macintosh died aged 76. After some experimentation with chemicals and materials the glaswegian made discoveries that enabled him to invent the modern waterproof raincoat. Now known with the accepted altered name as the mackintosh raincoat .

On this day two years ago in 2020, american actor John Saxon died aged 83. He was skilled in martial arts so a great many of his acting roles in both film and television reflected his strong physiciality and skill. Among his many films in his fifty year acting career include Enter the Dragon (1973) with Bruce Lee, A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) , The Unforgiven (1960) with Burt Lancaster, Lillian Gosh and Audrey Hepburn, A Nightmare on Elm Str 3 (1987), Planet Earth (1974) and Queen of Blood (1966) with Dennis Hopper and Basil Rathbone. Numerous roles in many of the big television shows during his careers, mainly guest or short roles include , Burkes Law, Gunsmoke (small one episode stints between 1965-1975), Bonanza, The Virginian, Dr Kildare, Fantasy Island and The Six Million Dollar Man. His biggest and longest television role was as Tony Cumson in Primetime Soap Falcon Crest- his character being the son in law of the shows devious matriarch Angela Channing played by Jane Wyman. He married three times and had one son with Hollywood screenwriter Mary Ann Saxon.

American actor James Lafferty, best known for playing the role of Nathan Scott in hit US teen Drama One Tree Hill in the 2000s, celebrates his 37th birthday today.

Cuban born Jamaican singer Rita Marley-widow of the legendary Bob Marley, celebrates her 76th birthday today.

On this day in 1965 American actress Constance Bennett died aged 60. Bennett was a major Hollywood star throughout the 1920s and 1930s and at one brief point during the early 1930s was the highest paid actress in Hollywood. She was the daughter of silent movie star Richard Bennett and the older sister of actress Joan Bennett. She was married five times , with one of her marriages to French nobleman Henri de la Falaise , a Marquis who was the ex husband of Hollywood legend Gloria Swanson. Her first marriage , opposed by her parents, was annulled on account of her immaturity and youth at the time she wed. Constance starred in numerous silent movies in the 1920s including Code of the west (1925)- a silent western and The Goose Woman (1925). In the 1930s her credits beyond silent movies include Two against the world (1932), Outcast lady (1934) with Herbert Marshall and Tail Spin (1939). She died of a stroke aged 60 in 1965.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19300401/melanie-rauscher-dead-mystery-naked-afraid-discovery/ Melanie Rauscher , a contestant on Reality show 'Naked and afraid ' on the Discovery channel, has been found dead aged 35 in Arizona whilst dog sitting for a friend.

On this day 48 years ago in 1974, English physicist James Chadwick died aged 82. In 1935 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for physics for discovering the neutron in 1932. Significantly he also wrote the final draft of the MAUD report in 1941 into the feasibility of creating an atomic bomb. The report was very important in helping the US government decide to proceed with research into creating atomic bombs.

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American actor Chris Sarandon , best known for his role as Jerry Dandridge in cult horror film Fright Night in 1985, celebrates his 80th birthday today. American actress Lynda Carter, otherwise known as Wonder Woman, celebrates her 71st birthday today.

On this day 23 years ago in 1999 King Hassan ll of Morocco died aged 70. He had reigned from February 1961 until his death in 1999.

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-prison-therapist-who-introduced-27555443 Noted Scottish art therapist Joyce Laing who specialises in art as one method of rehabilitation for violent prisoners in Scotland, has died in her early nineties.

Former big Brother star Sara Mclean has given birth to her second child.