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Rosemary Harris is 97.

Speaking of railways, here's one from Russia that I enjoy (I first found it when watching a 'Top 10 Strangest PSAs' video or something like that): Part of a series roughly translated to "Can't Buy a Brain"- you'll probably find more of these in the recommended videos for your viewing pleasure.

9/18/2024 29 Erasure — Blue Savannah 28 Monty Python- Always Look on the Bright Side of Life +2 25 Guns N’ Roses- You Could Be Mine 24 The Waterboys- The Whole of the Moon 23 MC Hammer- U Can’t Touch This +2 22 Roxette- It Must Have Been Love 22 EMF- Unbelievable 20 49ers- Touch Me 20 Candy Flip- Strawberry Fields Forever 20 Chad Jackson- Hear the Drummer (Get Wicked) 20 New Kids On The Block- Tonight 20 Betty Boo- Where Are You Baby? 20 C+C Music Factory ft. Freedom Williams- Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) 20 2 In A Room- Wiggle It 20 Rod Stewart- Rhythm of My Heart 20 Madonna- Rescue Me 20 Erasure- Chorus 20 P.M. Dawn- Set Adrift on Memory Bliss 20 The Prodigy- Charly 20 Oceanic- Insanity  20 K-Klass- Rhythm Is a Mystery 20 Altern 8- Activ 8 (Come With Me) 20 East Side Beat- Ride Like The Wind 15 Beverly Craven- Promise Me -3 14 Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark- Sailing on the Seven Seas -3 14 Iron Maiden- Holy Smoke 06 Michael Bolton- How Am I Supposed to Live Without You

9/18/2024 49 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 24 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 24 Elvis Presley— Jailhouse Rock +4 15 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette -6

Frank Morgan died on this day 75 years ago, aged 59. - Morgan's actual last name was 'Wuppermann', which was used on his first film in 1916- but he likely adopted his stage name due to anti-German sentiment during World War I. - Morgan's first film was The Suspect. It, and many of the movies Morgan appeared in between then and 1927, are considered to be lost media. - Morgan would be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor twice: in 1935 for his role as Alessandro de Medici in The Affairs of Cellini, and 1943 for his role as The Pirate in Tortilla Flat. - By far Morgan's most famous role was as the titular character in The Wizard of Oz: - In 1949, Morgan would narrate the children's novelty record Gossamer Wump, a story about a boy learning to play the triangle (the titular character was actually voiced by June Foray): - Morgan died of a heart attack during production of 1950's Annie Get Your Gun. He was planned to portray Buffalo Bill Cody and had a few of his scenes recorded, but had to be recast with Louis Calhern.

Xzibit is 50.

9/17/2024 15 Tears for Fears - Mad World +4 15 The Bangles — Walk Like an Egyptian -4 08 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill -2

9/17/2024 62 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 28 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 28 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock +4 16 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 04 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover -6

Dred Scott died on this day 166 years ago, aged 59. - Scott was born into slavery in Virginia around 1799, taken to Alabama in 1818 and then Missouri in 1830. - Scott would run away after learning he was planned to be sold, and would briefly escape captivity before being caught and taken to the person who bought him. - In 1846 Scott would attempt to buy his freedom from the widow of the person who previously bought him, but she refused. Scott would then file a lawsuit to emancipate himself on the basis that he had lived in free states for extended periods of time (the husband was an army soldier constantly on the move with him, and Scott's daughter Eliza was born on a boat on the Mississippi River between Iowa and Illinois). He would be deemed free in 1850, but the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the decision in 1852 (slavery had become an extremely partisan issue by then) on the basis that Missouri law did not have to abide by free states' laws. - Scott would take his case to the US Supreme Court in 1857, and in they ruled against him in a 7-2 decision, and Chief Justice Roger Taney further stated that African-Americans should not be considered US citizens (largely seen as the worst Supreme Court decision in American history). - Scott would be deeded to Missouri representative Henry Taylor Blow the same year; and fortunately for him Blow would grant him his freedom. Scott would work as a porter in a hotel, but died one year later from tuberculosis.

Charles Martinet is 69.

9/16/2024 33 The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian 23 Tears for Fears - Mad World +4 08 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill -6

9/16/2024 60 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 33 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 25 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 19 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover -6 19 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 12 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4

Louis XVIII died on this day 200 years ago, aged 68. - Louis was a younger brother of Louis XVI. His father named THREE of his kids Louis, so to distinguish him, he was given the second name 'Stanislas' (after his great-grandfather Stanislaw I of Poland). - Louis would end up going into debt due to his obsession with books (he bought over 11,000), but the 'XVI' Louis would pay them for him. - During the French Revolution, Louis and his wife would flee to the Netherlands in 1791. While in exile, he would declare himself regent for his young nephew Louis XVII, and after his death in 1795 (only 10 years old), monarchists would declare the elder Louis his successor. - Louis would officially take the throne after Napoleon's exile to Elba in 1814, and would introduce a series of progressive reforms. These included freedom of religion and the press, and dividing the legislature into two houses. He would be briefly deposed in 1815 due to Napoleon's return, but would quickly regain the throne when he was permanently sent to St. Helena. - Louis died after a 10-year reign due to gangrene caused by his obesity. He was succeeded by his younger brother Charles X.

Ed Begley Jr. is 75.

9/15/2024 34 The Bangles— Walk Like an Egyptian 26 Tears for Fears - Mad World +4 24 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill -6

9/15/2024 58 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 43 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 29 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover -6 23 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 21 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 16 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4

Leah Bracknell died on this day 5 years ago, aged 55. - Bracknell was named after her Malaysian mother Li-Er, 'Leah' being an approximation of what it would be anglicized to. Her father David was a TV director, which led to her getting her first acting role at the age of 12 on the show The Chiffy Kids. - In 1989, Bracknell would join the cast of Emmerdale in the role of Zoe Tate. She appeared in 1,414 episodes of the show between 1989 and 2005, with the character notably becoming the first lesbian character added to a British soap opera following the character's coming out episode in 1993. - Besides Emmerdale, other shows Bracknell would make appearances in included The Royal Today, Judge John Deed, and A Touch of Frost. - Bracknell would be diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer in 2016, and notably took immunopathic remedies to treat it. She would have a three-year battle with the disease before she succumbed to it. - Bracknell appeared on the DeathList each year from 2017 until her death. As it was announced a month after it actually happened, she was technically the 9th death of the 2019 list instead of the 11th.

Tom Hardy is 47.

9/14/2024 38 Tears for Fears - Mad World +4 37 The Bangles— Walk Like an Egyptian 25 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill -3 10 The Vapors - Turning Japanese -3

9/14/2024 52 Bobby Darin— Mack The Knife 41 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 39 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover -6 35 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 28 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4 27 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette

Perez (or Prez) Prado died on this day 35 years ago, aged 72. - Prado started off as a piano player in Cuba, and would work with some of the country's most popular bands, such as La Sonora Matancera. He would emigrate to Mexico in 1949 to start his own band. - Perhaps Prado's most well-remembered piece was one of his earliest compositions, from 1950... ladies and gentlemen, this is (the original) "Mambo No. 5": - Throughout the '50s, Prado had a string of instrumental hits, with "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" topping both the US and UK charts in 1955: - In 1958, Prado's song "Patricia" was the last song to top Billboard's Top 100 and Most Played by Jockeys charts before they inaugurated the Hot 100 chart: - Prado's popularity in the US (and some other countries) diminished due to the advent of rock and roll, but he would remain very popular in Mexico, where he topped that country's charts again in 1968 with "Norma, la de Guadalajara", and would star in a long-running musical revue in the 1980s before his death at the end of the decade.

Walter Koenig is 88.

9/13/2024 39 The Bangles — Walk Like an Egyptian 30 The Vapors - Turning Japanese 30 Tears for Fears - Mad World +4 25 Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill 12 The Damned - Eloise -6

9/13/2024 49 Bobby Darin — Mack The Knife 46 Bobby Darin — Dream Lover -3 43 Bill Haley & His Comets — Rock Around The Clock 38 Tennessee Ernie Ford — Sixteen Tons +4 38 Elvis Presley — Jailhouse Rock 34 The Everly Brothers — All I Have To Do Is Dream / Claudette 06 Connie Francis — Stupid Cupid / Carolina Moon -3

Emperor Titus died on this day 1943 years ago, aged 41. - The oldest son of Vespasian, Titus would serve in the Roman military for most of his early adult life. During the Celtic revolt of 60 (the one led by Boudicca), Titus would bring reinforcement troops to Britannia. - Titus' military career is also infamous due to the fact that he was the one responsible for the Siege of Jerusalem in the year 70, where he would order his troops to destroy and loot the Second Temple; Titus himself brought the menorah associated with the origin of Hanukkah to Rome. His actions would also begin the Jewish diaspora, as many residents of the city would flee elsewhere. - Titus became emperor upon his father's death in 79, with one of the first major events of his rule being the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that buried Pompeii and Herculaneum in ash. Titus would organize the relief effort, visiting the sites to assess damage, and donated money to help survivors. - Titus would also inaugurate the Colosseum upon its completion in 80, with his final official act as emperor dedicating the stadium (as well as a new bathhouse he ordered to be built next to it) after its inaugural games. - Titus died after a two-year reign, with his brother Domitian succeeding him. Multiple theories exist to what caused his death: Domitian poisoning him with a sea slug, a bug flying up his nose and eating away at his brain- or simply a fever caused by an unidentified illness.