The Hermit 23 Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, Toast said: The main reason this thread was created was to provide a place to note birthdays of people who are often, or have been, discussed in relation to the Deathlist. It was to stop people posting it in the celeb's own thread. Seeing a new post made everyone else think there was relevant news, or even a death. It wasn't meant to be a pissing contest to find the most birthdays of obscure or irrelevant people. What’s a pissing contest? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,132 Posted April 5, 2023 1 hour ago, time said: I've posted the birthdays of one or two obscure people, purely to remind the assembled that they weren't always obscure (e.g. Dino Shafeek, Humphrey Burton). By and large I tend towards the older names, seeing them as prospective hits in the not-too-distant future, rather than popular names (or indeed unpopular names) in their 20s & 30s who (all things being equal) won't be on the reaper's radar for a good while. That being said, someone who seldom been mentioned here, Jane Asher is 77 today. (HPDPers might note she's also done Panto) While we're here, her husband is 86 and also definitely DL worthy. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted April 5, 2023 6 minutes ago, Toast said: While we're here, her husband is 86 and also definitely DL worthy. Absolutely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John "요한" Sulu 419 Posted April 5, 2023 American motion picture producer and director Roger Corman, who worked on the movie "The Little Shop of Horrors", is 97 today. Photo Credit: Angela George per Creative Commons license 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted April 5, 2023 2 hours ago, John "요한" Sulu said: American motion picture producer and director Roger Corman, who worked on the movie "The Little Shop of Horrors", is 97 today. Photo Credit: Angela George per Creative Commons license Little shop of horrors is a brilliant film. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted April 5, 2023 Thanin Kraivichien is 96 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,337 Posted April 5, 2023 American scientist and geneticist James D Watson, who codiscovered the double helix structure of DNA with Francis Crick, celebrates his 95th birthday today. New Zealand born British investigative journalist and television broadcaster Roger Cook, who was infamous at his career peak for exposing an assortment of rogues, criminals and scandals on his tv show Roger Cook investigates, celebrates his 80th birthday today. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,732 Posted April 6, 2023 Billy Dee Williams is 86. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 948 Posted April 6, 2023 Robert Earnshaw the Welsh striker who was a prolific goalscorer, scoring hat -tricks in Premier League, Divisions 1, 2 & 3, FA Cup and International match (against Scotland) is 42 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 6, 2023 Christopher Franke was a member of the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream and was the composer for the science fiction series Babylon 5, in addition to composing the theme for Tenchi Muyo! in love 70 years ago Janet Lynn is also 70 years old, she was an American figure skater. She won an Olympic bronze medal in 1972, and won two medals at world championships Patrick Doyle also turns 70 today, the Scotsman is a composer of several films, Nanny McPhee, Indochina, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire https://www.classical-music.com/composers/who-is-patrick-doyle/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 6, 2023 Rafael Correa turns 60 today, he was president of Ecuador from 2007 to 2017 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 6, 2023 Sun Wen, 50 years old today, was elected player of the century in 2000 by Fifa, an award she shared with the American Michelle Akers, that year the Chinese was also the top scorer in the Olympic Games Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 6, 2023 Jerome Kaino turns 40, the New Zealander is two-time Rugby World Champion for his country (2011-2015) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted April 6, 2023 Paul Rudd is 54 today. John Ratzenberger is 76 today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,732 Posted April 7, 2023 Jackie Chan is 69. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justonecornetto 948 Posted April 7, 2023 Francis Ford Coppola the incredibly successful film director whose films include The Godfather series and Apocalypse Now is 84 today 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,596 Posted April 7, 2023 Former England & Warwickshire opening batter Dennis Amiss is 80 today. Scorer of over 43,000 first-class runs,, scorer of the first ODI century, pioneer of the batting helmet, and current Warwickshire County Cricket Club President. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 7, 2023 Miriam Leitão turns 70, is an important Brazilian journalist, winner of several awards Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 7, 2023 Today Franck Ribéry turns 40 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted April 7, 2023 Daniel Ellsberg is 92 today. Russell Crowe is 59 today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,732 Posted April 8, 2023 Comedian Shecky Greene is 97. Best known in film as Marcus Vindictus in Mel Brooks' History of the World, Part I: 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 8, 2023 Eberhard Vogel turns 80, was a German footballer, made 74 appearances and 25 goals for the national team, was a bronze medalist at the Olympics of 74 and 82, and coached the Togo national team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 8, 2023 Donita Sparks is an American singer, who once attended the Reading Festival in 1992. the band went through technical difficulties with sound leakage. The audience became angry and began booing. Sparks threw his pad at the audience and yelled, "Eat my used pad, motherfuckers!" Zeca Camargo turns 60 years old is a Brazilian presenter famous for presenting the program Fantástico, one of the most watched and famous programs in Brazil 60 years also makes Julian Lennon, son of John Lennon, he is a musician Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 8, 2023 Emma Caulfield, best known for her role as former revenge demon Anya Jenkins in the TV series Buffy - The Vampire Slayer turns 50 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diego 1,981 Posted April 8, 2023 Tatyana Petrova Arkhipova, 40 years ago, the Russian was a bronze medalist in the 3000m hurdles at the 2008 Olympics and in 2012 in the marathon and silver at the 2007 world championships in the 3000m hurdles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
