MariNisia 4,198 Posted September 29, 2022 Robert Benton, the acclaimed film director and phenomenal screenwriter who won 3 Oscar Awards for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for "Kramer vs. Kramer" and Best Original Screenplay for "Places in the Heart", is 90 today. Benton's entry into the film business came as co-writer of the screenplay for the 1967 classic "Bonnie and Clyde". He also wrote the screenplay for "Superman" (1978). Lech Wałęsa, the charismatic Polish founder of the Solidarity trade union in Poland, who was the President of the country between 1990 and 1995 and the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, is 79 today. Wałęsa was voted by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th Century. He is also the author of the political book "A Way of Hope, The Struggle and the Triumph and Everything I Do, I Do for my Country". 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted September 29, 2022 Jerry Lee Lewis is 87 today Silvio Berlusconi is 86 today Kevin Durant is 34 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted September 30, 2022 Coronation Street actress and soap legend Barbara Knox ,who has played Rita since the late 1960s, celebrates her 89th birthday today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted September 30, 2022 American actress and former Hollywood sex bomb Angie Dickinson celebrates her 91st birthday today. Angie is also the ex wife of official DeathList alumni Burt Bacharach. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,198 Posted September 30, 2022 Laura Esquivel, Mexican novelist, politician and screenwriter best known for her popular novel "Like Water for Chocolate" who was made into a film in 1994, is 72 today. The novel was a bestseller and it has been translated into more than 30 languages. Esquivel wrote the screenplay for the film. Cissy Houston, the Grammy Award winning American gospel and soul singer, the proud mother of megastar Whitney Houston, who started singing at a young age as a member of the gospel group, "The Drinkards", is 89 today. She was a backup singer for such artists as Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley. Cissy Houston is also the aunt of Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick and a cousin of Leontyne Price. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,748 Posted September 30, 2022 Johnny Mathis is 87. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,741 Posted September 30, 2022 Michel Aoun, the controversial incumbent President of Lebanon (since 2016) is 89 today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted September 30, 2022 Retired American actress Stella Stevens turns 84 today. One of her most famous films was The Poseidon Adventure. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miranda lass 98 Posted October 1, 2022 Happy 98 birthday Jimmy Carter! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,198 Posted October 1, 2022 Brie Larson, American film and television actress who won an Oscar for her performance as a kidnapping victim in the acclaimed independent film "Room", which was based on a novel by Emma Donoghue, is 33 today. She is now known as Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Julie Andrews, the great British actress, dancer and singer who is the recipient of Academy Award, BAFTA, Emmy, Golden Globe, Grammy, People's Choice Award, Screen Actors Guild and Theatre World Award honours, is 87 today. The notable artist made her debut in a Broadway play with "The Boy Friend" (1954). "Mary Poppins" (1964) was her first film and won the Oscar for her performance in the title role. She is also an author of children's books and has published two autobiographies. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted October 1, 2022 Scottish journalist ,former ITN news presenter and current official DeathList alumni Sandy Gall celebrates his 95th birthday today. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,748 Posted October 1, 2022 Red Sox player Xander Bogaerts is 30. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted October 1, 2022 Ram Nath Kovind is 77 today Chen-Ning Yang is 100 today Theresa May is 66 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miranda lass 98 Posted October 1, 2022 Tho her bdays in October Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted October 1, 2022 Former British journalist , presenter and newsreader Anna Ford who has worked for both BBC and ITN news, celebrates her 79th birthday today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,198 Posted October 1, 2022 Annie Leibovitz, the accomplished American photographer best known for her famous and provocative portraits of a great variety of celebrities for Rolling Stone magazine, and continuing her work with Vanity Fair and Vogue, is 73 today. She created prize-winning advertising campaigns for American Express and The Gap. Annie Leibovitz was the last person to professionally photograph John Lennon. Don McLean, American guitarist, singer and songwriter behind the 1971 album "American Pie", containing the classic songs "American Pie", a song that everyone on Earth knows, and "Vincent", is 77 today. In 2002, the song "American Pie" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Don McLean is an inductee of the Grammy Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,748 Posted October 2, 2022 Tiffany Darwish is 51. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,741 Posted October 2, 2022 English actor Ian McNeice is 72 today Roles include Bert Large in Doc Martin, Churchill in 4 episodes of Doctor Who, Harcourt in Edge of Darkness, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen in 2000 miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hell 1,334 Posted October 2, 2022 Sting is 71 today Matt Hancock is 44 today 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted October 2, 2022 British actor Clive Owen celebrates his 58th birthday today. He first came to prominence in british television drama Chancer in 1990. He has also starred in US TV Series American crime drama. His films include Sin City (2005), Croupier (1998) Closer (2004) with Julia Roberts , King Arthur (2004) and Derailed (2005) with Jennifer Aniston. American singer songwriter Jake Shears, lead singer with pop rock band Scissor Sisters, celebrates his 44th birthday today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,198 Posted October 3, 2022 Alicia Vikander, Swedish film and television actress who received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her sensitive role in the romantic drama film "The Danish Girl", is 34 today. Initially she studied dance, but injuries that required surgeries prompted her to turn to acting. Chubby Checker, American rock and roll singer and songwriter known as the "King of the Twist" for popularizing the twist dance style with his 1960 hit "The Twist", a cover of a song by Hank Ballard & The Midnighters, is 81 today. The record was a huge success, reaching the number one slot on the charts in the US. "The Twist" was re-released in the winter of 1961 and was a number one on the charts again. No other rock and roll song managed to reach the US number one spot twice with identical versions. Chubby Checker won a Grammy in 1962 for his song "Let's Twist Again". 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drewsky1211 4,748 Posted October 3, 2022 Gwen Stefani is 53. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,741 Posted October 3, 2022 Shridath Ramphal, Guyanese politician most known for having been the second Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations from 1975 to 1990 is 94 today. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,605 Posted October 3, 2022 Steve Reich is 86 today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MariNisia 4,198 Posted October 3, 2022 Felicia Farr, the attractive American actress who starred in three of the greatest westerns of the 1950s: "3:10 to Yuma", "Jubal", both starring Glenn Ford, and "The Last Wagon", starring Richard Widmark, is 90 today. The crime thriller "Charley Varrick", Don Siegel's masterpiece, is probably her best work. Felicia Farr was married to Jack Lemmon from 1962 until his death in 2001. Jon Secada, Cuban-born American Latin Pop/Rock and Soul singer and songwriter who won two Grammy Awards and sold over 20 million albums, making him one of the best-selling Latin music artists, is 61 today. He was a backup singer for Gloria Estefan's Miami Sound Machine. Jon Secada has composed songs for Gloria Estefan, Jennifer Lopez, and Ricky Martin. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
