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People on June 15th: birthdates

Tony Ardoin: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
Country Musician, of River Road
Mark Arnott: 1950 (is 62 in 2012, 63 in 2013)
Actor
Neil Arthur: 1958 (is 54 in 2012, 55 in 2013)
Synthesizer, Alternative Rock Performer, Singer, Songwriter, British, of Blancmange
Grace Saffran Ashford: 1992 (is 20 in 2012, 21 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Christina & Matthew's girl
Jim "James" Belushi: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, b. in Chicago; Saturday Night Live reg 1983-85; John's look-alike brother; Who's Watching the Kids?, Working Stiffs, According to Jim's Jim; movies: Jingle All The Way, Pinocchio (voice)
Michael Britt: 1966 (is 46 in 2012, 47 in 2013)
Country Musician, of Lonestar
Jake Busey: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Actor
Brett Morgan Butler: 1957 (is 55 in 2012, 56 in 2013)
MLB center fielder, NOT to be confused with the actress Brett Butler; not demented, but necessary to note the difference
Christopher Castile: 1980 (is 32 in 2012, 33 in 2013)
TV Actor, Step By Step's Mark Lambert
Romell "RoRo" Chapman: 1978 (is 34 in 2012, 35 in 2013)
Rap Singer, of Another Bad Creation
Alec Jude Coulouris: 2005 (is 7 in 2012, 8 in 2013)
Soap Actor, Bold & The Beautiful's Dominick Marone Jr.; Lesli Kay and Keith's son
Courteney Cox: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Birmingham, AL; debut in Bruce Springsteen video Dancing in the Dark; Misfits of Science's Gloria Dinallo, Masters of the Universe, Family Ties' Lauren Miller, Friends' Monica Geller, Scream, Scream 2, Scream 3, Bedtime Stories
Mario M. Cuomo: 1932 (is 80 in 2012, 81 in 2013)
Governor, PRON: KWOH'-moh; N.Y.C. mayor 1982-94
Eileen Davidson: 1959 (is 53 in 2012, 54 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Young & the Restless' Ashley Abbott, Santa Barbara's Kelly Capwell, Days of Our Lives' Kristen Blake DiMera and Susan Brooks and Sister Mary Moira Banks and Thomas Banks, Bold & The Beautiful's Ashley Abbott; Jon Lindstrom's wife
Idalis DeLeon: 1966 (is 46 in 2012, 47 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, Video Music Jock, Seduction; MTV VJ
Lee Dorman: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Iron Butterfly
Polly Draper: 1957 (is 55 in 2012, 56 in 2013)
TV Actress, thirtysomething's Ellyn Warren
Kyd Miller Duchovny: 2002 (is 10 in 2012, 11 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Unsure of date; Tea Leoni and David's son
Terri Gibbs: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
Country Singer, Pianist
Brad Gillis: 1957 (is 55 in 2012, 56 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, of Night Ranger
Julie Hagerty: 1955 (is 57 in 2012, 58 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress, Airplane, Princesses
Johnny Halliday: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, Actor, French, RN:Jean-Philippe Smet; Superstar has over 728 hits in France
Neil Patrick Harris: 1973 (is 39 in 2012, 40 in 2013)
TV Actor, Cartoon Voicist, Gay, Doogie Howser MD's Dr. Douglas "Doogie" Howser, Capitol Critters's Max, How I Met Your Mother's Barney Stinson
Russell Hitchcock: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Adult Contempo Singer, Australian, of Air Supply
Noddy Holder: 1950 (is 62 in 2012, 63 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer/Guitarist, Songwriter, British, RN:Neville Holder; of Slade; b. 1946?
Xaviera Hollander: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
Author, Call Girl, the Happy Hooker
Helen Hunt: 1963 (is 49 in 2012, 50 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress, b. in Los Angeles; Swiss Family Robinson's Helga, It Takes Two, & other TV bombs; Mad About You's Jamie Stemple Buchman, Twister, As Good As It Gets, What Women Want, Pay It Forward
Ice Cube: 1969 (is 43 in 2012, 44 in 2013)
Hard Rap Singer, Movie Actor, NN:The Poet laureate of South Central (L.A.); RN:O'Shea Jackson; Boyz in the Hood, Three Kings; N.W.A., soloist, Torque, Barber Shop 2, Are We Done Yet?, The Longshots
Willem Wolfe Broad Idol: 1988 (is 24 in 2012, 25 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Perti Lisler & Billy's boy
Jimmy McD: 1968 (is 44 in 2012, 45 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, ex-Jimmie's Chicken Shack
Jamie Johnson: 1972 (is 40 in 2012, 41 in 2013)
Blues Singer, Musician
Janet Lennon: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Singer, b. in Culver City, CA; of the Lennon Sisters; not b.11/15/46 as Nanci Cosentino pointed out
Michael Lutz: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Bassist, of Brownsville Station
Billy Martin: 1981 (is 31 in 2012, 32 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Good Charlotte
Dina Meyer: 1968 (is 44 in 2012, 45 in 2013)
TV Actress, 90210's Prof. Lucinda Nicholson (1994)
Dryden Mitchell: 1976 (is 36 in 2012, 37 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Performer, of Alien Ant Farm
Rob Mitchell: 1966 (is 46 in 2012, 47 in 2013)
Drummer, of Sixpence None The Richer (whatever that means)
Carrie Mitchum: 1965 (is 47 in 2012, 48 in 2013)
Soap Actress, Bold & the Beautiful's Donna Logan; Robert's granddaughter
Russ T. Nailz: yr unknown
Radio Disc Jock
Ruby Nash: 1934 (is 78 in 2012, 79 in 2013)?
Singer, Ruby & the Romantics lead; Our Day Will Come; some say b. Nov 12, 1939 (is 73 in 2012)
Judy Pace: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Actress, The Young Lawyers
Nicola Pagett: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
Movie Actress
Missy Peregrym: 1982 (is 30 in 2012, 31 in 2013)
Actress, Canadian, Life as We Know It's Jackie
Jack Perry: 1997 (is 15 in 2012, 16 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Minnie and Luke's son
Richie Puente: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Soul Singer, Percussionist, Clarinetist, of Foxy, Peter Frampton
Lee Purcell: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Actress
Riki Rachtman: 1965 (is 47 in 2012, 48 in 2013)
TV Host, of MTV
Jefferson Salvini Randall: 1998 (is 14 in 2012, 15 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Heather and Tony's son
Elizabeth Reaser: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
Movie Actress, Sweet Land, Twilight
Leah Remini: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
Actress, Fired Up, King of Queens' Carrie Heffernan
Scott Rockenfield: 1963 (is 49 in 2012, 50 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Queensryche
Paulina Rubio: 1971 (is 41 in 2012, 42 in 2013)
Pop Singer
Harper Renn Smith: 2010 (is 2 in 2012, 3 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Tiffani Thiessen and Brady's daughter
Terry Smith: 1960 (is 52 in 2012, 53 in 2013)
Bluegrass Performer
T-Bone Willy: 1972 (is 40 in 2012, 41 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Save Ferris
Greg Vaughan: 1973 (is 39 in 2012, 40 in 2013)
TV Actor, Malibu Shores' Josh, Charmed's Dan Gordon, Young and the Restless' Diego Guittierez, General Hospital's Lucky Spencer
Steve Walsh: 1951 (is 61 in 2012, 62 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, Keyboardist, Songwriter, Pianist, American, of Kansas
Denzel Whitaker: 1990 (is 22 in 2012, 23 in 2013)
Actor

People on June 15th: birth anniversaries

Yuri V. Andropov: 1914=d.Feb 9, 1984 (was 69)
Head of State, Russian, Soviet Premier 1982-84
Robert Russell Bennett: 1894=d.Aug 19, 1981 (was 87)
Composer, scores for most Rogers & Hammerstein musicals; Sound of Music, South Pacific, Oklahoma!, plus Lerner & Loewe's My Fair Lady, Camelot
H. B. "Phiz" Browne: 1815=d.????
Illustrator, British, caricaturist
Jaki Byard: 1922=d.Feb 11, 1999 (was 76)
Jazz Pianist, Composer
Mary Ellis: 1897=d.Jan 30, 2003 (was 105)
Movie/Stage Actress, queen of musicals in London, "Rose Marie" operetta lead, retired at age 97
Erik H. Erikson: 1902=d.May 12, 1994 (was 91)
Scientist, Author, German, Psychoanalyst; Pulitzer Prize-winning; coined the phrase "identity crisis."
Marshall IV Field: 1916=d.1965
Publisher, Editor, Chicago Daily News, Sunday Times
Erroll Garner: 1921=d.Jan 2, 1977 (was 55)
Jazz Pianist, Composer, b. in Pittsburgh; "Misty"; his style based on Swing was unmistakeable
Edvard Hagerup Grieg: 1843=d.Sep 4, 1907 (was 64)
Composer, Pianist, Norweigan, NN:Eric?
Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson: 1767=d.Dec 22, 1828 (was 61)
First Lady, Andrew's wife
Walter L. Jacobs: 1898=d.1985
Businessperson, 1st rental car agency (Hertz)
Waylon Jennings: 1937=d.Feb 13, 2002 (was 64)
Country Singer, Country Guitarist, Bassist, Radio Disc Jock, Songwriter, Protestant, b. in Littlefield, TX; MN:Arnold; of The Crickets, The Highwaymen, soloist; The Dukes of Hazzard balladeer; Jessi Colter's hubby
Jack Kapp: 1901=d.Mar 25, 1949 (was 47)
Music Figure, Businessperson, Decca Records founder
Mickey Katz: 1909=d.Apr 30, 1985 (was 75)
Comedian, Bandleader, Yiddish humor; Joel Grey's dad
Aron Kincaid: 1940=d.Jan 6, 2011 (was 70)
Actor, Bachelor Father's Warren Dawson
Harry Langdon: 1884=d.Dec 22, 1944 (was 60)
Movie Actor, Comedian, Director
Belinda Lee: 1935=d.Mar 12, 1961 (was 25)
Actress, English
Harry Nilsson: 1941=d.Jan 15, 1994 (was 52)
Pop Singer, Composer/Songwriter, Pianist, Guitarist, b. in Brooklyn; Without You; RLN:Edward Nilsson III (not Nelson); You're Breaking My Heart, Midnight Cowboy
Leon Payne: 1917?=d.Sep 11, 1969 (was 52)
Country/Western Performer, Singer, Multi-instrumentalist, Songwriter, of Texas Playboys; some say b. Jun 14, 1917
Nigel Pickering: 1929=d.May 5, 2011 (was 81)
Rhythm Guitarist, of Spanky & Our Gang
Doug Roberts: 1941=d.Nov 18, 1981 (was 40)
Drummer, of The Fireballs
David Rose: 1910=d.Aug 23, 1990 (was 80)
Bandleader, Conductor/Composer, Arranger, Musician, Pianist, English, Theme: Holiday for Strings; Red Skelton Show; The Stripper song; wed to Martha Raye then Judy Garland; scored many TV series like Bonanza, Little House, Father Murphy, & Highway to Heaven; some say b. June 3 1915
Max Rudolf: 1902=d.Mar 1, 1995 (was 92)
Conductor, German, conducted some of the world's greatest orchestras and was considered one of the top musicians and teachers of his time
Saul Steinberg: 1914=d.May 12, 1999 (was 84)
Artist, ComicStrip Cartoonist, Illustrator, Romanian, New Yorker
Morris K. Udall: 1922=d.Dec 12, 1998 (was 76)
Congressperson, ex-congressman
Jim Varney: 1949=d.Feb 10, 2000 (was 50)
TV/Movie Actor, Comedian, b. in Lexington, KY; aka:Ernest P. Worrell in over 3000 commercials; Johnny Cash Show reg, Fernwood 2-Night's Virgil Sims, Operation Petticoat's seaman Broom, Pink Lady reg, Pop! Goes the Country reg, The Rousters, Hey Vern It's Ernest's Ernest P. Worrell, Ernest went to Camp, Saved Xmas, Goes to Jail, & Scared Stupid in movies, Toy Story's Slinky Dog; Know what I mean, Vern?
Thomas Weller: 1915=d.2008
Scientist, Bacteriologist
Meri Wilson: 1949=d.Dec 28, 2002 (was 53)
Novelty Singer, LN: Edgemon; Telephone Man, Peter the Meter Reader
Isidore Witmark: 1869=d.????
Music Figure, Publisher, promoter of ragtime music

People on June 15th: death anniversaries

Charles Bennett: 1995 (was 95)/b.Aug 2, 1899
Screen/Scriptwriter, Dramatist/Playwright, English, collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock on such suspense classics as "The 39 Steps" and "The Man Who Knew Too Much."
Charles Francis Brush: 1929 (was 80)/b.Mar 17, 1849
Inventor, Industrialist, devised an electric arc lamp and a generator that produced a variable voltage controlled by the load and a constant current.
Albert B. "Happy" Chandler: 1991 (was 92)/b.Jul 14, 1898
HALL OF FAMER, MLB Player, Senator, Governor, Executive, 2nd MLB commissioner
Steve Cochran: 1965 (was 48)/b.May 25, 1917
Movie Actor, RFN:Robert Alexander
John B. Connally: 1993 (was 76)/b.Feb 27, 1917
Governor, ex-Texas gov
Hume Cronyn: 2003 (was 91)/b.Jul 18, 1911
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Director, Canadian, b. in London, Ontario; Hamlet, Omnibus, Studio One, Alcoa Hour, etc.; Jessica Tandy's hubby
Wildman Fischer: 2011 (was 66)/b.Nov 6, 1944
Novelty Singer, My Name Is Larry!, I'm a Xmas Tree!
Ella Fitzgerald: 1996 (was 78)/b.Apr 25, 1918
Jazz Singer, Movie Actress, Protestant, b. in Newport News, VA; NN:The First Lady Of Jazz; The most honored of all time with 8 Grammys; former Memorex tape ad spokesperson
Victor French: 1989 (was 54)/b.Dec 4, 1934
TV Actor, TV Director, b. in Santa Barbara, CA; Get Smart's Agent 44, Little House's Mr. Isaiah Edwards, Carter Country's Chief Roy Mobey, Highway to Heaven's Mark Gordon, Gunsmoke & Bonanza; Julie Cobb's hubby
Ned Glass: 1984 (was 78)/b.Apr 1, 1906
Actor, Polish, Julia's Sol Cooper, Bridget Loves Bernie
Phil Gordon: 2010 (was 94)/b.May 5, 1916
Actor, Jazz Singer, Jazz Pianist, The Beverly Hillbillies' Jasper DePew
William Le Baron Jenney: 1907 (was 74)/b.Sep 25, 1832
Architect, Engineer, his technical innovations were of primary importance in the development of the skyscraper.
Ray McAnally: 1989 (was 63)/b.Mar 30, 1926
Actor
Wes Montgomery: 1968 (was 43)/b.Mar 6, 1925
Guitarist, Jazz Performer, one of the most influential guitarists of all time; some say b. 1923
Art Pepper: 1982 (was 56)/b.Sep 1, 1925
Jazz Performer, Alto-sax, Tenor-sax, Clarinetist, Composer
James Knox Polk: 1849 (was 53)/b.Nov 2, 1795
President, b. in Mecklenburg County, NC; 11th U.S. President (1845-49); d. in Nashville
Wendell M. Stanley: 1971 (was 66)/b.Aug 16, 1904
Biochemist, Spanish, the first to purify and crystalize a virus (Nobel 1946) thus demonstrating their molecular structure
Adlai Ewing Stevenson: 1914 (was 78)/b.Oct 23, 1835
Vice President, 23rd U.S. Vice President (under Cleveland)
Philip Stone: 2003 (was 79)/b.Apr 14, 1924
Actor
Meredith Willson: 1984 (was 82)/b.May 18, 1902
Composer, Conductor/Bandleadr, TV Host, Flautist, RFN:Robert; The Music Man, The Unsinkable Molly Brown

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