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People on June 16th: birthdates

Kip Addotta: yr unknown
Comedian, Wet Dream, Big Cockroach
Art Bell: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
Radio Talk Show Host
Kale Browne: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)?
TV/Movie/Stage/Soap Actor, All My Children's Denny Benton, Another World's Michael Hudson, One Life to Live's Sam Rappaport; some say b. Jun 16, 1944 (is 68 in 2012), or b. Jun 16, 1950 (is 62 in 2012)
Karis Paige Bryant: 1985 (is 27 in 2012, 28 in 2013)
Actress, Charmed's Jenny Gordon
Ian Buchanan: 1955 (is 57 in 2012, 58 in 2013)
TV Actor, Soap Actor, Scotish, General Hospital's Duke Lavery, It's Garry Shandling's Show's Ian, Twin Peaks' Richard Tremayne, On The Air's Lester Guy, Bold and the Beautiful's Dr. James Warwick and Joshua Temple, Port Charles' Joshua Temple, All My Children's Dr. Greg Madden; some say b. 1957
August III Busch: 1937 (is 75 in 2012, 76 in 2013)
Businessperson, Executive, prez Amheuser-Busch Inc., owner St. Louis Cardinals
Peppy Castro: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Singer, Rhythm Guitarist, b. in Bronx; Blues Magoos lead; RN:Emil Thielhelm
John Cho: 1972 (is 40 in 2012, 41 in 2013)
Movie Actor, Harold and Kumar go To White Castle, Star Trek (2009)
Eddie Cibrian: 1973 (is 39 in 2012, 40 in 2013)
Soap Actor, Young & the Restless' Matt, Baywatch Nights' Griff Walker, 90210's Casey, Sunset Beach's Cole St. John, Third Watch's Jimmy Doherty; IMDB says b. June 18
Bill Cobbs: 1935 (is 77 in 2012, 78 in 2013)
Actor, I'll Fly Away's Lewis
Clifton Jr. Collins: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
Actor
Lola Grace Consuelos: 2001 (is 11 in 2012, 12 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Kelly Ripa and Mark's daughter
Billy "Crash" Craddock: 1939 (is 73 in 2012, 74 in 2013)
Auto Racer, Country Singer, b. in Greensboro, NC; Crash is from his stock car racing hobby; some say b. 1940
Diana DeGarmo: 1987 (is 25 in 2012, 26 in 2013)
Pop Singer, American Idol runner-up 2004
Jim Dine: 1935 (is 77 in 2012, 78 in 2013)
Painter, neosurrealist
Lamont Dozier: 1941 (is 71 in 2012, 72 in 2013)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, Songwriter, Music Producer, Composer, b. in Detroit; of Holland-Dozier-Holland Motown team
Mickie Finn: 1938 (is 74 in 2012, 75 in 2013)
TV Hostess, Banjoist, Fred's wife
Neil Goldschmidt: 1940 (is 72 in 2012, 73 in 2013)
Governor, ex-gov
Olivia Hack: 1982 (is 30 in 2012, 31 in 2013)
Actress, Brady Bunch Movie's Cindy
Peter Hoorelbeke: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Drummer, Singer, of Rare Earth
David "Little Caesar" Johnson: 1934 (is 78 in 2012, 79 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, lead of Little Caesar & the Romans
David Keysley: 1932 (is 80 in 2012, 81 in 2013)
Actor, Director
Frederick Koehler: 1975 (is 37 in 2012, 38 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actor, Kate & Allie's Chip Lowell
Nancy Lane: yr unknown
Actress, Rhoda's Tina, Angie's Mary, The Duck Factory
Eddie Levert: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The O'Jays
Ricky Luna: 1977 (is 35 in 2012, 36 in 2013)
Actor, Pop Singer, of Mickey Mouse Club 90s (MMC)
Valerie Mahaffey: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
TV Actress, Northern Exposure's Eve
Ian Matthews: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
Folk Performer, Songwriter, Singer/Guitarist, British, RLN:McDonald; of Fairport Convention, Matthews Southern Comfort, soloist
Laurie Metcalf: 1955 (is 57 in 2012, 58 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actress, Roseanne's aunt Jackie Conner Harris, The Norm Show's Laurie Freeman
Malcolm Paul Mortimer: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Drummer, British
Ian Mosley: 1953 (is 59 in 2012, 60 in 2013)
Drummer, English, of Marillion
Alice Ann Newman: 1993 (is 19 in 2012, 20 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Gretchen & Randy's girl
Joyce Carol Oates: 1938 (is 74 in 2012, 75 in 2013)
Novelist, Poet
Sofia Bella Pagan: 2004 (is 8 in 2012, 9 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Leah Remini and Angelo's daughter
Geoffrey Pierson: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
TV/Soap Actor, Ryan's Hope's Frank Ryan, Unhappily Ever After's Jack Malloy
Pete Rivera: 1945 (is 67 in 2012, 68 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, of Rare Earth
Gary Roberts: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Boomtown Rats
Paul Rostill: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, British, of The Shadows
Eric Schweig: 1967 (is 45 in 2012, 46 in 2013)
Movie Actor
China Shavers: 1977 (is 35 in 2012, 36 in 2013)
Actress, Sabrina the Teenage Witch's Dreama, Boston Public
Jenny Shimizu: 1967 (is 45 in 2012, 46 in 2013)
Actress, Model
James Smith: 1950 (is 62 in 2012, 63 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of Stylistics
Syrai Smith: 2002 (is 10 in 2012, 11 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Brandy and Robert's daughter
James Patrick Stuart: 1968 (is 44 in 2012, 45 in 2013)
TV Actor, Soap Actor, Battlestar Galactica's Dr. Zee, All My Children's Will Cooney Courtlandt, then Justin, Andy Richter's Keith Richards; Chad's son, was just Patrick Stuart but had to change his name
Lucky Thompson: 1924 (is 88 in 2012, 89 in 2013)
Tenor-sax, Soprano-sax
Tristan James Tritt: 1999 (is 13 in 2012, 14 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Theresa and Travis' son
Joan Van Ark: 1943 (is 69 in 2012, 70 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actress, Cartoon Voicist, Director, b. in New York City; Temperature's Rising, Dallas' & Knots Landing's Valene Ewing Gibson Waleska Ewing; Spiderwoman cartoon voice; named after Joan of Arc; Young and the Restless' Gloria Fisher
Gino Vannelli: 1952 (is 60 in 2012, 61 in 2013)
Pop Singer, Songwriter, Canadian, soul-styled
Simon Williams: 1946 (is 66 in 2012, 67 in 2013)
TV Actor, British

People on June 16th: birth anniversaries

Jack Albertson: 1907=d.Nov 25, 1981 (was 74)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, b. in Malden, MA; The Thin Man's Lt. Evans; Chico & the Man's Ed Brown; Grandpa Goes to Washington's Sen Joe Kelley; some say 1910
Giovanni Boccaccio: 1313=d.Dec 21, 1375 (was 62)
Poet
Bobby Clark: 1888=d.Feb 12, 1960 (was 71)
Vaudevillan, Comedian, World's funniest circus clown
William B. Davidson: 1888=d.Sep 28, 1947 (was 59)
Actor
John "Marmaduke" Dawson: 1945=d.Jul 20, 2009 (was 64)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Rock & Roll Musician, of Grateful Dead, Riders of the Purple Sage
Bill Gazzarri: 1924=d.Mar 13, 1991 (was 66)
Founder, Rock 'n Roll nightclub founder
Geronimo: 1829=d.Feb 17, 1909 (was 79)
Leader, American Indian, LN:Goyathlay; leader of Chiricahua band of Apache tribe
Katharine Meyer Graham: 1917=d.Jul 17, 2001 (was 84)
Publisher, Executive, ex-Chairwoman Washington Post
Richard Jacobs: 1925=d.2009
Sports Owner, Philanthropist, Cleveland Indians owner
William F. Jenkins: 1896=d.Jun 8, 1975 (was 78)
Sci-fi Writer, Time Tunnel, Land Of The Giants
Stan Laurel: 1890=d.Feb 23, 1965 (was 74)
Movie Actor, Comedian, English, Skinny half of Laurel & (Oliver) Hardy; RN:Arthur Stanley Jefferson; some say 1894, 1895, or 1900; wed 8x's to 4 wives; d. in Santa Monica, Ca.
Ilona Massey: 1910=d.Aug 10, 1974 (was 64)
Movie Actress, Singer, Hungarian, RLN:Hajmassy; Glamorous continental star; one says b. 7-5-12 or 6-16-12, one says d. Aug 20
Barbara McClintock: 1902=d.Sep 3, 1992 (was 90)
Scientist, cytogeneticist; d. Sep 2?
Irving Penn: 1917=d.Oct 7, 2010 (was 93)
Photographer
Jean Peugeot: 1896=d.Nov 18, 1966 (was 70)
Manufacturer, French, of autos
Jose Lopez Portillo: 1920=d.Feb 17, 2004 (was 83)
Head of State, unpopular president of Mexico 1976-82
John Rostill: 1942=d.Nov 26, 1973 (was 31)
Rock & Roll Bassist, Songwriter, British, of The Shadows
Erich Segal: 1937=d.Jan 17, 2010 (was 72)
Novelist, b. in Brooklyn; Love Story writer responsible for the line "love means never having to say you're sorry."
Tupac Shakur: 1971=d.Sep 13, 1996 (was 25)
Actor, Rap Singer, aka 2Pac; gangsta rap pioneer
Ernest Torrence: 1878?=d.May 15, 1933 (was 54)
Opera Singer, Movie Actor, Scotish, Hunchback of Notre Dame, King Of Kings; some say b. Jun 26, 1878
Patrick Waite: 1968=d.Feb 18, 1993 (was 24)
Bassist, of Musical Youth
John Young: 1916=d.Oct 30, 1996 (was 80)
Panelist, Masquerade Party; Monty Python and the Holy Grail's dead body/historian

People on June 16th: death anniversaries

Mel Allen: 1996 (was 83)/b.Feb 14, 1913
HALL OF FAMER, Baseball Announcer, Attorney/Lawyer, TV Host, b. in Birmingham, Ala.; NBC Sports; NN:Mr. TV Baseball; RN:Melvin Allen Israel; How about that?; Movietone newsreels, This Week in Baseball; N.Y. Yankees caster
Teresa Tirelli D'Amico: 1989 (was 81)/b.Jul 14, 1907
Actress, Singer, Appeared in Lucy's Grape Stomping scene
Reginald Denny: 1967 (was 75)/b.Nov 20, 1891
Movie Actor, English, RN:Reginald Leigh Daymore; Rebecca, Cat Ballou, Batman
Bill Dixon: 2010 (was 84)/b.Oct 5, 1925
Trumpeter, Composer, flugelhorn
John Gorrie: 1855 (was 51)/b.Oct 3, 1803
Inventor, Refrigeration & ice making process pioneer
James Honeyman-Scott: 1982 (was 24)/b.Nov 4, 1957
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Keyboardist, British, of The Pretenders
Lonnie Johnson: 1970 (was 81)/b.Feb 8, 1889?
Blues-Jazz Performer, Singer/Guitarist, Pianist, Violinist, RN:Alonzo Johnson; some say b. Feb 2, 1889, b. Feb 8, 1894, b. Feb 8, 1899, or b. Feb 18, 1899
John S. Knight: 1981 (was 86)/b.Oct 26, 1894
Publisher, assembled Knight-Ridder newspaper chain
Joseph "Joe" Kubert: 1991/b.1947
Rock & Roll Guitarist, of Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
Lebert J. Lombardo: 1993 (was 88)/b.Feb 11, 1905
Trumpeter, Guy's brother
Dr. Crawford W. Long: 1878 (was 62)/b.Nov 1, 1815
Physician, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic in surgery
Paul Neagu: 2004 (was 66)/b.Feb 22, 1938
Artist
Ronald Neame: 2010 (was 99)/b.Apr 23, 1911
Movie Director, First Monday In October, Poseidon Adventure
Bob Nolan: 1980 (was 72)/b.Apr 1, 1908
Country Singer, Poet, Songwriter, Canadian, RN:Robert Clarence Nobles; of Sons of the Pioneers
Kristen Pfaff: 1994 (was 27)/b.May 26, 1967
Punk Rock Performer, Bassist, of Hole
Nicholas Ray: 1979 (was 67)/b.Aug 7, 1911
Movie Director, Movie Actor, RN:Raymond N. Kienzle; directed Rebel Without a Cause
George Reeves: 1959 (was 45)/b.Jan 5, 1914
TV/Movie Actor, RLN:Basselo; Gone with the Wind Tarleton twin, The Adventures of Superman's Superman & Clark Kent; some say b. Apr 6
Elmer Sperry: 1930 (was 69)/b.Oct 12, 1860
Engineer, Inventor, Electrical; inventor of the gyrocompass.
Charles Sturt: 1869 (was 74)/b.Apr 28, 1795
Explorer, English, whose expedition down the Murrumbidgee and Murray rivers (1829-30) is considered one of the greatest explorations in Australian history.
Wernher Von Braun: 1977 (was 65)/b.Mar 23, 1912
Scientist, Engineer, German, Rockets
Jack Wagner: 1995 (was 69)/b.Oct 17, 1925
Actor, Voice of Disneyland and Walt Disney World, Disney cartoon voicist; Adv's of Ozzie & Harriet's Jack; not the GH man
"Chick" Webb: 1939 (was 30)/b.Feb 10, 1902?
Bandleader, Drummer, Jazz Musician, FN:William; NN:The Little Giant of the Drums; of Ella Fitzgerlad band; some say b. Feb 10, 1909

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