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People on July 2nd: birthdates

Mike Anger: 1957 (is 55 in 2012, 56 in 2013)
Pop Musician, of Blow Monkeys
Roy Bittan: 1949 (is 63 in 2012, 64 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Keyboardist, aka Broyd?; co-producer of Bruce Springsteen's E. St. Band
Johnny Bradford: 1919 (is 93 in 2012, 94 in 2013)
Singer, Actor
Michelle Branch: 1983 (is 29 in 2012, 30 in 2013)
Singer
Sailor Lee Brinkley-Cook: 1998 (is 14 in 2012, 15 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Christie Brinkley and Peter's daughter
Pete Briquette: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
New Wave Singer, Bassist, Irish, of The Boomtown Rats
Yancy Butler: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
TV/Movie Actress, Joe's daughter; AS the World Turns' Ava
Vanessa Lee Chester: 1984 (is 28 in 2012, 29 in 2013)
Actress, The Lost World Jurassic Park, Once and Again's Annie
Johnny Colla: 1952 (is 60 in 2012, 61 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Guitarist, Saxophonist, of Huey Lewis & the News
Jeffrey Cooper: 1955 (is 57 in 2012, 58 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Musician, Guitarist, of Midnight Star
Larry David: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Comedian, Comedy Writer, TV Producer, Fridays member, Seinfeld creator, star of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Whatever Works
Dreama Maria DePaiva: 1992 (is 20 in 2012, 21 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Misty Rowe & James' girl
Melodee Devevo: 1976 (is 36 in 2012, 37 in 2013)
Musician, of Casting Crowns; Contemporary Christian musician
Don Ellis: 1967 (is 45 in 2012, 46 in 2013)
Country/Western Performer
Jarrod Emick: yr unknown
Actor, Pacific Palisades' Nick Hadley
Kathryn Erbe: 1965 (is 47 in 2012, 48 in 2013)
Actress, Law and Order Criminal Intent's Det. Alexandra Eames
Vincente Fox: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Head of State, President of Mexico
Gene Appleton Gallagher: 2001 (is 11 in 2012, 12 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Nicole Appleton and Liam's son
Presley Walker Gerber: 1999 (is 13 in 2012, 14 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Cindy Crawford and Rande's son
Scott Groff: yr unknown
Soap Actor, Days of Our Lives' Shawn-Douglas
Polly Holliday: 1937 (is 75 in 2012, 76 in 2013)
Actress, b. in Jasper, Al.; Alice's & Flo's Florence Jean 'Flo' Castleberry; Kiss ma Grits!; Home Improvement's Nana
Robert Ito: 1931 (is 81 in 2012, 82 in 2013)
TV/Stage Actor, Ballet Dancer, Canadian, Quincy ME's Sam Fujiyama, Our Town
Assisi Jackson: 1992 (is 20 in 2012, 21 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Jade Jagger & Piers' girl
Ahmad Jamal: 1930 (is 82 in 2012, 83 in 2013)
Jazz Pianist, Bandleader
Luci Baines Johnson-Turpin: 1947 (is 65 in 2012, 66 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, LBJ's daughter
Sidney "Worm" Kilbrick: yr unknown
Actor, Our Gang
Leapy Lee: 1942 (is 70 in 2012, 71 in 2013)
Singer, Stage Actor, Comedian, Songwriter, English
Lindsay Lohan: 1986 (is 26 in 2012, 27 in 2013)
Actress, Another World's Alexander "Alli" Fowler, Freaky Friday 2003, Confessions of a Teeange Drama Queen, Mean Girls, Herbie Fully Loaded, Just My Luck, Georgia Rule
Monie Love: 1970 (is 42 in 2012, 43 in 2013)
Rhythm and Blues Singer
Imelda Marcos: 1929 (is 83 in 2012, 84 in 2013)
Celebrity Relative, Deposed Phillipine 1st lady who left behind 2,400 pairs of shoes, all size 8 1/2, when she and hubby Ferdinand went in to exile in 1986.
Jennifer Joy McGill: 1977 (is 35 in 2012, 36 in 2013)
Pop Singer, of Mickey Mouse Club 89-(MMC)
James McNichol: 1961 (is 51 in 2012, 52 in 2013)
TV Actor, TV Host, Soap Actor, b. in Los Angeles; RFN:Jimmy; Kristy's brother; General Hospital's Josh Preston, The Fitzpatricks, California Fever, Hollywood Teen
Carlos Saul Menem: 1930 (is 82 in 2012, 83 in 2013)
Head of State, president of Argentina 1989-
Julie Montgomery: 1956 (is 56 in 2012, 57 in 2013)
TV/Soap Actress, One Life to Live's Samantha Vernon, The Kindred
Dave Parsons: 1964 (is 48 in 2012, 49 in 2013)
Alternative Rock Performer, of Transvision Vamp, Bush; some say b. 1965
Guy Pendod: 1963 (is 49 in 2012, 50 in 2013)
Country Singer
Ava Veronica Priestley: 2007 (is 5 in 2012, 6 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Naomi Lowde and Jason's daughter
Joe Puerta: 1951 (is 61 in 2012, 62 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Singer, Bassist, Songwriter, b. in Los Angeles; of Ambrosia; of Bruce Hornsby & the Range
Marvin Rainwater: 1925 (is 87 in 2012, 88 in 2013)
Country Singer, Songwriter, Ozark Jubilee; LN:Karlton Perry
Kaden Robert Rizzo: 2005 (is 7 in 2012, 8 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Natalia Cigliuti and Robert Rizzo's son
Saul Rubinek: 1948 (is 64 in 2012, 65 in 2013)
Actor, German
Wendy Schaal: 1954 (is 58 in 2012, 59 in 2013)
Actress, It's a Living's Vicki Allen, Fantasy Island's Julie, AfterMASH's Bonnie Hornbeck, American Dad; Richard's daughter
Tom Springfield: 1934 (is 78 in 2012, 79 in 2013)?
Singer, Arranger, Songwriter, English, RN:Dion O'Brien; of Springfields; some say b. Jul 2, 1936 (is 76 in 2012)
John H. Sununu: 1939 (is 73 in 2012, 74 in 2013)
Government Official, ex-White House Chief of Staff, Sec of State 1989-91
Gene Taylor: 1952 (is 60 in 2012, 61 in 2013)
Rock & Roll Musician, of The Blasters
Tarik Taylor: 1990 (is 22 in 2012, 23 in 2013)
Celebrity Son, Bianca Ferguson & Meshach's son
Ashley Tisdale: 1985 (is 27 in 2012, 28 in 2013)
Actress, Singer
Amy Weber: 1972 (is 40 in 2012, 41 in 2013)
Celebrity Daughter, Port Charles' Lark Scanlon
Richard Wyands: 1928 (is 84 in 2012, 85 in 2013)
Pianist
Owain Yeoman: 1978 (is 34 in 2012, 35 in 2013)
Actor, The Mentalist

People on July 2nd: birth anniversaries

Jeff Alexander: 1910=d.Dec 23, 1989 (was 79)
Songwriter, wrote The Twilight Zone musical score
Lee Allen: 1926=d.Oct 18, 1994 (was 68)
Tenor-sax, of Fats Domino's band and on countless records recorded in New Orleans in the 1950s.
Clarence Walker Barron: 1855=d.Oct 2, 1928 (was 73)
Publisher, founded Barron's Financial Weekly
Hans Albrecht Bethe: 1906=d.Mar 6, 2005 (was 98)
Physicist, Scientist, German, Nobel winner 1967; peace worker
Ken Curtis: 1916=d.Apr 28, 1991 (was 74)
TV/Movie Actor, Crooner, Country Singer, b. in Lamar, Co.; RN:Curtis Wayne Gates; Tommy Dorsey's band singer, Ripcord's Jim Budkley, Gunsmoke's deputy Festus Haggen, The Yellow Rose; of Sons of the Pioneers
Medgar Evers: 1925=d.Jun 12, 1963 (was 37)
Political Activist, Civil Rights Leader, NAACP official; d. murdered in front of his home in Jackson, Mississippi
Christoph Willibald Gluck: 1714=d.Nov 15, 1787 (was 73)
Composer
Barry Gray: 1916=d.Dec 21, 1996 (was 80)
TV Talk Show Host, Announcer, RN:Bernard Yaroslaw; pioneered call-in radio
Sir Tyrone Guthrie: 1900=d.May 15, 1971 (was 70)
Movie Director, English
Andre Kertesz: 1894=d.Sep 27, 1985 (was 91)
Photographer, Journalist, 35mm camera use pioneer
King Olaf V Of Norway: 1903=d.Jan 17, 1991 (was 87)
King, ruled 1957-91
Thurgood Marshall: 1908=d.Jan 24, 1993 (was 84)
Supreme Court Justice, the first black appointed to Supreme Court 1967-91
Anthony McAuliffe: 1898=d.Aug 11, 1975 (was 77)
Hero, U.S. Army general who commanded the force defending Bastogne, Belgium, in the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944) during World War II.
Kenneth McMillan: 1932=d.Jan 8, 1989 (was 56)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Rhoda's Jack Doyle, Our Family Honor's Comm. Patrick McKay
Brock Peters: 1927=d.Aug 23, 2005 (was 78)
Movie Actor, Singer, Cartoon Voicist, Producer, b. in New York City; RLN:Fisher; Hanna Barbera cartoons, To Kill A Mockingbird
Herbert Prior: 1867=d.Oct 3, 1954 (was 87)
Actor, English, Pollyanna
Earl Hawley Robinson: 1910=d.Jul 20, 1991 (was 81)
Composer, Singer, Songwriter, Folk song collector; TV & film music
Dan Rowan: 1922=d.Sep 22, 1987 (was 65)
Comedian, b. in Beggs, OK; Rowan & Martin's Laugh In cohost/straight man, Dick Martin's partner
Robert Sarnoff: 1918=d.Feb 22, 1997 (was 78)
Businessperson, Executive, RCA head; NBC head 1955-65; David's son
Ron Silver: 1946=d.Mar 15, 2009 (was 62)
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, b. in New York; Mac Davis Show reg, Rhoda's Gary Levy, some TV duds, The West Wing's Bruno Gianelli
Dave Thomas: 1932=d.Jan 8, 2002 (was 69)
Businessperson, Wendy's Restaraunts founder; not the SCTV comedian
Alan Webb: 1906=d.Jun 22, 1982 (was 75)
Actor, King Lear, Taming of Shrew, Challenge of Lassie
John Whitehead: 1948=d.May 11, 2004 (was 55)
Rhythm and Blues Singer, of McFadden & Whitehead
Paul Williams: 1939=d.Aug 17, 1973 (was 34)
HALL OF FAMER, Rhythm and Blues Singer, of The Temptations; d. suicide

People on July 2nd: death anniversaries

Stephen Babcock: 1931 (was 87)/b.Oct 22, 1843
Chemist, Agriculturist: NN:The Father of Scientific Dairying
Georgiana Emma Drew Barrymore: 1893/b.Jul 11, 1854?
Actress, Mother of John, Ethel, & Lionel; some say b. Jul 11, 1856
Michael Bennett: 1987 (was 44)/b.Apr 8, 1943
Director, Choreographer, Dancer, LN:DiFiglia; Dreamgirls, A Chorus Line creator; Donna McKechnie's ex-; d. AIDS
Ray Brown: 2002 (was 75)/b.Oct 13, 1926
Jazz Musician, Bassist
Porfirio Diaz: 1915 (was 84)/b.Sep 15, 1830
Head of State, Soldier, Prez of Mexico 1877-80, 84-1911
Amelia Earhart: 1937 (was 38)/b.Jul 24, 1898
Aviator, b. in Atchison, KS; the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, but got lost on a flight enrout to Howland Island
John Fitch: 1798 (was 55)/b.Jan 21, 1743
Inventor, Clockmaker; Gunsmith; Surveyor; had a working steamboat years before Fulton.
Betty Grable: 1973 (was 56)/b.Dec 18, 1916
Movie Actress, b. in St. Louis, MO; WW2 famous pin-up girl; Harry James' wife; RFN:Elizabeth Ruth
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko: 1989 (was 79)/b.Jul 5, 1909 O.S.
Diplomat, Head of State, Russian, Soviet foreign minister; Jul 5=O.S./Jul 18=N.S.; other style says b. Jul 18, 1909 N.S.
Virginia Guynes: 1998 (was 54)/b.yr unknown
Celebrity Parent, Demi Moore's mother
Fred Gwynne: 1993 (was 66)/b.Jul 10, 1926
TV/Movie/Stage Actor, Children's Author, Illustrator, b. in New York City; RFMN:Frederick Hubbard; Car 54 Where Are You?'s Off. Francis Muldoon, The Munsters' Herman Munster, My Cousin Vinny
Ernest Hemingway: 1961 (was 61)/b.Jul 21, 1899
Novelist, Short Story Writer, b. in Oak Park, IL; MN:Miller; Farewell to Arms, Sun Also Rises, Old Man & the Sea, For Whom The Bell Tolls; d. suicide in Ketchum, Idaho
Snooky Lanson: 1990 (was 76)/b.Mar 27, 1914
Singer, b. in Memphis, TN; Your Hit Parade reg; RN:Roy Landman
George MacReady: 1973/b.Aug 29, 1909?
TV/Movie Actor, Peyton Places' Martin Peyton; Hollywood villian actor; Alfred Hitchcock & Perry Mason guest; some say b. Aug 29, 1899, or b. Aug 29, 1908
Anna Massey: 2011 (was 73)/b.Aug 11, 1937
TV/Movie Actress, English
Jan Murray: 2006 (was 89)/b.Oct 4, 1916
Actor, Comedian, Game Show Host, Vaudevillan, b. in New York City; RN:Murray Janofsky; Dollar a Second, Treasure Hunt, other 50s game shows
Vladimir Nabokov: 1977 (was 78)/b.Apr 23, 1899
Novelist, Russian
Seth Nicholson: 1963 (was 71)/b.Nov 12, 1891
Astronomer, discovered four Jupiter moons
Nostradamas: 1566 (was 62)/b.Dec 14, 1503
Physician, Astrologer, Prophet, French, FN:Michel de; d. in Salon
Alicia Patterson: 1963 (was 53)/b.Oct 15, 1909
Editor, Publisher, Businessperson, Newsday magazine founder
Sir Robert Peel: 1850 (was 62)/b.Feb 5, 1788
Statesman, British PM 1834-46
Mario Puzo: 1999 (was 78)/b.Oct 15, 1920
Novelist, b. in New York City; The Godfather; some say b. 1921; screen playwright: The Godfather series, Earthquake, Superman: The Movie, Superman 2, The Cotton Club, Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Lee Remick: 1991 (was 55)/b.Dec 14, 1935
TV/Movie Actress, Roman Catholic, b. in Boston, MA; Long Hot Summer, Days of Wine & Roses; MN:Ann; Wheels, Ike
Mordecal Richler: 2001 (was 70)/b.Jan 27, 1931
Novelist, Canadian
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 1778 (was 66)/b.Jun 28, 1712
Philosopher, Author, French, Swiss, social; Man is Born Free; d. 3-17-1741? according to Brittanica.
Franklin J. Schaffner: 1989 (was 69)/b.May 30, 1920
Movie Director, Japanese, received 28 Oscar nominations including Patton
George Seldes: 1995 (was 104)/b.Nov 16, 1890
Author, Correspondent, media watchdog
Beverly Sills: 2007 (was 78)/b.May 25, 1929
Opera Soprano, Director, Jewish, b. in Brooklyn; RN:Belle "Bubbles" Miriam Silverman
Jimmy Stewart: 1997 (was 89)/b.May 20, 1908
TV/Movie Actor, Humanitarian, Protestant, RN:James Maitland Stewart; b. in Indiana, PA; Mr. Sincerity; Harvey, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Anatomy of a Murder, Winchester 73, It's a Wonderful Life, Philadelphia Story, The Jimmy Stewart Show's Prof. James K. Howard, Hawkins star, Rear Window, Vertigo
Kay Thompson: 1998 (was 94)/b.Nov 9, 1903
Singer, Songwriter, Author, Children's Author, author of the Eloise children's books; her age of death was believed to be between 92 and 95, some say b. 1913; also sang "Eloise" which is occasionally heard on the Dr. Demento Show.
Ben Turpin: 1940 (was 65)/b.Sep 17, 1874
Comedian, Movie Actor, Yankee Doodle in Berlin, Mack Sennett comedies
Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson: 1988 (was 70)/b.Dec 18, 1917
Blues Singer, Bandleader, Alto-sax
Barbara Weeks: 2003 (was 89)/b.Jul 4, 1913
Actress
Marion Williams: 1994 (was 66)/b.Aug 29, 1927
Gospel Singer, whose music influenced the likes of Aretha Franklin

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