Thursday 3rd of February 1927 (+) — Film director Kenneth Anger is born
Monday 23rd of April 1928 (+) — Actress Shirley Temple is born
Tuesday 18th of August 1936 (+) — Actor and film director Robert Redford is born
Tuesday 12th of December 1939 (-) — Actor Douglas Fairbanks dies of a heart attack
Fairbanks' last words were reportedly "I've never felt better."
Monday 31st of July 1944 (+) — Actress Geraldine Chaplin is born
Friday 22nd of October 1948 (+) — Member of the 'Manson Family' Lynette Fromme is born
Saturday 22nd of November 1958 (+) — Actress Jamie Lee Curtis is born
Thursday 15th of October 1964 (-) — Composer and songwriter Cole Porter dies of kidney failure
Tuesday 23rd of February 1965 (-) — Actor Stan Laurel dies of a heart attack
Tuesday 29th of May 1979 (-) — Actress Mary Pickford dies of a cerebral hemorrhage
Wednesday 3rd of January 1979 (-) — Hotelier Conrad Hilton dies of natural causes
Tuesday 29th of January 1980 (-) — Comedian and actor Jimmy Durante dies of pneumonia
Saturday 28th of September 1991 (-) — Musician Miles Davis dies of the combined effects of a stroke, pneumonia and respiratory failure
Thursday 24th of October 1991 (-) — Television screenwriter and producer Gene Roddenberry dies of cardiopulmonary arrest
In the late 1980s Roddenberry was afflicted by the first manifestations of cerebral vascular disease and encephalopathy as a result of his longstanding recreational abuse of legal and illicit drugs, including alcohol, marijuana, Valium, Seconal, Ritalin, Dexamyl, and cocaine. The effects of these substances were compounded by deleterious interactions with diabetes, high blood pressure, and antidepressant prescriptions. On 21 April 1997 a Celestis spacecraft carrying portions of the cremated remains of Roddenberry, of Timothy Leary and of 22 other people was launched into Earth orbit aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from near the Canary Islands. On 20 May 2002 the spacecraft's orbit deteriorated and it disintegrated in the atmosphere.
Sunday 14th of November 2004 (-) — Composer Michel Colombier dies of cancer
Thursday 10th of March 2016 (-) — Musician Keith Emerson commits suicide by a shot in the head
Tuesday 6th of October 2020 (-) — Musician Eddie Van Halen dies of throat cancer
Thursday 9th of May 2024 (-) — Film director Roger Corman dies of natural causes
