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Birthdays:

• Raphael or Raffaello, painter and architect, also called Raffaello Sanzio, Raffaello Santi, Raffaello da Urbino, or Rafael Sanzio da Urbino, April 6, 1483 – April 6, 1520


• Walter Huston, actor, father of actor/director John Huston, and grandfather of actress Anjelica Huston, April 6, 1884 – April 7, 1950


• Anton Herman Gerard ANTHONY Fokker, aircraft designer and manufacturer, April 6, 1890 – December 23, 1939


• Lowell Jackson Thomas, travel writer, broadcaster, and traveller, April 6, 1892 – August 29, 1981, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous


• Sergio Franchi, singer and actor, April 6, 1926 – May 1, 1990


• Eli Katz, aka Gil Kane, comic book artist, April 6, 1926 - January 31, 2000


• Gerald Joseph GERRY Mulligan, jazz musician, baritone saxophone-player, composer, and arranger, April 6, 1927 – January 20, 1996


• André Previn, pianist, composer, and conductor, 1929


• Merle Haggard, musician, 1937


• Billy Dee Williams, actor, 1937


• John Ratzenberger, actor, 1947


• Rik Aalbert BERT Blyleven, pitcher, 1951


• Marilu Henner, American actress, 1952


• Ariadne ARI Meyers, actress, best known for her role as Emma Jane McArdle in the Kate & Allie TV series, 1969


• Candace Cameron, actress, 1976

RIP:

• Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, composer, June 17, 1882 – April 6, 1971


• Isaac Asimov, Ph.D., author and genius, January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992


• Eileen Evelyn GREER Garson, actress, September 29, 1904 – April 6, 1996


• Tammy Wynette, country singer and songwriter, May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998


• Babatunde Olatunji, master drummer, April 7, 1927 - April 6, 2003


• Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi, aka Prince Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost fifty-six years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th Century, May 31, 1923 – April 6, 2005