Today XLVI

Birthdays:

• Rosalind Russell, film and stage actress, nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976


• Christopher Sydney Cockerell, engineer, inventor of the hovercraft, June 4, 1910 – June 1, 1999


• Morris (Moishe) Mille, aka Robert Merrill, operatic baritone, June 4, 1919 – October 23, 2004


• William Dennis Weaver, television actor, best known for his roles as Chester Goode on Gunsmoke, and as Marshal Sam McCloud on McCloud, June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006


• Karola Ruth Siegel, aka Ruth "Dr. Ruth" Westheimer, Ed.D, 1928


• Bruce MacLeish Dern, actor, whose uncle was poet Archibald MacLeish, and his godfather was Adlai Stevenson, 1936


• Baldemar Huerta, aka Freddy Fender, Tejano, country, and rock and roll musician, 1938


• Holly Michelle Gilliam, aka Michelle Phillips, singer and actress, who gained fame as a member of The Mamas & the Papas, 1944


• Gordon Trueman Riviere Waller, singer, best known as half of Peter and Gordon, 1945


• Richard Stevenson Parker, aka Parker Stevenson, actor, 1952


• Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano opera singer and recitalist, 1966


• Sandra Lee Schwab, aka Tiffany Million, actress, 1966


• Angelina Jolie Voight, aka Angelina Jolie, daughter of Jon Voight, Academy Award-winning actress and former fashion model, 1975

RIP:

• Giacomo Girolamo Casanova, adventurer, writer, and womanizer, April 2, 1725 – June 4, 1798


• Thomas J. 'Tommy' Ladnier, jazz trumpeter, May 28, 1900 – June 4, 1939


• Dr. Sergei Aleksandrovich 'Serge' Koussevitzky, conductor best known for his long tenure [1924 to 1949] as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, July 26, 1874 – June 4, 1951


• Dorothy Elizabeth de Guiche, aka Dorothy Gish, actress, sister of actress Lillian Gish, March 11, 1898 - June 4, 1968


• Maurice Fréchet, French mathematician, who introduced the concept of metric space, and was one of the founders of functional analysis, September 2, 1878 - June 4, 1973


• Murry Gage Wilson, musician and record producer, best remembered as father of Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, and uncle of Mike Love; he was manager of their band The Beach Boys, and served as their music publisher, July 2, 1917 – June 4, 1973


• Derek Leckenby, guitarist and dobro player, played lead guitar for Herman's Hermits, composed songs with band mates Keith Hopwood and Karl Green, May 14, 1943 - June 4, 1994


• Ronnie "Plonk" Lane, singer, songwriter, and bass player, best known for his work with The Small Faces (1965-69) and Faces (1970-75), April 1, 1946 - June 4, 1997


• John Cowan Harford, aka John Hartford, country and bluegrass composer, musician, fiddle- and banjo-player, known for his witty lyrics and unique vocal style, December 30, 1937– June 4, 2001


• Steven Norman Lackritz, aka Steve Lacy, jazz soprano saxophonist, July 23, 1934 - June 4, 2004