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Herbie FLOWERS (1938) - British bass guitarist, who worked with the likes of David Bowie, Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John​

 

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James Earl JONES (1931)
US Actor
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Known to almost everyone as the voice of Darth Vadar and CNN, Jones was an accomplished theater, film, and television actor. His breakout role for which he won his first Tony Award in 1968 was The Great White Hope, and he repeated the role in the movie version and got an Academy Award nomination. Other popular film appearances were in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove (1964), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Coming to America (1988), Field of Dreams (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and The Lion King (1994).

 

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Herbie FLOWERS (1938) - British bass guitarist, who worked with the likes of David Bowie, Paul McCartney and Sir Elton John​

And if you're thinking that you don't know any of his work then maybe you do but don't realise. He was responsible for many classic basslines, including this one

 

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Maggie SMITH (1934)
UK Actor
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She had an immense career starting in the 1950s and winning multiple Tony Awards, Oscars, and BAFTAs. But maybe the most surprising part was the end where she became beloved around the world for playing Professor McGonagall in the Harry Potter film series (2001–2011), and Violet Crawley in Downton Abbey (2010–2015). Her Oscars were for The Prime of Miss Jean Brody (1969) and Neil Simon's California Suite (1978). Other popular films were Gosford Park (2001), Sister Act (1992), and A Room With a View (1985).

 

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Dame Maggie Smith, younger years

 

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Muriel FURRER (2006) - Swiss cyclist​

 

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Bas van BELLE (2000) - Dutch cyclist​

 

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Kris KRISTOFFERSON (1936)
US Singer, Songwriter, Actor
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Kristofferson was a legendary Nashville singer and songwriter. Some of his hits include "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". He then moved in to film acting in movies like Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), A Star Is Born (1976), Convoy (1978), and Michael Cimino's infamous Heaven's Gate (1980). In the 1980s he teamed with Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash in the country music supergroup the Highwaymen.

 

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Gavin CREEL (1976)
US Stage Actor
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Gavin was a beloved Broadway musical actor who began his career opposite Sutton Foster in the original cast of Thoroughly Modern Millie. He opened The Book of Mormon in London, and received an Oliver Award. He starred in the revivals of She Loves Me, Into the Woods, Hair, and Hello, Dolly! With Bette Midler.

He was also a tireless advocate of marriage equality, gay representation in media, and the charity Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Gavin was just diagnosed with cancer in July, and passed today.

Here is Gavin singing a cover of “Something Wonderful’, originally from the musical The King and I. He was invited to do this by the Rodger’s & Hammerstein organization for a series of pop (and often queer) versions of classic Broadway songs.

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Liam PAYNE (1993)
UK Singer / Songwriter / Producer
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Payne was a member of One Direction with multiple hits that dominated pop music from 2012 to 2015 - 29 total hits on Billboard’s Hot 100.

 

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Mitzi GAYNOR (1931)
US Actress / Nightclub Singer / Dancer
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Gaynor rose to fame as an actress in the 1950s, particularly in two big musicals, There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954) and South Pacific (1958). Starting in the late 1960s she became a top nightclub act, particularly in Las Vegas. That career lasted into the 1980s.

 

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Teri GARR (1944)
US Actor
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Garr specialized in playing quirky, "normal" women involved with crazy men. In 1977 she was John Denver's wife as he encountered God (George Burns) in Oh, God!, and Richard Dreyfess's wife trying to cope with his UFO obsession in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. She seemed to be everywhere from the mid-1970s through the 1980s in Young Frankenstein (1974), The Black Stallion (1979), Tootsie (1982), and Mr. Mom (1983).

 

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Quincy JONES (1933)
US Record Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Arranger
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Jones' 70 year music career included 28 Grammy Awards spanning Count Basie to Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson to Austin Powers to Tupac and Snoop Dog. He produced the best selling album of all time - Michael Jackson's Thriller, as well as the epic charity single "We Are the World". His film scores include The Pawnbroker (1965), In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Italian Job (1969), Roots (1977), The Wiz (1978), and The Color Purple (1986).

 

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Charles DUMONT (1929) - French songwriter and singer Charles Dumont, who composed the song "Non, je ne regrette rien" made world famous by Edith Piaf