Entertainment History
On Feb. 13, 1961, Frank Sinatra unveiled his own record label, Reprise.
Sinatra did not have a very high opinion of rock music, but the label
would release recordings by The Beach Boys, Jimi Hendrix and The Kinks.
In 1972, Led Zeppelin had to cancel a concert in Singapore after
authorities would not let the group off the plane because of their long
hair. In 1982, a 300-pound marker on the grave of Lynyrd Skynyrd singer
Ronnie Van Zant was stolen from an Orange Park, Florida, cemetery.
Police found it two weeks later in a dry river bed. In 1991, a
helicopter carrying actor Kirk Douglas collided with a stunt plane over
an airport in California. Douglas suffered cuts and bruises. Two people
on the plane were killed. In 1997, Michael Jackson and then-wife Debbie
Rowe became parents to a son named Prince. Today's Birthdays: Actress
Kim Novak is 83. Actor George Segal ("Just Shoot Me") is 82. Actor Bo
Svenson ("Walking Tall") is 75. Singer-bassist-actor Peter Tork of The
Monkees is 74. Actress Carol Lynley is 74. Actress Stockard Channing is
72. Talk show host Jerry Springer is 72. Singer Peter Gabriel is 66.
Actor David Naughton is 65. Bassist Peter Hook of New Order and Joy
Division is 60. Actor Matt Salinger is 56. Singer Henry Rollins is 55.
Actor Neal McDonough ("Boomtown") is 50. Singer Freedom Williams (C & C
Music Factory) is 50. Actress Kelly Hu ("Martial Law") is 48. Singer
Matt Berninger of The National is 45. Bassist Todd Harrell of 3 Doors
Down is 44. Singer Feist is 40. MC Natalie Stewart of Floetry is 37.
Actress Mena Suvari (MEE'-nuh soo-VAHR'-ee) is 37. Drummer Dash Hutton
of Haim (HYM) is 31.
