Entertainment History
On August 2, 1958, Johnny Cash's contract with Sun Records expired. He
switched labels to Columbia and stayed with them for 28 years. In 1961,
The Beatles began an engagement as the regular headliners at the Cavern
Club in Liverpool. The band performed more than 300 times in the course
of two years. In 1969, Bob Dylan showed up unexpectedly to his ten-year
high school reunion in Hibbing, Minnesota. He and his wife left early
after a drunk tried to pick a fight with him. In 1972, original
Association member Brian Cole died in Los Angeles of a heroin overdose.
In 1974, a funeral was held in Hollywood for Mama Cass Elliot. Her body
was cremated and her ashes were buried in Maryland. In 1982, singer
Jose Feliciano married Susan Omillian in California. In 1987, Billy
Joel played a concert in Leningrad. Audience members carried Joel out
on their shoulders at the end, and about 200 chairs were destroyed by
concert-goers who jumped up and down on them. In 1991, Rick James and
his girlfriend, Tanya Hijazi, were arrested in Los Angeles and charged
with sexually assaulting and torturing a woman. In 1998, puppeteer
Shari Lewis died of uterine cancer in Los Angeles. She was 65. Her best
known puppets were Lamb Chop and Charlie Horse. In 2010, singer Alicia
Keys married music producer Swizz Beatz at a private home on the
Mediterranean Sea. Today's Birthdays: Keyboardist Garth Hudson of The
Band is 79. Singer Kathy Lennon of The Lennon Sisters is 73. Actor Max
Wright ("Alf," 'Norm") is 73. Actress Joanna Cassidy is 71. Actress
Kathryn Harrold is 66. Actor Butch Patrick ("The Munsters") is 63.
Music producer and Garbage drummer Butch Vig is 61. Singer Mojo Nixon
is 59. Actress Victoria Jackson is 57. Actress Apollonia is 57. Actress
Cynthia Stevenson ("Men In Trees," 'Hope and Gloria") is 54. Actress
Mary-Louise Parker is 52. Director-actor Kevin Smith ("Clerks," 'Jay
and Silent Bob Strike Back") is 46. Actor Sam Worthington ("Terminator
Salvation") is 40. Actor Edward Furlong is 39. Singer Charli XCX is 24.
Actress Hallie Eisenberg is 24.
