Entertainment History
On August 23rd, 1960, Oscar Hammerstein the Second died in
Pennsylvania. He's best known for his collaborations with composer
Richard Rogers on the musicals "Oklahoma," 'Carousel," 'South Pacific,"
and "The King and I. In 1962, John Lennon and Cynthia Powell got
married in Liverpool, England. She filed for divorce in 1968. In 1970,
Emerson, Lake and Palmer made their concert debut in Portsmouth,
England. In 1975, former Free guitarist Paul Kossoff's heart stopped
beating for 35 minutes in a London hospital as a result of a blood
clot. Kossoff survived that episode but died in his sleep the following
March. In 1990, Billy Idol began a tour in Montreal. Six months
earlier, he had nearly lost his leg in a motorcycle accident. Also in
1990, mourners lined up for a block in Philadelphia for a funeral for
entertainer Pearl Bailey. In 1994, Boyz II Men released their album
"II. In 1995, actor Larry Hagman had surgery to replace his liver. He
had had advanced cirrhosis, which he blamed on years of heavy drinking.
In 2000, 51 million people tuned in to watch the final episode of
"Survivor," during which Richard Hatch was named the million-dollar
winner. In 2007, Nicole Richie spent 82 minutes in jail for driving
under the influence of drugs in Los Angeles. She had been sentenced to
four days. In 2014, Brad Pitt married Angelina Jolie on their estate in
France. Today's Birthdays: Actress Vera Miles is 86. Actress Barbara
Eden is 85. Satirist Mark Russell is 84. Actor Richard Sanders ("WKRP
In Cincinnati") is 76. Country singer Rex Allen Junior is 69. Singer
Linda Thompson is 69. Actor David Robb ("Downton Abbey") is 69. Country
fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 67. Actress Shelley
Long is 67. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 67. Actor-producer Mark
Hudson is 65. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 55.
Singer-bassist Ira Dean of Trick Pony is 47. Actor Jay Mohr is 46.
Actor Ray Park ("X-Men," 'The Phantom Menace") is 42. Singer Julian
Casablancas of The Strokes is 38. Actress Joanna Froggatt ("Downton
Abbey") is 36. Saxophonist Andy Wild of Nathaniel Rateliff and the
Night Sweats is 35. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 30.
