Entertainment History
On Aug. 27, 1964, comedienne Gracie Allen died of cancer at the age of
62. In 1965, The Beatles met Elvis Presley. It's been said the meeting
was very awkward, and Presley greeted the Beatles while playing his
guitar to the music on TV. Also in 1965, Bob Dylan's "Highway 61
Revisited" was released. In 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein was
found dead at his London home. He had overdosed on sleeping pills. At
the time, The Beatles were on a retreat with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
In 1990, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and three members of Eric
Clapton's entourage were killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. The
pilot also was killed. Vaughan was 35. Two years later, federal
investigators said pilot error was the probable cause of the crash.
Also in 1990, Garth Brooks released his album "No Fences. In 1998, The
New York Times refused to print an ad featuring the cover of Marilyn
Manson's "Mechanical Animals" album. Manson appeared on it looking like
a naked male-female alien hybrid. Today's Birthdays: Bluegrass
singer-banjo player J.D. Crowe is 79. Actor Tommy Sands is 79. Musician
Daryl Dragon of the Captain and Tennille is 74. Actress Tuesday Weld is
73. Actor G.W. Bailey ("M(asterisk)A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H," 'The
Closer") is 72. Singer-bassist Tim Bogert of Vanilla Fudge is 72.
Actress Marianne Sagebrecht is 71. Guitarist Jeff Cook of Alabama is
67. Actor Paul Reubens (Pee-Wee Herman) is 64. Guitarist Alex Lifeson
of Rush is 63. Actor Peter Stormare ("Fargo," 'The Big Lebowski") is
63. Actress Diana Scarwid is 61. Bassist Glen Matlock of The Sex
Pistols is 60. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 55. Guitarist Matthew
Basford of Yankee Grey is 54. Bassist Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.) is
51. Percussionist Bobo of Cypress Hill is 48. Country singer Colt Ford
is 47. Actress Chandra Wilson ("Grey's Anatomy") is 47. Bassist Tony
Kanal of No Doubt is 46. Actress Sarah Chalke ("Scrubs," second Becky
on "Roseanne") is 40. Rapper Mase is 39. Actress Demetria McKinney
("House of Payne") is 38. Actor Aaron Paul ("Breaking Bad," 'Big Love")
is 37. Guitarist Jon Siebels of Eve 6 is 37. Actor Shaun Weiss ("The
Mighty Ducks") is 37. Actor Patrick J. Adams ("Suits") is 35. Singer
Mario is 30. Actress Alexa PenaVega ("Spy Kids") is 28. Actor Ellar
Coltrane ("Boyhood") is 22. Actress Savannah Paige Rae ("Parenthood")
is 13.
