Entertainment History
On September 6, 1969, after a concert in Memphis, James Brown announced
that he was going to retire from touring the following summer. He did
cut back on touring but didn't retire. In 1974, the first album on
George Harrison's Dark Horse record label was released. The LP by a
band named Splinter was produced by Harrison. In 1984, country star
Ernest Tubb, the "Texas Troubadour," died of emphysema at the age of
70. In 1989, Paula Abdul and Madonna dominated the sixth annual MTV
Awards. After the show, MTV apologized to viewers because of a
performance by Andrew Dice Clay, who made remarks about overweight
women and sex. In 1990, guitarist Tom Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater
Revival died of respiratory failure brought on by tuberculosis, in
Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 48. Also in 1990, actor Charlie Sheen left
a rehabilitation center in Santa Monica, California, after nearly a
month of treatment for alcohol abuse. In 1997, Elton John recorded
"Candle in the Wind 1997" just hours after performing it at Princess
Diana's funeral. It became the best-selling single of all time. Today's
Birthdays: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 81. Country singer David Allan Coe
is 77. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 73. Actress Swoosie
Kurtz is 72. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 69. Country singer Buddy
Miller is 64. Drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 59. Actor-comedian
Jeff Foxworthy is 58. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow ("Police Academy")
is 58. Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 55. News correspondent
Elizabeth Vargas is 54. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 53. Actor Betsy
Russell ("Saw") is 53. Actress Rosie Perez is 52. Singer Macy Gray is
49. Singer CeCe Peniston is 47. Singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 47.
Singer Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries is 45. Actor Dylan Bruno
("Numb3ers") is 44. Actor Idris Elba is 44. Actress Anika Noni
(ah-NEE'-kuh NOH'-nee) Rose ("Dreamgirls") is 44. Actor Justin Whalin
("Lois and Clark") is 42. Singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 42.
Actress Naomie Harris ("Pirates of the Caribbean" movies) is 40. Rapper
Noreaga is 39. Rapper Foxy Brown is 38. Actress Lauren Lapkus ("Orange
Is The New Black") is 31. Singer Max George of The Wanted is 28.
