Entertainment History
On September 27, 1954, "The Tonight Show" made its debut on NBC with
host Steve Allen. In 1964, the Beach Boys made their first appearance
on "The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1972, singer Rory Storme of Rory Storme
and the Hurricanes killed himself in an apparent suicide pact with his
mother. He reportedly couldn't accept that his band didn't enjoy the
same success as other bands from the Liverpool scene. In 1980, the
Stray Cats were signed to Arista Records in Britain. In 1986, bassist
Cliff Burton of Metallica was killed when the band's tour bus skidded
off an icy road in Sweden. He was 24. Also in 1986, The Beatles song
"Twist and Shout" re-entered the pop charts after it was featured in
the movies "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" and "Back to School. It
eventually rose to number 23. In 1987, the variety show "Dolly,"
starring Dolly Parton, premiered on ABC. It was canceled after one
season. In 1998, Phil Hartman's voice was featured for the last time on
"The Simpsons" as Troy McClure. Hartman was killed by his wife in a
murder-suicide the previous May. In 2014, actor George Clooney married
lawyer Amal Alamuddin at a palace in Venice. Today's Birthdays: Actress
Kathleen Nolan is 83. Actor Wilford Brimley is 82. Singer-guitarist
Randy Bachman of Bachman-Turner Overdrive is 73. Singer-actor Meat Loaf
is 69. Actress Liz Torres is 69. Actor A Martinez ("LA Law," 'Santa
Barbara") is 68. Singer-actor-director Shaun Cassidy is 58. Comedian
Marc Maron ("Maron") is 53. Singer-guitarist Stephan (STEE'-fan)
Jenkins of Third Eye Blind is 52. Actor Patrick Muldoon ("Melrose
Place") is 48. Singer Mark Calderon of Color Me Badd is 46. Actress
Gwyneth Paltrow is 44. Singer Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down is 38.
Bassist Grant Brandell of Underoath is 35. Actress Anna Camp ("The
Mindy Project," 'True Blood") is 34. Rapper Lil' Wayne is 34. Singer
Avril Lavigne (AV'-ril la-VEEN') is 32.
