ENTERTAINMENT HISTORY
On June second, 1962, Island Records released its first single, "Twist
Baby" by Owen Gray. Island became home to such acts as Jethro Tull and
Traffic. Later, reggae artists like Bob Marley and the Wailers were
featured on the label. In 1973, Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham dumped
a bucket of water over promoter Bill Graham following an argument at a
show in San Francisco. In 1978, Bruce Springsteen's album "Darkness on
the Edge of Town" was released. In 1989, Rolling Stones bassist Bill
Wyman married model Mandy Smith. He was 48, she was 19. They divorced
in 1991. In 1993, Ronald Ray Howard's murder trial began in Austin,
Texas. Prosecutors said Howard killed a state trooper after listening
to 2Pac's "2Pacalypse Now" album. Howard was convicted and sentenced to
death. In 1996, game show host Ray Combs hanged himself in the mental
ward of a hospital in Glendale, California. Combs hosted "The New
Family Feud. He was 40. In 2001, Tom Petty married longtime girlfriend
Dana York in Las Vegas. In 2008, Bo Diddley died of heart failure at
his home in Archer, Florida. He was 79. Today's Birthdays: Actress
Sally Kellerman is 78. Actor Ron Ely ("Tarzan") is 77. Actor Stacy
Keach is 74. Singer William Guest with Gladys Knight and the Pips is
74. Drummer Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones is 74. Actor-director
Charles Haid ("Hill Street Blues") is 72. Actor Jerry Mathers ("Leave
It To Beaver") is 67. Actress Joanna Gleason is 65. Actor Dennis
Haysbert ("24") is 61. Comedian Dana Carvey is 60. Bassist Michael
Steele of The Bangles is 60. Singer Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet is
55. Actor Liam Cunningham ("Game of Thrones") is 54. Actor Navid
Nagahban ("Homeland," '24") is 51. Singer Merril Bainbridge is 47.
Rapper B-Real of Cypress Hill is 45. Actress Paula Cale ("Providence")
is 45. Comedian Wayne Brady is 43. Keyboardist Tim Rice-Oxley of Keane
is 39. Actor Zachary Quinto ("Heroes") is 38. Actress Nikki Cox
("Unhappily Ever After") is 37. Actor Justin Long ("Accepted,"
'Dodgeball") is 37. Actor Deon Richmond ("Van Wilder," 'Scream 3") is
37. Singer Irish Grinstead of 702 is 35. Drummer Fabrizio Moretti of
The Strokes is 35. Country singer Dan Cahoon of Marshall Dyllon is 32.
Singer-songwriter ZZ Ward is 29.
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