Tuesday, February 22, 2011

If they were alive today....

....the following notables would be blowing out their candles:


Why does he always look so dour?  Doesn't he look better this way? 
I think he was worried about the wooden denture thing....
Well, we already said "happy birthday" yesterday...but since he's the Father of Our Country, I guess we can say it again:  Happy 279th, George Washington!


Hey...I never knew Edna was pretty!
Noted U.S. poetess/playwright  Edna St. Vincent Millay would be 119.  Her most famous poem was curiously titled "First Fig":





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My candle burns at both ends;
It will not last the night;
But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends ­
It gives a lovely light!



"The Last Kennedy," Ted Kennedy, would have been 79 today.  His presidential hopes were, of course, forever dashed on the Chappaquiddick Bridge in 1969.  He still had a long, distinguished career in politics:  Almost 47 years in the U.S. Senate, the 4th longest-serving Senator in U.S. history.

The recently deceased Sparky Anderson would have hit 77 today.  He was the long-time, legendary and much-beloved manager of the Detroit Tigers from 1979 to 1995 (as well as the Cincinnati Reds from 1970-78).
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Steve Irwin would have been 49.  The Australian TV personality, known as "The Crocodile Hunter," died in a bizarre incident in 2006, when his heart was pierced by the barb of a sting ray off the coast of Australia.



Great American songwriter Nacio Herb Brown would be 115.  Along with his lyricist/partner, Arthur Freed, he wrote some of the most popular tunes of the 1930's, including:
All I Do Is Dream of You

Broadway Melody
Broadway Rhythm
Make 'Em Laugh
Paradise
Singin' in the Rain
Temptation
You Are My Lucky Star

His greatest legacy is writing every one of the tunes for (arguably) the greatest film musical of all time, Singin' in the Rain.



Even-tempered, always cheerful TV dad Robert Young would be 104.  He was also known as the even-tempered, always cheerful TV doctor, Marcus Welby, M.D.






















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And a happy 69 to the still-living Christine Keeler--the saucy  showgirl who brought the British government--ahem--to its knees in 1963 in what is now known as "The Profumo Affair".  She wrote a pretty filthy tell-all in 2002 that's pretty interesting, if you're into filth, sex and gossip.  Here's the link to buy it on Amazon...you can get a used hardback copy for 3 bucks....good guilty read!





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