
On This Day February 10
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1896 – Author F. Scott Fitzgerald, most recognized for his novel “The Great Gatsby” (d. 1940) 1936 – Puppeteer Jim Henson, the creative mind behind The Muppets (d. 1990) 1939 – R&B singer Sonny Turner (The Platters) 1946 – Star NFL defensive lineman “Mean” Joe Greene, born Charles Edward Greene 1948 – Emmy-winning actor Gordon Clapp (“NYPD Blue”) 1948 – Actor-comedian and “Saturday Night Live” alum Phil Hartman (d. 1998)
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1923 – Director-actor Richard Attenborough (“Gandhi,” “Cry Freedom,” “Chaplin”) (d. 2014) 1924 – Jazz vocalist and “Queen of the Blues” Dinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones (d. 1963) 1935 – Director-producer William Friedkin (“The French Connection,” “The Exorcist”) 1941 – “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous” host Robin Leach (d. 2018)
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1935 – First female U.S. vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro (d. 2011) 1945 – Singer-songwriter Valerie Simpson of the Ashford & Simpson husband-wife songwriting team 1960 – Grammy-winning saxophonist-bandleader Branford Marsalis 1980 – Actor Macaulay Culkin, best known for the “Home Alone” movie franchise 1989 – NBA All-Star and Houston Rockets guard James Harden, a.k.a. “The Beard”
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1928 – Actor Bob Crane (Hogan in TV’s “Hogan’s Heroes”) (d. 1978) 1944 – Rubik’s Cube inventor Erno Rubik 1946 – Comedian-actor Cheech Marin of the comedy duo Cheech & Chong 1957 – Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe (“Say Anything…,” “Jerry Maguire,” “Almost Famous”) 1962 – Actor Tom Kenny, best known as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants 1969 – Actor-comedian Ken Jeong (“The Hangover” film trilogy, “Community,” “Dr. Ken”)
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