
On this Day August 29
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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