On this Day June 5
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1934 – Game show host Wink Martindale (“Tic Tac Dough,” “Gambit,” “Dedt”)
1964 – Oscar-winning actress Marisa Tomei (“My Cousin Vinny,” “In the Bedroom,” “The Wrestler”)
1966 – Comedian Fred Armisen (“Saturday Night Live,” “Portlandia”)
1969 – Grammy-winning rapper-record producer Jay Z, born Shawn Corey Carter
1954 – The Chordettes settle in at No. 1 on the singles chart for seven weeks with “Mr. Sandman.”
1965 – The Byrds kick off three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 with “Turn! Turn! Turn!”
1993 – Cancer claims the life of rock composer-guitarist Frank Zappa at the age of 52.
2004 – The Usher-Alicia Keys duet, “My Boo,” enters its sixth and final week as a No. 1 single.
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1900 – Novelist Thomas Wolfe (“You Can’t Go Home Again,” “Look Homeward, Angel”) (d. 1938)
1949 – Fleetwood Mac guitarist-vocalist Lindsey Buckingham
1950 – Earth, Wind & Fire saxophonist-guitarist Ronnie Laws
1954 – Minister and civil rights activist Al Sharpton
1954 – Blues Hall of Fame guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan (d. 1990)
1973 – Actress Neve Campbell (“Party of Five,” “The Craft,” “Scream” movies)
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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)
1958 – Entertainment icon Michael Jackson (a.k.a. King of Pop) (d. 2009)
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