On This Day March 19
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1919 – Radio-TV writer and “60 Minutes” commentator Andy Rooney (d. 2011)
1938 – Grammy-winning pop singer Jack Jones (“The Love Boat” theme)
1941 – Academy Award-winning actress Faye Dunaway (“Bonnie and Clyde,” “Chinatown,” “Network”)
1967 – Actress Emily Watson (“Breaking the Waves,” “War Horse”)
1968 – Hip-hop star and actor LL Cool J, born James Todd Smith
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1876 – Author Jack London (“The Call of the Wild,” “White Fang”) (d. 1916)
1944 – Retired World Heavyweight Boxing champion Joe Frazier (d. 2011)
1951 – Conservative talk show host and Radio Hall of Famer Rush Limbaugh (d. 2021)
1954 – Radio shock jock and former “America’s Got Talent” judge Howard Stern
1963 – “Go Away Little Girl,” by Steve Lawrence, begins two weeks on top of the singles chart.
1980 – “Escape (The Piña Colada Song),” by Rupert Holmes, is the most popular single in the U.S.
1991 – Madonna rules the Billboard Hot 100 with “Justify My Love.”
2002 – “How You Remind Me,” by Nickelback, begins its fourth and final week as a No. 1 single.
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1944 – Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and Grammy-winning lyricist and author Tim Rice (“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Evita,” “Beauty and the Beast, “The Lion King”)
1959 – Actress Mackenzie Phillips (“American Graffiti,” “One Day at a Time”)
1968 – Comedian-actor Tracy Morgan (“Saturday Night Live,” “30 Rock,” “Cop Out”)
1977 – Actress Brittany Murphy (“Clueless,” “Girl, Interrupted,” “8 Mile”) (d. 2009)
1986 – Actor Josh Peck, best known for Nickelodeon’s “Drake & Josh” show
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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)