This Day in Showbiz History… November 17

ON THIS DAY IN 2025:

Actor Danny DeVito (pictured) turns 81 today while country and folk-rock singer Gordon Lightfoot, who died, aged 84 (on May 1, 2023), also has has birthday today. He was born in Orillia, Canada, in 1938.

British TV show host Jonathan Ross turns 65 today, Nip and Tuck star Dylan Walsh turns 62 and Oscar-winning movie director Martin Scorsese turns 83.

On this day in 1988, Whitney Houston released her hit My Love Is Your Love, while on this day in 2003, a then-21-year-old Britney Spears became the youngest singer to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

This day in 2015 marked actor Charlie Sheen confirming that he was HIV-positive.

The Feargal Sharkey hit, A Good Heart, was crowning the UK singles chart on this day in 1985. The song spent two weeks in the top spot. Just saying…