This Day in Showbiz History… November 8

ON THIS DAY IN 2025:

British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay (pictured) turns 59 today while French film star Alain Delon was born on this day in 1935, and died (aged 88) on August 18, 2024.

US actress Tara Reid turns 50 today, singer Bonnie Raitt turns 76 and actress Alfre Woodard turns 73.

The movie success, Mutiny on the Bounty, starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable, premiered in New York on this day in 1935.

Today, in 2023, marked the death of South African Marc Rantseli. He, alongside his brother, Alex, was one half of the popular ’80s pop duo MarcAlex, which gave us the hit, Quick Quick.

The Diana Ross hit, Upside Down, rose to the top of the South African  topping singles chart on this day in 1980. It spent two weeks in the top spot. Just saying…