ON THIS DAY IN 2025:
Actress Raquel Welch (pictured) was born on this day in 1940. She died of cardiac arrest at her home in Los Angeles on February 15, 2023, aged 82. Brazilian-born musician Sergio Mendes, who released 35 albums, also passed away on this day … in 2024, in California. He was 83.
Actor Michael Keaton turns 74 today and director and screenwriter Werner Herzog turns 83. Freddie Mercury of Queen would have turned 79 today. He died of Aids, aged 45, in 1991.
It was on this day in 1992 that rock singer John Mellencamp, then aged 40, married model Elaine Irwin, then 23, in Indiana.
Also married on this day, in 1991, were Saturday Night Fever and Grease star John Travolta and actress Kelly Preston; while actor Steven Seagal and actress Kelly LeBrock tied the knot on this day in 1987.
On this day in 1976, Paloma Blanca by George Baker Selection rose to the top of the South African singles chart, where it stayed put for four weeks. Just saying…
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