ON THIS DAY IN 2022:
Singer-actor Meat Loaf (pictured), who died on January 20, 2022, would have turned 75 today. Actor Jim Caviezel turns 54, Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne turns 38 and US rapper Lil Wayne turns 40. Oscar-winner Gwyneth Paltrow turns 50 today.
At the 74th Tony Awards recognising Broadway’s finest, held on this day in 2021, Moulin Rouge! The Musical took the award for Best Musical (and its star Aaron Tveit was named as best actor in a musical), while Matthew Lopez‘s The Inheritance was named as Best Play.
It was on this day in 1997 that Grammy-winning rapper Coolio, then 34, married Los Angeles DJ Josefa Salinas, three years his senior, in Las Vegas. Also, it was on this day in 1998 that actor Brendan Fraser, then 30, wed actress Afton Smith, two years his senior, in Los Angeles.
Boom! Shake the Room! By DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, was topping the UK singles chart on this day in 1993. The Fresh Prince, of course, was a young Will Smith. Just saying…
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