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Tiny Tim, the ukulele-playing singer of 1920s ditties who was a true icon of the 1960s, was born Herbert Khaury on April 12, 1932, in New York City. The son of a Lebanese father and Jewish mother, the young Khaury grew up in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan. A high school dropout, his interest in the popular music of the 1890s through the 1930s manifested itself early, and his dream was to become a singer. He learned to play guitar and ukulele and began performing professionally as "Larry Love" in the early 1950s, making his debut at a lesbian cabaret in Greenwich Village called Page 3, where he became a regular. Though his parents tried to discourage him, Khaury continued to publicly perform the early mass culture American music that he so loved and collected on 78 records, at small clubs, parties and talent shows under a variety of names.
Khaury had established himself as a cult performer in the Greenwich Village music scene by the early 1960s, singing under the name that he would become famous for, that of the crippled lad in Charles Dickens' novel "A Christmas Carol" (allegedly the stage name was suggested by a manager who used to work with midgets; Khaury himself stood an inch over six feet, but the name helped to reinforce his bizarre persona). After appearing in You Are What You Eat (1968), he made an appearance on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1967), the smash hit series that was as much a part of the 1960s as Tim would come to be. He was an instant sensation and his career was made. His weird appearance and act (he evinced the polite manners of a bygone era, which stood out in stark contrast to the "Let it All Hang Out!" ethos of the time) touched a nerve and he became a cultural specimen that elucidated the zeitgeist of that era.
Tiny Tim appeared several more times on "Laugh-In" but became better known through his frequent guest spots on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), where audiences were bemused by his eccentric personality. He signed with Frank Sinatra's record label Reprise and issued his debut album, "God Bless Tiny Tim," in 1968, featuring what became his signature song, a falsetto cover of "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips." "Tulips" became a hit, reaching the Top 20, and "God Bless Tiny Tim" sold over 200,000 copies. He followed it up before the year was out with the ingeniously entitled "Tiny Tim's Second Album."
Tiny Tim's wave crested in 1969, in terms of cultural recognition and popularity. In August he released his third LP, an album of children's songs called "For All My Little Friends," while on December 17 of that year he married "Miss Vicki," his 17-year-old girlfriend (Vicki Budinger) on "The Tonight Show." The wedding drew the largest rating ever recorded for an evening talk show, enjoying an incredible 85% share of the audience watching TV at that time. The couple mostly lived apart (as Tim did with his two later wives), and while the union produced a daughter, inevitably named Tulip, he and Miss Vicki divorced after eight years of marriage.
Tiny Tim performed around the country in 1970, enjoying some highly lucrative gigs in Las Vegas, but his business associates fleeced him. A one-trick pony, his popularity began to wane in the early 1970s and the lucrative bookings and TV appearances became a thing of the past. A trouper, Tiny Tim kept performing, eventually traveling the country playing community centers, high school theaters and other less-than-prestigious venues as part of Roy Radin's Vaudeville Revue with the likes of The Five Harmonica Rascals. He continued to record throughout the 1970s and 1980s for small labels, but he never again achieved any real success.
After the Roy Radin Revue, Tim kept on performing. He even joined a circus for its 36-week schedule. In the late 1980s he moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and managed a small comeback of sorts in the mid-'90s, when he appeared on Howard Stern's radio show. However, his comeback suffered a setback after he had a heart attack performing at a ukulele festival in September of 1996. After getting out of the hospital, Tiny Tim the trouper resumed his concert schedule. The schedule proved too taxing, and on November 30 he suffered another heart attack while performing "Tip-Toe Through the Tulips" in Minneapolis, and died an hour later. He was 64 years old.- Actor
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One of the great Hispanic wrestlers, Eddie Guerrero grew up part of the famous wrestling family: The Guerreros. His father Gory Guerrero became a star in the U.S., an icon in Texas and a legend in Mexico. Eddie's brothers, Hector, Amadno and Chavo, Sr. also became wrestlers. Both Hector and Amando gain success, but only in the Indie federations, and not much success as their father or other two brothers had gained in the majors. Eddie's nephew, Chavo Guerro, Jr., son of Chavo, Sr., also became a wrestler (Chavo, Jr. was only three years younger than his uncle). Eddie was also uncle of Enrique Llanes and cousin of Javier Llanes, who are popular wrestlers in Mexico.
Eddie had wrestling since the 1989. He really made his name in the now-defunct ECW (Extreme championship Wrestling) by winning the ECW Ecxtreme Championship Wrerstling) TV Title against Dean Simon (aka Dean Malenko). Eddie also made his name later that year in now-defunct WCW (World Championship Wrestling) to win the Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Chris Jericho. Also while in the company, he formed Latino World Order (A playoff to Hulk Hogan's (Hollywood Hogan at the time)stable, New World Order).
The stable included popular Latino wrestler Rey Mysterio, Jr. (Oscar Gutierrez), La Parka (Adolfo Tapia Ibarra), Psychosis (Dionicio Castellanos) and Juventud Guerrera (Eduardo Annibal Gonzalez Hernandez).
When Eddie came to the WWE, he was a heel, and immediately gained fame when he was part of the Radicalz, with Perry Saturn, Dean Malenko and long time friend of fifteen years, Chris Benoit. In recent years, he and and his nephew Chavo, Jr. began a tag team called Los Guerreros and won the WWE Tag Team titles on Smackdown! against Team Angle (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin). After this stint, Eddie Guerrero went on to win the WWE Championhip (His first and only time) at No Way Out in 2004 against Brock Lesnar. He lost the title to John "Bradshaw" Layfield four months later at the Great American Bash in a Texas Bull Rope Match.
Recently, wrestling fans and the people of the WWE mourn of the lost of Eddie when he was found by his nephew, Chavo Jr. (who back then known as Kerwin White) on a Sunday morning in November, 2005. The result of his death was most likely been caused by his problems in the past: Drugs and alcohol.- George Floyd was born on 14 October 1973 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. He died on 25 May 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Allen Joseph was born on 29 May 1919 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Eraserhead (1977), Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) and Marathon Man (1976). He died on 30 November 2012 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Eugene 'Porky' Lee was born on 25 October 1933 in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Awful Tooth (1938), Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937) and Canned Fishing (1938). He died on 16 October 2005 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Actor
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Charles Irving was born on 30 July 1912 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Ben Casey (1961), Perry Mason (1957) and A Face in the Crowd (1957). He was married to Hollis Irving. He died on 15 February 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Actress
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Barbara Bryne was born on 1 April 1929 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Amadeus (1984), American Playhouse (1980) and The Bostonians (1984). She was married to Denny Spence. She died on 2 May 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Scott Doebler was born on 26 April 1960 in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Ordinary People (1980) and The Tragedy of King Lear (1982). He died on 14 July 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Walter Schumann was born on 8 October 1913 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for The Night of the Hunter (1955), Inspector Gadget (1999) and Sixteen Candles (1984). He died on 21 August 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Charles Nolte was born on 3 November 1923 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Ford Star Jubilee (1955), Schlitz Playhouse (1951) and Tales of Tomorrow (1951). He died on 14 January 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Samuel Armstrong was born on 5 February 1893 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Dumbo (1941), Bambi (1942) and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). He died on 29 September 1976 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Abigail Van Buren was born on 4 July 1918 in Sioux City, Iowa, USA. She was a producer, known for Alive Inside: A Story of Music and Memory (2014), The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956) and Sammy and Company (1975). She was married to Morton Phillips. She died on 16 January 2013 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Walter Mondale is an American politician, diplomat and lawyer who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A United States senator from Minnesota (1964-1976), he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the United States presidential election of 1984, but lost to Ronald Reagan in an Electoral College landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia. He became the oldest-living former U.S. vice president after the death of George Bush in 2018.
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Jane Harker was born on 1 August 1922 in Evanston, Illinois, USA. She was an actress, known for The Unfaithful (1947), That Way with Women (1947) and Love and Learn (1947). She was married to Samuel Lefcourt Lanier (born: Lefkovits). She died on 21 July 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Clifford D. Simak was born on 3 August 1904 in Millville, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer, known for The Outer Limits (1963), Way Station and Out of This World (1962). He was married to Agnes Kuchenberg. He died on 24 April 1988 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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John Koerner was born on 31 August 1938 in Rochester, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Nipples & Palm Trees (2012), A Prairie Home Companion (2006) and Festival (1967). He was married to Lisbet Gerlach Madsen, Jeanie Buranen and Laura Cavanaugh. He died on 18 May 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Hércules Cortés was born on 7 July 1932 in Spain. He was an actor, known for The Pizza Triangle (1970), Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968) and Mi marido y sus complejos (1969). He died on 23 July 1971 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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John Bottoms was born on 14 September 1939 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for 'Doc' (1971), He Knows You're Alone (1980) and The Long Riders (1980). He was married to Bonnie Anne Zimering, Deborah Rush, Susan Kay Rich and Ahlene Lou Mercer. He died on 22 November 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- Tom Wood was born on 6 May 1894 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Old Homestead (1915). He died on 28 December 1932 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Margaret Quimby was born on 6 December 1904 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She was an actress, known for The Radio Detective (1926), Lucky Boy (1929) and The Whole Town's Talking (1926). She died on 26 August 1965 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Flattus Maximus was born on 25 August 1977 in San Jose, California, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for GWAR: It's Sleazy! (2000), GWAR: Phallus in Wonderland (1992) and The GWARnage Campaign (2002). He was married to Jamie. He died on 3 November 2011 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.- John Keston was born on 5 December 1924 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for Department S (1969), Man of Violence (1970) and Universal Soldier (1971). He died on 13 February 2022 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
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Pianist and composer Meade (Lux) Lewis was an entertainer in nightclubs and in concerts, at times with Albert Ammons and Pete Johnson, and he made a number of piano rolls and recordings. He is credited with popularizing boogie-woogie. Joining ASCAP in 1942, he composed the instrumentals "Yancey Special", "Honky Tonk Train Blues", "Six Wheel Chaser", "Yancey Goes Honky Tonk", "Bass on Top", "Bearcat Crawl", "Boogie Woogie Prayer", "Glendale Glide", "Boogie Tidal", "Lux Boogie", and "Rockin' the Clock".- Tawn Mastrey was born on 20 August 1954 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. She died on 2 October 2007 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
- Mike Dodge was born on 18 July 1937 in Hudson, Wisconsin, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988), The Film Crew: The Giant of Marathon (2007) and The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark (2007). He died on 29 October 2015 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.