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27/07/2024

Duke Fakir, last of the original Four Tops, died July 22, 2024 at the age of 88. Their hits like Baby, I Need Your Loving; I Can't Help Myself [Sugar Pie Honey Bunch}; and Reach Out [I'll Be There} landed them in the Vocal Group, Rock & Roll, and Grammy Halls of Fame. Fakir was performing with a Four Tops group up until a month before he died. The music never stops for some...https://50plusworld.com/duke-fakir-last-of-the-four-tops/

01/07/2024

Gone But Not Forgotten in 2024 - Farewell to sports celebrities, singers, songwriters, actors, actresses, stars of TV & film - David Soul, Don Murray, Glynis Johns, Eric Carmen, Donald Sutherland, Barbara Rush, Louis Gossett Jr., Willie Mays - and other famous people that died in 2024...read more, https://50plusworld.com/gone-but-not-forgotten-in-2023/

23/06/2024

RIP Donald Sutherland, iconic Canadian actor of TV & movies. He leaves a legacy of acting progeny, and of memorable film roles. Quick, what movie comes first to mind when you think of him? Invasion of the Bodysnatchers, Ordinary People, Kelly's Heroes, MASH, Klute, Don't Look Now, The Great Train Robbery, The Hunger Games, or...? more, https://50plusworld.com/donald-sutherland-a-bodysnatcher-or-just-ordinary-people/

12/05/2024

Happy Mother's Day to all of the Moms, Grandmothers, and motherly types here on earth that make our lives so much better - and for those "Moms" not with with us here on earth, but whose memory brings a smile to our lips and a tear to our eyes...more, https://50plusworld.com/mothers-day-love-animal-moms/

24/01/2024

Missing our daily birthday wishes, fun facts, and short bios? Although 50+ World will not be publishing these on a daily basis in 2024 (on hiatus while the writer/editor works on other projects), the birthday pages on the website will continue to be updated. You can access the short bios from the 50+ World Photo Albums here on facebook, and read the updated pages here: https://50plusworld.com/category/birthdays/

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31/12/2023

Gone But Not Forgotten in 2023 - Farewell to celebrities, singers, songwriters, actors, actresses, stars of TV & film - Ryan O'Neal, Richard Roundtree, Mark Goddard, Tyler Christopher, Matthew Perry, Suzanne Somers, Piper Laurie, Norman Lear - and other famous people that died in 2023...read more, https://50plusworld.com/gone-but-not-forgotten-in-2023/

31/12/2023

December 31st Famous Birthdays - Donna Summer (born 1948 - died 2012; age 63) & Evelyn Knight (born 1917 - died 2007; age 89).

December 31st Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Grammy-winning songwriter, pop & disco singer (MacArthur Park; Hot Stuff; Last Dance) | Nightclub singer & recording artist (A Little Bird Told Me; Powder Your Face With Sunshine)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-31st-birthdays/

30/12/2023

December 30th Famous Birthdays - Davy Jones (born 1945 - died 2012; age 66) & Michael Nesmith (born 1942 - died 2021; age 78).

December 30th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 30: '60s teen idols, singers-actors-musicians of The Monkees TV show & band (Daydream Believer; Last Train to Clarksville; I'm a Believer; I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone; D. W. Washburn; Words)..read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-30th-birthdays/

29/12/2023

December 29th Famous Birthdays: Mary Tyler Moore (born 1936 - died 2017; age 80) & Ed Flanders (born 1934 - died 1995; age 60).

December 29th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Emmy-winning TV Stars Born December 29: Actress of TV (The Dick Van D**e Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show) & films (Change of Habit) | Actor of movies (MacArthur; The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper) & TV (St. Elsewhere)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-29th-birthdays/

28/12/2023

December 28th Famous Birthdays: Lee Bowman (born 1915 - died 1979; age 64) & Lew Ayres (born 1908 - died 1996; age 88).

December 28th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 28: TV star (The Adventures of Ellery Queen) & classic film actor (House By the River; Kid Glove Killer) | TV & movie star (Young Dr. Kildare; Johnny Belinda; All Quiet on the Western Front)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-28th-birthdays/

27/12/2023

December 27th Famous Birthdays: Dorris Bowdon (born 1914 - died 2005; age 90) & Marlene Dietrich (born 1901 - died 1992; age 90).

December 27th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 27: Classic film actress (The Grapes of Wrath; Drums Along the Mohawk; The Moon is Down) | German singer (Falling in Love Again) & movie star (Witness for the Prosecution; The Blue Angel)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-27th-birthdays/

26/12/2023

December 26th Famous Birthdays: Marguerite Churchill (born 1910 - died 2000; age 89) & Richard Widmark (born 1914 - died 2008; age 93).

December 26th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 26: Actress & classic film star (Seven Faces; The Big Trail; Riders of the Purple Sage) | TV star (Madigan) & movie actor (The Alamo; Death of a Gunfighter)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-26th-birthdays/

25/12/2023

Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season filled with food, friends, family, and fun. And if you can't have that, there's sure to be a classic film to suit almost any mood or occasion....more classic holiday movies: https://50plusworld.com/top-20-classic-christmas-movies/

25/12/2023

December 25th Famous Birthdays: Helen Twelvetrees (b. 1908 - d. 1958; age 49) & Humphrey Bogart (b. 1899 - d. 1957; age 57).

December 25th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 25: Actress & classic film star (The Cat Creeps; A Bedtime Story; King For a Night; Now I'll Tell) | Academy Award-winning film noir actor, movie star (Casablanca; The African Queen; The Maltese Falcon; Sabrina)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-25th-birthdays/

24/12/2023

December 24th Famous Birthdays: Ruth Chatterton (b. 1892 - d. 1961; age 68) & Ava Gardner (b. 1922 - d. 1990; age 67).

December 24th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Actresses Born December 24: Star of stage & classic movies (Dodsworth; Madame X; Sarah and Son; The Rich Are Always With Us) | Singer & film star (Showboat; Bhowani Junction; Mogambo; The Sun Also Rises), ...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-24th-birthdays/

23/12/2023

December 23rd Birthdays: Susan Lucci (born 1946; age 77) & Ann Pennington (born 1893 - died 1971; age 77).

December 23rd Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Petite Actresses Born December 23: Daytime Emmy-winning TV star (Erica Kane on All My Children; Genevieve on Devious Maids) | Black Bottom dancer, star of stage (Ziegfeld Follies) & silent movies (Gold Diggers of Broadway)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-23rd-birthdays/

22/12/2023

December 22nd Famous Birthdays: Ruth Roman (b. 1922 - d. 1999; age 76) & Gene Rayburn (b. 1917 - d. 1999; age 81).

December 22nd Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 22: SS Andrea Doria sinking survivor, actress & classic movie star (Champion, Strangers on a Train; The Window) | TV announcer & host of talk & game shows (The Match Game; The Steve Allen Show; The Tonight Show)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-22nd-birthdays/

21/12/2023

A vintage work of art

Coat embroidered with wildflowers, Marshall & Snelgrove Ltd, 1895 - 1900, England
Museum no. T.49-1962., Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Wildflowers in particular were popular motifs, as seen on a striking velvet coat produced for sale in London department store Marshall & Snelgrove.
(Photo credit: © Victoria and Albert Museum)

21/12/2023

December 21st Famous Birthdays: Jane Fonda (b. 1937; age 86) & Frank Zappa (b. 1940 - d. 1993; age 52).

December 21st Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 21st: Oscar-winning actress & movie star (Klute; Cat Ballou; On Golden Pond) | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame American Mothers of Invention singer-songwriter (Dancin' Fool; Valley Girl: Joe's Garage)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-21st-birthdays/

20/12/2023

December 20th Famous Birthdays: Irene Dunne (b. 1898 - d. 1990; age 91) & Dennis Morgan (b. 1908 - d. 1994; age 85)

December 20th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 20: Actress of stage, radio, & classic film star (Anna and the King of Siam; Love Affair; I Remember Mama) | Singer-actor of TV & movie musicals (Christmas in Connecticut; The Very Thought of You; Kitty Foyle)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-20th-birthdays/

19/12/2023

December 19th Famous Birthdays: Tyson Beckford (b. 1970; age 53) & Cicely Tyson (b. 1924 - d. 2021; age 96).

December 19th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 19: Model, judge & actor of TV (Britain and Ireland's Next Top Model) & films (Into the Blue) | Tony & Emmy-winning actress of TV (The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman; Roots) & classic movie star (Sounder)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-19th-birthdays/

18/12/2023

December 18th Famous Birthdays: Peggy Cummins (b. 1925 - d. 2017; age 92) & Betty Grable (b. 1916 - d. 1973; age 56).

December 18th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 18: Classic movie actress (Gun Grazy; Hell Drivers; Moss Rose; Green Green Grass of Wyoming) | WWII pin-up model, film star (Million Dollar Legs; Mother Wore Tights; How to Marry a Millionaire)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-18th-birthdays/

17/12/2023

December 17th Famous Birthdays: Barry Livingston (b. 1953; age 70) & Richard Long (b. 1927 - d. 1974; age 74).

December 17th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 17: Film actor, former TV child star (Ernie on My Three Son; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet) | TV & classic movie star (The Big Valley; Nanny and the Professor; Bourbon Street Beat; 77 Sunset Strip)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-17th-birthdays/

16/12/2023

December 16th Famous Birthdays: Barbara Kent (b. 1907 - d. 2011; age 103) & Ludwig van Beethoven (b. 1770 - d. 1837; age 56).

December 16th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 16: Canadian actress, WAMPAS Baby Star of silent films & classic movies (Flesh and the Devil; Feet First; No Man's Law) | German classical music pianist & composer (Moonlight Sonata; Für Elise)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-16th-birthdays/

15/12/2023

December 15th Famous Birthdays: Tim Conway (b. 1933 - d. 2019; age 85) & Jeff Chandler (b. 1918 - d. 1961; age 42).

December 15th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 15: Emmy-winning actor of TV (The Carol Burnett Show; McHale's Navy) & films (The Apple Dumpling Gang ) | Singer, star of radio & classic movies (Broken Arrow; Return to Peyton Place; Flame of Araby)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-15th-birthdays/

14/12/2023

December 14th Famous Birthdays: Katherine MacDonald (b. 1891 - d. 1965; age 64) & Dan Dailey (b. 1915 - d. 1978; age 62).

December 14th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 14: Silent film producer-actress (Riddle Gawne; Stranger Than Fiction; The Squaw Man) | Dancer-actor of TV (The Governor & J.J.), & classic movie star (The Pride of St. Louis; The Wings of Eagles; Mother Wore Tights)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-14th-birthdays/

13/12/2023

December 13th Famous Birthdays: Van Heflin (b. 1908 - d. 1971; age 62) & Lillian Roth (b. 1910 - d. 1980; age 69).

December 13th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 13: Academy Award-winning actor & classic film star (Green Dolphin Street; 3:10 to Yuma; Shane) | Movie singer-actress (The Love Parade; The Vagabond King; Animal Crackers) & author (I'll Cry Tomorrow)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-13th-birthdays/

13/12/2023

December 12th Famous Birthdays: Karen Morley (b. 1909 - d. 2003; age 93) & Frank Sinatra (b. 1915 - d. 1998; age 82).

December 12th Birthday Wishes & Famous Birthdays - Born December 12: Actress & classic movie star (High Stakes; Scarface; Dinner at Eight; The Crime Doctor; Man About Town) | Grammy & Oscar-winning American singer (My Way) & film actor (From Here to Eternity; Pal Joey)...read more, https://50plusworld.com/december-12th-birthdays/