Composer/songwriter Burt Bacharach was #BornOnThisDay , May12, 1928. Considered 1 of the most important & influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Over 1,000 different artists have recorded his songs. He wrote 73 U.S. & 52 UK Top 40 hits. Passed Feb. 8, 2023, age 94 #RIP

Once referred to as a colossus of comedy, the English comedian and actor Tony Hancock was  #bornonthisday in 1924.
#TonyHancock

The English actress Joan Sims, best remembered for her roles in the Carry On films was #bornonthisday in 1930. Here's a short clip from an interview on Open House with Gloria Hunniford in 2000. Longer clip available at youtube.com/watch?v=fQJT-c…
#JoanSims #CarryOn

Painter, poet and photographer Dante Gabriel Rossetti was #BornOnThisDay 🖌️🎨

#BornOnThisDay #MargaretRutherford #British #film #television #Actress

Actress Luana Anders was #BornOnThisDay May 12, 1938. Remembered for her film roles, Life Begins at 17 (1958), The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Dementia 13 (1963), Easy Rider (1969) & Shampoo (1975). Passed in 1996 (age 58) from #breastcancer #RIP #GoneTooSoon #CancerAwareness

English social reformer & the founder of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale was #BornOnThisDay , May 12, 1820. Nightingale set an example of compassion coupled with a commitment to patient care thru hospital administration. Passed in 1910 (age 90) #RIP #feminist #BOTD #nurse

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Bono
#ThisDayInMusic #BornOnThisDay

🧵 Born on this day 12 May 1812 poet and artist #EdwardLear author of numerous nonsense poems (inc The Owl and the Pussycat) and illustrator of natural wildlife. ....... part 1 / cont'd.
#OTD #OnThisDay #BornOnThisDay

Comic/actor Doodles Weaver was #BornOnThisDay May 11, 1911. Appeared in over 90 films + his own TV show in the #1950s , known for his off-beat, eccentric character roles. Battling poor health, he passed in 1983 (age 71) from suicide (gun) #RIP #SuicidePrevention #GoneTooSoon #BOTD

#BornOnThisDay #FredAstaire #Hollywood #film #actor #Singing #Dancer

It’s not about an opening weekend. It’s about a career, building a set of films you’re proud of. Period. - George Clooney

#cinemaforensic #GeorgeClooney #bornonthisday

Hal David , Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach , who was #BornOnThisDay .

The power trio of 60s pop.
🎹youtu.be/X0SU9bIyQGU?si… 🎹🎶✍🏻🎵

12.05.1828 ur. się Gabriel Dante Rossetti, poeta, malarz i tłumacz, współzałożyciel Bractwa Prerafaelitów. W jego pracach widać inspiracje dziełami Dantego, Poe, Blake'a Szekspira, legendami arturiańskimi.
#BornOnThisDay #GabrielDanteRossetti

Laetitia Casta stars in the 2000 TV miniseries La Bicyclette Bleue (The Blue Bicycle)

Happy #BicycleBirthday , Laetitia!
#BornOnThisDay May 11, 1978

Johannes Brahms – #BornOnThisDay in 1833! Celebrate his birthday by immersing yourself in his cherished and captivating compositions on our Brahms channel:
ClassicalRadio.com/brahms

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#Brahms #JohannesBrahms #ClassicalComposers #RomanticPeriod #ClassicalRadio #ClassicalMusic

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Eric Burdon
#BornOnThisDay #ThisDayInMusic

Brando's son Actor Christian Brando was #BornOnThisDay May 11, 1958. Convicted of #manslaughter for shooting his sister's boyfriend in 1990 & in 2001 a suspect in the #murder of Bonnie Lee Bakley. Battling drug addiction, passed in 2008 (age 49) from #pneumonia #RIP #GoneTooSoon

'You know that place between sleep and awake, that place where you still remember dreaming? That’s where I’ll always love you.' ~ #JMBarrie 💕 #BornOnThisDay

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Sid Vicious (zm. 02.02.1979)
#BornOnThisDay #ThisDayInMusic