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RIP OTD in 2014, actress (To Have and Have Not, The Big Sleep, Key Largo, The Shootist) and singer Lauren Bacall died at her apartment, The Dakota, Manhattan, at the age of 89 from a stroke. Cremation https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/
RIP OTD in 2022 filmmaker (Das Boot, Enemy Mine, In the Line of Fire, Outbreak, Air Force One, The Perfect Storm, Troy) Wolfgang Petersen died of pancreatic cancer; his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles aged 81. Westwood Memorial Park, Westwood, California https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/
Born OTD 1966. Halle Berry was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. She won the 2002 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in Monster’s Ball. She’s the only black woman to have won the award.
RIP OTD in 1980, model, actress (Galaxina, They All Laughed), August 1979 Playboy Playmate of the Month, 1980 Playmate of the Year, Dorothy Stratten; murdered aged 20 by her estranged husband/manager. Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/14/day-in-history-14-august-enzo-ferrari/
RIP OTD 1935. Popular cowboy star Will Rogers and famous pilot Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash. They were flying together in a Lockheed hybrid airplane when they crashed just 15 miles outside of Point Barrow, Alaska.
Born OTD 1946. Actor and TV presenter Tony Robinson was born in London. He’s best known as Baldrick in Blackadder. He’s hosted many historical documentaries, including Time Team and The Worst Jobs in History and is the author of many children’s books. He was knighted in 2013.
Born OTD 1933. Julie Newmar was born in Los Angeles. California, USA. She’s best known for playing, Catwoman, in the popular 1960s Batman TV series. She’s also been a committed supporter of LGBTQ+ rights campaigns.
Born OTD 1939. Former ITN News presenter Trevor McDonald was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago. He was knighted in 1999. He presented his last ITV News bulletin on 15 December 2005.
RIP OTD in 1956, actor Béla Lugosi died of a heart attack while lying on a couch in his Los Angeles home, at the age of 73. Interred wearing one of his Dracula cape costumes in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/16/day-in-history-16-august-elvis/
RIP OTD in 1989 actress (Miss Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke), Amanda Blake died; AIDS-related pneumonia; Mercy General Hospital, Sacramento, California aged 60. Cremated remains scattered; the animal reserve she helped establish, Rancho Seco Park, Herald CA https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/16/day-in-history-16-august-elvis/
RIP OTD 1993 actor Stewart Granger died (aged 80). He was a popular leading man in films from the 1940s to the early 1960s including: Scaramouche, The Prisoner of Zenda, King Solomon’s Mines, Bohani Junction, Salome, and Beau Brummell.
Born OTD 1943
Happy birthday to the immensely talented Robert De Niro 💖
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Born OTD 1960. Sean Penn was born in Santa Monica, California, USA. He’s won 2 Best Actor Oscars for mystery drama, Mystic River and biopic, Milk. He was nominated 3 other times in the same category for Dead Man Walking, Sweet and Lowdown, and I Am Sam.
