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Born OTD 1946. Alison Steadman was born in Liverpool. She rose to national fame playing Beverley in the one off BBC drama, Abigail’s Party. She also starred later in The Singing Detective, Pride and Prejudice, and comedy sitcom, Gavin & Stacey.
RIP OTD in 2017 director (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Salem’s Lot, Poltergeist, Lifeforce), screenwriter, producer, Tobe Hooper died in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles aged 74. Final footprint unknown at this time https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/
RIP OTD in 2023, TV game show host (The Price is Right, 1972-2007; Truth or Consequences, 1956-75), actor (Happy Gilmore), animal rights activist, Bob Barker died at his home in Los Angeles at the age of 99. Forest Lawn Memorial Park – Hollywood Hills https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/
RIP OTD in 1964, vaudevillian, singer, actress, comedian, partner/comic foil of husband George Burns, as Burns and Allen, Gracie Allen died from a heart attack in Hollywood, aged 69. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California. Good night Gracie https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/08/