Quote from Dead Alice on April 24, 2025, 2:06 pm

Born OTD 1942. Barbra Streisand was born in Brooklyn, New York. She’s one of the best-selling popular singers and has acted in many Hollywood films, including: Funny Girl, The Way We Were, A Star is Born, Prince of Tides, and Yentl. She has won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbra_Streisand

Quote from Dead Alice on April 25, 2025, 2:00 pm

OTD 1940 Alfredo (“Al”) James Pacino was born in New York City, USA. He’s best known for playing gangster Michael Corleone in the Godfather series of films. His gripping performance in Godfather II is regarded as one of the best cinematic portrayals of all time.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Pacino

Quote from Dead Alice on April 25, 2025, 2:01 pm

RIP OTD in 1995, actress (Kitty Foyle, Top Hat, Tight Spot) singer, dancer, Ginger Rogers died; Rancho Mirage, California; congestive heart failure, aged 83. Cremated remains not far from Fred Astaires’s grave, in Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth CA https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/25/day-in-history-25-april-ginger-rogers/…

 

 

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 25, 2025, 2:01 pm

RIP OTD in 2009 US Marine Corps Women's Reserve veteran, actress (Maude, The Golden Girls, Lovers and other Strangers, Mame), comedienne, singer, Bea Arthur died from lung cancer at her home in Los Angeles aged 86. Cremated remains scattered at sea https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/25/day-in-history-25-april-ginger-rogers/…

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 26, 2025, 7:48 am

RIP OTD in 1970 burlesque entertainer, stripper, vedette, actress, author, playwright, (her memoir was adapted into the 1959 stage musical Gypsy), Gypsy Rose Lee died; lung cancer in Los Angeles, aged 59. Inglewood Park Cemetery in Inglewood, California https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/26/day-in-history-26-april-lucille-ball/

 

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 26, 2025, 7:49 am

RIP OTD 1976. Popular comedy actor Sid James died (aged 62). He had supporting roles in many British films in the 1950s, appearing in Hancock’s Half Hour, but became best known as a regular performer in 19 Carry On films. He also starred in 1970s ITV sitcom Bless This House.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sid_James

Quote from Dead Alice on April 26, 2025, 7:49 am

RIP OTD in 1989, iconic comedian, actress, model, film and TV executive, Lucille Ball died Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from an aortic aneurysm, aged 77. Cremated remains, Ball family plot at Lake View Cemetery in Jamestown, New York https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/26/day-in-history-26-april-lucille-ball/

 

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 26, 2025, 7:50 am

RIP OTD 1999. Popular BBC TV presenter Jill Dando (aged 37) was shot dead outside the front door of her home in Fulham, London. A local man Barry George was convicted of the murder but he was later acquitted after a court appeal and a retrial. The case remains unsolved.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Dando

Quote from Dead Alice on April 26, 2025, 10:29 am

RIP OTD in 2017, film director (Melvin and Howard, The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Rachel Getting Married), producer, screenwriter Jonathan Demme died at his home in Manhattan from complications from esophageal cancer and heart disease, aged 73 https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/26/day-in-history-26-april-lucille-ball/

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Demme

Quote from Dead Alice on April 28, 2025, 6:10 am

RIP OTD in 1991, actor (Gunsmoke, Rio Grande, The Quiet Man, The Searchers) Ken Curtis died in his sleep in Fresno, California at the age of 74. Cremated remains scattered in the Colorado Flatlands https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/28/day-in-history-28-april-ken-curtis/

 

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 28, 2025, 6:12 am

RIP OTD in 2019 film director (Boyz n the Hood, Poetic Justice, Shaft), screenwriter, producer, and actor John Singleton died from a stroke at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, aged 51. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Hollywood Hills https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/28/day-in-history-28-april-ken-curtis/

 

 

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 29, 2025, 6:38 am

Born OTD 1957. Daniel Day-Lewis was born in London. He’s the only male actor to have won 3 Academy Awards for Best Actor for My Left Foot, There Will be Blood, and Lincoln. In 2014, he received a knighthood for services to drama.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Day-Lewis

Quote from Dead Alice on April 29, 2025, 6:39 am

Born OTD 1958. Michelle Pfeiffer was born in Santa Ana, California, USA. Her films include: Scarface, The Fabulous Baker Boys, What Lies Beneath, Dangerous Liaisons, and as Catwoman in Batman Returns.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Pfeiffer

Quote from Dead Alice on April 29, 2025, 6:40 am

RIP OTD in 1980, director (Rebecca, Strangers on a Train, Rear Window, Vertigo, North by Northwest, Psycho, The Birds, Marnie) Alfred Hitchcock died; renal failure in his Bel Air, Los Angeles home, aged 80. Cremated remains scattered in the Pacific Ocean https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/29/day-in-history-29-april-alfred-hitchcock/

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 29, 2025, 6:41 am

RIP OTD in 1992 actress (Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth in Frankenstein, The Public Enemy), Mae Clarke died; cancer at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California aged 81. Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/29/day-in-history-29-april-alfred-hitchcock/

 

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 29, 2025, 6:42 am

RIP OTD 2014. Leading actor Bob Hoskins died (aged 71). He rose to major national fame in the classic Dennis Potter BBC TV drama series, Pennies From Heaven, before starring in many films, including: The Long Good Friday, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Mona Lisa.

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hoskins

Quote from Dead Alice on April 30, 2025, 6:13 am

RIP OTD in 1970 actress (The World, the Flesh and the Devil; A Guide for the Married Man;  Hang 'Em High; 5 Card Stud, Madigan) Inger Stevens died from a drug related overdose in Hollywood, aged 35. Cremated remains scattered in the Pacific Ocean https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/30/day-in-history-30-april-sergio-leone/

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 30, 2025, 6:14 am

RIP OTD in 1974, actress (The Magnificent Ambersons; Mrs. Parkington; Johnny Belinda; Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte; Bewitched) Agnes Moorehead died of uterine cancer in Rochester, Minnesota, aged 73. Dayton Memorial Park in Dayton, Ohio https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/30/day-in-history-30-april-sergio-leone/

 

 

 

Quote from Dead Alice on April 30, 2025, 6:15 am

RIP OTD in 1989, director, producer, screenwriter, (For a Few Dollars More; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in the West) Sergio Leone died; heart attack in Rome, aged 60. Cimitero di Pratica di Mare in Pratica di Mare, Lazio, Italy https://thefinalfootprint.com/2025/04/30/day-in-history-30-april-sergio-leone/