12 June 1963. The hugely expensive movie, Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, premiered in New York City, USA. It was the highest-grossing film of 1963, earning box-office receipts of $57.7 million ($574 million on today’s value). pic.twitter.com/DLiMkta1nW

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 12, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1983 actress (The Flapper, Wolf Man, The Actress, The Divorcee, Their Own Desire) Norma Shearer died; pneumonia; Motion Picture Country Home, Woodland Hills, California, aged 80. Great Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale CA https://t.co/67XPxxYLWE pic.twitter.com/7v4qKSBu5G

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#RIP #OTD in 2003 actor (Spellbound, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Roman Holiday, Cape Fear, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Omen) Gregory Peck died; his home in Los Angeles; bronchopneumonia, aged 87. Entombed Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles https://t.co/67XPxxYLWE pic.twitter.com/el3BtwyMTM

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#RIP #OTD in 2019 actress (Midnight Cowboy; Heat; Farewell, My Lovely; The Sentinel; Wall Street) Sylvia Miles died in Manhattan, aged 94. Cremation https://t.co/67XPxxYLWE pic.twitter.com/2Z6VBtIkwD

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) June 12, 2023

13 June 1892. Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to British parents. His father was a mining engineer and a member of the famous Liverpool Rathbone family. Rathbone was best known for playing the fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, in 14 films. pic.twitter.com/DMyEARrCwv

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 13, 2023

13 June 1943. Leading British actor, Malcolm McDowell was born in Horsforth. He’s best known for his controversial role as Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick’s, A Clockwork Orange, the title character in Caligula and Mick Travis in if. He has also appeared in numerous TV dramas. pic.twitter.com/s2LTv1CUaz

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 13, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 1987 actress (Hondo, Sweet Bird of Youth, What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?, The Beguiled, The Pope of Greenwich Village, The Trip to Bountiful) Geraldine Page died from a heart attack at her home in Manhattan, aged 62. Cremation https://t.co/cXzOHDsWYt pic.twitter.com/stHtrP7awQ

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) June 13, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2021 actor (Deliverance, White Lightning, All the President's Men, Network, Superman) Ned Beatty died at his home in Los Angeles, aged of 83. Cremation https://t.co/cXzOHDsWYt pic.twitter.com/zmguSxVAer

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14 June 1941. Mike Yarwood was born in Bredbury, Cheshire. He was Britain's top impressionist during the 1970s and the early 1980s. His prime time BBC1 show often pulled in 20 million viewers and became a staple of the Christmas Day TV schedule. pic.twitter.com/5bG5yHefWC

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2023

14 June 1949. Acclaimed actor, Antony Sher, was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He’s regarded as one of the best Shakespearean actors. His films include Yanks, Superman II and Erik the Viking. His best known TV role was in the BBC mini-series, The History Man. pic.twitter.com/qQWgvDwGRu

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2023

14 June 1955. Paul O’Grady was born in Tranmere, Cheshire. He was a comedian, TV presenter, drag queen, actor, and writer. He gained national fame with his drag persona, Lily Savage, but dropped the character to become the presenter of various popular TV and radio shows, pic.twitter.com/6p1RL4axDR

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2023

14 June 1968. Basil Brush became the first (puppet) Fox to host a TV show. His co-star in the first BBC TV series was “Mr Rodney” (Rodney Bewes). Basil was created by Ivan Owen from a puppet designed by Peter Firmin. pic.twitter.com/PX36zd2K6l

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 14, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2014 actress, artist, author, muse of Salvador Dalí, one of Andy Warhol's Superstars, Ultra Violet, Isabelle Collin Dufresne died in New York City at the age of 78, from cancer. Final resting place Saint-Égrève, near Grenoble, France https://t.co/ujJyTwts9z pic.twitter.com/XiQIuBnjHv

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15 June 1925. Richard Baker was born in London. He was a newsreader for BBC News from 1954 to 1982, and was the first reader of the BBC Television News (in voiceover) in 1954. pic.twitter.com/1SOAoHjSB4

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 15, 2023

15 June 1983. The last episode of the US comedy series, Taxi, was broadcast. It was about the lives of a group of New York Taxi drivers. It originally aired on ABC on 12 September 1978 and then transferred to NBC. There were 114 episodes broadcast. pic.twitter.com/srOw2XEBmc

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 15, 2023

15 June 1983. The first episode of the BBC comedy sitcom, Blackadder, was broadcast. It starred Rowan Atkinson as antihero Edmund Blackadder and from Series 2, Tony Robinson as Baldrick. Each series was set in a different historical period. There were 4 series and 24 episodes. pic.twitter.com/cCHZmVkK0e

— Prof. Frank McDonough (@FXMC1957) June 15, 2023

#RIP #OTD in 2014, disc jockey, music historian, radio personality, actor, voice actor (Shaggy in Scooby-Doo) Casey Kasem died at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Gig Harbor, Washington, aged 82. Unmarked grave at Vestre Gravlund, Frogner borough of Oslo, Norway https://t.co/sAm65YMcDx pic.twitter.com/fpDKgQ1upk

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#RIP #OTD 2019 director (Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, La Traviata, Pagliacci, Tea with Mussolini) Franco Zeffirelli died at his home in Rome, at the age of 96. Cimitero Monumentale Delle Porte Sante, Florence https://t.co/sAm65YMcDx pic.twitter.com/Uf9Sy3q8Y7

— RIP The Final Footprint (@RIPTFF) June 15, 2023