CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAYS
Departed Individuals of Note Who Would Have Turned 100
~ June & July 2024 ~
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William Sloane Coffin
American clergyman and peace activist
06/01/1924 – 04/12/2006 |
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Colleen Dewhurst
Canadian-born actress, Annie Hall, Broadway's A Moon for the Misbegotten
06/03/1924 – 08/22/1991 |
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Dennis Weaver
American actor, Duel, TV's Gunsmoke, McCloud
06/04/1924 – 02/24/2006 |
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Dolores Gray
American singer and actress, Kismet, The Opposite Sex
06/07/1924 – 06/26/2002 |
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Tony Britton
English actor, Sunday Bloody Sunday, TV's Don't Wait Up
06/09/1924 – 12/22/2019 |
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George Bush
American president (1989–1993)
06/12/1924 – 11/30/2018 |
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Lucky Thompson
American jazz saxophonist
06/16/1924 – 07/30/2005 |
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George Mikan
American basketball player
06/18/1924 – 06/01/2005 |
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Chet Atkins
American country-and-western guitarist and record company executive
06/20/1924 – 06/30/2001 |
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Sidney Lumet
American motion picture director, 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Network
06/25/1924 – 04/09/2011 |
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Mary Ford
American singer, "How High the Moon", and guitarist
07/07/1924 – 09/30/1977 |
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Brett Somers
Canadian-born American actress and game show panelist, The Match Game
07/11/1924 – 09/15/2007 |
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Bess Myerson
American beauty pageant winner, game show panelist, and consumer advocate
07/16/1924 – 12/14/2014 |
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Pat Hingle
American actor, Norma Rae, Sudden Impact
07/19/1924 – 01/03/2009 |
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Lola Albright
American actress, Champion, TV's Peter Gunn
07/20/1924 – 03/23/2017 |
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Don Knotts
American actor, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, TV's The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company
07/21/1924 – 02/24/2006 |
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Margaret Whiting
American singer, "Come Rain or Come Shine"
07/22/1924 – 01/10/2011 |
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Vincent Canby
American film and theatre critic
07/27/1924 – 10/15/2000 |
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Robert Horton
American actor, TV's Wagon Train
07/29/1924 – 03/09/2016 |
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Elizabeth Short
American murder victim, nicknamed "The Black Dahlia"
07/29/1924 – 01/15/1947 |
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