Bob Marley was born on this day in 1945, he passed away from cancer in 1981.
George Harrison joined The Beatles proto-type band The Quarrymen in 1958.
In 1990 Billy Joel suffered several broken bones after having a serious motorbike accident.
And in 1998, the Beach Boys’ Carl Wilson died of lung cancer.
Today’s birthdays:
Axl Rose from Guns’ N Roses is 53 (1962).
Mash star Mike Farrell’s 76 (1939).
And Zsa Zsa Gabor turns 98 (1917).