On Aug. 27, 1964, comedienne Gracie Allen died of cancer in Los Angeles at the age of 62.
In 1965, The Beatles met Elvis Presley. The meeting was described as very awkward, and Presley greeted the Beatles while playing his guitar to the music on TV.
Also in 1965, Bob Dylan’s “Highway 61 Revisited” album was released.
In 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein was found dead at his London home. He had overdosed on sleeping pills. At the time, The Beatles were on a retreat with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.
In 1990, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan and three members of Eric Clapton’s entourage were killed in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin. The pilot also was killed. Vaughan was 35. Two years later, federal investigators said pilot error was the probable cause of the crash.
Also in 1990, Garth Brooks released his album “No Fences.”
In 1998, The New York Times refused to print an ad featuring the cover of Marilyn Manson’s “Mechanical Animals” album. Manson appeared on it looking like a naked male-female alien hybrid.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Tommy Sands is 86. Actor Tuesday Weld is 80. Actor G.W. Bailey (“MASH,” ″The Closer”) is 79. Actor Marianne Sagebrecht (mah-ree-AHN’-eh SAY’-geh-bresht) is 78. Guitarist Alex Lifeson of Rush is 70. Actor Peter Stormare (stor-MAH’-reh) (“Fargo,” ″The Big Lebowski”) is 70. Actress Diana Scarwid (“Mommie Dearest”) is 68. Bassist Glen Matlock of The Sex Pistols is 67. Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 62. Guitarist Matthew Basford of Yankee Grey is 61. Bassist Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.) is 58. Percussionist Bobo of Cypress Hill is 56. Country singer Colt Ford is 54. Actor Chandra Wilson (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 54. Bassist Tony Kanal of No Doubt is 53. Rapper Mase is 48. Actor Sarah Chalke (“Scrubs,” second Becky on “Roseanne”) is 47. Actor RonReaco Lee (“Madea Goes To Jail”) is 47. Actor Demetria McKinney (“House of Payne”) is 45. Actor Aaron Paul (“Breaking Bad,” ″Big Love”) is 44. Guitarist Jon Siebels of Eve 6 is 44. Actor Shaun Weiss (“The Mighty Ducks”) is 44. Keyboardist Megan Garrett of Casting Crowns is 43. Actor Patrick J. Adams (“Suits”) is 42. Actor Karla Mosley (“The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 42. Actor Amanda Fuller (“Last Man Standing”) is 39. Singer Mario is 37. Actor Alexa PenaVega (“Spy Kids”) is 35. Actor Ellar Coltrane (“Boyhood”) is 29. Actor Savannah Paige Rae (“Parenthood”) is 20.
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