Entertainment History
On Sept. 6, 1969, after a concert in Memphis, Tennessee, James Brown announced that he was going to retire from touring the following summer. He did cut back on touring but didn’t retire.
In 1974, the first album on George Harrison’s Dark Horse record label was released. The LP by a band named Splinter was produced by Harrison.
In 1984, country star Ernest Tubb, the “Texas Troubadour,” died of emphysema in Nashville, Tennessee, at the age of 70.
In 1989, Paula Abdul and Madonna dominated the sixth annual MTV Awards. After the show, MTV apologized to viewers because of a performance by Andrew Dice Clay, who made remarks about overweight women and sex.
In 1990, guitarist Tom Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival died of respiratory failure brought on by tuberculosis, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 48.
Also in 1990, actor Charlie Sheen left a rehabilitation center in Santa Monica, California, after nearly a month of treatment for alcohol abuse.
In 1997, Elton John recorded “Candle in the Wind 1997″ just hours after performing it at Princess Diana’s funeral.
Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Jo Anne Worley is 88. Country singer David Allan Coe is 85. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 81. Actor Swoosie Kurtz is 80. Comedian-actor Jane Curtin is 77. Country singer Buddy Miller is 72. Actor James Martin Kelly (“Mob City,” ″Magic Mike”) is 70. Drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 67. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 66. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow (“Police Academy”) is 66. Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 63. News correspondent Elizabeth Vargas is 62. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 61. Actor Betsy Russell (“Saw”) is 61. Actor Rosie Perez is 60. Singer Macy Gray is 57. Singer Darryl Anthony (Az Yet) is 55. Singer CeCe Peniston is 55. Actor Daniele Gaither (“MADtv”) is 54. Actor Dylan Bruno (“Numb3ers”) is 52. Actor Idris Elba is 52. Actor Justina Machado (Netflix’s “One Day At A Time,” “Jane the Virgin”) is 52. Actor Anika Noni Rose (“The Princess and the Frog,” “Dreamgirls”) is 52. Singer Nina Persson (The Cardigans) is 50. Actor Justin Whalin (“Lois and Clark”) is 50. Actor Naomie Harris (“Moonlight,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies) is 48. Rapper Noreaga is 47. Rapper Foxy Brown is 46. Actor Deborah Joy Winans (“Greenleaf”) is 41. Actor Lauren Lapkus (“Orange Is The New Black”) is 39. Singer Max George of The Wanted is 36.
