Entertainment History
On Dec. 6, 1969, four people died at a Rolling Stones concert at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California. One of the victims was stabbed by a Hell’s Angel.
In 1970, on the first anniversary of the Altamont Speedway concert, the documentary “Gimme Shelter” premiered in New York. It was about the Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour.
In 1988, singer Roy Orbison died of a heart attack near Nashville, Tennessee. He was 52.
In 1995, Michael Jackson collapsed during a rehearsal for an HBO special.
In 2003, musician Elvis Costello married jazz singer Diana Krall.
In 2008, Hootie and the Blowfish drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld married Laura Bryan, the ex-wife of Hootie guitarist Mark Bryan.
In 2009, Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo sustained three cracked ribs and internal damage when the band’s bus slid on ice and fell eight feet into a ravine.
In 2020, Bad Bunny’s “El Ultimo Tour del Mundo “ became the first album entirely in Spanish to top the Billboard 200 album chart.
Today’s birthdays: Actor Patrick Bauchau (“The Pretender,” “Carnivale”) is 86. Country singer Helen Cornelius is 83. Actor-director James Naughton is 79. Actor JoBeth Williams is 76. Actor Tom Hulce is 71. Actor Kin Shriner is 71. Talk show host Wil Shriner is 71. Drummer Rick Buckler of The Jam is 69. Singer Tish Hinojosa is 69. Country singer Bill Lloyd of Foster and Lloyd is 69. Comedian Steven Wright is 69. Guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. is 68. Drummer David Lovering of The Pixies is 63. Actor Janine Turner (“Strong Medicine,” “Northern Exposure”) is 62. Guitarist Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl is 62. Director Judd Apatow (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” ″Knocked Up”) is 57. Keyboardist Ulf “Buddha” Ekberg of Ace of Base is 54. Actor Lindsay Price (“Splitting Up Together”) is 48. Actor Ashley Madekwe (”Revenge,” “Salem”) is 43. Bassist Jacob Chesnut of Rush of Fools is 35.
