Posted by Dave DuBrow on August 16, 2008 at 19:40:23:
AUG. 17, 1973...Paul Williams of the Temptations "My Girl" dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Detroit.
AUG. 17, 1992...Wayne Newton files for bankruptcy, owing $20 million.
AUG. 17, 1995...Microsoft buys the rights to use the Rolling Stones' "Start Me Up" to advertise their Windows 95 software.
>>Kevin Rowland of Dexy's Midnight Runners is 55
>>Steve Gorman of the Black Crowes is 43
>>Belinda Carlisle is 50
>>Gilby Clarke of Guns N' Roses is 46
>>Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block is 39
>>Colin Moulding of XTC is 53
>>Gary Talley of The Box Tops is 61
Actress: Maureen O'Hara is 88
Actor: Bryton McClure of Family Matters is 22
Actor: Sean Penn is 48
Actor: Robert DeNiro is 65
Actor: Robert Joy of CSI: NY is 57
Actor: David Conrad of Relativity is 41
Actor: Brady Corbet of "24" is 20
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