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Who
Birthday
Age on Thursday, May 24 1979
Emily Fitzroy
05/24/1860-03/03/1954
119
Died Aged:93
Creighton Hale
05/24/1882-08/09/1965
97
Died Aged:83
Brooklyn Bridge
05/24/1883
96
J. Edward Reynolds
05/24/1886-06/21/1963
93
Died Aged:77
Mae Laurel
05/24/1888-1969
91
J. Lewis Smith
05/24/1906-09/12/1964
73
Died Aged:58
Willis Bouchey
05/24/1907-08/26/1977
72
Died Aged:70
Victoria Hopper
05/24/1909-01/22/2007
70
Harold S. Conway
05/24/1911-1996
68
Lilli Palmer
05/24/1911-01/27/1986
68
Richard Warner
05/24/1911-01/14/1989
68
Joseph Anthony
05/24/1912-01/20/1993
67
Peter Whitney
05/24/1916-03/30/1972
63
Died Aged:55
John Russell
05/24/1917-10/25/2002
62
Allen Joseph
05/24/1919-11/30/2012
60
Don Megowan
05/24/1922-06/26/1981
57
Siobhan McKenna
05/24/1923-11/16/1986
56
Freddie Earlle
05/24/1924-07/07/2007
55
José Manuel Martín
05/24/1924
55
Mai Zetterling
05/24/1925-03/17/1994
54
Stanley Baxter
05/24/1926
53
Michael Lonsdale
05/24/1931
48
Buck Holland
05/24/1934
45
Robert Russell
05/24/1936-05/12/2008
43
Timothy Brown
05/24/1937
42
Robert Warner
05/24/1937
42
Thomas Chong
05/24/1938
41
Tommy Chong
05/24/1938
41
Gary Burghoff
05/24/1940
39
Bob Dylan
05/24/1941
38
Andrés García
05/24/1941
38
Patti LaBelle
05/24/1944
35
Fiona Walker
05/24/1944
35
Priscilla Presley
05/24/1945
34
James Cosmo
05/24/1948
31
Jim Broadbent
05/24/1949
30
Rob Edwards
05/24/1949
30
Jean-Pierre Bacri
05/24/1951
28
Sybil Danning
05/24/1952
27
Nell Campbell
05/24/1953
26
Alfred Molina
05/24/1953
26
Jean-Pierre Cargol
05/24/1957
22
Doug Jones
05/24/1960
19
Kristin Scott Thomas
05/24/1960
19
Gene Anthony Ray
05/24/1962-11/14/2003
17
Ron Blecker
05/24/1965
14
John C. Reilly
05/24/1965
14
Julia Bremermann
05/24/1967
12
Eric Close
05/24/1967
12
Heavy D
05/24/1967-11/08/2011
12
Laure Sainclair
05/24/1972
7
Warwick Young
05/24/1973
6
Matthew Currie Holmes
05/24/1974
5
Dash Mihok
05/24/1974
5
Will Sasso
05/24/1975
4
Passed on Thursday, May 24 1979
Jan Arvan
Released on Thursday, May 24 1979
Dawn of the Dead
(1978)
Cinema
USA
Aired on Thursday, May 24 1979
Hazell
Hazell and the Big Sleep
Crown Court
Betrayal of Trust: Part 3
Leave it to Charlie
...And Harry's Just Wild About Me
Aired on Thursday, May 24 1979
UK
Thameside, Grays
Adventures of a Private Eye
Now Showing Thursday, May 24 1979
UK
State, Grays
The Kentucky Fried Movie
Drive-In
UK Chart
Saturday, May 19 1979
Bright Eyes
Art Garfunkel
1
Pop Muzik
M
2
Hooray Hooray, It's A Holi-Holiday
Boney M
3
Does Your Mother Know
ABBA
4
Reunited
Peaches & Herb
5
Knock On Wood
Amii Stewart
6
Dance Away
Roxy Music
7
Parisienne Walkways
Gary Moore
8
One Way Ticket
Eruption
9
Sunday Girl
Blondie
10
Banana Splits (The Tra La La Song)
The Dickies
11
Roxanne
The Police
12
The Logical Song
Supertramp
13
Goodnight Tonight
Wings
14
Some Girls
Racey
15
Love You Inside Out
The Bee Gees
16
Jimmy Jimmy
The Undertones
17
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
The Jacksons
18
Boys Keep Swingin'
David Bowie
19
I Don't Wanna Lose You
Kandidate
20
US Chart
Saturday, May 19 1979
Reunited
Peaches and Herb
1
Hot Stuff
Donna Summer
2
In The Navy
Village People
3
Stumblin' In
Suzi Quatro
4
Goodnight Tonight
Wings
5
Love You Inside Out
Bee Gees
6
Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Jacksons
7
Take Me Home
Cher
8
He's The Greatest Dancer
Sister Sledge
9
Heart Of Glass
Blondie
10
Love Is The Answer
England Dan and John Ford Coley
11
Love Takes Time
Orleans
12
We Are Family
Sister Sledge
13
The Logical Song
Supertramp
14
Just When I Needed You Most
Randy Vanwarmer
15
I Want Your Love
Chic
16
Disco Nights (Rock-Freak)
GQ
17
Deeper Than The Night
Olivia Newton-John
18
Renegade
Styx
19
Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy
Bad Company
20