Celebrating 16 February
Birthdays
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1949 – Lyn Paul, singer, The New Seekers
1958 – Ice-T (Tracy Lauren Marrow), rapper
1960 – Pete Willis, guitar, Def Leppard
1961 – Andy Taylor, guitarist, Duran Duran
1962 – Tony Kiley, drummer, Blow Monkeys
1965 – Dave Lombardo, drummer, Slayer
1967 – Damon Reece, drummer, Spiritualized
1989 – Danielle Haim, guitarist, Haim
1990 – The Weeknd (Abel Makkonen Tesfaye), singer/songwriter
1994 – Ava Max, singer/songwriter
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Died on this day
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2004 – Doris Troy, R&B singer, "Mama Soul" (born 1937)
2013 – Stanley Knight, guitarist, Black Oak Arkansas (born 1949)
2015 – Leslie Gore, singer (born 1946)
2024 – Ron Gilbert, bass, The Blue Magoos (born 1946)
2024 – Etterlene DeBarge, singer, DeBarge (born 1935)
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And on this day in...
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1957 – The Six-Five Special first aired on British TV
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