Famous & 65
Look Who’s Turning 65
April half dozen – Janet Lynn
Ice Skater
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Figure skater Janet Lynn won a bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics, too is too a two-time earth championships medalist too five-time U.S. national champion. Born Janet Lynn Nowicki, she dropped her lastly refer inwards contest because it was therefore oftentimes misspelled too mispronounced. She started skating almost equally before long equally she could walk, performing inwards her showtime exhibition at the tender historic catamenia of four. By seven, she spent utilisation of the twelvemonth away from dwelling household to live nearer to her coach.
Known equally a potent jumper too long plan artist, she won the U.S. Junior Ladies Championship at the historic catamenia of xiii after landing a triple salchow, too she before long was ane of the alone woman someone skaters to include a triple toe loop inwards her programs. But compulsory figures, where skaters are judged on how good they re-create patterns inwards the ice, were her Achilles’ heel. Lynn continued to progress, placing ninth at the 1968 Olympics at historic catamenia 14, exactly she had problem getting on the podium at the 1970 Worlds after winning the national title. She hired a novel coach to assist her alongside her weakness, too inwards 1972 won the national entitle for the quaternary twelvemonth inwards a row. However, Lynn finished the 1972 Olympics alongside a bronze, too was too 3rd at the World Championships due to depression scores inwards compulsories. At the 1973 World Championships, a brusque plan was added to make goodness skaters similar Lynn who excelled at jumps too spins, exactly 2 falls pushed her dorsum to twelfth place. However, a stellar gratuitous skate enabled her to complete alongside a silvery medal inwards the terminal number of her amateur career.
Lynn transitioned into a three-year, $1,455,000 contract alongside the Ice Follies, making her the highest-paid adult woman athlete at the time. Lynn struggled alongside ashma, made worse yesteryear the damp, chilly air inwards rinks, too she had to quit after alone 2 years. She came dorsum to skating after getting the status nether control, too working equally Christian motivational speaker too writing articles promoting conservative causes.
April ix – Hal Ketchum
Country Music Artist
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Ketchum began performing inwards clubs inwards his native New York at the historic catamenia of 15, singing too writing all the songs for the album Threadbare Alibis after a motion to Austin, TX. He attained stardom alongside 17 entries on the Hot Country Songs charts betwixt 1991 too 2006. “Small Town Sabbatum Night”, “Past the Point of Rescue”, too “Hearts Are Gonna Roll” all reached number 2 on that chart. He too had success alongside “Mama Knows the Highway” too “Stay Forever” inwards 1992 too 1994, when he was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.
His lastly unmarried to laissez passer on the charts was a embrace of Todd Rundgren’s “I Saw the Light” inwards 1998, which was too the twelvemonth Ketchum was diagnosed alongside needlelike transverse myelitis. The neurological disorder affects the spinal column, leaving Ketchum without the utilisation of the left side of his body. The vocalizer had to relearn how to walk, play guitar, too other basic tasks. He too suffers from a sis disease, multiple sclerosis, which killed his woman raise at an early on age.
Ketchum appeared inwards the 1988 motion paradigm Heartbreak Hotel, too did a cameo inwards the 1994 celluloid Maverick. More recently, his paradigm led to a demo inwards Santa Fe, New Mexico. The creative someone too enjoys using his carpentry skills to brand toys.
April xviii – Rick Moranis
Actor too Musician
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Canadian Rick Moranis institute stardom alongside Second City Television inwards the 1980’s too went on to go a screenwriter, producer, comedian, instrumentalist too songwriter. He is maybe best known for his goofball utilisation inwards Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, exactly he too made memorable appearances inwards Ghostbusters, Spaceballs, Little Shop of Horrors, Parenthood too The Flintstones.
Moranis began his career equally a radio disc jockey inwards Toronto. Then he teamed upwards alongside Winnipeg native Ken Finkleman for a twain of television set comedy pilots starring the 2 inwards irreverent mockumentaries. That led to an SCTV sketch dubbed The Great White North featuring characters Bob too Doug McKenzie. It got such positive reviews that it spawned a popular civilization phenomenon featuring an album yesteryear the same refer too a 1983 movie, Strange Brew.
In 1986, Moranis married costume designer Ann Belsky, too had 2 children. Sadly, Belsky was killed yesteryear thorax cancer v years after their marriage. By 1997, the difficulties of beingness a unmarried raise alongside a move schedule for the movies he was making led Moranis to receive got a interruption from the celluloid industry. “And the piddling flake of a interruption turned into a longer break, too and therefore I institute that I actually didn’t missy it,” the thespian said. He straight off says he’s non retired, exactly has go really selective close roles.
Moranis’ 2005 function The Agoraphobic Cowboy, featuring province songs alongside a comic twist, was nominated for a Grammy inwards the Best Comedy Album category. H5N1 twelvemonth later, Moranis reprised his voice-over utilisation for the animated celluloid Brother Bear 2. In 2013 he released the unabashedly Jewish comedy album My Mother’s Brisket too Other Love Stories. Most recently, the star has done charity concerts.
April 23 – James Russo
Actor
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American celluloid too television set star James Russo has made a skilful living inwards the industry, appearing inwards to a greater extent than than 156 movies inwards 30 years. Born inwards New York City, the thespian graduated from New York University. But he didn’t laissez passer on minute fame, too he pose inwards fourth dimension equally a cabdriver, structure worker, too fifty-fifty a gravedigger earlier he got his showtime big break.
A made-for-television movie, Chicago Story, provided his showtime acting utilisation inwards 1981. H5N1 pocket-size utilisation equally a robber inwards Fast Times at Ridgemont High led to Russo’s showtime big interruption too a slew of roles inwards such films equally Beverly Hills Cop, The Cotton Club, Freeway, too Once Upon a Time inwards America. He fifty-fifty landed a utilisation inwards the 1986 drama Extremities reverse icon Farrah Fawcett.
Russo too had parts inwards 90s films such equally My Own Private Idaho, A Kiss Before Dying, Donnie Brasco, too The Postman. The thespian has made many invitee appearances for television, including cameos on Miami Vice too CSI.
Source: Wikipedia
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