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Happy 118th Birthday Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald

Today is the 118th birthday of Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald. Even as I type, I can identify several biographies on my bookshelf where she is either

Today is the 120th birthday of photographer Bernice Abbot. Her photos of which I am especially drawn to those of New York City are everything a

Today is the 85th birthday of the poet Rod McKuen. Anna Cottage requested we celebrate his life and I am more than happy to oblige.

Today is the 86th birthday of Halston. He is one of the first luxury designers to produce a mainstream main street line that let everyone woman

Today is the 95th birthday of Bettie Page. Finding a G-rated photograph of her is more difficult than I had originally thought, so I decided to

Today is the 85th birthday of the woman that said I haven’t accomplished anything alone, but I was fortunate to be part of a revived feminist

Today is the 80th birthday of the children’s author Judy Blume. She changed every child’s life. She introduced and is still introducing children to a

Today is the 101st birthday of the actress Jean Brooks. The world is a better place because she was in it and still feels the

Today is the 119th birthday of the actress Irene Dunne. I absolutely adore her in The Awful Truth. Do yourself a favor and watch it

Today is the 92nd birthday of the legendary screen heartthrob Rock Hudson. I once read a recount of how he got his gravely voice. He

Today is the 109th birthday of Carole Lombard. My Man Godfrey is on of my all-time favorite movies and that is due in a large part

Today is the 92nd birthday of the writer Gore Vidal, the man that quipped: Fifty percent of people won’t vote, and fifty percent don’t read

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