Today's Famous Birthdays

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Richard Allen Boone
(June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981)

was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns,
including his starring role in the television series Have Gun – Will Travel. Boone was born in
Los Angeles, California, the middle child of Cecile (née Beckerman) and Kirk E. Boone,
a corporate lawyer and fourth great-grandson of Squire Boone, frontiersman Daniel Boone's
brother. His mother was Jewish, the daughter of immigrants from Russia.









Roger Joseph Ebert
(June 18, 1942 – April 4, 2013)

was an American film critic, film historian, journalist, screenwriter, and author. He was a film critic
for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, Ebert became the first film
critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Neil Steinberg of the Chicago Sun-Times said Ebert
"was without question the nation's most prominent and influential film critic," and Kenneth Turan
of the Los Angeles Times called him "the best-known film critic in America." Ebert was diagnosed
with cancer of the thyroid and salivary glands in 2002. He required treatment that included removing
a section of his lower jaw in 2006, leaving him severely disfigured and unable to speak or eat normally.










Blake Tollison Shelton
(born June 18, 1976)

is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the
single "Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at
number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The now Platinum-certified debut album also
produced two more top 20 entries ("All Over Me" and "Ol' Red"). Blake Tollison Shelton was born in
Ada, Oklahoma, to Dorothy Ann (née Bristol) (born 1936), a beauty salon owner, and Richard Lee
"Dick" Shelton (1940–2012), a car salesman. Shelton began singing at an early age and by the age
of 12, he was taught how to play the guitar by his uncle.










Sir James Paul McCartney
(born 18 June 1942)

is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom
he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One
of the most successful composers and performers of all time, McCartney is known for his melodic
approach to bass-playing, versatile and wide tenor vocal range, and musical eclecticism, exploring
genres ranging from pre–rock and roll pop to classical, ballads, and electronica. His songwriting
partnership with Lennon remains the most successful in history. McCartney was born on 18 June 1942
at Walton Hospital in the Walton area of Liverpool, where his mother, Mary Patricia (née Mohin),
had qualified to practise as a nurse. His father, James ("Jim") McCartney, was absent from his son's
birth, due to his work as a volunteer firefighter during World War II. Both of his parents were of Irish descent.