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by Legacy Staff

Egyptian actor Omar Sharif first gained fame in his home country, but he is known best for his films in Hollywood productions. We remember Sharif’s life today as well as the lives of other notable people who died this day in history.

Egyptian actor Omar Sharif first gained fame in his home country, but he is known best for his films in Hollywood productions. He starred in some of the best-known 1960s movies including “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Doctor Zhivago,” and “Funny Girl.” He was nominated for an Oscar for his role in “Lawrence of Arabia.” We remember Sharif’s life today as well as the lives of other notable people who died this day in history.

Click to discover notable people who were born this day in history including pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla.

2015: Omar Sharif, Egyptian actor who starred in “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Funny Girl,” dies at 83.

2015: Roger Rees, Welsh actor was known for his supporting roles on the TV shows “Cheers” and “The West Wing,” dies at 71.

Rees, who died of a sudden illness at his home in New York, was a familiar face on U.S. television, including recurring roles as Robin Colcord on “Cheers” and Lord John Marbury on “The West Wing.” In recent years, he appeared on “The Good Wife” and “Elementary.” Read more

 

 

 

2012: Maria Cole, U.S. jazz singer who was the mother of singer Natalie Cole and performed with Count Basie and Duke Ellington, dies at 89.

Maria Hawkins Cole (AP Photo/Brian Calvert, File)According to her family, Ellington heard recordings of Maria Cole singing and hired her as a vocalist with his orchestra. She stayed with him until 1946 when she began soloing at the city’s Club Zanzibar as an opening act for the Mills Brothers, according to her obituary by The Associated Press. There, she met Nat “King” Cole. The two were married in 1948 by then-U.S. Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. at Harlem’s Abyssinian Baptist Church. Read more

 

 

 

2007: Doug Marlette, Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. editorial cartoonist who created the popular comic strip “Kudzu,” dies in a single-car accident at 57.

Marlette began drawing political cartoons for The Charlotte Observer in 1972. He won the Pulitzer in 1988 for his editorial cartooning in both Charlotte and at the Atlanta Constitution, which he had joined the year before. According to his obituary by The Associated Press, he said at the time that his biting approach could be traced in part to “a grandmother bayoneted by a guardsman during a mill strike in the Carolinas. There are some rebellious genes floating around in me.” Read more

 

 

 

2005: Freddy Soto, U.S. comedian who hosted his own special on HBO and appeared on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” dies of an accidental overdose at 35.

2000: Justin Pierce, English actor and skateboarder who starred in the movie “Kids” and also appeared in the movie “Next Friday,” takes his own life at 25.

1993: Sam Rolfe, U.S. screenwriter known best for creating the television series “Have Gun Will Travel,” dies of a heart attack at 69.

1989: Mel Blanc, U.S. actor who was one of the most prolific voice actors in Hollywood, voicing Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Barney Rubble, along with many other characters, dies of heart disease and emphysema at 81.

Blanc was truly the Man of a Thousand Voices. The list of cartoon characters he brought to life goes on and on … Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Barney Rubble, Marvin the Martian, Foghorn Leghorn, and so many more. Movie critic Leonard Maltin once noted, “It is astounding to realize that Tweety Bird and Yosemite Sam are the same man!” Read more

 

 

 

1987: John Hammond, U.S. talent scout for Columbia Records who discovered and signed a diverse group of popular artists including Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan, and produced Dylan’s early records, dies after a series of strokes at 76.

1979: Arthur Fiedler, U.S. conductor well-known as the conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, dies at 84.

1972: Lovie Austin, U.S. bandleader and pianist considered one of the best female jazz blues piano players of her time, dies at 84.

1963: John Sutton, English actor who had a long career in Hollywood, appearing in such movies as “Captain From Castile” and “Adventures of Casanova,” dies of a heart attack at 54.

1941: Jelly Roll Morton, U.S. bandleader and pianist who was a pivotal figure in early jazz and wrote the first published jazz composition in 1915, dies at 50.

Click to discover notable people who were born this day in history pioneering inventor Nikola Tesla.

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