Happy Birthday RIP James Coburn Jr(1928–2002) “Buddy Hackett”(Leonard Hacker 1924–2003) ; Lee Bryant–72 Isaac Perlman–72 Sir George Ivan Morrison–72 Richard Gere–68 Julie Brown–63 Jonathan LaPaglia–48 Deborah Gibson–47 Christopher Tucker–45 ; 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan ; 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris France