Happy Birthday RIP Samuel “Sammy” Davis(1925–1990) Clerow “Flip” Wilson(1933–1998) John “David” Carradine(1936–2009) James Morrison(1943–1971) Samuel Kinison(1953–1992) Gregory Allman(1947–2017) ; Kimila “Kim” Basinger–67 Teri Hatcher–56 Sinéad O’Connor–54 Dominic Monaghan–44 Ian Somerhalder–42 “Nicki Minaj”(Onika Maraj)–38 ; 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. He is still in prison in Wende Correctional Facility in Alden NY as of 2012.