Happy Birthday RIP “George Orwell”(Eric Blair 1903–1950) ; June Lockhart–88 Carly Simon–68 Jimmie Walker–66 Ricky Gervais–52 Georgios Panayiotou(“George Michael”)–50 Jason Lewis–42 Linda Cardellini–38 ; 1951 – The first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities