Happy Birthday RIP “George Orwell”(Eric Blair 1903–1950) Sidney Lumet(1924–2011) ; June Lockhart–89 Carly Simon–69 James “Jimmie” Walker–67 Ricky Gervais–53 Georgios Panayiotou(“George Michael”)–51 Jason Lewis–43 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.