History Blog

September 17

Happy Birthday RIP Dolores Costello(1903–1979) Hiram “Hank” Williams(1923–1953) Roderick “Roddy” McDowall(1928–1998) Anne Bancroft(Italiano 1931–2005) Paul Benedict(1938–2008) “Lupe Ontiveros”(Guadalupe Moreno 1942–2012) Johnathan Ritter(1948–2003) ; John “Fee” Waybill–64 Cassandra Peterson(“Elvira”)–63 Rita Rudner–61 Wendy Worthington–60 Bryan Singer–49 Kyle Chandler–49 Jeffrey Matthew Settle–45 Nathan “Nate” Berkus–43 Griffith Feuerstein(“Griff Furst”)–33 ; 1972 – The comedy series “M.A.S.H.” standing for “Mobile Army Surgical Hospital” premiered on CBS.