Happy Birthday RIP “Freddie Mercury”(Farrokh Bulsara 1946–1991) ; George Robert Newhart–90 William Devane–80 Raquel Welch(Tejada)–79 Michael Keaton(Douglas)–68 Peter Wingfield–57 Rose McGowan–46 ; 1957 – “On the Road” by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published. Jackie Beat derived her name from his first name and the generation name.