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Wake Up, Crystal Lake - April 28 (Happy Birthday, Ann Margret)

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Today's Birthdays:

  • 1981 Jessica Alba (actress)
  • 1974 Penelope Cruz (actress)
  • 1958 Nancy Lee Grahn (actress)
  • 1950 Jay Leno (comedian, TV talk show host)
  • 1948 Marcia Strassman (actress)
  • 1941 Ann Margret (Olsson) (singer, actress)
  • 1933 Carolyn Jones (actress)
  • 1926 Harper Lee (Nelle Harper) (author)
  • 1926 Blossom Dearie (singer)
  • 1919 Antonia Frasconi (artist)
  • 1917 Robert Anderson (playwright)
  • 1878 Lionel Barrymore (Blythe) (actor)
  • 1874 Sidney Toler (actor)
  • 1871 Louise Homer (opera singer)
  • 1758 James Monroe (fifth US President)

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