Birthdays and Passings (January 25th-January 31st)

Happy Birthday!
Zara Cully (January 26, 1892)
Charles Lane (January 26, 1905)
William Prince (January 26, 1913)
William Hopper (January 26, 1915)
Vito Scotti (January 26, 1918)
Paul Newman (January 26, 1925)
Howard McNear (January 27, 1905)
Donna Reed (January 27, 1921)
Victor Mature (January 29, 1913)
John Forsythe (January 29, 1918)
Hugh Marlowe (January 30, 1911)
David Wayne (January 30, 1914)
Dick Martin (January 30, 1922)
Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892)
Tallulah Bankhead (January 31, 1902)
Garry Moore (January 31, 1915)
Jean Simmons (January 31, 1929)
Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937)

 At Rest:
Ava Gardner (January 25, 1990)
Robert Rockwell (January 25, 2003)
Edward G. Robinson (January 26, 1973)
Jose Ferrer (January 26, 1992)
Ian Abercrombie (January 26, 2012)
Robert Hegyes (January 26, 2012)
Jack Paar (January 27, 2004)
Tige Andrews (January 27, 2007)
John Banner (January 28, 1973)
Burt Mustin (January 28, 1977)
Hal Smith (January 28, 1994)
Alan Ladd (January 29, 1964)
Freddie Prinze (January 29, 1977)
Jimmy Durante (January 29, 1980)
Joe Viterelli (January 29, 2004)
John McIntire (January 30, 1991)
Patty Andrews (January 30, 2013)
Elizabeth Patterson (January 31, 1966)

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