On This Day
01 April 2018
Births
| 1930 Grace Lee Whitney (Died: 01 May 2015) Aged 85 |
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Grace Lee Whitney was an American actress and singer. She was known for her role as Janice Rand on the original Star Trek television series and subsequent Star Trek television series and films. |
| 1947 Robin Scott Age 71 |
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Robin Edmond Scott is an English singer and founder of a music project he called M. His career encompasses four decades. |
| 1950 Billy Currie Age 68 |
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William Lee "Billy" Currie is an English violist, violinist, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter. He is best known for his work with new wave band Ultravox, who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1980s. |
| 1960 Michael Praed Age 58 |
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Michael Praed (born Michael David Prince) is a British actor, probably best known for his role as Robin of Loxley (Robin Hood) in the British television series Robin of Sherwood, which attained cult status worldwide in the 1980s. He was recognised for his role as Prince Michael of Moldavia on the American primetime soap Dynasty, Phileas Fogg in The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne, and various films. He is also known in the UK for his stage work (in musicals and drama) and lately for his narrations. He has been the regular narrator for BBC's history programme Timewatch since 2003. In July 2009, he starred as Captain Von Trapp in the UK National Tour of The Sound of Music. |
| 1964 Ian Baird Age 54 |
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Ian James Baird is a former professional footballer whose most notable spells were at Leeds United. During his first period at the club he spent a season as captain. He won a player of the year award in his second stint in West Yorkshire, as well as a Second Division Championship medal (following his departure). He played as a striker. He is currently head coach at Sutton United. Baird played 22 times for Portsmouth scoring 1 goal between 1987 – 1988 |
| 1973 Kris Marshall Age 45 |
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Kristopher Marshall is an English actor. He has played Nick Harper in My Family, Colin Frissell in the 2003 film Love Actually, Adam in BT Retail adverts from 2005 until 2011, and Dave in the first series of Citizen Khan (2012). He played DI Humphrey Goodman in Death in Paradise, taking over the role April 2013 for the show's third series and leaving it in February 2017 in the sixth series. |
| 1981 Hannah Spearritt Age 37 |
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Hannah Louise Spearritt is an English actress and singer. She is an original member of the pop group S Club 7 from 1999 until they split in 2003. In November 2014, the group announced plans for an arena reunion tour, Bring It All Back 2015, which toured the UK in May 2015. Spearritt is also known for playing the role of Abby Maitland in the drama Primeval. |
| 1998 Alex Bass Age 20 |
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Alexander Michael "Alex" Bass is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper, for Portsmouth. |