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WASHINGTON - The White House is planning a concert this month to honor Stevie Wonder , whose music provided part of President Barack Obama's campaign soundtrack.
The White House says the president and first lady Michelle Obama will present Wonder a Library of Congress award on Feb. 25. The concert will be broadcast the next day on PBS as part of its "Performance at the White House" series.
The award-winning and chart-topping Wonder performed at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on the night Obama accepted his party's nomination. He also performed at a concert during the week of Obama's inauguration.
His song "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours" became a theme song during the campaign. Obama also used "Higher Ground" during campaign stops.
![1894 - [b]Jack Benny[/b], American actor and comedian (d. 1974) ; 1905 - [b]Thelma Ritter[/b], American actress, Throughout her career, Ritter was nominated for an Academy Award six times giving her the dubious honor of being nominated for the award the most times without a win (tied with Deborah Kerr). (d. 1969) ; 1913 - [b]Jimmy [/b][b]Hoffa[/b], American labor union leader ; 1927 - [b]Lois Maxwell[/b], Canadian actress , originated the role of Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise, playing the character in fourteen films, from Dr. No (1962) until her final performance of the character in A View to a Kill (1985).
(d. 2007); 1929 - [b]Vic Morrow[/b], American actor (Morrow, along with two young children, My-Ca Dinh Le (aged 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (aged 6), died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1982). At the time of his death, Morrow was playing the role of Bill Connor, a bigot who was taken back in time and placed in various situations where he would be a persecuted victim: a Jewish Holocaust victim, a black man about to be lynched by the Ku Klux Klan, and a Vietnamese man about to be killed by United States soldiers.
Morrow, My-Ca Dinh Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen were shooting a scene for the Vietnam sequence; they were running from a pursuing helicopter. The helicopter was flying at a low level when pyrotechnic explosions caused the helicopter to lose control and crash on top of the three.[3] Morrow and Le were both decapitated by the blades; Chen was also fatally injured. The helicopter crew received minor injuries. Due in part to the deaths of Morrow, Le, and Chen, the fact that the children were illegally hired to circumvent child labor laws, and the nighttime schedule during which the children were working without supervision, child labor laws were reformed, as were safety regulations on movie sets in the state of California. Litigation over the deaths lasted well over a decade. Director John Landis and other defendants, which included producer Steven Spielberg and pilot Dorsey Wingo, were ultimately acquitted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. The parents of Le and Chen sued and settled out of court for $2 million each. Morrow's children also sued and likewise settled for an undisclosed amount.(d.1982); 1931 - [b]Phyllis McGuire[/b], American singer (The McGuire Sisters) ; 1934 - [b]Florence Henderson[/b], American actress , singer; 1936 - [b]Andrew Prine[/b], American actor ; 1944 -[b] Carl[/b] [b]Bernstein[/b], American journalist (as a reporter for The Washington Post along with Bob Woodward, broke the story of the Watergate break-in and consequently helped bring about the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon.); 1946 - [b]Gregory Hines,[/b] American dancer and actor (d. 2003) ; 1947 - [b]Tim Buckley[/b], American singer-songwriter (d. 1975) ;1959 - [b]Renée Fleming[/b], American soprano ;1960 - [b]Meg Tilly[/b], American actress ; and 1964 - [b]Zach Galligan,[/b] American actor Galligan's breakthrough role was as the lead actor in the Gremlins movies. He plays in Caroline at Midnight.
Thelma Ritter, Lois Maxwell, Vic Morrow, Gregory Hines, and Meg Tilly
[img]http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6388/rearwindow2ao.jpg](1894 - [b]Jack Benny[/b], American actor and comedian (d. 1974) ; 1905 - [b]Thelma Ritter[/b], American actress, Throughout her career, Ritter was nominated for an Academy Award six times giving her the dubious honor of being nominated for the award the most times without a win (tied with Deborah Kerr). (d. 1969) ; 1913 - [b]Jimmy [/b][b]Hoffa[/b], American labor union leader ; 1927 - [b]Lois Maxwell[/b], Canadian actress , originated the role of Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond franchise, playing the character in fourteen films, from Dr. No (1962) until her final performance of the character in A View to a Kill (1985).
(d. 2007); 1929 - [b]Vic Morrow[/b], American actor (Morrow, along with two young children, My-Ca Dinh Le (aged 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (aged 6), died on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie (1982). At the time of his death, Morrow was playing the role of Bill Connor, a bigot who was taken back in time and placed in various situations where he would be a persecuted victim: a Jewish Holocaust victim, a black man about to be lynched by the Ku Klux Klan, and a Vietnamese man about to be killed by United States soldiers.
Morrow, My-Ca Dinh Le, and Renee Shin-Yi Chen were shooting a scene for the Vietnam sequence; they were running from a pursuing helicopter. The helicopter was flying at a low level when pyrotechnic explosions caused the helicopter to lose control and crash on top of the three.[3] Morrow and Le were both decapitated by the blades; Chen was also fatally injured. The helicopter crew received minor injuries. Due in part to the deaths of Morrow, Le, and Chen, the fact that the children were illegally hired to circumvent child labor laws, and the nighttime schedule during which the children were working without supervision, child labor laws were reformed, as were safety regulations on movie sets in the state of California. Litigation over the deaths lasted well over a decade. Director John Landis and other defendants, which included producer Steven Spielberg and pilot Dorsey Wingo, were ultimately acquitted of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. The parents of Le and Chen sued and settled out of court for $2 million each. Morrow's children also sued and likewise settled for an undisclosed amount.(d.1982); 1931 - [b]Phyllis McGuire[/b], American singer (The McGuire Sisters) ; 1934 - [b]Florence Henderson[/b], American actress , singer; 1936 - [b]Andrew Prine[/b], American actor ; 1944 -[b] Carl[/b] [b]Bernstein[/b], American journalist (as a reporter for The Washington Post along with Bob Woodward, broke the story of the Watergate break-in and consequently helped bring about the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon.); 1946 - [b]Gregory Hines,[/b] American dancer and actor (d. 2003) ; 1947 - [b]Tim Buckley[/b], American singer-songwriter (d. 1975) ;1959 - [b]Renée Fleming[/b], American soprano ;1960 - [b]Meg Tilly[/b], American actress ; and 1964 - [b]Zach Galligan,[/b] American actor Galligan's breakthrough role was as the lead actor in the Gremlins movies. He plays in Caroline at Midnight.
Thelma Ritter, Lois Maxwell, Vic Morrow, Gregory Hines, and Meg Tilly
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(Love that song, however)