LOCATION

MUSEUM

Museum	Founded
Jazz Museum in Harlem	1999

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Basketball	16-Apr-1947		NBA records for most minutes, most points
Patti Austin	Singer	10-Aug-1950		Baby Come to Me
James Baldwin	Novelist	2-Aug-1924	30-Nov-1987	Go Tell It on the Mountain
Azealia Banks	Rapper	31-May-1991		Broke with Expensive Taste
Harry Belafonte	Singer/Songwriter	1-Mar-1927		Calypso singer
Gertrude Berg	Radio Personality	3-Oct-1899	14-Sep-1966	The Goldbergs
Milton Berle	Comic	12-Jul-1908	27-Mar-2002	Mr. Television
Mario Biaggi	Politician	26-Oct-1917	24-Jun-2015	Congressman from New York, 1969-88
Kurtis Blow	Rapper	9-Aug-1959		The Breaks
Willie Bosket	Criminal	9-Dec-1962		Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978
Rob Brown	Actor	1-Mar-1984		Finding Forrester
Adolph Caesar	Actor	5-Dec-1933	6-Mar-1986	A Soldier's Story
Cam'ron	Rapper	4-Feb-1976		The Diplomats
Richard H. Carmona	Doctor	22-Nov-1949		US Surgeon General, 2002-06
Keith David	Actor	4-Jun-1956		DCI in Agent Cody Banks
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Singer	8-Dec-1925	16-May-1990	Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack
Anthony John Denison	Actor	20-Sep-1949		Det. Andy Flynn on The Closer
Julius Eastman	Composer	27-Oct-1940	28-May-1990	Crazy Nigger
Hector Elizondo	Actor	22-Dec-1936		Dr. Neven Bell on Monk
Arthur Gelb	Editor	3-Feb-1924	20-May-2014	Editor, The New York Times, 1986-89
Joan Hackett	Actor	1-Mar-1934	8-Oct-1983	Only When I Laugh
Lorenz Hart	Songwriter	2-May-1895	22-Nov-1943	Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart
Anna Maria Horsford	Actor	6-Mar-1948		Dee on The Wayans Bros.
Freddie Jackson	Singer	2-Oct-1956		Rock Me Tonight
Kelis	Singer	21-Aug-1979		Caught Out There
Frankie Lymon	Singer/Songwriter	30-Sep-1942	28-Feb-1968	Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Biz Markie	Musician	8-Apr-1964		Nobody Beats The Biz
Carmen McRae	Singer	8-Apr-1922	10-Nov-1994	Jazz vocalist
Agnes de Mille	Choreographer	18-Sep-1905	7-Oct-1993	Influential American choreographer
Moby	Electronic Musician	11-Sep-1965		Play
Tom Morello	Guitarist	30-May-1964		Rage Against the Machine
Allen Payne	Actor	7-Jul-1968		House of Payne
Mekhi Phifer	Actor	29-Dec-1974		Dr. Greg Pratt on E.R.
Alvin F. Poussaint	Doctor	15-May-1934		Child-rearing expert
Bud Powell	Pianist	27-Sep-1924	31-Jul-1966	Seminal bop pianist and composer
Puff Daddy	Music Producer	4-Nov-1969		Can't Nobody Hold Me Down
Teddy Riley	Musician	8-Oct-1966		The King of New Jack Swing
Vanessa del Rio	Pornstar	31-Mar-1952		Deep Inside Vanessa del Rio
Sonny Rollins	Jazz Musician	7-Sep-1930		Tenor sax master
Juelz Santana	Rapper	18-Feb-1982		The Diplomats
Keith Sweat	Musician	22-Jul-1961		Make It Last Forever
Cicely Tyson	Actor	18-Dec-1924		Sounder
Clarence Williams III	Actor	21-Aug-1939		Linc in The Mod Squad

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clarence 13X	Religion	21-Feb-1928	13-Jun-1969	Nation of Gods and Earths
Ralph Cooper	Actor	16-Jan-1908	4-Apr-1992	The Dark Gable
J. C. Higginbotham	Jazz Musician	11-May-1906	26-May-1973	Jazz trombonist
Big L	Rapper	30-May-1974	15-Feb-1999	Ebonics
Malcolm X	Activist	19-May-1925	21-Feb-1965	Nation of Islam
Albert L. Murray	Author	12-May-1916	18-Aug-2013	Stomping the Blues

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