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Sire Records
Sire Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer. Its early releases as a record label were issued in 1968, distributed by London Records. From...
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Aphex Twin
Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), aka Aphex Twin, is a British electronic musician described by The Guardian newspaper as "the most inventive and influential figure in contemporary electronic music." He founded the record label Rephlex...
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- Aug 18, 1971 (age 38 years)
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode (IPA: [dəˈpɛʃ], də-PESH) are an English electronic band who formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981),...
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- 1980
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British–American rock band formed in 1967 in London, England.
The only member present in the band from the very beginning is its namesake drummer Mick Fleetwood. Despite band founder Peter Green naming the group by combining his...
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- 1967
Ice T
Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is a Grammy Award and NAACP Image Award-winning American rapper, actor and author. He is credited with helping in pioneering gangsta rap, in the late 1980s. As an actor, he...
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- Feb 16, 1958 (age 51 years)
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Ramones
The Ramones were an American rock band often regarded as the first punk rock group. Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York in 1974, all of the band members adopted pseudonyms ending with the surname "Ramone", though none of them were actually...
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- Jan 1974
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1996
Talking Heads
Talking Heads was an American rock band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991. The band comprised David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. Auxiliary musicians also frequently made appearances in concert and on the...
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- 1974
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- 1991
The Undertones
The Undertones are a punk rock/power pop band formed in Derry, Northern Ireland in 1975.
The original line-up of The Undertones released thirteen singles and four studio albums — The Undertones (1979), Hypnotised (1980), Positive Touch (1981), and...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1975
The Voidoids
The Voidoids, also known as Richard Hell & The Voidoids, were an American rock band from the first wave of punk rock, fronted by Richard Hell, a former member of the Neon Boys, Television and the Heartbreakers. Formed in New York City, at various...
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The Replacements
The Replacements were an American rock band formed in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1979. The band was composed of guitarist and vocalist Paul Westerberg, guitarist Bob Stinson, bassist Tommy Stinson, and drummer Chris Mars for most of their career....
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- 1979
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1991
The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground was an American art rock band formed in New York City, New York. First active from 1965 to 1973, their best-known members were Lou Reed and John Cale, who both went on to find success as solo artists. Although never...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1965
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1973
Christine McVie
Christine McVie (born Christine Anne Perfect, 12 July 1943, near Greenodd, Cumbria) is an English rock singer, keyboardist, and songwriter. Her primary fame came as a member of the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac though she has also...
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- Jul 12, 1943 (age 66 years)
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Madness
The Madness is a self-titled album by the British band The Madness. In 1988, after the breakup of the original Madness, four of the original members (Suggs, Lee Thompson, Chris Foreman and Cathal Smyth) recreated the band, adding "The" to its name....
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1978
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an British electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals.
Pet Shop Boys have sold about 100 million...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Aug 1981
The Cure
The Cure are an English alternative rock band formed in Crawley, West Sussex in 1976 by Robert Smith, Lawrence Tolhurst and Michael Dempsey. The band has experienced several line-up changes, with frontman, vocalist, guitarist and principal...
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- 1977
Ofra Haza
Ofra Haza (Hebrew: עפרה חזה) (Arabic: عوفرة حازة أو عفراء هزاع) (19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000) was a popular Israeli singer, actress and international recording artist.
Her music, inspired by her love of her Yemenite Jewish culture, fused...
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- Nov 19, 1957
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- Feb 23, 2000 (age 42 years)
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Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno-winning and Grammy-nominated Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Underworld
Underworld is an English electronic group, and principal name under which duo Karl Hyde and Rick Smith have recorded together since 1980. The band is perhaps best known for "Born Slippy .NUXX", a track made popular in the hit 1996 Danny Boyle film...
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- 1959 (age 50 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
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My Bloody Valentine
My Bloody Valentine are a shoegazing band formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1984. The founding members are guitarist/singer Kevin Shields and drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig. The band's lineup during its heyday also included singer-guitarist Bilinda Butcher and...
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The Pretenders
The Pretenders are a British rock band. The original band consisted of initiator and main songwriter Chrissie Hynde (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Honeyman-Scott (lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboards), Pete Farndon (bass guitar, backing...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1978
Ville Valo
Ville Hermanni Valo (born November 22, 1976), is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. Valo was also the drummer for the Daniel Lioneye project. Ville has a baritone vocal range.
Ville Hermanni Valo was born in a...
Date of birth:
- Nov 22, 1976 (age 33 years)
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Erasure
Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell.
Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1985
Body Count
Body Count is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1990. The group was founded by Ice-T, best known for his contributions to the hip hop genre. Ice-T founded the group out of his interest in heavy metal, and took on the...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Ride
Ride were a British alternative rock band that band formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the "shoegazing" scene. Following the break-up of the...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1996
Black Dog Productions
The Black Dog was founded by Ken Downie along with Ed Handley and Andy Turner. In 1989, they were unable to find a label to back their releases and had to start their own, Black Dog Productions. Their first full-length album Bytes was released on 15...
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Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and David Ball on synthesizers. The duo is well known for their huge 1981 worldwide hit - a significantly reworked cover version of...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1980
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1984
Radio Birdman
Radio Birdman was one of the first punk bands in Australia to wave the punk rock flag along with The Saints. Deniz Tek and Rob Younger formed the group in Sydney, Australia in 1974. The group influenced the work of many successful, mainstream bands,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1974
Ministry
Ministry was an American industrial metal band founded by frontman Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its...
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- 1981
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Robert Quine
Robert W. Quine (December 30, 1942 – May 31, 2004) was an American guitarist, known for his innovative guitar solos.
A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown in comparison....
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- Dec 30, 1942
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- May 31, 2004 (age 61 years)
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Renaissance
Renaissance were an English progressive rock band, most notable for their 1978 UK top 10 hit "Northern Lights" and progressive rock classics like "Mother Russia" and "Ashes Are Burning".
In January 1969, former Yardbirds members Keith Relf, and Jim...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1987
Dinosaur Jr
Dinosaur Jr. is an American alternative rock band formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984. Originally called Dinosaur prior to legal issues that forced the group to change their name, the band disbanded in 1997 until reuniting in 2005. Guitarist J...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1984
Blancmange
Blancmange are a British synthpop band who came to prominence with a string of hits in the early to mid 1980s.
Blancmange was formed in Harrow, London in 1979 by vocalist Neil Arthur (born 15 June 1958, Darwen, Lancashire) and instrumentalist...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
The Dead Boys
The Dead Boys were an American punk band from Cleveland, Ohio. Among the first bands to play punk rock, the band was initially active from 1976 to 1979, briefly reuniting in 1987, 2004 and 2005.
The Dead Boys evolved out of the band Rocket From The...
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The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and guitar), Paul Langlois (guitar), Rob Baker (guitar), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums).
The band is popular and influential in...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1983
Martin Gore
Martin Gore (born Martin Lee Gore, 23 July 1961, Dagenham, East London, England) is an English songwriter, lyricist, singer, guitarist and keyboardist. He is a founding member of Depeche Mode and has written the vast majority of their songs. His...
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- Jul 23, 1961 (age 48 years)
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Marc Almond
Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July 1956 in Southport, Lancashire) is an English singer, songwriter and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell. He has sold over 30...
Date of birth:
- Jul 9, 1957 (age 52 years)
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Against Me!
Against Me! is a punk rock band formed in 1997 in Gainesville, Florida. Their first full-length album, released on No Idea Records in 2002, is Reinventing Axl Rose. They have released music on Misanthrope Records, Crasshole Records, Plan It X...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
Guster
Guster is an American alternative rock band that is known for its live performances, humor, and cult following. It was formed by Adam Gardner, Ryan Miller, and Brian Rosenworcel in 1991 while attending Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
The...
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- 1991
Mandy Moore
Amanda Leigh "Mandy" Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American singer–songwriter, actress and fashion designer. She grew up in Florida. Moore became famous as a teenager in the late 1990s, after the release of her teen-oriented pop albums So Real,...
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- Apr 10, 1984 (age 25 years)
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Revolting Cocks
Revolting Cocks, also known as RevCo, is an American industrial rock band that began as a musical side-project for Richard 23 of Front 242, Luc Van Acker, and Al Jourgensen of Ministry.
The group was founded by Richard 23, Luc Van Acker and Al...
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- 1985
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Chrissie Hynde
Chrissie Hynde (born Christine Ellen Hynde, 7 September 1951, Akron, Ohio) is an American rock musician, best known as the leader of the rock/new wave band The Pretenders. She is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and has been the only constant...
Date of birth:
- Sep 7, 1951 (age 58 years)
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Uncle Tupelo
Uncle Tupelo was an alternative country music group from Belleville, Illinois, active between 1987 and 1994. Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, and Mike Heidorn formed the band after the lead singer of their previous band, The Primitives, left to attend...
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Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake is an American ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida. Originally formed in 1992 as a power pop trio, the band evolved into a hybrid of ska punk. Less Than Jake have also been cited as showing influences from a wide variety of genres...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
The Beat
The Beat (known in North America as The English Beat) are a 2 Tone ska revival band founded in England in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae, and punk rock, and their lyrics deal with themes of love, unity, and sociopolitical topics.
The...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Mar 1979
Freight Elevator Quartet
The Freight Elevator Quartet (FEQ) were a music performance group specializing in improvised electronic music active in and around New York City. They performed and recorded continuously from 1996 to 2003, and collaborated extensively with...
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James
James are an English rock band from Manchester. They formed in 1981 and were active throughout the 80s, but most successful during the 90s. Their hit singles include "Sit Down" and "Laid." Following the departure of lead singer Tim Booth in 2001,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1982
Jay Farrar
Jay Farrar, (born December 26, 1966 in Millstadt, Illinois) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis, Missouri. A veteran of two critically-acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career...
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- Dec 26, 1966 (age 42 years)
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Hot Hot Heat
Hot Hot Heat is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The band currently is composed of Steve Bays (vocals and keyboards), Paul Hawley (drums), Parker Bossley (bass) and Luke Paquin (guitar).
Hawthorne and Bays had been in many...
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Jack Irons
Jack Steven Irons (born July 18, 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician who is best known as the former drummer of the American rock bands Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eleven, and Pearl Jam. He has also worked with Joe Strummer and The...
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- Jul 18, 1962 (age 47 years)
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The Distillers
The Distillers were an American punk band formed in Los Angeles in 1998. They released their first two albums on Hellcat Records/Epitaph Records before moving to Sire, part of the Warner Music Group. The Distillers were originally formed by...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle-Homme (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson on January 1, 1979 in Melbourne, Australia), is a singer, songwriter and guitarist. She rose to fame as lead singer/guitarist for the punk rock band The Distillers and currently fronts Spinnerette....
Date of birth:
- Jan 1, 1979 (age 30 years)
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HIM
HIM is a Finnish rock band from Helsinki, formed in 1991 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist Mikko Lindström, and bassist Mikko Paananen. They have released six full length albums to date.
An unreleased seven-track 1992 demo tape, Witches and Other...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1991
Marky Ramone
Marky Ramone (born Marc Steven Bell on July 15, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American drummer. He is best known for being the drummer for the Ramones, but has also played in other notable bands like Dust and Richard Hell and The Voidoids. He is...
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- Jul 15, 1956 (age 53 years)
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Johnny Ramone
John William Cummings (October 8, 1948 – September 15, 2004), better known by the stage name Johnny Ramone, was the guitarist for the seminal punk rock group The Ramones. He was a founding member of the band, and along with vocalist Jeffrey Hyman,...
Date of birth:
- Oct 8, 1948
Date of death:
- Sep 15, 2004 (age 55 years)
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Craig David
Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is an English R&B; singer-songwriter. He has released four studio albums: Born To Do It, Slicker Than Your Average, The Story Goes..., Trust Me and a Greatest Hits album. The singer has sold over 13 million...
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- May 5, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera were a Scottish New Wave band from Glasgow. They were a sensitive, tuneful pop band formed in 1980 and centered around the then teenage singer-songwriter, Roddy Frame. Their album Love was among the nominations for Best British Album at...
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Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie rock/indie pop duo consisting of identical twins Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin (born September 19, 1980).
Tegan and Sara were born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They initially played as PLUNK and lacked a...
Date of birth:
- Sep 19, 1980 (age 29 years)
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
Jason Stollsteimer
Jason Stollsteimer (born Jason Elliott Stollsteimer on April 22, 1978 in Southfield, Michigan) is the vocalist and guitarist for the American indie rock band The Von Bondies. Stollsteimer also is the main songwriter and producer of the Von Bondies....
Date of birth:
- Apr 22, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Paul Westerberg
Paul Westerberg (born December 31, 1959) is an American musician, best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and songwriter of The Replacements, one of the seminal alternative rock bands of the 1980s. He launched a solo career after the...
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- Dec 31, 1959 (age 49 years)
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Harvey Danger
Harvey Danger was a rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1992, and rose to prominence in 1998 with the single "Flagpole Sitta." On August 29, 2009, the band played its final show at the Crocodile Cafe in Seattle.
Harvey Danger began in...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Twink
John Charles Alder (born 29 November 1944), better known as Twink, is an English drummer, singer and song writer who was a central figure in the English psychedelic movement, and an actor.
Alder was born in Colchester, Essex, England, into a musical...
Date of birth:
- Nov 29, 1944 (age 65 years)
