June 2nd Birthdays

Sammy Turner, American singer, was born on this day in 1932 in Paterson, New Jersey. Here is his 1959 No. 3 hit song, Lavender-Blue

Also born on June 2nd:

• 1930
  Bob Lillis, baseball player
• 1941
  Stacy Keach, American actor
• 1942
  Maree Cheatham, American actress
• 1943
  Charles Haid, American actor
• 1948
  Jerry Mathers, American actor
• 1950
  Joanna Gleason, Canadian actress, singer
• 1954
  Dennis Haysbert, American actor
• 1955
  Dana Carvey, American actor
  Michael Steele, American singer, musician
• 1959
  Lydia Lunch, American singer, actress
• 1960
  Tony Hadley, English singer, actor)
• 1961
  Dez Cadena, American musician
• 1966
  Pedro Guerra, Spanish songwriter, singer
• 1967
  Mike Stanton, American baseball player
• 1968
  Jon Culshaw, British comedian
• 1969
  Cy Chadwick, English actor
• 1970
  Andy McCollum, American football player
  B Real, American rapper
• 1971
  Anthony Montgomery, American actor
• 1972
  Wayne Brady, American actor, comedian
  Raúl Ibáñez, American baseball player
  Wentworth Miller, American actor
• 1973
  Neifi Perez, Dominican baseball player
• 1976
  Earl Boykins, American basketball player
  Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician
  Queen Masenate Mohato Seeiso of Lesotho
• 1977
  Zachary Quinto, American actor
• 1978
  Dominic Cooper, English actor
  Nikki Cox, American actress
  Justin Long, American actor
  A.J. Styles, American wrestler
• 1979
  Morena Baccarin, Brazilian-born American actress
• 1980
  Fabrizio Moretti, Brazilian-born rock drummer
  Bobby Simmons, American basketball player
  Abby Wambach, American soccer player
• 1982
  Jewel Staite, Canadian actress
• 1983
  Brooke White, American singer
  Leela James, American singer-songwriter
• 1985
  Ana Cristina, American singer, composer, actress
• 1990
  Brittany Curran, American actress
• 1994
  Jemma McKenzie-Brown, British actress

June Birthday Calendar

Died on June 2nd:

• 1868
  James Buchanan, 15th U.S. President (age 77)
• 1882
  Giuseppe Garibaldi, Italian general, politician (age 74)
• 1941
  Lou Gehrig, American baseball player (age 37)
• 1942
  Bunny Berigan, American singer, trumpet player (age 33)
• 1956
  Jean Hersholt, Danish-American actor, director (age 69)
• 1961
  George S. Kaufman, American director, playwright (age 71)
• 1969
  Leo Gorcey, American actor (age 51)
• 1977
  Stephen Boyd, Northern Irish-born American actor (age 45)
• 1979
  Jim Hutton, American actor (age 45)
• 1983
  Stan Rogers, Canadian singer, songwriter (age 33)
• 1987
  Sammy Kaye, American bandleader, songwriter (age 77)
• 1988
  Raj Kapoor, Indian actor, director (age 63)
• 1990
  Jack Gilford, American actor, comedian (age 81)
  Rex Harrison, English actor (age 82)
• 1992
  Philip Dunne, American director, screenwriter (age 84)
• 1996
  Ray Combs, American game show host (age 40)
• 1997
  Doc Cheatham, American trumpet player, singer (age 91)
• 1999
  Junior Braithwaite, Jamaican singer (age 50)
• 2001
  Imogene Coca, American actress, comedian (age 92)
• 2008
  Bo Diddley, American singer, guitarist (age 79)
  Mel Ferrer, American actor (age 90)
• 2012
  Richard Dawson, English-American actor, game show host (age 79)
• 2017
  Peter Sallis, English actor (age 96)
• 2024
  Janis Paige, American actress (age 101)