Who knew today was such an important date

Ponder who was born on this date:

Sir John Gielgud 1904

Rod Steiger 1927

Gloria Jean 1927

Loretta Lynn 1935

Ryan O'Neal 1941

Steve Martin 1943


in far less cheerful news, it all turned to shit Seventy-five years ago today for one Karl Dane Here is a fascinating bit of Wikifacts:

By the end of 1933 Dane had purchased a stake in a hot dog stand outside MGM Studios. The business failed as it was shunned by his former friends. Dane then tried to find work with his former studio as an extra or carpenter but was turned away. He had been seeking a job that would pay $5 a day.
On April 13 Dane was pick pocketed of all the money he had: $18. On April 14 he was supposed met with a young woman named Frances Leake, supposedly to see a movie and cheer him up. However he never showed and Leake became worried. She immediately arrived at his apartment (located at 626 South Burnside Avenue) and with the assistance of the landlady they were able to open the door. There they found Dane, clad in shirt, pants, and slippers. He was slumped in his chair, with a revolver at his feet. Leake fainted at the scene. When she was revived, Leake found Dane's final note on a nearby table, next to a scrapbook he had always kept, filled with his old studio contracts and rave reviews. The short note read, "To Frances and all my friends-goodbye."
Dane had committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with a revolver.
No one came forward to claim his body. Police tagged his body with the note, "May have relatives in Denmark. Hold for awhile". For the next few days authorities attempted to find his family, even placing ads in major Copenhagen newspapers. However, the Gottliebs did not find out about Dane's death until weeks later.
Fellow Danish actor Jean Hersholt stepped forward and insisted MGM pay for a funeral and burial. MGM agreed and on April 18 a funeral was held open to the public. Among the fifty attendees, mostly those of Scandinavian descent, Hersholt was a pallbearer, as well as Tom O'Brien. Dane was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with a modest headstone.thanks find a grave