December 8

Happy Birthday RIP Samuel "Sammy" Davis(1925–1990) Clerow "Flip" Wilson(1933–1998) John "David" Carradine(1936–2009) James Morrison(1943–1971) Samuel Kinison(1953–1992) ; Gregory Allman–69 Kimila "Kim" Basinger–63 Teri Hatcher–52 Sinéad O'Connor–50 Dominic Monaghan–40 Ian Somerhalder–38 "Nicki Minaj"(Onika Maraj)–34 ; 1980 – John Lennon, an English musician and peace activist, is murdered by Mark David Chapman, a mentally unstable fan, in front of The Dakota apartment building in New York City