Today in Entertainment History

On Dec. 6, 1969, four humans died at a Rolling Stones live performance at the Altamont Speedway in Livermore, California. One of the victims was stabbed by means of a Hell’s Angel.

In 1970, on the first anniversary of the Altamont Speedway concert, the documentary “Gimme Shelter” premiered in New York. It turned into approximately the Rolling Stones’ 1969 tour.

In 1988, singer Roy Orbison died of a coronary heart attack close to Nashville, Tennessee. He become fifty two.

In 1995, Michael Jackson collapsed throughout a practice session for an HBO unique.In 2008, Hootie and the Blowfish drummer Jim “Soni” Sonefeld married Laura Bryan, the ex-spouse of Hootie guitarist Mark Bryan.

In 2009, Weezer singer Rivers Cuomo sustained 3 cracked ribs and internal damage when the band’s bus slid on ice and fell eight toes into a ravine.

Today’s birthdays: Actor Patrick Bauchau (“The Pretender,” “Carnivale”) is 81. Country singer Helen Cornelius is seventy eight. Actor James Naughton (“Hostages,” “Planet of the Apes”) is 74. Singer Frank Beverly of Maze is seventy three. Actress JoBeth Williams is 71. Actor Tom Hulce is sixty six. Actor Kin Shriner is sixty six. Talk show host Wil Shriner is 66. Drummer Rick Buckler of The Jam is 64. Singer Tish Hinojosa (hee-noh-HOH’-sah) is 64. Country singer Bill Lloyd of Foster and Lloyd is 64. Comedian Steven Wright is 64. Guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. Is 63. Drummer David Lovering of The Pixies is 58. Guitarist Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl is 57. Actress Janine Turner (“Strong Medicine,” ”Northern Exposure”) is 57. Director Judd Apatow (AP’-ih-tow) (“The forty-Year-Old Virgin,” ”Knocked Up”) is fifty two. Keyboardist Ulf “Buddha” Ekberg of Ace of Base is forty nine. Actress Lindsay Price (“Splitting Up Together”) is 43. Bassist Jacob Chesnut of Rush of Fools is 30.