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June 29, 1948

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Sean Bergin

1948Sean Bergin, South African-Dutch saxophonist and flute player (died 2012)[โ€ ]

Sean Bergin was an avant-garde jazz saxophonist and flautist from South Africa.

Fred Grandy

1948Fred Grandy, American actor and politician[โ€ ]

Fredrick Lawrence Grandy is an American actor who played "Gopher" on the TV series The Love Boat and who later became a member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. Grandy was most recently the host of The Grandy Group, a morning drive time radio talk show on 630 WMAL in Washington, D.C.

Ian Paice

1948Ian Paice, English drummer, songwriter, and producer[โ€ ]

Ian Anderson Paice is an English musician who is the drummer and an original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He remains the only member of Deep Purple who has served in every line-up since the band's inception in 1968, as well as having played on every album and at every live appearance. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Deep Purple in 2016.

Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar

1948Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar, Kenyan-English politician[โ€ ]

Usha Prashar, Baroness Prashar is a British politician and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. Since the 1970s, she has served as a director or chair of a variety of public and private sector organisations. She became the first chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission upon its creation in April 2006.

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