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» John Lennon joined Elton John onstage at Madison Square Garden in 1974 to perform the song they co-wrote, "Whatever Gets You Through the Night." This was to be Lennon's final live performance.

» Frank Sinatra was offered the male lead in the film Funny Girl (1968), but Barbra Streisand, who had performed the role successfully on Broadway, refused to take second billing, as did Sinatra. Even though this was her film debut, Streisand would not back down, and Sinatra, in a frustrated huff, dropped out. A film deal with David Janssen to take the role fell apart. The part was ultimately given to the exotic Omar Shariff, on the heels of his success in Doctor Zhivago.

» John Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, at Oxford Maternity Hospital in Liverpool, England, during an air raid.

» Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were not permitted to dance together in public, according to their movie contracts.

» Fred Astaire's favorite dance partner was Gene Kelly.

» French leading man Gérard Dépardieu was so wild as a youth that he was encouraged to enter dramatics as therapy. Dépardieu made his film debut in a bit part in Le Beatnik et le minet (1965) at age 17.

» Singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper won an Emmy for her guest performance on NBC's Mad About You.

» Singer and TV personality Andy Williams's full name at birth was Howard Andrew Williams.