John Cage, Wolfgang Lauinger, Freddie Mercury
Born: John Cage (1912), Wolfgang Lauinger (1918), Freddie Mercury (1946)
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05SepBorn 1912114th birthday
John Cage
The composer of “4′33″” – four and a half minutes of silence – shared his life and work for fifty years with the choreographer Merce Cunningham.
05SepBorn 1918108th birthdayWolfgang Lauinger
Persecuted by the Gestapo, imprisoned again under Paragraph 175 in 1950 – and refused compensation until his death at 99.
05SepBorn 194680th birthdayFreddie Mercury
Queen’s singer brought theatrical force to rock while protecting much of his private life.