Good News in History, April 3
Happy Birthday to comedian-actor Eddie Murphy who turns 55 today. Eddie took after his father, a transit cop in Brooklyn, who was an amateur comedian. Though he died when Eddie was young, by age 15 Murphy was performing and creating his own stand-up routines—and at 19 was hired by Saturday Night Live. After four years on the show, Eddie went on to star in such films as Beverly Hills Cop and Trading Places, and to voice the part of Donkey in Shrek. His on-stage brilliance was evident when he played all the major roles in 1996’s The Nutty Professor and when his musical performance was nominated for an Academy Award in 2007 for Dreamgirls. He was awarded the Mark Twain Prize in 2015. WATCH a highlight reel… (1961)
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