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New dates for The Who spent a night in a New York jail after being charged with assault. The group was performing at the Fillmore East when a fire broke out at a supermarket next door. A plainclothes policeman leapt onto the stage to warn the crowd, and Townshend, thinking the cop was a member of the audience, booted him off. Townshend was bailed out by Fillmore owner Bill Graham.
In 1990, singer-dancer-actor Sammy Davis Jr. died in Los Angeles of throat cancer at 64. Among his hits were “I’ve Gotta Be Me” from 1969 and “The Candy Man,” a number-one hit in 1972.
In 2000, Prince announced he was dropping the Love Symbol as his name and was going back to being called Prince again, after his publishing contract with Warner expired. He had adopted the unpronounceable symbol during a legal battle over the artistic and financial control of his music.