February 26th is the birthday

… of Betty Hutton. The actress is 86. She was Annie Oakley in the eponymous 1950 film, and the trapeze artist who saves the circus in The Greatest Show on Earth.

… of Antoine “Fats” Domino. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer is 79 — and he still Wants to Walk You Home.

… of columnist Robert Novak. He’s 76 and ought to be shuffling off to Florida with David Broder.

… of Mitch Ryder. He’s 62. No report on the ages of the Detroit Wheels.

… of Michael Bolton. The singer is 54. The computer programmer’s age in Office Space isn’t known.

Johnny Cash was born on this date in 1932.

Jackie Gleason was born in Brooklyn on this date in 1916. One of the greats of early TV, known primarily now for his portrayal of bus driver Ralph Kramden in the Honeymooners. He was in a number of films and received an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor in The Hustler. Gleason also won a Tony Award.

“And away we go” was one of Gleason’s stock lines. It is also the inscription at his grave site.

John Harvey Kellogg was born on this date in 1852.

When he became a physician Dr. Kellogg determined to devote himself to the problems of health, and after taking over the sanitarium he put into effect his own ideas. Soon he had developed the sanitarium to an unprecedented degree, and he launched the business of manufacturing health foods. He gained recognition as the originator of health foods and coffee and tea substitutes, ideas which led to the establishment of huge cereal companies besides his own, in which his brother, W. K. Kellogg, produced the cornflakes he invented. His name became a household word. (The New York Times)

There might have been something to it. Kellogg lived to 91.