American comedian, actor, and producer

Cedric the Entertainer

Cedric Antonio Kyles, better known by his stage name Cedric the Entertainer, is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and television host. He hosted BET's ComicView during the 1993–1994 season and Def Comedy Jam in 1995. He is best known for co-starring with Steve Harvey on The WB sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, as one of The Original Kings of Comedy, and for starring as Eddie Walker in Barbershop. He starred in the TV Land original series The Soul Man, which aired from 2012–16 and hosted the 12th season of the daytime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire from 2013–14.

Born

1964

April 24

Died

Living

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1960s

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Key dates

1964 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-1479 Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty).
-1183 Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy marking the end of the legendary Trojan War, given by chief librarian of the Library of Alexandria Eratosthenes, among others.
858 Consecration of Pope Nicholas I following the death of Pope Benedict III earlier that month.
934 Abbasid Caliph Al-Qahir is deposed and blinded. His nephew al-Radi suceeds him as caliph.

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The world in 1964

When Cedric arrived

april 1 The British Admiralty, War Office and Air Ministry are replaced by a unified Defence Council of the United Kingdom.
april 11 Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.
april 13 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
april 17 Jerrie Mock completes the first around-the-world airplane flight by a woman. Her solo flight in the Spirit of Columbus, which took 29+1⁄2 days, took off and landed at the Port Columbus International Airport in Ohio.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on April 24

Dr. Rajkumar 1929– Indian actor and singer (died 2006) Johnny Griffin 1928– American saxophonist (died 2008) Kehlani 1995– American singer-songwriter Kris Letang 1987– Canadian ice hockey player Manuel Ávila Camacho 1897–1955 Mexican colonel and politician, 45th President of Mexico (died 1955) Sachin Tendulkar 1973– Indian cricketer Tomitaro Makino 1862– Japanese botanist (died 1957) Xu Guangqi 1562– Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader (died 1633)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1964

Abhisit Vejjajiva 1964– English-Thai economist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Thailand Andrew Bartlett 1964– Australian social worker and politician Andy Serkis 1964– English actor and director Đặng Thân 1964– Vietnamese writer and poet Arlie Petters 1964– Belizean-American mathematical physicist and academic Azmin Ali 1964– Malaysian mathematician and politician Brian Adams 1964–2007 American wrestler (died 2007) Bridget Fonda 1964– American actress Calista Flockhart 1964– American actress

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