George R. R. Martin, on reading:

 

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies, said Jojen.

The man who never reads lives only one.
- George R. R. Martin.

Born on this day – Joe Santos:

 

Actor

June 9, 1931 – March 18, 2016

Credits:

A Knife for the Ladies (1974); A Matter of Wife... and Death (1975); a.k.a. Pablo (1984); Adderly (1987); Art Deco Detective (1994); Bakersfield P.D. (1993); Baretta (1975); Barnaby Jones (1974); Beverly Hills Brats (1989); Beyond Suspicion (2000); Black Sheep Squadron (1978); Blade (1973); Blue Thunder (1983); Carol for Another Christmas (1964); Chronic (2015); Cover Up (1984); David Cassidy - Man Undercover (1978); Deadline: Madrid (1988); Deadly Desire (1991); Eischied (1979); Fear City (1984); Flesh and Lace (1965); Good Cops, Bad Cops (1990); Hammerlock (2000); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985–1986); Hill Street Blues (1984); Hunter (1984–1990); Jessie (1984); Joe Forrester (1976); Kung Fu (1975); Likely Stories, Vol. 2 (1983); Lou Grant (1977); MacGyver (1986–1987); Magnum, P.I. (1986–1988); Masquerade (1984); Match Game (1978–1979); Match Game / Hollywood Squares Hour (1984); Match Game PM (1979–1980); Me and Maxx (1980); Miami Vice (1988); Mindreaders (1979); Mo' Money (1992); Moonlighting Wives (1966); Murder, She Wrote (1987–1988); My Body Hungers (1967); Naked City (1963); Nightside (1973); NYPD Blue (1993); Police Story (1974–1978); Power (1980); Proximity (2001); Quantum Leap (1989); Remington Steele (1984); Revenge (1990); Room 222 (1972); Santa Barbara (1990); Shaft's Big Score! (1972); Shamus (1973); Sinatra (1992); Suburban Beat (1985); Superior Court (1986–1990); T.J. Hooker (1985); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The A-Team (1984); The Blue Knight (1973); The Detective (1968); The Don Is Dead (1973); The Education of Allison Tate (1986); The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973); The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Greatest American Hero (1983); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1980); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The Last Boy Scout (1991); The Man from Elysian Fields (2001); The Old Man and the Sea (1990); The Panic in Needle Park (1971); The Postman (1997); The Ratings Game (1984); The Right Way (1998); The Rockford Files (1974–1980); The Rockford Files: A Blessing in Disguise (1995); The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play (1996); The Rockford Files: Godfather Knows Best (1996); The Rockford Files: I Still Love L.A. (1994); The Rockford Files: If It Bleeds... It Leads (1999); The Rockford Files: If the Frame Fits... (1996); The Rockford Files: Punishment and Crime (1996); The Rockford Files: Shoot-Out at the Golden Pagoda (1997); The Selling of Vince D'Angelo (1983); The Sopranos (2004); The Streets of San Francisco (1974); The Tiger Makes Out (1967); The Twilight Zone / Segment: The Library (1986); Toma (1973); Trapper John, M.D. (1982); Trial by Jury (1994); Warm Nights and Hot Pleasures (1964); Wendy Hooper, U.S. Army (1981); Zandy's Bride (1974).

On this day in music history - The album Dark Hope, by Renée Fleming (2010)

Dark Hope

by Renée Fleming

was released on June 8, 2010.

On this day in music history - The album Paradise and Lunch, by Ry Cooder (1974)

Paradise and Lunch

by Ry Cooder

was released on June 8, 1974.

Born on this day – Dana Wynter:

 

Actress

June 8, 1931 – May 5, 2011

Born on this day – Kate Wilhelm:

Writer 

June 8, 1928 – March 8, 2018

Credits:

Books: 

A Flush of Shadows (1995); A Sense of Shadow (1981); A Wrongful Death (2007); Abyss (1973); All For One (2012); Alpha 5 (1974); And the Angels Sing (1992); Andover and the Android (1966); Angels! (1995); Asimov's Science Fiction, November 1994 (1994); Best New Horror 4 (1993); Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Sixth Annual Collection (1977); Better Than One (1980); By Stone By Blade By Fire (2012); Cambio Bay (1990); Children of the Wind (1989); City of Cain (1974); Clarion SF (1977); Clear and Convincing Proof (2003); Cold Case (2008); Crazy Time (1988); Death of an Artist (2012); Death Qualified (1991); Defense for the Devil (1999); Desperate Measures (2001); Fantasy & Science Fiction, July / August 2012 (2012); Fault Lines (1977); Fear is a Cold Black (2010); Forever Yours, Anna (1987); Heaven is High (2011); Huysman's Pets (1985); I Know What You’re Thinking (1994); In Between (2014); Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, October 1986 (1986); Isaac Asimov's Aliens & Outworlders (1983); Juniper Time (1979); Justice for Some (1993); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume One (2015); Kate Wilhelm in Orbit, Volume Two (2015); Let the Fire Fall (1969); Listen, Listen (1981); Malice Prepense / For the Defense (1996); Margaret and I (1971); Mirror, Mirror (2017); Moongate (2000); More Bitter Than Death (1963); Music Makers (2012); Naming the Flowers (1992); Nebula Awards 9 (1974); No Defense (2000); Oh, Susannah! (1982); Omni Visions Two (1994); Orbit 11 (1972); Orbit 12 (1973); Orbit 3 (1967); Orbit 6 (1970); Seven Kinds of Death (1992); Sister Angel (2012); Skeletons (2002); Sleight of Hand (2006); Smart House (1989); Somerset Dreams and Other Fictions (1978); Storyteller (2005); Sweet, Sweet Poison (1990); Terry's Universe: Science fiction's finest writers join in honoring the memory of Terry Carr (1987); The Best Defense (1994); The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1999); The Bird Cage (2012); The Clewiston Test (1976); The Clone (1965); The Dark Door (1988); The Deepest Water (2000); The Downstairs Room (1970); The Fullness of Time (2012); The Giant Book of Terror (1994); The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky (1986); The Good Children (1998); The Gorgon Field (1986); The Hamlet Trap (1987); The Hills Are Dancing (1986); The House Share (2022); The Infinity Box (1975); The Killer Thing / The Killing Thing (1967); The Mile-Long Spaceship (1963); The Nevermore Affair (1966); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook 1 (1988); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Three (1990); The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two (1989); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Price of Silence (2005); The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009); The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction (1989); The Unbidden Truth (2004); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Winter Beach (1981); Those Who Can: A Science Fiction Reader (1973); Torch Song (2012); Welcome, Chaos (1983); Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (1975); Whisper Her Name (2012); With Thimbles, With Forks, and Hope (2012); Yesterday's Tomorrows (2015).

Movies and television:

The Lookalike (1990); Out of the Unknown (1965).

Born on this day – Jerry Stiller:

Actor

Writer

Comedian

June 8, 1927 – May 11, 2020