Timelines for year 1982
Alfre Woodard
Played Dr. Roxanne Turner in "St. Elsewhere" and years later in an episode of "Homicide: Life on the Street" . Tom Fontana was a writer for the first, and an executive producer for the second.
Victoria Principal
Was author Philip K. Dick's ideal choice for the character Rachael in Blade Runner , a role that went to Sean Young instead.
She ranked #3 in 1982 and #6 in 1984 on Richard Selzer's (aka Mr. Blackwell) Worst Dressed List.
Rock Hudson
Production on the television series "The Devlin Connection" was suspended for a year while he was recovering from quintuple heart bypass surgery.
Michael Jackson
A special 25th anniversary edition of his 1982 album "Thriller", entitled "Thriller 25", sold an estimated 3 million copies worldwide.
While Jackson has claimed 104 million sales for his 1982 album "Thriller", the Guinness Book of World Records has put the figure at 51 million copies sold as of 2006.
Disappointed his fans by singing a few lines from "We Are the World", accompanied by a children's choir, after he had been rumored to perform his 1982 hit "Thriller" as a triumphant comeback at the World Music Awards at Earls Court, London. Jackson left the stage to audible boos from the audience - some of his fans had paid up to £500 a ticket to see him perform. .
When Jackson performed in England in 1982, he asked to meet former actor Mark Lester. "He wanted to meet someone who had a similar background, a child star," Lester said. The result was a lifelong friendship.
His 1982 album "Thriller" is the biggest selling album of all time, with confirmed sales of over 47 million, and over an estimated 100 million copies worldwide.
Dan Aykroyd
Aykroyd and John Belushi were scheduled to present the first annual Best Visual Effects Oscar at the 1982 Academy Awards, but Belushi died weeks before the ceremony. Aykroyd presented the award alone, and stated from the podium: "My partner would have loved to have been here tonight to present this award, since he was a bit of a Visual Effect himself."
Bill Murray
Has appeared with both Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie and Dustin's brother Todd Hoffman in Meatballs .
Was a guest on the very first episode of "Late Night with David Letterman" .
Father, with Mickey Kelley, of sons Homer Murray (b. 1982) and Luke Murray (b. 1985).
Candice Bergen
A photographer and photojournalist as well, Candice had a brief but telling cameo as famed photographer Margaret Bourke-White in Richard Attenborough's grand-scale biopic Gandhi .
Ewan McGregor
Both he and Harrison Ford have worked for director Ridley Scott between Star Wars films. Ford made Blade Runner after Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back , but before Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi . McGregor made Black Hawk Down shortly after filming Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones , and thus before Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith .