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  • Apr 23, 1942
    "Gidget" actress Alexandra Zuck is born in Bayonne, New Jersey. She's referenced by her stage name, Sandra Dee, when Rodney Crowell writes Waylon Jennings' 1980 hit "I Ain't Living Long Like This"
    Dec 1, 1960
    "Splish Splash" singer Bobby Darin marries actress Sandra Dee
    Mar 7, 1967
    Nine years after notching his lone country hit, "Splish Splash," Bobby Darin and actress Sandra Dee are divorced
    Jun 20, 1979
    Waylon Jennings records "I Ain't Living Long Like This," written by Rodney Crowell, at Nashville's American Studios. The song pays lyrical nods to Texas Ruby, Sandra Dee and the Elvis Presley hit "Jailhouse Rock"
    Feb 20, 2005
    Actress Sandra Dee dies at Los Robles Hospital in Thousand Oaks, California, from pneumonia. Her good-girl image, typified by her role in "Gidget," was referenced in Waylon Jennings' 1980 hit "I Ain't Living Long Like This"

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