Actors:
Roberto Benigni is 71 (“Life Is Beautiful”) (He had the hilarious acceptance speech for his “Life Is Beautiful” role at the 1999 Academy Awards)
John Cleese is 84 (“Monty Python,” “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”)
Bryan Craig is 32 (“General Hospital”)
Erica Dasher is 37 (“Jane By Design,” “The Lake”)
Patrick Fugit is 41 (“Almost Famous,” “Gone Girl”)
Teilor Grubbs is 22 (“Hawaii Five-0”)
Samantha Logan is 27 (“666 Park Avenue,” “General Hospital”)
The late Ruby Dee (1922-2014) (“A Raisin in the Sun,” “Jungle Fever”)
The late Nanette Fabray (1920 – 2018) (“One Day at a Time,” “The Band Wagon”)
Musicians:
Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon is 65 (Fast fact: He’s been married to his supermodel wife Yasmin Le Bon since 1985)
Lee Greenwood is 81
Hey Violet’s Casey Moreta is 28
T-Wayne is 33 (born Tyshon Dwayne Nobles)
The late Floyd Cramer (1933-1997)…he would have been 90
The late Scott Weiland (1967 – 2015)…he would have been 56 (FAST FACT: Weiland was ranked #57 in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by “Hit Parader”)
Plus:
Former journalist and hostage Terry Anderson is 76 (In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shiite Hezbollah militants and held until 1991)
TV personality Kelly Osbourne is 39
Model and TV personality Marla Maples is 60 (While she did appear on “Dancing With The Stars,” she’s best known for her marriage to Donald Trump from 1993–1999. She’s mom to Tiffany Trump.)
The late author Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)…she would have been 91 (“The Bell Jar,” “Ariel”)
The late President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (1858-1919) (FAST FACT: He was the first president to win a Nobel Peace Prize)
The late mob boss John Gotti (1940-2002)…he would have been 83 (Dubbed “The Teflon Don,” his legendary exploits came to an end with his conviction on five murders and a variety of other charges in 1992.)
The late director Ivan Reitman (1946 – 2022)…he would have been 77 (“Meatballs,” “My Super Ex-Girlfriend”)
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