October 6th
Actors:
- Rhyon Brown is 27 (“Lincoln Heights,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”)
- Britt Ekland is 77 (“The Man with the Golden Gun,” “The Double Man,” “Wicker Man”)
- Roshon Fegan is 28 (“Shake It Up,” “Camp Rock” franchise)
- Ioan Gruffudd is 46 (“Titanic,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Fantastic Four” franchise, “Ringer,” “Forever,” “Liar”)
- Amy Jo Johnson is 49 (“Felicity,” “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”)
- Cameron Kennedy is 26 (“My Babysitter’s a Vampire”)
- Wes Ramsey is 42 (“Charmed,” “Bitter Sweet”)
- Lamman Rucker is 48 (“Meet the Browns,” “As The World Turns”)
- Elisabeth Shue is 56 (“The Karate Kid,” “Adventures in Babysitting,” “Cocktail,” “Back to the Future Part II,” “Back to the Future Part III,” “Soapdish,” “Leaving Las Vegas,” “The Saint,” “Hollow Man,” “CSI”)
- Jeremy Sisto is 45 (“Six Feet Under,” “Thirteen,” “Law & Order,” “Suburgatory,” “The Returned,” “FBI”)
- Ellen Travolta is 80 (“Happy Days,” “Joanie Loves Chachi”) (FAST FACT: She is John Travolta’s older sister”)
- The late Carole Lombard(1908 - 1942)(“No Man of Her Own,” “Twentieth Century,” “Malice in Wonderland”) (FAST FACT: Her tremendous Hollywood career ended at age 33 when she died in an plane crash.)
Musicians:
- Arcade Fire’s Will Butler is 37
- REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin is 68
- Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo is 65
- Tim Rushlow is 53
- Millie Small is 73 (FAST FACT: Her success with the cover of The Cadillacs’ “My Boy Lollipop” was significant because it was the first major hit for Island Records)
- Tommy Stinson is 53
- Matthew Sweet is 55
- Lil Wyte is 37 (born Patrick Lanshaw)
Plus:
- Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is 71 (He lead the Irish paramilitary/political group from 1983 – 2018)
- Author Amanda Brown is 49 (“Legally Blonde,” “School of Fortune”)
- Reality TV star and trans activist Jazz Jennings is 19 (“I Am Jazz”)
- WNBA champ and ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo is 46 (FAST FACT: She’s 6-feet, 4-inches tall)
- Former NFL Coach Tony Dungy is 64 (FAST FACT: He won Super Bowl XLI as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts)
- The late scientist and inventor George Westinghouse(1846 – 1914)(He was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented air brakes for trains. His development of AC electrical power was also used in some of the early electrical chairs in prison)