Actors:
Richard Chamberlain is 86 (“Dr. Kildare,” “The Thorn Birds”)
Tony Cox is 62 (“Bad Santa,” “Me, Myself & Irene,” “Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi”)
William Daniels is 93 (“Boy Meets World's” Mr. Feeny. Dr. Mark Craig in “St. Elsewhere”)
Colin Farrell is 44 ("Daredevil," “Miami Vice,” “Phone Booth,” “Minority Report,” “Sven Psychopaths,” “Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them”)
Shirley Jones is 86 (“Oklahoma!,” “The Music Man,” “The Partridge Family”) (FAST FACTS: She wasn’t just “Mrs. Partridge.” In 1960, she won an Academy Award for her role as prostitute Lulu Bains in “Elmer Gantry.” Also – she is stepmom to David Cassidy, and mom of Shaun Cassidy)
Gabe Kaplan is 75 ("Welcome Back Kotter")
Ed Marinaro is 70 (“Blue Mountain State,” "Hill Street Blues,” "Sisters")
Ewan McGregor is 49 ("Trainspotting," “Moulin Rouge!,” “Angels and Demons,” “Star Wars” prequel trilogy, “Salmon Fishing in the Yemen,” “Beauty and the Beast”)
Rhea Perlman is 72 ("Cheers," “Matilda”) (FAST FACTS: Nominated for an Emmy Award for her role in “Cheers” 10 times, and she won four times. While she and husband Danny Devito separated in 2010, they have since reconciled)
Jessica Szohr is 35 (“Gossip Girl,” “Piranha 3D”)
Christopher Walken is 77 (“Annie Hall,” “The Deer Hunter,” “The Dogs of War,” “The Dead Zone,” “A View to a Kill,” “Batman Returns,” “True Romance,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “Catch Me If You Can,” “Hairspray,” “Seven Psychopaths,” the first three “Prophecy” films) (FAST FACT: Always tries to work a jig/dance into his movies)
Musicians:
Herb Alpert is 85
Cobra Starship’s Ryland Blackinton is 38
Támar Davis is 40
Jay Rock is 35 (his given name, Johnny Reed McKinzie, Jr.)
Tony Yayo is 42 (born Marvin Bernard)
AC/DC’s Angus Young is 65
The late William Orville “Lefty” Frizzell(1928 – 1975)…he would have been 92
The late Shawty Lo (1976 – 2016)…he would have been 44(born Carlos Rico Walker) (Walker was killed in a single-car accident in Fulton County, Georgia in the early morning hours of September 21, 2016. The crash happened around 2:20am when Walker's car went over a guardrail, hit two trees, and caught on fire; he had been ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.)
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