June 29th
Actors:
- Maria Conchita Alonso is 63(that’s according to Wiki, AP has her as 63)(“Moscow on the Hudson,” “Chasing Papi,” “Colors,” “Saints & Sinners”) (FAST FACT: In addition to being an actress, Maria has been nominated for three GRAMMY Awards.)
- Kimberlin Brown is 59 (“Young and the Restless,” “Bold & The Beautiful,” “The Bay”)
- Gary Busey is 76 (“Lethal Weapon,” “The Buddy Holly Story,” “The Apprentice”)
- Amanda Donohoe is 58 (“L.A. Law,” “Lair of the White Worm,” “Stand & Deliver,” “Castaway,” “Liar Liar,” “Murder City,” “Emmerdale”)
- Fred Grandy is 72 (“Love, American Style,” “The Love Boat’s” ‘Gopher’, “The Mindy Project”)
- Melora Hardin is 53 (“Lambada,” “Cover Me,” “Monk,” “The Office,” “Transparent”)
- Colin Jost is 38 (“Saturday Night Live”) (FAST FACT: He’s a Harvard grad)
- Sharon Lawrence is 59 (“NYPD Blue,” “Fired Up,” “Ladies Man,” “Drop Dead Diva,” “Rizzoli & Isles”)
- Richard Lewis is 73 (“Anything But Love,” “Leaving Las Vegas,” “Hugo Pool,” “The Maze,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm”)
- Lily Rabe is 38 (“Mona Lisa Smile,” “American Horror Story,” “The Whispers”)
- Adam G. Sevani is 28 (“Step Up” film series, “The First Time”)
- The late Nelson Eddy(1901-1967)(“Make Mine Music” “Phantom of the Opera”) (FAST FACTS: During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame – one each for film, recording, and radio – left his footprints in the wet concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three gold records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941)
- The late Ruth Warrick(1916-2005)(“The Corsican Brothers,” “Song of the South,” “As The World Turns,” “All My Children”)
Musicians:
- DJ Shadow is 48 (his mama knows him as Joshua Paul Davis)
- Dokken’s Don Dokken is 67
- Goldfinger’s John Feldmann is 53
- Men at Work’s Colin Hay is 67
- Flight of the Conchords’ Bret McKenzie is 44
- Deep Purple drummer Ian Paice is 72
- Nicole Scherzinger is 42
Plus:
- LA Clippers small forward Kawhi Leonard is 28
- The late civil rights leader Stokely Carmichael(1941-1998)…he would have been 79(He rose to prominence in the civil rights and Black Power movements, first as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, later as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party, and finally as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party)