'Cheers' Cliff, John Ratzenberger, Turns 75 Today

Actors:

Kwesi Boakye is 23 (“I Can Do Bad All My Myself,” “Flight”)

Zach Braff is 47 (“Scrubs,” “Garden State,” “Alex, Inc.”)

Candace Cameron-Bure is 46 ("Full House," “Fuller House,” “Make It Or Break It”) (FAST FACTS: In 2014, she was a contestant on season 18 of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” finishing in third place. And yes, she is the sister of actor Kirk Cameron…known for “Growing Pains” and nutty religious vids).

Jason Hervey is 50 (“The Wonder Years,” “Frankenweenie,” “Scott Baio Is 45...and Single,” “Confessions of a Teen Idol”)

Marilu Henner is 70 (“Taxi,” “The Man Who Loved Women,” “Cannonball Run II,” “Johnny Dangerously,” “Evening Shade,” “Brooklyn Ninety- Nine,” Season 23 of “Dancing with the Stars” – she was the 8th eliminated contestant) (FAST FACT: Marilu has a highly superior autobiographical memory, a rare condition identified in only 100 people worldwide.)

Charlie McDermott is 32 (“Hot Tub Time Machine,” “The Middle”)

John Ratzenberger is 75 (“Cheers,” “Santa Con,” He has also appeared as a voice in a number of films and video games)

Michael Rooker is 67 (“Cliffhanger,” “Eight Men Out,” “Henry in Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” “Mississippi Burning,” “JFK,” “The Walking Dead,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”)

Paul Rudd is 53 (“Sisters,” “Clueless,” “Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers,” “The Cider House Rules,” “Wet Hot American Summer,” “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy,” “The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Knocked Up,” “I Love You, Man,” “Dinner for Schmucks,” “Our Idiot Brother,” “Wanderlust,” “This Is 40,” “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” “Ant-Man,” “Captain America: Civil War”)

Billy Dee Williams is 85 (“Star Wars” film franchise, “Brian's Song,” “Nighthawks,” “The Last Angry Man,” “Carter's Army,” Tim Burton's “Batman,” “The Ladies Man,” “Diary of a Single Mom,” “NCIS”)

Musicians:

The Pixies’ Black Francis/Frank Black is 57 (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV)

Robert Glasper is 44

Kari Jobe is 41

Hoobastank bassist Markku Lappalainen is 46

Hey Violet’s Rena Lovelis is 24

The late Merle Haggard (1937 – 2016)…he died on his birthday and this year, would have been 85

Plus:

Scientist James Dewey Watson (he co-discovered DNA structure with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin) is 94

Director/producer Barry Levinson is 80 (“Sleepers,” “Wag The Dog,” “Rain Man,” “Analyze That”)

The late aircraft designer/builder Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker (1890 - 1939) (He is most famous for the fighter aircraft he produced in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane)

The late conductor/composer Andre Previn (1929 – 2019)…he would have been 93

 


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