Actors:
Gil Birmingham is 70 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Twilight” series)
Didi Conn is 72 (“Grease,” “Benson”)
Harrison Ford is 81 (“Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones” series)
Ken Jeong is 54 (“Hangover,” “The Masked Singer”) (FAST FACT: Sure, he played a doctor on TV, but he’s actually a real doctor – he’s licensed to practice in California…but obviously, is a little busy on the acting and stand-up comedy front)
Cheech Marin is 77 (“Cheech and Chong” series, “Nash Bridges”) (FAST FACT: He speaks some Spanish and uses it in his movies, but he is said to be not fluent.)
Steven R. McQueen is 35 (“Vampire Diaries,” “Chicago Fire”)
Daphne Maxwell-Reid is 75 (“WKRP In Cincinnati,” “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”)
Patrick Stewart is 83 (“Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “X-men” series; “The Emoji Movie,” he voices Poop)
The late Bob Crane (1928-1978)…he would have been 95 (“Hogan’s Heroes”) (In June 1978, Crane was found bludgeoned to death in his Arizona apartment...the murder remains officially unsolved.)
Musicians:
Leon Bridges is 34
Deborah Cox is 49
Louise Mandrell is 69
The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn is 81
Victoria Shaw is 61
The late Gerald Levert (1966-2006)...he would have been 57
Plus:
Writer/Director Cameron Crowe is 66 (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Say Anything,” “Singles,” “Jerry Maguire,” “Almost Famous”)
The late political activist Jack Kemp (1935-2009)…he would have been 88 (An NFL player for both the San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills, the Republican served as a New York state Congressman from 1971 – 1989. He then moved up to serve as Housing Secretary in the administration of President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. He was the GOP nominee for Vice President in the 1996 election, where he was the running mate of presidential nominee Bob Dole.)
The late comedienne Danitra Vance (1954-1994)…she would have been 69 (In 1985, she was the first Black-American woman to appear as part of the regular “SNL” cast. She was also was the first lesbian cast member hired – though her sexual orientation never became public knowledge until her death. She chose to leave at the end of the 1986 season along with many other cast members from that season who were dismissed, including Joan Cusack, Robert Downey, Jr., Randy Quaid, Anthony Michael Hall, and Terry Sweeney.)
The late Roman Statesman Julius Caesar (100 BC – 44 BC) (FAST FACTS: Considered by many to be one of the greatest military commanders in history, his victories in the Gallic Wars – completed by 51 BC – extended Rome's territory to the English Channel and the Rhine. Caesar became the first Roman general to cross both when he built a bridge across the Rhine and conducted the first invasion of Britain. According to Eutropius, around 60 or more men participated in his assassination – he was stabbed 23 times.)