Late NFL Great Walter Payton Would Have Turned 69 Today

Actors:

David Denman is 50 (“The Office,” “The Replacements”)

Ileana Douglas is 58 (“Grace of My Heart,” “Unleashed”)

Jay R. Ferguson is 49 (“The Outsiders,” “Mad Men”)

James Lafferty is 38 (“One Tree Hill,” “S. Darko”)

Matt LeBlanc is 56 (“Friends,” “Lost in Space”)

Michael Welch is 36 (“Joan of Arcadia,” “Twilight” series)

DB Woodside is 54 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “24”)

The late Walter Brennan (1894-1974) (Grandpa McCoy on “The Real McCoys”)

The late Estelle Getty (1923-2008). (Sophia on “The Golden Girls”) 

Musicians:

Cradle of Filth’s Dani Filth is 50 (born Daniel Lloyd Davey)

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is 65

Earth, Wind & Fire’s Verdine White is 72 (Verdine is the only remaining founding member left in the band)

The late Lil Phat (1992 – 2012)…he would have been 31 (Born Melvin Vernell III, he was killed after being shot six times. He notably appeared on album by Webbie and Lil Boosie) 

Plus:

“Test tube baby” Louise Brown is 45 (She was the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilization, or IVF)

Supermodel Iman is 68 (FAST FACTS: She actually has a last name! It’s Abdulmajid – she was also married to David Bowie from 1992 until his death in January 2016)

Screenwriter and director Darren Star is 62 (“Melrose Place,” Beverly Hills 90210,” “Sex and the City”)

“Iron Chef” and TV personality Geoffrey Zakarian is 64

The late Walter Payton (1954 – 1999)…he would have been 69 (He played for the Chicago Bears of the NFL for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness.” He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of the NFL. Payton, a nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, once held the league's record for most career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, and many other categories. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. Hall of Fame NFL player and coach Mike Ditka described Payton as the greatest football player he had ever seen—“but even greater as a human being.”)

 (Photo by Tim Boyle)


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