Actors:
Susan Anton is 73 (“Goldengirl,” “Cannonball Run II”)
Carlos Bernard is 61 (“24,” “CSI: Miami”)
Tyler Blackburn is 37 (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Ravenswood”)
Kirk Cameron is 53 (“Growing Pains,” “Fireproof”)
Tom Guiry is 42 (“Sandlot,” “Mystic River”)
Hugh Jackman is 55 (“X-Men,” “Van Helsing”)
Josh Hutcherson is 31 (“Bridge to Terabithia,” “The Hunger Games”)
Marcus T. Paulk is 37 (“Moesha,” “Red Tails”)
Musicians:
Chris Botti is 61
The Chicks/Courtyard Hounds Martie Maguire is 54
Sam and Dave’s Sam Moore is 88
New Found Glory’s Jordan Pundik is 44
The late Napoleon “Nappy” Brown (1929 – 2008)…he would have been 94
The late Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio (1955 – 2017)…he would have been 68
The late Melvin Franklin (of The Temptations) (1942 – 1995)…he would have been 81
The late Luciano Pavarotti (1935 – 2007)…he would have been 88
Plus:
Disgraced Olympic runner Marion Jones is 48 (S. track star who was forced to return her Olympic medals due to steroid use, including 5 medals from the 2000 Sydney games.)
Olympic skier-turned- TV personality Bode Miller is 46 (He won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and is considered the most successful male American skier)
Reality star Jessica Shannon – aka Chubbs – is 27 (“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”) (FAST FACT: No, this isn’t the sister that Alana Thompson/Honey Boo Boo lives with. That’d be Lauryn aka Pumkin.
Newsman Chris Wallace is 76
The late religious leader Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947) (Self-proclaimed mystic, prophet, and founder of Thelemite philosophy, which proclaims that love is the law – some of his more curious teachings were credited to taking drugs. He was also once denounced in the popular press as "the wickedest man in the world.")
The late legendary funnyman Dick Gregory (1932 – 2017)…he would have been 91 (FAST FACTS: Gregory is number 82 on Comedy Central's list of the “100 Greatest Stand-ups” of all time and has his own star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.)
The late entrepreneur August Horch (1868 – 1951) (A blacksmith and architect, he was the automobile entrepreneur and pioneer who created the Audi. He also published his autobiography, “I Built Cars,” in 1937)
The late war hero Doris Miller (1919 – 1943) (U.S. Navy cook who was the first African-American recipient of the prestigious Navy Cross. He fired anti-aircraft bullets at Japanese attackers and led injured American sailors to safety during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.)
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