Late 'Diff'rent Strokes' Star Dana Plato Is Born On This Date In 1964

Actors:

Adam DeVine is 40 (“Pitch Perfect,” “Modern Family”)

Reid Ewing is 35 (“Friday Night,” “Modern Family”)

Yunjin Kim is 50 (“Lost,” “Mistresses”)

Christopher Knight is 66 (‘Peter Brady’ on “The Brady Bunch”)

Noah Lomax is 22 (“The Walking Dead”)

Jason London is 51 (“To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar,” “The Rage: Carrie Two”)

Jeremy London is 51 (“7th Heaven,” “Gods and Generals”)

Rick Malambri is 41 (“Surrogates,” “A Holiday Heist”)

Lucas Neff is 38 (“Raising Hope,” “Glitch”)

Rachele Brooke Smith is 36 (“Iron Man 2,” “Burlesque”)

The late Dean Jagger (1903-1991) (“White Christmas,” “Vanishing Point”)

The late Dana Plato (1964-1999)…she would have been 59 (“Diff’rent Strokes,” “California Suite”) (FAST FACT: She had appeared in over 100 commercials by age seven) 

Musicians:

David Guetta is 56

Lorde is 27 (Her real name? Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor)

Joni Mitchell is 80

Shinedown’s Zach Myers is 40

Johnny Rivers is 81

Tinie Tempah is 35 (born Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu)

KISS’ Tommy Thayer is 63

Mudvayne’s Greg Tribbett is 55 

Plus:

War Hero Marcus Luttrell is 48 (A former United States Navy SEAL, he received the Navy Cross and Purple Heart for his actions in June 2005 facing Taliban fighters during Operation Red Wings.)

Beauty guru Bethany Mota is 28 (YouTube superstar with over 7-million subscribers) (FAST FACT: She became the first YouTuber to ever be cast as a member on “Dancing With The Stars”)

TV personality/political analyst Lawrence O’Donnell is 72

Paralympian and reality star Amy Purdy is 44 (“Dancing with the Stars”) (At 19, she lost both legs due to Meningitis. She went on to become a Paralympic bronze medalist in 2014, co-founder of Adaptive Action Sports, professional motivational speaker, clothing designer and author. On the small screen, she came in third with Derek Hough on season 18 on “Dancing with the Stars”)

Director Morgan Spurlock is 53 (“Super Size Me,” “Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?”) (FAST FACTS: A critical darling following the release of his “Super Size Me” documentary in 2004, he was a creative on the rise until 2017, when everything stopped. That’s because Spurlock admitted to having committed sexual misconduct in his past (including cheating on his past wives and girlfriends) as well as settling a sexual harassment allegation. His attempt at resuming his career in 2019 has yet to bear any real fruit.)

TV personality Jon Taffer is 69 (“Bar Rescue”)

The late explorer Captain James Cook (1728-1779) (He mapped the South Pacific, Australia, and Hawaii) (FAST FACT! He named what we know as the Hawaiian islands, the Sandwich Islands, in honor of John Montague, who was the earl of Sandwich and one his patrons in 1778)

The late scientist Madame Curie (1867-1934) (A pioneering chemist, she discovered radium and polonium and became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in 1903 – she was also the first person and only woman to win twice.)

The late televangelist Billy Graham (1918-2018) (“America’s Pastor,” has appeared on Gallup’s list of most admired men and women 55 times since 1955) (FAST FACT: He once bailed Martin Luther King Jr. out of jail in the 1960s)

The late communist Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) (Russian revolutionary who was the founder and first leader of the Red Army)

 


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