Actors:
Max Adler is 38 (“Switched at Birth,” “Glee”)
Naveen Andrews is 55 (“Lost,” “Once Upon a Time in Wonderland”)
Jim Carrey is 62 (“Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “Bruce Almighty)
Zooey Deschanel is 44 (“Elf,” “New Girl”) (FAST FACTS: She’s also a co-founder of the female-focused website HelloGiggles, which was acquired by “Time” in 2015. She’s also been dating “Property Brothers” star Jonathan Scott since meeting him on “Carpool Karaoke: The Series” in August 2019)
James Earl Jones is 93 (voice of Darth Vader, “Clear and Present Danger”)
Diogo Morgado is 43 (“Revenge,” “CSI: Cyber”)
Caitlin Sanchez is 28 (“Dora the Explorer” television series, “Law & Order: Special Victim’s Unit”)
Leigh Whannell is 47 (“Dead Silence,” “Insidious”)
The late Shari Lewis (1933 – 1998) …she would have been 91 (“The Banana Splits Adventure Hour,” “The Charlie Horse Music Pizza”)
The late Andy Kaufman (1949 – 1984) …he would have been 75 (“Taxi”)
The late Eartha Kitt (1927 – 2008) …she would have been 97 (“Emperor’s New Groove,” “Santa, Baby”)
The late Betty White (1922 – 2021) (“The Golden Girls,” “Hot in Cleveland”)
Musicians:
Steve Earle is 69
Gamma Ray guitarist Kai Hansen is 61
DJ Calvin Harris is 40
The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs is 65
Ray J is 43 (given name William Ray Norwood Jr.)
Lil Jon is 53 (born Jonathan Smith)
Shabba Ranks is 58 (born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon)
Kid Rock is 53 (aka Robert James Ritchie)
Midnight Red’s Colton Rudloff is 35
DJ Tiesto is 55 (born Tijs Michiel Verwest)
Jack Vidgen is 27
Paul Young is 68
Plus:
“Dancing with the Stars” pro Maksim Chmerkovsky is 44 (He and wife Peta Murgatroyd welcomed their first child together – a son – January 2017.)
Celebrity offspring Connor Cruise is 29 (A devout Scientologist, he’s the adopted son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Since the couple’s divorce, it’s widely believed that he and sister Isabella have “disconnected” from Nicole as she is not “of their faith.” In November 2018, Nicole essentially admitted it was true, but said she remains open to them.)
Former MLB player Chili Davis is 64 (FAST FACT: A three-time MLB All-Star who hit 350 home runs and played three World Series, he’s now currently the hitting coach for the Boston Red Sox)
Comedian and talk show host (and sometime actor) Steve Harvey is 67
Former First Lady Michelle Obama is 60
Talk show host Maury Povich is 85
The late boxing legend Muhammad Ali (1942 – 2016) …he would have been 82 (FAST FACT: He’s the only three-time world heavyweight boxing champ. As a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with the Nation of Islam (NOI) and advocated their black separatist ideology. He later disavowed the NOI, adhering initially to Sunni Islam and later to Sufism, and supporting racial integration, like his former mentor Malcolm X.)
The late hair stylist Vidal Sassoon (1928 – 2012)…he would have been 96 (He is credited with creating a simple geometric, "Bauhaus-inspired" hairstyle, also called the wedge bob.)
The late baseball player and manager Don Zimmer (1931 -2014) …he would have been 92 (Zimmer was involved in professional baseball from 1949 until his death, a span of 65 years. But an injury he suffered also changed the game in a fundamental way. During a minor league game in July 1953, Zimmer was struck by a pitch. He lost consciousness and ultimately suffered a serious brain injury. In fact, he woke up two weeks later, thinking that it was the day after the game where the incident took place. This led to Major League Baseball adopting batting helmets as a safety measure to be used by players when at-bat.)
The late crime boss Al Capone (1899 – 1947) (FAST FACTS: His seven-year reign as crime boss ended when he was 33 years old. After Capone was released from prison, he was referred to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for the treatment of paresis (caused by late-stage syphilis). Hopkins refused to admit him based solely on his reputation, but Union Memorial Hospital accepted him. Capone was grateful for the compassionate care that he received and donated two Japanese weeping cherry trees to Union Memorial Hospital in 1939)
The late Founding Father Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) (Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
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