Actors:
Camilla Belle is 38 (“10,000 BC,” “Practical Magic”) (FAST FACT: she appeared in a newspaper advertisement before she was a year old)
Lorraine Bracco is 70 (“The Sopranos,” “Rizzoli & Isles”) (FAST FACT: She moved to France and worked as a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier)
Avery Brooks is 76 (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “American History X”)
Brianna Brown is 45 (“General Hospital,” “The 40 Year Old Virgin”)
Brendan Meyer is 30 (“Dinosapien,” “Tooth Fairy”)
Efren Ramirez is 51 (Pedro in “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Employee of the Month”)
The late Bud Abbott (of “Abbott & Costello”) (1897-1974)
The late Groucho Marx (1890-1977) (Born Julius Henry Marx, he was part of the legendary Marx brothers , which included Chico and Harpo. He also hosted the radio show, “You Bet Your Life”) (FAST FACT: His original career goal was to become a doctor)
The late George “Spanky” McFarland (original member of “Our Gang” kids comedy cast) (1928-1993)… he would have been 96
Musicians:
Don McLean is 79 (FAST FACT: Back in 2001, “American Pie” was voted #5 on a list of the 365 Songs of the Century)
Slipknot’s Jim Root is 53
Genesis (and Mike + The Mechanics) guitarist Mike Rutherford is 74
Sting is 73 (FAST FACT: Born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, he delivered milk early in the mornings when he was a child)
Tiffany is 53 (Her given name, Tiffany Renee Darwish)
Kelly Willis is 56
The late Proof (aka DeShaun Holton, late member of Eminem’s D12) (1973-2006)…he would have been 51
Plus:
Fashion designer Donna Karan is 76
Iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz is 75
TV personality Kelly Ripa is 54
The late lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. (The creator of the “if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” defense of O.J. Simpson) (1937-2005)…he would have been 87
The late civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) (FAST FACT: He studied law at the University College, London – and that’s where he began to abstain from meat and alcoholic beverages.)
The late King of England King Richard III (1452-1485)
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