January 26th
Actors:
- Cameron Bright is 27 (“Godsend,” “X-Men: The Last Stand,” “Thank You for Smoking,” and four installments of the “Twilight” saga.)
- Scott Glenn is 79(that’s according to AP, IMDB has him as 78)(“Urban Cowboy,” “The Right Stuff,” “Silverado,” “The Hunt for Red October,” “The Silence of the Lambs,” “Backdraft,” “Training Day,” “The Bourne Ultimatum,” “The Leftovers,” “Daredevil,” “The Defenders”
- Paul Johansson is 56 (“Soapdish,” “One Tree Hill,” “Mad Men”)
- Gilles Marini is 44 (“Sex and the City,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Switched at Birth,” “Devious Maids”)
- Christopher Massey is 30 (“Zoey 101”)
- Nate Mooney is 48 (“American Odyssey,” “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia”)
- Colin O’Donoghue is 39 (“Once Upon a Time,” “The Rite”)
- Kherington Payne is 30 (“Fame,” “So You Think You Can Dance”)
- Richard Portnow is 73 (“Trumbo,” “The Sopranos”)
- Addison Riecke is 16 (“The Thundermans”)
- Sara Rue is 41 (“Popular,” “Less Than Perfect,” “Rules of Engagement,” “Impastor”)(AP says she’s 42)
- The late Paul Newman(1925-2008)…he would have been 95(“The Hustle,” “Cool Hand Luke,” “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Sting,” “The Verdict”)
Musicians:
- Soul II Soul’s Jazzie B. is 57 (born Trevor Beresford Romeo)
- Anita Baker is 62
- Kirk Franklin is 50
- Hoobastank drummer Chris Hesse is 46
- UB40’s Norman Hassan is 62
- Wham!’s Andrew Ridgeley is 57
- Lucinda Williams is 67
- Eddie Van Halen is 65
Plus:
- TV personality Ellen DeGeneres is 62
- Hockey champ Wayne Gretzky is 59 (Nicknamed "The Great One," he has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and the NHL itself)
- Web video star/Kid President Robby Novak is 16 (Check out his some of his goodnessin “Pep Talk”)
- Sports announcer (and sometime actor) Bob Uecker is 86
- The late pilot Bessie Coleman(1892-1926)(She was the first female pilot of African American descent and the first person of Native-American descent to hold an international pilot license)
- The late war hero Douglas MacArthur(1880-1964)(He famously said the words “I have returned” as American troops took back the Philippines from Japanese control.)