February 16th
Actors:
- Levar Burton is 63 (“Roots,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” “Reading Rainbow,” “Perception”)
- Christopher Eccleston is 56 (“Doctor Who,” “Cracker,” “Fortitude,” “The Shadow Line”)
- Alicia Josipovic is 29 (“Degrassi”)
- William Katt is 69 (“Carrie,” “Greatest American Hero,” “Gamers,” “The Man from Earth,” “Alien vs Hunter”)
- Matthew Knight is 26 (“Queer As Folk,” “My Babysitter’s a Vampire,” “The Good Witch” TV movie series)
- Elizabeth Olsen is 31 (“Godzilla,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” “Martha Marcy May Marlene ,” “Captain America: Civil War”) FAST FACT: (She’s little sis of Mary-Kate and Ashley)
- The late Hugh Beaumont(1909 – 1982)(While he had an expansive career, most know him as Mr. Cleaver on “Leave It To Beaver”)
- The late Edgar Bergen(1903 – 1978)(“The Charlie McCarthy Show,” “Do You Trust Your Wife?,” “The Muppets”)
- The late Vera-Ellen(1921-1981)…she would have been 99(“White Christmas”) (FAST FACT: She was known for having the smallest waist in Hollywood from the mid 1940s through the 1960s)
Musicians:
- Lupe Fiasco is 38 (born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco)
- Hot Chelle Ray’s Ryan Follese is 33
- Ice T is 62 (given name, Tracy Lauren Marrow)
- The Kentucky Headhunters’ Doug Phelps is 60
- Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor is 59 (FAST FACT: He’s been married to his wife, Tracey, since 1982)
- The Weeknd is 30 (born Abel Makkonen Tesfaye)
- The late Patty Andrews (of the Andrews Sisters)(1918-2013)
- The late James Ingram(1952 – 2019)…he would have been68
Plus:
- Model Janice Dickinson is 65
- Tennis champ and commentator John McEnroe is 61 (He won seven Grand Slam singles titles (three at Wimbledon and four at the US Open), nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. McEnroe also won a record eight season ending championships, comprising five WCT Finals titles and three Masters Grand Prix titles from twelve final appearances at those two events, a record he shares with Ivan Lendl. During his career, McEnroe won 77 ATP-listed singles titles and 71 in doubles.) (FAST FACT: First married to Tatum O’Neal from 1986 – 1994, he’s been married to Patty Smyth since 1997)
- Anne Frank’s late sister, Margot Frank(1926-1945)…she would have been 94(She died of typhus in the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen)
- The late Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Il(1941-2011)…he would have been 79(His titles included Shining Star of Paektu Mountain, Guiding Sun Ray, Dear Leader, Great Leader, Respected Leader, Brilliant Leader, Sun of Socialism, The Great Sun of Life, Great Man Who Descended From Heaven, Invincible And Ever-Triumphant General and Highest Incarnation of the Revolutionary Comradely Love. His hobbies were building waterslides, drinking cognac, and kidnapping short people. Okay, he kind of kidnapped anyone.)
- The late director John Schlesinger(1926-2003)…he would have been 94(“Yanks,” “The Believers,” “Pacific Heights”)