May 1st
Actors:
- Julie Benz is 48 (“Angel,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Roswell,” “Dexter,” “Desperate Housewives,” “No Ordinary Family”)
- Scott Coffey is 53 (“Shag,” “Some Kind of Wonderful,” “Dream Lover,” “Mulholland Drive”)
- Jamie Dornan is 38 (“Marie Antoinette,” “Shadows In The Sun,” “Fifty Shades of Grey”) (FAST FACT: He was officially namedHeat World’s 2015’s Hottest Hunkbeating out David Beckham, One Direction’s Harry Styles and Zac Efron.)
- Dann Florek is 70 (“L.A. Law,” NBC’s “Law & Order” and its spinoff “Law & Order: SVU”) (FAST FACTS: He’s been on those series for over 20 years)
- Joanna Lumley is 74 (“Absolutely Fabulous,” “Ella Enchanted,” “Corpse Bride,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie”)
- Darius McCrary is 44 (Eddie Winslow on “Family Matters,” “Mississippi Burning”)
- The late Glenn Ford(1916 – 2006)(“Gilda,” “Heaven with A Barbed Wire Fence,” “Pocketful of Miracles”)
Musicians:
- Mary Mary’s Tina Campbell is 46
- Judy Collins is 81
- Rita Coolidge is 75
- Tim McGraw is 53
- Ray Parker, Jr. is 66
- Smashing Pumpkins’ D’Arcy Wretzky is 52
- The late Country Music Hall of Famer Sonny James(1928 – 2016)…he would have been 92
Plus:
- Director Wes Anderson is 51 (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel”)
- Reality TV star Kelly Bensimon is 52 (“Real Housewives of New York City”)
- “People’s Court” Judge Marilyn Milian is 59
- Director John Woo is 74 (“Hard Target,” “Face/Off,” “Broken Arrow,” “Mission: Impossible II”)
- The late author Joseph Heller(1923 – 1999) …he would have 97("Catch 22")
- The late frontierswoman Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” Canary(1852 – 1903)(FAST FACT: Despite being recognized mainly for her grit and fire, she was also said to show compassion to the sick and poor.)
- The late TV host Jack Paar(1918 – 2004)(FAST FACT: Johnny Carson replaced him on “The Tonight Show” October 1, 1962.)