May 12th
Actors:
- Malin Akerman is 43 (“Couples Retreat,” “The Heartbreak Kid,” “Watchman,” “Trophy Wife”)
- Stephen Baldwin is 55 (“Threesome,” “Biodome,” “Usual Suspects,” “Faith of Our Fathers”) (FAST FACTS: The youngest of the four Baldwin Brothers, he’s become increasingly vocal about his faith via his book "The Unusual Suspect," as well as his extreme sports evangelism ministry).
- Jason Biggs is 43 ("American Pie," “Loser,” “Saving Silverman,” “Orange Is The New Black”)
- Clare Bowen is 37 (“Nashville”)
- Bruce Boxleitner is 71 (“How the West Was Won,” “Scarecrow and Mrs. King”)
- Gabriel Byrne is 71 (“End of Days,” “In the Name of the Father,” “The Usual Suspects,” “In Treatment,” “Vikings”) (FAST FACTS: He began work in archaeology, but has since starred in over 35 feature films and produced several more.)
- Emilio Estevez is 59 (“The Breakfast Club,” “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Young Guns,” “Repo Man”)
- Kim Fields is 52 (“The Facts of Life,” “Living Single,” “Real Housewives of Atlanta,” “Dancing with the Stars”)
- Jamie Luner is 50 (“Just The Ten of Us,” "Melrose Place", "Profiler," “Two and a Half Men,” “Murder In The First”)
- Ving Rhames is 62 (“Pulp Fiction,” “Con Air,” “Rosewood,” “Con Air,” “Mission: Impossible” series)
- Emily VanCamp is 35 (“Everwood,” “Brothers & Sisters,” “Revenge,” “Captain America,” “The Resident” and “Falcon and the Winter Soldier”)
- The late Katharine Hepburn(1907 – 2003)(“Bill of Divorcement,” “African Queen,” “On Golden Pond”) (FAST FACTS: Professionally, she was and by resume, stillisa legend. The American Film Institute has even named her the greatest actress in Hollywood History. On the personal side, she married once while young, but thereafter lived independently – and had 26-year affair with her frequent co-star Spencer Tracy, who was married, but living separately from his wife. Tracy's health declined significantly in the 1960s, and Hepburn took a five-year break in her career to care for him – even moving into his house for a time – and was with him when he died on June 10, 1967. Out of consideration for Tracy's family, she didn’t attend his funeral.)
Musicians:
- Kix Brooks is 66
- The Cult’s Billy Duffy is 60
- Eric Singer of KISS is 63
- Steve Winwood is 73
Plus:
- Composer Burt Bacharach is 93 (He is considered one of the most important composers of 20th-century popular music)
- Chef and TV personality Nadia G is 41 (“Bitchin Kitchen”)
- Chef and TV personality Carla Hall is 57 (“Top Chef,” ABC’s “The Chew”)
- Skateboard legend Tony Hawk is 53 (FAST FACT: He was nicknamed The Birdman for his aerial stunts, and gained fame for becoming first skater to successfully land a 900 degree spin out of a half pipe.)
- The late entrepreneur Mary Kay Ash (founder of Mary Kay cosmetics)(1918 – 2001)
- The late baseball legend Yogi Berra(1925 – 2015)…he would have been 96(18-time MLB All-Star catcher and 3-time American League MVP who won 10 World Series Championships with the New York Yankees.)
- The late comedian George Carlin(1937 – 2008)...he would have been 84(FAST FACTS: Winner of five GRAMMY awards, he first rose to fame for his infamous "Seven Dirty Words" comedy routine which he first performed in 1972 and which was central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court case F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation; he was the first host of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975. He was posthumously awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2008.)
- The late author Edward Lear(1812 – 1888)(he popularized limericks)
- The late Florence Nightingale(1820 – 1910)(Celebrated British social reformer and statistician, who is considered the founder of modern nursing.) (FAST FACT: She was dubbed "The Lady with the Lamp" during the Crimean War, where she was serving as a nurse, because of her habit of making rounds at night)
- The late TV personality Tom Snyder(1936 – 2007)…he would have been85