November 15th
Actors:
- Beverly D’Angelo is 70 (“Christmas Vacation,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation,” American History X,” “Entourage”)
- Zena Grey is 33 (“Snow Day,” “The Shaggy Dog,” “My Soul to Take”)
- Bob Gunton is 76 (“The Shawshank Redemption,” “Demolition Man,” “Argo”)
- Jonny Lee Miller is 49 (“Trainspotting,” “Hackers,” “Elementary”) (FAST FACT: Hhe was Angelina Jolie’s first husband)
- Sean Murray is 44 (“NCIS,” “The Random Years,” “Harts of the West”)
- Sam Waterston is 81 (“Capricorn One,” “The Killing Fields,” “Law & Order,” “The Newsroom”)
- Shailene Woodley is 30 (“Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Divergent,” “The Fault in Our Stars”) (She’s been engaged to Green Bay Packer QB Aaron Rodgers since February 2021, though they were rumored to be a couple for much of 2020)
- The late Ed Asner(1929 – 2021)…he would have been 92(“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Lou Grant,” “Elf, “ “Working Class,” “The Glades,” “The Good Wife”)
- The late Yaphet Kotto(1939 – 2021)…he would have been82(“Alien,” “The Running Man,” “Midnight Run,” “Homicide: Life on the Street”)
- The late Whitman Mayo(1930-2001)…he would have been 91.(Best known as "Sanford & Son's" Grady Wilson, he also made a number of television and film appearances until he passed.)
Musicians:
- o.B is 33 (born Bobby Ray Simmons, Jr.)
- Petula Clark is 89
- Karen Clark-Sheard is 61
- Rapper E-40 is 54 (His given name, Earl Stevens)
- Nick Fradiani is 36 (FAST FACT: He won the 14thseason of “American Idol”)
- Jack Ingram is 51
- Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger is 47 (FAST FACT: While he and wife Avril Lavigne announced their separation in September 2015, it soonappeared as though they’d reconciledthanks to a number of appearances and performances together. While she’s been spotted dating, their divorce has never been confirmed as finalized.)
- ABBA’s Frida Lyngstad is 76
- The Shins’ drummer Jesse Sandoval is 47
- The Wu-Tang Clan’s late Ol' Dirty Bastard (born Russell Tyrone Jones)(1968-2004)…he would have been 53
Plus:
- Model Lily Aldridge is 36
- Political analyst Bob Beckel is 73 (He had previously been a commentator on Fox News – until he was released in 2015 after being absent for several months while recovering from back surgery. After that, Beckel became a commentator for CNN…but returned to Fox news in January 2017. In May 2017, Fox News announced Beckel wasreleased again as a result of making a racist remark against another Fox News employee.)
- Italian designer Roberto Cavalli is 81
- Fashion Designer Jimmy Choo is 73 (FAST FACT: He made shoes for the first time when he was 11-years-old)
- Comedienne Judy Gold is 59
- Newsman John Roberts is 65 (He’s currently the White House correspondent for Fox News)
- YouTuber/singer/makeup guru Jeffree Star is 36 (born Jeffrey Lynn Steininger)
- Minnesota Timberwolves Center Karl-Anthony Towns is 26 (FAST FACT: He was drafted with the first overall pick by the Timberwolves in the 2015 NBA Draft)
- Actor-turned-Director James Widdoes (While we may know him best as fraternity president Robert Hoover in the classic “Animal House,” he recently directed the CBS series, “Mom,” which hasceased production) is 68
- The late comedian Jack Burns (voice of ‘Sid the Squid’ from “The Animaniacs”)(1933 – 2020)...he would have been 88
- The late wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage(1952-2011)…he would have been 69
- The late astronomer Sir William Herschel (He discovered Uranus and infrared radiation)(1738-1822)
- The late painter Georgia O'Keefe (Considered the “Mother of American modernism,” she is known for her work of flowers and Western landscapes)(1887-1986)
- The late Judge Joseph A. Wapner (TV’s “People’s Court”)(1919 – 2017)