January 21st
Actors:
- Robby Benson is 66 (“One On One,” “Ice Castles,” “Die Laughing,” “Tribute,” “Running Brave,” “Beauty and the Beast”) (FAST FACT: Once leaving the world of acting, he began directing and became an educator, taking on the ‘role’ of professor at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, the University of Utah and the University of South Carolina and Indiana University.)
- Jackson Brundage is 21 (“One Tree Hill”)
- Geena Davis is 66 (“The Fly,” “Beetlejuice,” “Thelma & Louise,” “A League of Their Own,” “The Long Kiss Goodnight,” “Stuart Little,” “The Accidental Tourist,” “The Exorcist”)
- Jill Eikenberry is 75 (“L.A. Law,” “Hide In Plain Sight,” “Arthur”)
- Luke Grimes is 38 (TV’s “Yellowstone,” film’s “Fifty Shades of Grey”)
- Charlotte Ross is 54 (“Days of Our Lives,” “NYPD Blue,” “Hit The Floor,” “Arrow”)
- Booboo Stewart is 28 (“Twilight Saga,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past”)
- Jerry Trainor is 45 (“Drake and Josh,” “iCarly”)
- The late Telly Savalas(1922 – 1994)…he would have been 100(“Kelly’s Heroes,” “Birdman of Alcatraz,” “Kojak”)
- The late Anne Wedgeworth(1934 – 2017)…she would have been 88(“Three’s Company,” "Evening Shade," “Steel Magnolias”)
Musicians:
- Berlin’s Rob Brill is 66
- The Spice Girls’ Emma Bunton is 46
- Placido Domingo is 81 (In 2019,eight singers and a dancer came forward to accuse Domingo of sexual harassmentdating back 30 years. Since then, he has left the Met and seen a number of scheduled performances cancelled. SomethingAndrea Bocelli has called “absurd.”For his part, Domingo has denied any wrongdoing.)
- The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band’s Jimmy Ibbotson is 75
- Incubus DJ Chris Kilmore is 49
- Levirt of B-Rock and the Bizz is 52
- Drew Hill’s Nokio the N-Tity is 43 (birth name: Tamir Mateen Raheem Hameed Ruffin)
- Billy Ocean is 72
- Midnight Red’s Eric Secharia is 30
- Michel Telo is 41
- The late Mac Davis(1942 – 2020) …he would have been 80
Plus:
- Golf legend Jack Nicklaus is 82 (Widely regarded as the greatest golfer of all time, he’s won a total of 18 career major championships, as well as 19 second-place and 9 third-place finishes over a span of 25 years)
- The late medical marvel Dr. Barney Clark(1921-1983)(The first permanent artificial heart recipient,he survived 112 days with the device)
- The late fashion designer Christian Dior(1905-1957)
- The late comedian Benny Hill(1924-1992)…he would have been 98
- The late Civil War Confederate commander Thomas Stonewall Jackson(1824-1863)(Jackson was mistaken for an enemy and shot by his own men as he returned to camp after the Battle of Chancellorsville.)
- The late DJ Wolfman Jack(1938 - 1995)… he would have been 84(Born Robert Weston Smith, he was famous for his gravelly voice, that he credited “a couple of shots of whiskey” with assisting.)