One Time 'Beatles' Drummer, Pete Best, Turns 81 Today

Actors:

Denise Crosby is 65 ("Star Trek: The Next Generation," “The Walking Dead”)

Garret Dillahunt is 58 (“Deadwood,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “The Mindy Project”)

Colin Hanks is 45 (“Band of Brothers,” "Roswell," “Henry Jones”)

Katherine Heigl is 44 (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Ugly Truth,” "Roswell," “State of Affairs”)

Ruben Santiago-Hudson is 66 (“Lackawana Blues,” “Coming to America,” “Seven Guitars”)

Sarah Hyland is 32 (“Modern Family,” “Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters”)

Stanley Livingston is 72 (Chip on "My Three Sons")

Dwight Schultz is 75 ("The A-Team," “Star Trek: The Next Generation”)

Musicians:

Pete Best is 81

Clem Burke (The Romantics, Blondie) is 68

Machel Montano is 48

En Vogue & Lucy Pearl’s Dawn Robinson is 54 (that’s according to Wiki)

The Stone Roses’ John Squire is 60

Live’s Chad Taylor is 52

Plus:

Legendary funnyman (and sometime actor) Billy Connolly is 80 (FAST FACT: Connolly revealed that aside from treatment for prostate cancer in 2013, he was also being treated for the initial symptoms of Parkinson's disease. January 2019, he disclosed that its advance may force his retirement from performing.)

Olympian Carmelita Jeter is 43 (Olympic sprinter who was named the second-fastest woman of all time. She won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2012 London games)

Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue is 82

The late author/journalist William F. Buckley (1925 – 2008)…he would have been 97 (He also founded “National Review” magazine in 1955)

The late serial killer Ted Bundy (1946 – 1989)…he would have been 76. (Shortly before his execution, after more than a decade of denials, he confessed to 30 homicides committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. The true victim count remains unknown, and could be much higher. His good looks had him portrayed by Mark Harmon in the 1986 TV movie, “The Deliberate Stranger”)

The late author Dale Carnegie (1888 – 1955) (Created the award-winning self-help program, “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” in 1936) (FAST FACTS: His first job was selling correspondence courses to ranchers and then selling bacon, soap, and lard for Armour & Company.)

The late composer Scott Joplin (1868 – 1917) (Known as the “King of Ragtime.” His "Maple Leaf Rag" was the first official ragtime hit and by far the most influential.)

The late missionary Father Junipero Serra (1713 – 1784) (Fr. Serra was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 1988 – and elevated to sainthood in September 2015. His veneration was controversial with some Native Americans who criticize Serra's treatment of their ancestors and associate him with the suppression of their culture).

The late President Zachary Taylor (1784 – 1850) (America’s 12th president, his status as a national hero as a result of his victories in the Mexican-American War won him election. His top priority as president was preserving the Union, but he died sixteen months into his term, before making any progress on the status of slavery, which had been inflaming tensions in Congress)

The late “Monica Lewinsky scandal” queen (and fakest best friend ever) Linda Tripp (1949 – 2020)...she would have been 73


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