Actors:
Kim Cattrall is 67 (“Mannequin,” “Sex and the City”)
Loretta Devine is 74 (“Waiting to Exhale,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
RJ Mitte is 31 (“Breaking Bad’s” Walter Jr.) (FAST FACT: Like his character on “Breaking Bad,” Mitte has a mild form of cerebral palsy)
Carrie-Anne Moss is 56 (“The Matrix,” “Jessica Jones”)
Hayden Panettiere is 34 (“Heroes,” “One Life to Live”)
The late Melvin Van Peebles (1932 – 2021) …he would have been 91 (“Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song,” “The Shining”)
The late Clarence Williams III (1939 – 2021) …he would have been 84 (“The Mod Squad,” “The General’s Daughter”)
Musicians:
Kelis is 44
Jackie DeShannon is 82
The Prodigy’s Liam Howlett is 52
Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes is 72
Kacey Musgraves is 35
Black Veil Brides’ Jake Pitts is 38
Sister Sledge’s Kim Sledge is 66
System of a Down’s Serj Tankian is 56
The late William James “Count” Basie (1904-1984)
The late Kenny Rogers (1938 – 2020)...he would have been 85
The late Joe Strummer (1952-2002) …he would have been 71
Plus:
Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt is 37 (FAST FACTS: Widely regarded as the fastest person ever, he is the first man to hold both the 100-meters and 200-meters world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977)
Infamous “Long Island Lolita” Amy Fisher is 49 (In 1992, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover, Joey Buttafuoco. Initially charged with first-degree attempted murder, she eventually pleaded guilty to first-degree aggravated assault and served seven years in prison. Paroled in 1999, Fisher became a writer and a pornographic actress.)
TV personality Brody Jenner is 40 (“The Hills,” “Keeping up with the Kardashians”)
Newsman Harry Smith is 72 (“CBS This Morning,” “The Early Show” He currently serves as a contributing correspondent for NBC News and CNBC.)
The late longtime sportscaster and baseball announcer for the St. Louis Cardinals, Jack Buck (1924-2002) …he would have been 99 (FAST FACTS: He has been inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and the National Radio Hall of Fame – and the member of the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum.)
The late legendary NBA center Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999) … he would have been 87 (Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game in a season, a feat he accomplished nine times. He is also the only player to average at least 30 points and 20 rebounds per game over the entire course of his NBA career. He won two NBA championships, earned four regular-season MVP awards, one NBA Finals MVP award, and was tapped for 13 All-Star Games – but those are just a few of the dozens of awards. Chamberlain was subsequently enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1978, elected into the NBA's 35th Anniversary Team of 1980, and chosen as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History of 1996.) (FAST FACT: He claimed, among other things, to have slept with 20-thousand women)
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