Friday, September 29th
Actors:
Roger Bart is 61 (“Stepford Wives,” “Desperate Housewives”)
Mackenzie Crook is 52 (“The Office” (original British version), “Game of Thrones”)
Alexis Cruz is 49 (“Touched By An Angel,” “Stargate”)
Erika Eleniak is 54 (“Baywatch,” “The Beverly Hillbillies”)
Natasha Gregson Wagner is 53 (“Modern Vampires,” “High Fidelity”) (FAST FACT: Her mother was Natalie Wood)
Drake Hogestyn is 70 (“Days Of Our Lives”)
Zachary Levi is 43 (“Chuck,” “Thor: The Dark World”)
Chrissy Metz is 43 (“American Horror Story: Freakshow,” “This Is Us”)
Ian McShane is 81 (“Deadwood,” “American Gods”)
Jill Whelan is 57 (“Airplane!,” “The Love Boat’s” Vicki Stubing)
The late “Singing Cowboy” Gene Autry (1907-1998)
The late Madeline Kahn (1942-1999) …she would have been 81 (“Young Frankenstein,” “Blazing Saddles”)
The late Larry Linville (1939-2000) …he would have been 84 (“M*A*S*H,“ “C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.”)
The late Lizabeth Scott (1922 – 2015) (“Pulp,” “Dead Reckoning”) (FAST FACTS: She was dubbed "the most beautiful face of film noir during the 1940s and 1950s.” Of the 21 films she appeared in, she was the lead actress in all but one.)
Musicians:
Suede’s Brett Anderson is 56
Primus’ Les Claypool is 60
Emerson Drive’s Danick Dupelle is 50
City and Colour and Alexisonfire’s Dallas Green is 43
Halsey is 29 (her given name? Ashley Nicolette Frangipane)
The Late Jerry Lee Lewis (1935-2022) he would have been 88
Iron Butterfly’s Mike Pinera is 75
Jean-Luc Ponty is 81
Plus:
Reality TV star Lo Bosworth is 37 (“The Hills”)
Comedian Andrew “Dice” Clay is 66 (born Andrew Clay Silverstein)
TV personality Bryant Gumbel is 75
The late PBS Newshour co-anchor Gwen Ifill (1955 – 2016)…she would have been 68 (FAST FACT: In 1999, she became the first African American woman to host a nationally-televised U.S. public affairs program with “Washington Week in Review”)