Actors:
John Amos is 84 (“Good Times,” “Die Hard 2”)
Chloe Bridges is 32 (“Freddie,” “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam”)
Gerard Depardieu is 75 (“Cyrano de Bergerac,” “The Man in the Iron Mask”) (FAST FACT He was granted citizenship of Russia in January 2013, and became a cultural ambassador of Montenegro the same month. He was accused of rape in August 2018. More recently, the admitted friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin denounced the country’s attack on Ukraine)
Jay Ellis is 42 (“The Game,” “Triple Standard”)
Eva LaRue is 57 (“All My Children,” “Fuller House”)
Jae Head is 27 (“The Blind Side,” “Friday Night Lights”)
Masi Oka is 49 (“Heroes,” “Hawaii Five-0”)
Theresa Randle is 59 (“Malcolm X,” “Space Jam”)
Emilie de Ravin is 42 (“Lost,” “The Hills Have Eyes”)
Grayson Russell is 26 (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” franchise, “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby”)
The late Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) (“Witness for the Prosecution,” “The Blue Angel”) (FAST FACT: The American Film Institute named her #9 on their list of the Greatest Female Stars of All Time)
The late Sydney Greenstreet (1879-1954) (“Casablanca,” “The Maltese Falcon”)
The late Heather O’ Rourke (1975-1988)…she would have been 48 (She was little ‘Carol Anne Freeling’ in the original “Poltergeist” film)
Musicians:
Asking Alexandria’s James Cassells is 34
Kutless guitarist James Mead is 41
Dan + Shay’s Shay Mooney is 32
Paramore’s Hayley Williams is 35
Darrin Vincent (of Dailey and Vincent) is 54
Plus:
Wrestling all-star Bill Goldberg is 57
“Today” show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie is 52 (FAST FACT: She was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)
The late planetary scientist Johannes Kepler (responsible for the laws of planetary motion and the advancing of the telescope) (1571-1630)
The late WWE Diva Joan “Chyna” Marie Laurer (1969 – 2016)…she would have been 54
The late scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) (He’s responsible for pioneering the process of vaccination and the process of how milk is made safe to drink is named after him)