Actors:
Debbie Allen is 74 (“Fame,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
David Chokachi is 56 (“Baywatch" “Witchblade”)
Josie Davis is 51 (“Charles in Charge,” “Perfect Assistant”)
Jake Epstein is 37 (“Degrassi: The Next Generation”)
Mason Gamble is 38 (“Dennis the Menace,” “Anya’s Bell”)
Denis O’Hare is 62 (“True Blood,” “American Horror Story”)
Richard T. Jones is 52 (“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” sci-fi series, “Hawaii Five-0”)
The late Ethel Merman (1908 - 1984)("Anything Goes,” and "There's No Business Like Show Business”) (She was known as "the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage”)
Musicians:
En Vogue’s Maxine Jones is 62
Ronnie Milsap is 81
Sade is 65 (born Helen Folasade Adu)
The Strokes’ guitarist Nick Valensi is 43
Talk Talk’s Paul Webb is 62
Eli Young Band guitarist James Young is 44
The late Aaliyah (1979 - 2001)…she would have been 45
The late Billy Francis (of Hook and The Medicine Show) (1942 – 2010)…he would have been 81
Plus:
Director John Carpenter is 76 (“Halloween,” “Escape from New York”)
Quarterback Joe Flacco is 39
Race Car Driver AJ Foyt is 89 (FAST FACT: He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 of Le Mans.)
Author and journalist William Kennedy is 96 (FAST FACT: The “Ironweed” author won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1984)
Kids’ entertainer Greg Page is 52 (FAST FACT: He’s the retired member of The Wiggles – he was the yellow one. Shortly after leaving The Wiggles, Page joined the cast of the children's educational television program, “Butterscotch's Playground”)
The late celebrity husband (and manager to Celine Dion) Rene Angelil (1942 – 2016) …he would have been 80
The late baseball player Dizzy Dean (1910 - 1974)(Known for his brash and colorful personality, Dean was the last National League pitcher to win 30 games in one season. After his playing career, he became a popular television sports commentator. Dean was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1953. When the Cardinals reopened the team Hall of Fame in 2014, Dean was inducted among the inaugural class.
The late scientist Dian Fossey (1932 – 1985) …she would have been 92(She undertook an extensive study of gorilla groups over a period of 18 years and is considered an authority on gorillas) (FAST FACTS: Her 1983 book, “Gorillas in the Mist,” combines her scientific study of the mountain gorilla at Karisoke Research Center with her own personal story. It was adapted into a 1988 film starring Sigourney Weaver. Fossey was murdered in 1985; the case remains open)
The late Edith Frank (1900 – 1945)(FAST FACT: Holocaust victim and mother of Anne Frank, she died from starvation at the age of 44, ten days before her 45th birthday while being held at Auschwitz concentration camp.)
The late industrialist Andre Michelin(1853 – 1931) (He founded the Michelin Tyre Company in 1888 in France, and in 1900, he published the first Michelin Guide. The purpose? To promote tourism by car, which obviously supported his manufacturing operation.)
The late filmmaker and activist Susan Sontag (1933-2004)…she would have been 89(She wrote extensively about photography, culture and media, AIDS and illness, human rights, and communism and leftist ideology. Although her essays and speeches sometimes drew controversy, she has been described as "one of the most influential critics of her generation.)
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