The Notorious B.I.G. Is Born On This Date In 1972

Actors:

Fairuza Balk is 50 (“The Craft,” “The Waterboy”) (FAST FACT: Her first name means Victory in Arabic)

Lisa Edelstein is 58 (“The West Wing,” “House”)

Scott Leavenworth is 34 (“7th Heaven”)

Carol Potter is 76 (“Beverly Hills, 90210,” “Sunset Beach”)

Sarah Ramos is 33 (“Parenthood,” “American Dreams”)

Judge Reinhold is 67 (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Beverly Hills Cop” series,)

T is 72 (“The A Team,” “Rocky III”) (FAST FACT: His given name? Lawrence Tureaud)

The late Brent Briscoe (1961 – 2017)…he would have been 63 (“Mulholland Drive,” ”A Simple Plan,” “The Green Mile”)

The late Raymond Burr (1917 – 1993) (“Perry Mason,” “Ironside, “Rear Window”)

The late Peggy Cass (1924 – 1999) (“The Doctors,” “To Tell The Truth” panelist) 

Musicians:

Max B is 46 (Born Charles Wingate)

Chicago’s Bill Champlin is 77

Gotye is 44 (His given name Wouter "Wally" De Backer)

Mobb Deep’s Havoc is 50

Ronald Isley is 83

Leo Sayer is 76

The late Notorious B.I.G. (1972 – 1997)…he would have been 52 (he was born Christopher George Latore Wallace) 

Plus:

Director Nick Cassavetes is 65 (“My Sister’s Keeper,” “The Notebook”) (FAST FACTS: Cassavetes was named as one of the Top 500 Tax Delinquents by the State of California in April 2012. He was cited as owing close to $273,000 in back taxes. In July 2012 he controversially defended incest and linked it to gay marriage.)

Former Minnesota Senator Al Franken is 73 (FAST FACTS: An “SNL” original, he was hired as a writer for the show at its inception in 1975. He worked on the show as a writer and performer until 1980 and returned from 1985 to 1995. He was elected to the Senate and served from 2009 – 2018…and was forced to resign in disgrace when several women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. In his resignation speech, he called some of the accusations "simply not true" and said he remembered others "very differently.”)

(Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)


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