Actors:
David Denman is 51 (“The Office,” “The Replacements”)
Ileana Douglas is 59 (“Grace of My Heart,” “Unleashed”)
Jay R. Ferguson is 50 (“The Outsiders,” “Mad Men”)
James Lafferty is 39 (“One Tree Hill,” “S. Darko”)
Matt LeBlanc is 57 (“Friends,” “Lost in Space”)
Michael Welch is 37 (“Joan of Arcadia,” “Twilight” series)
DB Woodside is 55 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “24”)
The late Walter Brennan (1894-1974) (Grandpa McCoy on “The Real McCoys”)
The late Estelle Getty (1923-2008) (Sophia on “The Golden Girls”)
Musicians:
Cradle of Filth’s Dani Filth is 51 (born Daniel Lloyd Davey)
Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore is 66
Earth, Wind & Fire’s Verdine White is 73 (Verdine is the only remaining founding member left in the band)
The late Lil Phat (1992 – 2012)…he would have been 32 (Born Melvin Vernell III, he was killed after being shot six times. He notably appeared on album by Webbie and Lil Boosie)
Plus:
“Test tube baby” Louise Brown is 46 (She was the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilization, or IVF)
Supermodel Iman is 69 (FAST FACTS: She actually has a last name! It’s Abdulmajid – she was also married to David Bowie from 1992 until his death in January 2016)
Screenwriter and director Darren Star is 63 (“Melrose Place,” “Beverly Hills 90210,” “Sex and the City”)
“Iron Chef” and TV personality Geoffrey Zakarian is 65
The late Walter Payton (1954 – 1999)…he would have been 70 (He played for the Chicago Bears of the NFL for thirteen seasons. Walter Payton was known around the NFL as "Sweetness.” He is remembered as one of the most prolific running backs in the history of the NFL. Payton, a nine-time Pro Bowl selectee, once held the league's record for most career rushing yards, touchdowns, carries, yards from scrimmage, all-purpose yards, and many other categories. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993. Hall of Fame NFL player and coach Mike Ditka described Payton as the greatest football player he had ever seen—“but even greater as a human being.”)
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