Actors:
Stephen Dorff is 51 (“Backbeat,” “Blade”)
Dean Haglund is 59 (“The X Files,” “The Lone Gunmen”)
Roz Kelly is 81 (“Pinky Tuscadero” from “Happy Days”)
Allison Mack is 42 (“Smallville,” “Wilfred”)
Rachel Miner is 44 (“Penny Dreadful,” “Supernatural”)
Timothy Omundson is 55 (“Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Psych”)
Alexandra Paul is 61 (“Christine,” “Baywatch”)
Matt Prokop is 34 (“High School Musical: Senior Year” “Geek Charming”)
Josh Radnor is 50 (“Senior Year,” “How I Met Your Mother”)
Rodney Allen Rippy is 56 (former child star best-known for “Jack in the Box” commercials)
Wil Wheaton is 52 (“Stand By Me,” “Star Trek: The Next Generation”)
The late Clara Bow (1905-1965) (Rising to stardom as a silent film star in the 1920’s, she appeared in 46 silent films and 11 talkies, including hits such as 1926’s “Mantrap" and 1927’s “Wings.” How bankable was she – her presence in a film guaranteed investors success by odds of nearly 2-to-1. At the height of her stardom in 1929, she received more than 45,000 fan letters in a single month.)
Musicians:
Kat Dahlia is 34 (born Katriana Sandra Huguet)
Danger Mouse is 47
Belly drummer Chris Gorman is 57
Rush frontman Geddy Lee is 71
Martina McBride is 58
Boyz II Men’s Wanya Morris is 51
James Otto is 51
Patti Scialfa (also of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 71
Plus:
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is 71 (“The Civil War,” “Baseball,” “The National Parks,” “The Roosevelts,” “The Vietnam War,” “Country Music”)
Author Sharon Creech is 79 (“Heartbeat,” “Walk Two Moons”)
Former presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole is 88 (Wife of Senator Bob Dole and Red Cross President from 1991 to 1999. She was also the 20th United States Secretary of Labor from 1989 to 1990)
Reality TV star Tim Gunn is 71 (“Project Runway” – his catchphrase: "Make it work")
The late legendary newsman Peter Jennings (1938-2005) …he would have been 86 (He was the sole anchor of ABC's “World News Tonight” from 1983 until his death in 2005 of complications from lung cancer. A high-school dropout, he transformed himself into one of American television's most prominent journalists)
The late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) (He ruled Italy as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. He was also a key figure in the creation of fascism who sided with Germany during WWII)
The late inventor Vladimir Zworykin (1888 – 1982) (often called "The father of Television" for inventing the iconoscope, TV Camera Tube and Electron microscope)
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