Actors:
David Arquette is 52 (“Buffy The Vampire Slayer,” “Scream” series)
Martin Freeman is 52 (“Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy,” “The Hobbit”)
Heather Thomas is 66 (“The Fall Guy,” “T.J. Hooker”)
Jonathan Taylor Thomas is 42 (“Home Improvement,” voice of young Simba in the “The Lion King”) (FAST FACTS: He bailed on Hollywood in 1998 to focus on academics. In 2000, he graduated with honors from Chaminade College Preparatory School in West Hills, California. Upon graduation, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he studied philosophy and history and spent his third year abroad at St. Andrews University in Scotland. In 2010, he graduated from the Columbia University School of General Studies.)
The late Sid Caesar (1922 – 2014) (“It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World,” “Grease”)
The late Peter Sellers (1925 – 1980)…he would have been 98 (“Dr. Strangelove…,” “The Pink Panther”)
Musicians:
Neko Case is 53
Keane drummer Richard Hughes is 48
Aimee Mann is 63 (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Michael Penn since 1997)
Pink is 44 (birth name Alecia Beth Moore)
Fine Young Cannibals bassist David Steele is 63
Slim Thug is 43 (born Stayve Jerome Thomas)
Wiz Khalifa is 36 (born Cameron Jibril Thomaz)
The late Avicii (his given name, Tim Bergling) (1989 – 2018)…he would have been 34
The late Patsy Cline (1932 – 1963)…she would have been 91 (FAST FACT: Her given name was Virginia Hensley)
The late Cars bassist Ben Orr (1947-2000)…he would have been 76
The late Jimmie Rodgers (1897 – 1933) (Known as The Father of Country Music, he was a country musician and professional yodeler. He released more than fifty recordings, many of which became country standards.)
Plus:
TV personality Brooke Burke is 52
Reality TV star Chumlee is 41 (“Pawn Stars”) (FAST FACT: Born Austin Lee Russell, he was given the nickname "Chumlee" when he was about 12 years old because his large stature resembled an animated walrus named Chumly from the series Tennessee Tuxedo.)
Civil rights leader Ruby Bridges is 69 (She VOLUNTEERED and became the first African American child to attend an all-white school on November 14, 1960…in the heavily segregated city of New Orleans) (FAST FACT: Her struggle was the subject of the 1998 TV movie, “Ruby Bridges.”)
Director Kimberly Peirce (yes, that’s how you spell it) is 56 (“Boys Don’t Cry,” 2013’s “Carrie”)