December 24th
Actors:
- Diedrich Bader is 55 (“The Beverly Hillbillies,” “The Drew Carey Show,” “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Office Space,” “Ice Age”)
- Grand L. Bush is 66 (“Die Hard,” “Demolition Man,” “Lethal Weapon”)
- Clarence Gilyard Jr. is 66 (“Walker, Texas Ranger,” “Die Hard,” “Top Gun”)
- Stephanie Hodge is 65 (“Unhappily Ever After,” “Nurses,” “Yes Man”) – 60
- Anil Kapoor is 65 (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol,” “Race 2”)
- Amaury Nolasco is 51 (“Prison Break,” “Transformers,” “2 Fast 2 Furious”) – 46
- Matt Passmore is 48 (“The Glades,” “McLeod’s Daughter,” “Last Man Standing”)
- Austin Stowell is 37 (“Whiplash,” “Dolphin Tale,” “Love and Honor”) – 32
- Mark Valley is 57 (“Boston Legal,” “The Siege,” “Human Target,” “Body of Proof,” “Crisis”)
- Wade Williams is 60 (“Gangster Squad,” “Prison Break,” “The Dark Knight Rises”)
- The late Ava Gardner (“The Killers,” “On the Beach,” “The Night of the Iguana”)(1922-1990)… she would have been 99
Musicians:
- Ricky Martin is 50
- Lawson’s Adam Pitts is 31
- One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson is 30
- The late jazz sensation Warren “Baby” Dodds(1898-1959)(He is regarded as one of the best jazz drummers of the pre-big band era, and one of the most important early jazz drummers)
Plus:
- ESPN & CBS sportscaster Jay Bilas is 58
- Director/Producer Lee Daniels is 62 (“Precious,” “Monster’s Ball,” “The Butler,” “Empire”)
- Celebrity hair mogul and reality star Kim Kimble is 50 (WE tv's “L.A. Hair”)
- “Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer is 48(yes, that’s how it’s spelled)
- TV and radio personality Ryan Seacrest is 47
- The late suspense novelist Mary Higgins Clark(1927 – 2020)...she would have been 94(“A Cry in the Night,” “Remember Me,” “Pretend You Don’t See Her”)
- The late aviation millionaire Howard Hughes(1905-1976)(FAST FACT: He was portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in 2004’s “The Aviator”)