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April 1^st

Actors:

Jane Adams is 58 (“Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Frasier”)
Asa Butterfield is 26 (“Merlin,” “Ender’s Game”)
Don Hastings is 89 (“As the World Turns”)
Sam Huntington is 41 (“Being Human,” “Superman Returns”)
Taran Killam is 41 (“SNL,” “12 Years A Slave”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Cobie Smulders since 2012)
Matt Lanter is 40 (“90210,” “Timeless”)
Ali MacGraw is 84 (“The Getaway,” “Convoy”)
Annette O'Toole is 71 (“Stand By Your Man,” “Smallville”)
David Oyelowo is 47 (“Rise of the Planet of the Apes,” “Interstellar”)
Jose Zuniga is 58 (“Mission Impossible: 3,” ″Twilight”)
The late Lon Chaney Sr. (1883 – 1930) (“The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “Phantom of the Opera”)
The late Gordon Jump (1932 – 2003)…he would have been 91 (“Soap,” “WKRP In Cincinnati”)
The late Debbie Reynolds (1932 – 2016)…she would have been 91 (“Singin' in the Rain,” “It Started with a Kiss,” “The Rat Race”) (FAST FACT: Her dancing was all her own, but her singing in the movies was often dubbed over. She was married to Eddie Fisher who left her for Elizabeth Taylor.)
The late Jane Powell (1929 – 2021) …she would have been 94 (“Royal Wedding,” “A Date with Judy,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”)

Musicians:

Jefferson Starship’s John Barbata is 78
Susan Boyle is 62
John Butler is 48
Jimmy Cliff is 79
Halestorm drummer Arejay Hale is 38
Kid Ink is 37 (born Brian Todd Collins)
Isley Brothers’ Rudolph Isley is 84
Kip Moore is 43
Lady A’s Hillary Scott is 37
The late Toto drummer Jeff Porcaro (1954 – 1992)…he would have been 69

Plus:

Reality TV…um…”star”-turned stripper Jon Gosselin is 46
TV personality Colby Donaldson is 49 (FAST FACT: He came to fame as the runner-up on “Survivor: The Australian Outback”)
TV personality Rachel Maddow is 50
Wrestler Randy Orton is 43
The late pianist Sergei Rachmaninoff (he was one of the last Romantic artists in Russian classical music) (1873 – 1943)
The late author Edgar Wallace (1875 – 1932) (Born into poverty, he joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the “Daily Mail.” He reportedly wrote 10,000 words a day, and along the way, authored 173 books, 23 plays, hundreds of articles and the screen play for "King Kong")

April 2^nd

Actors:

Michael Fassbender is 46 (“Band of Brothers,” “Inglorious Basterds”) (FAST FACTS: After meeting on the set of “The Light Between Oceans” he began dating Swedish actress Alicia Vikander in December 2014. Fast forward to October 2017, the couple married in Ibiza, Spain – and they live in Lisbon, Portugal.)
Clark Gregg is 61 (“The Avengers,” “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Jennifer Grey since 2001)
Christopher Meloni is 62 (“Law & Order: SVU,” “Law & Order: Organized Crime”)
Pamela Reed is 74 (“Kindergarten Cop,” “Parks and Recreation”)
Adam Rodriguez is 48 (“Magic Mike XXL,” “Criminal Minds”)
Roselyn Sanchez is 50 (“Without A Trace,” “Rush Hour 2”)
Drew Van Acker is 37 (“The Lake,” “Pretty Little Liars”)
The late Buddy Ebsen (1908 – 2003) (“The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Barnaby Jones”)
The late Alec Guinness (1914 – 2000) (The original Obi Wan Kenobi in “Star Wars”) (He won Best Actor for “The Bridge on the River Kwai”)
The late Ron Palillo (1949 – 2012)…he would have been 74 (“Welcome Back Kotter’s” Horshack)
The late Jack Webb (1920 – 1982) (“Sunset Boulevard,” “Dragnet”)

Musicians:

Roscoe Dash is 33 (born Jeffery Lee Johnson Jr.)
Lee DeWyze is 37 (He won the ninth season of “American Idol”)
Emmylou Harris is 76
The late Marvin Gaye (1939 – 1984)…he would have been 84 (FAST FACT: He almost made it to his 45^th Born on April 2^nd, he passed on April 1^st)
The late Leon Russell (1942 – 2016) …he would have been 81

Plus:

Celebrity mom (to Justin Bieber) Pattie Mallette is 48 (FAST FACT: She’s also the author of the 2012 “New York Times” bestselling autobiography, “Nowhere but Up”)
Director Donald Petrie is 69 (“Mystic Pizza,” “Miss Congeniality,” “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days”)
The late reality TV star Traci Braxton (1971 – 2022)…he would have been 52 (“Braxton Family Values”)
The late Rodney King, a construction worker who became nationally known after being beaten to a pulp by Los Angeles Police Department officers following a high-speed car chase on March 3, 1991 (1965 – 2012)…he would have been 58

April 3^rd

Actors:

Amanda Bynes is 37 (“The Amanda Show,” “What A Girl Wants”)
Alec Baldwin is 65 (“The Hunt for Red October,” “SNL”)
Eric Braeden is 82 (“Young & The Restless’” Victor Newman)
Jennie Garth is 51 (“90210,” “What I Like About You”)
David Hyde Pierce is 64 (“Frasier,” “The Good Wife”) (FAST FACT: He won four Emmys for his role as Dr. Niles Crane on “Frasier”)
Marsha Mason is 81 (“The Goodbye Girl,” “Stella”) (FAST FACT: She’s been nominated for a Best Actress Oscar four times)
Eddie Murphy is 62 ("Trading Places,” “Beverly Hills Cop”)
Adam Scott is 50 (“The Aviator,” “Parks and Recreation”)
Cobie Smulders is 41 (“The Avengers,” “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Taran Killam of “SNL” fame since 2012)
Aries Spears is 48 (“MADtv, “Jerry Maguire”)
The late Marlon Brando (1924 – 2004)…he would have been 99 (“Apocalypse Now,” “On the Waterfront”)
The late Doris Day (1922 – 2019) (“Romance On The High Seas,” “Calamity Jane,” “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” “Pillow Talk,” “The Doris Day Show”) (FAST FACT: President George W. Bush awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her work on behalf of animal welfare)

Musicians:

Skid Row’s Sebastian Bach is 55 (FAST FACT: His given name is Sebastian Bierk)
Leona Lewis is 38
Wayne Newton is 81
Tony Orlando is 79
The late Jan Berry of Jan & Dean (1941 – 2004)…he would have been 82
The late Don Gibson (1928 -2003)…he would have been 95
The late Billy Joe Royal (1942 – 2015)…he would have been 81

Plus:

Primatologist, ethnologist and anthropologist Jane Goodall is 89 (FAST FACTS: She is a UN Messenger of Peace and she helped found the Nonhuman Rights Project. On her album “Street Angel,” Stevie Nicks pays tribute to Goodall with the track "Jane")
Celebrity daughter (sometime singer and actor) Paris Jackson is 25
The late football star Lyle Alzado (1949 – 1992)…he would have been 74 (FAST FACTS: He died at age forty-three after a battle with brain cancer in 1992)
The late environmental activist Iron Eyes Cody (1904 – 1999) (FAST FACT: He was the crying Indian in the “Keep America Beautiful” conservation ads)
The late game show host Ray Combs (1956 – 1996)…he would have been 67 (FAST FACT: Combs committed suicide by hanging at Glendale Adventist Medical Center where he was being held for observation.)
The late astronaut Virgil Gus Grissom (1926 – 1967)…he would have been 97 (FAST FACT: The second American in space, he later died in the Apollo I fire. He was posthumously awarded a Congressional Space Medal of Honor)
The late author Washington Irving (“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,” “Rip Van Winkle”) (1783 – 1859)

April 4^th

Actors:

David Cross is 59 (“The Ben Stiller Show,” “Arrested Development”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married Amber Tamblyn since 2012: she is 20 years his junior)
Robert Downey Jr. is 58 (“The Avengers,” “Iron Man”)
Christine Lahti is 73 (“Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” “The Blacklist”)
Natasha Lyonne is 44 (“American Pie,” “Orange Is the New Black”)
Nancy McKeon is 57 (“Facts of Life,” “Dancing with the Stars”) (Appearing on season 27 of ABC’s “DWTS,” she was paired with Valentin Chmerkovskiy – and was the third celeb eliminated)
Phil Morris is 64 (Jackie Chiles on “Seinfeld”)
Craig T. Nelson is 79 (“Coach,” “Parenthood”)
Barry Pepper is 53 (“Saving Private Ryan,” True Grit”)
Amanda Righetti is 40 (“The O.C.,” “The Mentalist”)
Hugo Weaving is 63 (“V,” “The Matrix,” “Lord of the Rings”)
The late Heath Ledger (1979 – 2008)…he would have been 44 (“10 Things I Hate About You,” “The Patriot,” “A Knight's Tale,” “Brokeback Mountain,” “The Dark Knight”) (FAST FACTS: He was passionate about chess, and won the Western Australia's junior chess championship at age 10)
The late Anthony Perkins (1932 – 1992)…he would have been 91 (“The Matchmaker,” “Friendly Persuasion,” “Psycho”)

Musicians:

Curren$y is 42 (born Shante Scott Franklin)
Clay Davidson is 52
Steve Gatlin is 72
Austin Mahone is 27
Jill Scott is 51
Jamie Lynn Spears is 32
Buck Cherry’s Josh Todd is 53
The late Gary Moore (1952 – 2011)…he would have been 70 (FAST FACT: He played the guitar right-handed even though he is left-handed. His first guitar was a beaten up acoustic that he acquired when he was eight years old)
The late Muddy Waters (his given name, McKinley Morganfield) (1913 – 1983)

Plus:

Magician David Blaine is 50
Famed Record executive Clive Davis is 91
TV producer David E. Kelley is 67 (“The Practice,” “Ally McBeal,” “Boston Legal”) (FAST FACT: Kelley’s been married to actress Michelle Pfeiffer since 1993)
Biographer Kitty Kelley is 81 (Wrote the best-selling unauthorized bios of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British Royal Family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey)
TV personality Graham Norton is 60 (FAST FACT: He rose to national attention when his appearance in drag as Mother Theresa fooled correspondents on Scottish Television)
The late author/poet Maya Angelou (1928 – 2014)…she would have been 95 (“I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings,” the poem "On the Pulse of Morning”)

April 5^th

Actors:

Krista Allen is 51 (“Days of our Lives,” The Bold and the Beautiful”)
Marshall Allman is 39 (“Prison Break,” “True Blood”)
Hayley Atwell is 41 (“The Pillars of the Earth,” “Marvel’s Agent Carter”)
Sterling K Brown is 47 (“This Is Us,” “Black Panther”)
Max Gail is 80 (″Barney Miller,” “General Hospital”)
Victoria Hamilton is 52 (“Pride and Prejudice,” “The Crown”)
Lily James is 34 (“Baby Driver,” “Pam & Tommy”)
Mitch Pileggi is 71 (“X Files,” “Sons of Anarchy”)
The late Bette Davis (1908 – 1989) (“All About Eve,” “Whatever Happened To Baby Jane?”) (She was nominated for an Oscar 11 times and won two)
The late Frank Gorshin (1933 – 2005)…he would have been 90 (“Batman’s” original Riddler, “12 Monkeys,” “)
The late Gregory Peck (1916 – 2003) (“The Keys of the Kingdom,” “Gentleman's Agreement,” “Twelve O'Clock High,” “Spellbound,” “Moby Dick” (1956, and its 1998 miniseries), “The Guns of Navarone,” “Cape Fear (1962, and its 1991 remake), “How the West Was Won,” “The Omen”) (FAST FACTS: Peck was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 by President Lyndon Johnson honored for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck among Greatest Male Stars of Classic Hollywood cinema – he’s ranked at No. 12)
The late Spencer Tracy (1900 – 1967) (“Up the River,” “The Last Mile,” “Captains Courageous,” “Boys Town,” “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner”) (FAST FACTS: He was married to Louis Tracy from 1923 to 1967. He dated actress Katherine Hepburn from 1941 until his death 26 years later. He also starred in nine films with Hepburn.)

Musicians:

Tommy Cash is 83
The Hollies’ Allan Clarke is 81
Paula Cole is 55
Mike Eli of The Eli Young Band is 42
ABBA’s Agnetha Faltskog is 73
Pat Green is 51
Juicy J is 48 (his given name, Jordan Michael Houston)
Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready is 57
Kid ‘N Play’s Christopher “Kid” Reid is 59
Pharrell Williams is 50

Plus:

TV Personality Zak Bagans is 46 (Travel Channel’s “Ghost Adventures”)
Director Roger Corman is 97 (“Rock 'n' Roll High School,” “Death Race 2000,” “Galaxy of Terror,” “Forbidden World” and “Piranha”)
The late Walter Huston (1883 - 1950) (“The Devil and Daniel Webster,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”)
The late coach Pop Warner (1871 – 1954) (FAST FACTS: Hall of Fame college football coach who invented many of the basic, fundamental plays of the game)
The late educator Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915) (FAST FACTS: His 1895 Atlanta Compromise Address and 1901 autobiography, "Up From Slavery," made him famous. He was born into slavery in Virginia, and his family relocated to West Virginia after slavery became illegal. He called for black progress through education and entrepreneurship, rather than trying to challenge directly the Jim Crow segregation and the disenfranchisement of black voters in the South. Other African-American leaders – including E.B Du Bois - did not always agree with Washington's approach.)
The late General Colin Powell (1937 – 2021) …he would have been 86 (A four-star general who was the first African American Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. He was also the 16th United States national security advisor from 1987 to 1989 and as the 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1989 to 1993)

April 6^th

Actors:

Kwesi Boakye is 24 (“I Can Do Bad All My Myself,” “Flight”)
Zach Braff is 48 (“Scrubs,” “Garden State”)
Candace Cameron-Bure is 47 ("Full House," “Fuller House”) (FAST FACTS: In 2014, she was a contestant on season 18 of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” finishing in third place. And yes, she is the sister of actor Kirk Cameron…known for “Growing Pains” and nutty religious vids).
Jason Hervey is 51 (“The Wonder Years,” “Frankenweenie”)
Marilu Henner is 71 (“Brooklyn Ninety- Nine,” Season 23 of “Dancing with the Stars” – she was the 8^th eliminated contestant) (FAST FACT: Marilu has a highly superior autobiographical memory, a rare condition identified in only 100 people worldwide.)
Charlie McDermott is 33 (“Hot Tub Time Machine,” “The Middle”)
John Ratzenberger is 76 (“Cheers,” “Santa Con”)
Michael Rooker is 68 (“The Walking Dead,” “Guardians of the Galaxy”)
Paul Rudd is 54 (“Ant-Man,” “Captain America: Civil War”)
Billy Dee Williams is 86 (“Star Wars” film franchise, “NCIS”)

Musicians:

The Pixies’ Black Francis/Frank Black is 58 (born Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV)
Robert Glasper is 45
Kari Jobe is 42
Hoobastank bassist Markku Lappalainen is 47
Hey Violet’s Rena Lovelis is 25
The late Merle Haggard (1937 – 2016)…he died on his birthday and this year, would have been 86

Plus:

Scientist James Dewey Watson (he co-discovered DNA structure with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin) is 95
Director/producer Barry Levinson is 81 (“Sleepers,” “Wag The Dog,” “Rain Man,” “Analyze That”)
The late aircraft designer/builder Anthony Herman Gerard Fokker (1890 - 1939) (He is most famous for the fighter aircraft he produced in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane)
The late conductor/composer Andre Previn (1929 – 2019)…he would have been 94

April 7^th

Actors:

Bill Bellamy is 58 (“Any Given Sunday,” “Hot in Cleveland”)
Jackie Chan is 69 (The Karate Kid,” “Rush Hour”)
Russell Crowe is 59 (“L.A. Confidential,” “Noah”) (FAST FACT: He won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in “Gladiator”)
Ed Speleers is 35 (“Eragon,” “Downton Abbey”)
The late James Garner (1928 – 2014) …he would have been 95 (“The Rockford Files,” “The Notebook”)
The late Wayne Rogers (1933 – 2015)…he would have been 90 (“Gunsmoke,” “Ghosts of Mississippi”)

Musicians:

Bobby Bare is 88
Janis Ian is 72
Blue’s Duncan James is 45
John Oates is 75
The late Billie Holiday (1915 – 1959) (FAST FACTS: Born Eleanora Fagan, she’s also a GRAMMY Award Hall of Fame inductee.)
The late Ravi Shankar (1920 – 2012)
The late Cal Smith (1932 – 2013) …he would have been 91

Plus:

Former California Governor Jerry Brown is 85 (FAST FACT: There was a 28-year gap between his second and third term as Governor and though, when he was first elected Governor in 1975 he was one of the youngest Governors in the state's history, by the time he was re-elected in 2011 he had become the state's oldest Governor ever.)
Movie director/producer Francis Ford Coppola is 84 (“The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” “Assassination Tango”)
Wrestler (and Jennifer Hudson’s baby daddy) David Otunga is 43
The late TV personality Sir David Frost (1939 – 2013)…he would have been 84
The late entrepreneur Will Keith Kellogg (1860 – 1951) (He founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. – later the W.K. Kellogg Company – to manufacture cereals. In case you were curious, cornflakes were the first cereal to be developed – and that was courtesy of his brother, John Harvey Kellogg)
The late director Alan Pakula (1928 – 1998)…he would have been 95 (“Sophie’s Choice,” “The Pelican Brief”) (FAST FACT: Pakula died on November 19, 1998 in a freak car accident on the Long Island Expressway in Melville, New York. He was 70 years old. A driver in front of him struck a metal pipe, which went through Pakula's windshield, struck him in the head, and caused him to swerve off the road and into a fence. He was killed instantly.)
The late famed journalist Walter Winchell (1897 – 1972) (FAST FACT: He was one of the first columnists in America to comment on Hitler and the Nazi party. Also a radio gossip commentator, he supported Senator Joseph McCarthy and was infamous for attempting to destroy the careers of people both private and public whom he disliked.)
The late poet William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850) (His works, which include "To the Cuckoo," "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud," "Tintern Abbey” and “The Excursion,” helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature.)

April 8^th

Actors:

Patricia Arquette is 55 (“CSI: Cyber”) (FAST FACTS: Yes, David Arquette is her brother)
R. Bourne is 53 (“Revenge,” “Stargate SG-1”)
Sadie Calvano is 26 (“The Perfect Daughter,” “Mom”)
Skai Jackson is 21 (“Jessie,” “The Rebound”)
Sung Kang is 51 (“Better Luck Tomorrow,” “The Fast and the Furious” film series)
Taylor Kitsch is 42 (“Friday Night Lights,” “Normal Hearts”)
Dean Norris is 60 (“Evan Almighty,” “Sons of Liberty,” “Breaking Bad”)
Stuart Pankin is 77 (“Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Not Necessarily The News”)
John Schneider is 63 (“90210”) (FAST FACTS: He won the TV Land Most Uninsurable Driver Award. Aside from his screen acting career, he’s also enjoyed success on Broadway and as a country singer – netting ten top ten hits.)
Kirsten Storms is 39 (“Days of Our Lives,” “Clubhouse,” “General Hospital”)
Gabriella Wilde is 34 (“The Three Musketeers,” 2013’s “Carrie”)
Robin Wright is 57 (“House of Cards”) (FAST FACT: Known as Robin Wright Penn while married to Sean Penn from 1996 – 2010. Once divorced, she reverted to her maiden name. She hasn’t yet, of course, but she may be changing it again with her 2018 marriage to Clement Giraudet.)
Shelby Young is 31 (“Days of Our Lives,” “The Social Network,” “Wild Child”)
The late Mary Pickford (1892 – 1979) (“Coquette”) (FAST FACT: Known as America's Sweetheart in her heyday, this silent film star co-founded United Artists and was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. The American Film Institute called her the 24th-greatest actresses of all time.)

Musicians:

The Cab’s Alexander DeLeon is 34
The 1975’s Matthew Healy is 34
Ben Folds Five drummer Darren Jessee is 52
Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig is 39
Julian Lennon is 60
Echosmith guitarist Jamie Sierota is 30
Izzy Stradlin is 61 (FAST FACTS: Born Jeffrey Dean Isbell, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Guns N' Roses in 2012)
The late Biz Markie (born Marcel Theo Hall) (1964 – 2021)…he would have been 59
Slipknot’s late Paul “The Pig” Gray (1972 – 2010) …he would have been 51
The late Children of Bodom guitarist Alexi Laiho (1979 – 2020)...he would have been 44

Plus:

Comedian Shecky Greene is 97
Reality TV star and former “Bachelorette” Desiree Hartsock is 37 (She became Desiree Siegried in January 2015 when she married her “finalist” Chris Siegried)
The late designer Vivienne Westwood…she would have been 82
The late First Lady Betty Ford (1918 – 2011) (FAST FACTS: The First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, she was known for her candidness about her battle with alcoholism and for founding the Betty Ford Center, which a number of celebrities have credited with helping them clean up)

April 9^th

Actors:

Jay Baruchel is 41 (“Undeclared”)
Elle Fanning is 25 (“We Bought A Zoo,” “Maleficent”)
Jenna Jameson is 49 (Often referred to as The Queen of Porn, she has been inducted into the XRCO Hall of Fame and the AVN Hall of Fame – she has also attempted to “go mainstream” on a number of occasions including her appearance in “Private Parts”)
Michael Learned is 84 (“Scrubs,” “General Hospital”)
Leighton Meester is 37 (“The Judge,” “Single Parents”)
Cynthia Nixon is 57 (“5 Flights Up,” “A Quiet Passion”)
Austin Peck is 52 (“Days of Our Lives”)
Mark Pellegrino is 58 (“Supernatural,” “Being Human,” “National Treasure,” “Big Lebowski”)
Keshia Knight Pulliam is 44 (“Tyler Perry's House of Payne,” “The Celebrity Apprentice” Season 7, “Celebrity Big Brother”)
Dennis Quaid is 69 (“Frequency,” “Far From Heaven”)
Kristen Stewart is 33 (“Snow White & The Huntsman,” “Twilight” series)

Musicians:

Jackie Evancho is 23 (FAST FACT: She won second place on “America’s Got Talent,” but we’re betting you can’t remember who ‘won’)
The Strokes’ Albert Hammond Jr. is 43
Escape the Fate’s Craig Mabbit is 36
Jesse McCartney is 36
Jazmine Sullivan is 36
My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way is 46
The late Hal Ketchum (1953 – 2020)...he would have been 70
The late Carl Perkins (1932 – 1998)…he would have been 91

Plus:

Designer Marc Jacobs is 60 (FAST FACT: He is the youngest person to have ever been awarded the Council of Fashion Designers of America's Perry Ellis Award for New Fashion Talent)
Supermodel and children's author Paulina Porizkova is 58 (FAST FACT: She was married to the Cars’ Ric Ocasek since 1989, and while they announced their 2017 separation in 2018…no one ever filed for divorce. There was still plenty of ‘togetherness’ – as far as people could see – and then he died in September 2019. When Ocasek’s will was revealed, he had specifically cut her out...saying she had ‘abandoned’ him. Ouch.)
TV personality Joe Scarborough is 60
The late TV host and "Wild Kingdom" naturalist Jim Fowler (1930 – 2019)…he would have been 93
The late “Playboy” founder Hugh Hefner (1926 – 2017)…he would have been 97 (FAST FACT: He worked as a reporter for the United States Army's military newspaper in the late 1940s. Later, he earned a degree in psychology with a double minor in art and creative writing in less than three years)

April 10^th

Actors:

Charlie Hunnam is 43 (“Sons of Anarchy”)
Chyler Leigh is 41 (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Supergirl”)
Peter MacNicol is 69 (“Grey's Anatomy,” “Veep”)
Shay Mitchell is 36 (“Pretty Little Liars”)
Mandy Moore is 39 (“This Is Us”)
Haley Joel Osment is 35 (FAST FACTS: He was nominated an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in “The Sixth Sense” – he was discovered in a local IKEA by a talent scout at the age of four, and afterwards auditioned for commercials)
Alex Pettyfer is 33 (“I Am Number Four,” “Stormbreaker”)
Michael Pitt is 42 (“Dawson’s Creek,” “The Dreamers,” “Hannibal”)
Steven Seagal is 71 (“Today You Die,” “Machete”)
The late Chuck Connors (1921 – 1992) (“Old Yeller,” “The Hired Gun,” “The Rifleman”)
The late Harry Morgan (1915 – 2011) (“Dragnet,” “MAS*H” – he also appeared in more than 100 films.)
The late Omar Sharif (1932 – 2015) (FAST FACT: Sharif's Egyptian citizenship was almost withdrawn by the Egyptian Government when his 1968 affair with Barbra Streisand was made public in the Egyptian press due to Streisand's vocal support of Israel – they had met on the set of “Funny Girl”)
The late Max von Sydow (1929 - 2020) (“Exorcist,” “Dune,” “Extreme Loud, Incredibly Close,” “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”)

Musicians:

Laura Bell Bundy is 42
bassist Andrew Dost is 40
Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds is 64
10,000 Maniacs Steve Gustafson is 66
Kenny Lattimore is 53
Staind’s Mike Mushok is 53
Brian Setzer is 64
Lifehouse’s Bryce Soderberg is 43
The late Bunny Livingston (of Bob Marley & Wailers) (1947 – 2021) ...he would have been 76 (FAST FACT: He was born Neville O'Riley Livingston...he was best known to fans as Bunny Wailer)

Plus:

The late Salvation Army founder William Booth (1829 – 1912) (The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England, to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid. In 2002, Booth was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll)
The late hard taco shell inventor Joe Valdez Caballero (1908 – 1989)
The late Sportscaster John Madden (1936 – 2021).... he would have been 87
The late publisher Joseph Pulitzer (1847 – 1911) (FAST FACTS: Competitor of William Randolph Hearst who created the esteemed journalism prize)

April 11^th

Actors:

Jennifer Esposito is 50 (“Crash,” “Blue Bloods”) (FAST FACT: She married Bradley Cooper in 2006, they were married for a year. In 2014, she married blogger Louis Dowler…and divorced him in 2016. She’s on number three now – married to Jesper Vesterstrøm since 2020)
Kelli Garner is 39 (“The Aviator,” “Pan Am”)
Joel Grey is 91 (“Cabaret,” “Chicago”)
Tricia Helfer is 49 (“Battlestar Galactica,” “Lucifer”)
Bill Irwin is 73 (“How The Grinch Stole Christmas,” Noodle on “Elmo's World”)
Louise Lasser is 84 (“Mary Hartman,” “St. Elsewhere,”) (FAST FACT: Was once married to Woody Allen. In 1976, she became the first host banned from SNL. She freaked out after the cue card was switched, and sulked to her dressing room. Nearly incoherent throughout the broadcast, she refused to appear in any sketches unless she was in them alone, or if her only costar was Chevy Chase)
Morgan Lily is 23 (“X-Men: First Class,” “X-Men: Days of Future Past”)
Dakota Blue Richards is 29 (“The Golden Compass,” “Dustbin Baby”)
Peter Riegert is 76 (“Animal House,” “The Mask”)
The late Meshach Taylor (1947-2014)…he would have been 76 (“Designing Women,” “Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide”)

Musicians:

Steve Azar is 59 (FAST FACT: Steve first gained attention with an independent album in 1996, although he waited another six years to score his first hit, "I Don't Have To Be Me ('Til Monday)")
All-American Rejects’ Chris Gaylor is 44
Bush’s Dylan Keefe is 53
Jim Lauderdale is 66
Bush’s Nigel Pulsford is 62
Rammstein’s Oliver Riedel is 52
Lisa Stansfield is 57
Joss Stone is 36

Plus:

Supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio is 42
TV personality Jeremy Clarkson is 63 (He hosted “Top Gear” for years until getting sacked in 2015 for getting into a physical altercation with one of the show’s producers.)
Director Vincent Gallo is 62 (“Buffalo '66,” “The Brown Bunny,” “The Way It Is”)
Kennedy family matriarch Ethel Kennedy is 95 (FAST FACTS: Widow of Robert F. Kennedy, was at his side when he was assassinated in 1968 and mother of eleven children. She never remarried. Her son Robert F. Kennedy filed last week to run as a Democratic candidate for President.)
Reality TV star Stephanie Pratt is 37 (“The Hills,” “Made In Chelsea”)
Model Lucky Vanous is 62 (He came to fame as “the shirtless Diet Coke guy”)
The late fashion designer Oleg Cassini (1913 – 2006) (He became particularly well known as a designer for Jacqueline Kennedy whilst she was First Lady of the United States. The "Jackie Look" was to become highly influential and much admired.)

April 12^th

Actors:

Nicholas Brendon is 52 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Criminal Minds”)
Alicia Coppola is 55 (“Jericho,” “National Treasure: Book of Secrets”)
Claire Danes is 44 (“My So-Called Life,” “Homeland”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Hugh Dancy – who currently stars on NBC’s “Law & Order” – since 2009)
Shannen Doherty is 52 (“90210,” “Charmed”)
Andy Garcia is 67 (“The Godfather Part III,” “Ocean's Eleven,”) (FAST FACT: He was born in Havana, Cuba)
Dan Lauria is 76 (“Independence Day,” “JAG”)
Jennifer Morrison is 44 (“House M.D.,” “How I Met Your Mother”)
Ed O’Neill is 77 (“Married with Children,” “Modern Family)
Wayne Northrop is 76 (Roman Brady on “Days of Our Lives”)
Riley Smith is 45 (“24,” “Joan of Arcadia,” “True Blood”)
The late Ann Miller (1923-2004) (“Mulholland Drive,” “On the Town”)

Musicians:

Everclear frontman Art Alexakis is 61
Coldplay’s Guy Berryman is 45
Easton Corbin is 41
Vince Gill is 66 (FAST FACTS: He’s been married to Amy Grant since 2000 and playing with the Eagles since 2017)
Herbie Hancock is 83 (FAST FACTS: In July 2011, Hancock was named UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of Intercultural Dialogue. In 2013 Hancock joined the University of California, Los Angeles faculty as a professor in the UCLA music department where he teaches jazz. Also in 2013, he was given the Kennedy Center Honors Award for achievement in the performing arts)
311 singer Nicholas Hexum is 53
Jessie James Decker is 35 (FAST FACT: She’s been married to New York Jets wide receiver Eric Decker since 2013)
Steppenwolf’s John Kay is 79
Panic! At The Disco’s Brendon Urie is 36
The late David Cassidy (1950 – 2017)…he would have been 73
The late Tiny Tim (1932 – 1996)…he would have been 91 (FAST FACT: Born Herbert Buckingham Khaury, he played under the name Tiny Tim after being booked at a club that loved shorter performers)

Plus:

Model Brooklyn Decker is 36 (FAST FACT: Named “Esquire” magazine's Sexiest Woman Alive in 2010)
TV personality David Letterman is 76
Celebrity kidlet True Thompson is 5 (The daughter ofKhloe Kardashian and Tristan Thompson, her great-grandmother, MJ, reportedly suggested the name for the baby, as it was the middle name of both Khloe’s father, Robert Kardashian as well as her grandfather).
Author Scott Turow is 74 (“Presumed Innocent,” “Burden of Proof”)
The late author Tom Clancy (1947 – 2013)…he would have been 76 (“The Hunt for Red October,” “Clear and Present Danger,” “The Sum of All Fears”)
The late Author Beverly Cleary (1916 – 2021) (Created the Henry Huggins and Ramona series) (FAST FACT: She was named a living legend by the Library of Congress in 2000, she was one of America's most successful authors. At last check, 91-million copies of her books have been sold worldwide since her first was published in 1950)

April 13^th

Actors:

Kallie Flynn Childress is 35 (“Cougar Town,” “Days of Our Lives”)
Kelly Giddish is 43 (“All My Children,” “Law & Order: SVU”)
Glen Howerton is 47 (“Fargo,” “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” – which he is a writer, executive producer, and co-stars in)
Ron Perlman is 73 (“Beauty & The Beast,” “Sons of Anarchy”)
Caroline Rhea is 59 (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) (FAST FACTS: She hosted her own talk show from 2002 till 2003)
Ariane Rinehart is 29 (“The Sound of Music Live,” “Noah”)
Saundra Santiago is 66 (“One Life To Live,” “Blue Bloods”)
Ricky Schroder is 53 (“NYPD Blue,” “24”) (FAST FACT: While everyone knew him as ‘Ricky’ in his younger years, he did appear as ‘Rick’ until 2007 – which is when we professionally went back to ‘Ricky’)
Allison Williams is 35 (HBO’s “Girls,” “Get Out”) (FAST FACT: She’s the daughter of former NBC anchorman Brian Williams.)
The late Don Adams (1923 – 2005) ("Get Smart")
The late Jonathan Brandis (1976 – 2003) … he would have been 47 (“The Never Ending Story II,” "SeaQuest 2032") (FAST FACTS: On November 12, 2003, Brandis died after hanging himself at the age of 27. At the time of his death, Jonathan had been in a six-year relationship with actress Tatyana Ali.)
The late Howard Keel (1919 – 2004) (“Dallas”) (FAST FACTS: He also starred in Broadway musicals such as “Carousel” and “Oklahoma!”)

Musicians:

Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship’s Jack Casady is 79 (FAST FACTS: he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996)
The Reverend Al Green is 77 (FAST FACTS! An eight-time GRAMMY Award winner, and inductee into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame, he is referred to on the museum's site as being "one of the most gifted purveyors of soul music.”)
Aaron Lewis is 51
Nellie McKay is 41
Olga Tanon is 56
Ty Dolla $ign is 41 (His mama knows him as Tyrone William Griffin Jr.)
E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg is 72 (FAST FACTS: He also played as Conan O’Brien’s show bandleader)
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ late Hillel Slovak (1962 – 1988) …he would have been 61 (FAST FACTS: He was the band’s lead guitarist and founding member)

Plus:

Conductor/composer Bill Conti is 81 (Best known for his film scores, including “Rocky” (and four of the sequels), his music was also the centerpiece for projects including “For Your Eyes Only,” “Dynasty,” “The Right Stuff,” which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He’s also served as musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times)
The late author Samuel Beckett (1906 – 1989) (“Waiting for Godot,” “Molloy,” “The Unnamable”)
The late film director Stanley Donen (1924 – 2019)…he would have been 99 (“Singin’ In the Rain,” “Damn Yankees!,” “Royal Wedding,” “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,” “Funny Face,” “Indiscreet,” “Charade,” “Two for the Road”)
The late novelist Seamus Heaney (1939 – 2013) …he would have been 84 (FAST FACTS: author and poet who won the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known pieces include “Death of a Naturalist,” a modern translation of “Beowulf”, and “Field Work”)
The late novelist Christopher Hitchens (1949 – 2011) …he would have been 74 (FAST FACTS: he’s best known for harshly critiquing religion, Mother Teresa, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Henry Kissinger)
The late Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826) (FAST FACTS: Jefferson is one of the nation’s Founding Fathers, third president of the U.S. and an author of the Declaration of Independence.)

April 14^th

Actors:

Abigail Breslin is 27 (“Signs,” “Zombieland”)
Adrien Brody is 50 (“The Pianist,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel”) (FAST FACT: You might remember that when he won the Oscar for Best Actor in 2003 for “The Pianist,” he (in)famously kissed Halle Berry on stage.)
Robert Carlyle is 62 (“Trainspotting,” “The Full Monty”)
Julie Christie is 83 (“Doctor Zhivago,” “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”)
Claire Coffee is 43 (“General Hospital,” “Grimm”)
Sarah Michelle Gellar is 46 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Cruel Intentions”) (FAST FACTS: She’s been married to Freddie Prinze, Jr. since 2002)
Brad Garrett is 63 ("Everybody Loves Raymond," “Til Death”) (FAST FACT: He stands at more than 6-feet, 9-inches tall and voice acted for “Finding Nemo”)
Anthony Michael Hall is 55 (“The Breakfast Club,” “The Dark Knight”)
Rob McElhenney is 46 (“It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia,” “The Mindy Project”)
Skyler Samuels is 29 (“Wizards of Waverly Place,” “Scream Queens”)
Antwon Tanner is 48 (“Moesha,” “The Parkers,” “One Tree Hill”)
The late Sir John Gielgud (1904 – 2000) (“Gandhi,” “Merlin”) (FAST FACTS: This legendary actor had the distinction of winning an Oscar, Emmy, GRAMMY, and Tony Award)
The late Rod Steiger (1925 – 2002)…he would have been 98 (“In the Heat of the Night,” “Oklahoma!” “The Harder They Fall”)

Musicians:

Widespread Panic’s John Bell is 61
Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore is 78 (FAST FACTS: In 2004, he was #16 on the 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists of All Time list released by “Guitar World”)
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler is 43
Da Brat is 49 (born as Shawntae Harris) (FAST FACT: Her debut album “Funkdafied” sold one-million copies making her the first female solo rap artist to have a platinum-selling album)
Brewer & Shipley’s Mike Brewer is 79
The Luchagors’ Amy Dumas is 48
UFO’s Vinnie Moore is 59
R5’s Ellington Ratliff is 30

Plus:

Makeup artist and entrepreneur Bobbi Brown is 66
Director and actor Peter Capaldi is 65 (“Dangerous Liaisons,” “Doctor Who,” “The Fifth Estate”) (FAST FACT: He directed of “Franz Kafka’s It’s a Wonderful Life,” which earned him an Academy Award)
Baseball Hall of Famer Greg Maddux is 57 (FAST FACTS: He became the first pitcher in MLB history to win the Cy Young Award four times in a row, from 1992 to 1995. Maddux is only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons and he holds the record for most Gold Gloves with eighteen. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2014.)
Baseball legend Pete Rose is 82
The late teacher Anne Sullivan (1866 – 1936) (Born Johanna Mansfield Sullivan, she is best known for being the teacher and lifelong companion to Helen Keller)

April 15^th

Actors:

Cooper Barnes is 44 (“Henry Danger,” “Kickin’ It”)
Danny Pino is 49 (“The Shield,” “Law & Order: SVU”)
Seth Rogen is 41 (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Superbad”)
Emma Thompson is 64 (“Harry Potter,” “Howard’s End,” “A Room With A View” “Sense & Sensibility,” “Love, Actually,” “Angels In America,” “Nanny McPhee,” “Men In Black 3,” “Saving Mr. Banks”)
Michael Tucci is 77 (“Grease,” "Diagnosis Murder,")
Susan Ward is 47 (“Sunset Beach,” “Shallow Hal” )
Emma Watson is 33 ("Harry Potter" series, “Beauty and the Beast”) (FAST FACT: Miss Thang has made the most of her lot – not only did she graduate from Brown University in 2014 with a degree in English Lit, she’s attended Oxford University, has given a speech about gender equality at the U.N. and is a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador.)
Maisie Williams is 26 (“Game of Thrones,” “Dr. Who”)
The late Elizabeth Montgomery (1933 – 1995)…she would have been 90 (“Bewitched,” “A Case Of Rape,” “The Legend of Lizzie Borden”)

Musicians:

Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien is 55
Dave Edmunds is 79
Iyaz is 36 (his given name, Keidran Jones)
Linda Perry is 58 (FAST FACT: Married to Sarah Gilbert since 2014, the couple separated in December 2019)
The Dear & Departed’s Dan Smith is 43 (FAST FACT: He was also a featured tattooist on “L.A. Ink,” but has since opened his own shop, Captured Tattoo, in Tustin, California)
Chris Stapleton is 45 (Did you know his middle name is Alvin?)
The late Roy Clark (1933 – 2018)…he would have been 90
The late Bessie Smith (1894 – 1937) (FAST FACTS: Empress of the Blues who sang in the 1920s and 1930s, releasing award-winning songs like "Empty Bed Blues" and "St. Louis Blues." Considered a major influence on jazz music – as was Miles Davis)

Plus:

TV producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is 76 (“Designing Women,” “Evening Shade,” “Hearts Afire,” “12 Miles of Bad Road”)
Queen of “helpful household hints” Heloise Kruse Evans is 72
Football champ Jason Sehorn is 51 (He’s now Director of Communications at Hendrick Automotive Group, an automotive retailer in the United States. He’s also a college football analyst for ESPNU. He joined the network in 2011 as the in-studio analyst for Thursday and Saturday night games on ESPNU)
The late Soviet leader Nikita S. Khrushchev (1894 – 1971) (Communist leader and Soviet Premier from 1958 to 1964)
The late Leonardo da Vinci (1452 – 1519) (Renaissance artist, inventor, polymath, musician, and architect who painted the “Mona Lisa, “The Last Supper” and drew the iconic Vitruvian Man.)

April 16^th

Actors:

Ellen Barkin is 69 (“Sea of Love,” “Ocean’s Thirteen”)
Peter Billingsley is 52 (“A Christmas Story,” “Paternity”)
Jon Cryer is 58 (“Pretty in Pink,” “Two and A Half Men”)
Lukas Haas is 47 (“Testament,” “Witness”)
Martin Lawrence is 58 (“Martin,” “Bad Boys”)
David Lyons is 47 (“Eat Pray Love,” “Revolution”)
The late Sir Charlie Chaplin (1889 – 1977) (FAST FACTS: Comedic silent film icon who gained world fame for portraying his character, The Tramp, and starred in “The Great Dictator” and “Modern Times.” His career lasted more than 75 years)
The late Barry Nelson (1917 – 2007) (He played James Bond in the 1954 film, “Casino Royale”)
The late Peter Ustinov (1921 – 2004) (“The Sundowners,” “Agatha Christie Mysteries”)

Musicians:

Akon is 50 (His given name, Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam)
Chance The Rapper is 30 (his mama knows him as Chancelor Jonathan Bennett)
Bobby Vinton is 88
The late Gerry Rafferty (1947 – 2011)…he would have been 76
The late Dusty Springfield (1939 – 1999)…she would have been 84
The late Selena Quintanilla (1971 – 1995)…she would have been 52

Plus:

Legendary New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick is 71
Basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is 76 (FAST FACTS: He is a 6-time NBA Champion, 6-time NBA MVP and 19-time All-Star)
Model Alek Wek is 46 (As the first black model whose looks did not conform to Caucasian aesthetics, she has been hailed for her influence on the perception of beauty in the fashion industry.)
Billy West is 71 (Voice actor who has notable roles as the voice of Stimpy from Ren & Stimpy, Roger Klotz on Doug, Elmer Fudd, Popeye, and Woody Woodpecker)
The late composer Henry Mancini (1924 – 1994) (FAST FACTS: He wrote many legendary film and TV scores, including "Moon River" and the theme of "The Pink Panther" film series. Winning 20 Grammy Awards and nominated for 72 throughout his lifetime, he wrote the scores for "The Thorn Birds," "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "Days of Wine and Roses," and the themes for "Peter Gunn," "Newhart," "Hotel," and "Remington Steel," just to name a few. He was given the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995.
The late inventor/aviator Wilbur Wright (1867 – 1912) (FAST FACT: He is credited by some as the co-inventor and co-pilot of the first successful airplane, which he called a "flying machine." He and Orville's planes were later used in WWI and set the stage for modern aviation. One note though? Gustave Whitehead beat him by two years.)

April 17^th

Actors:

Sean Bean is 64 (“The Lord of the Rings,” “Game of Thrones”)
Byron Cherry is 68 ("Dukes of Hazzard's" Coy Duke)
Henry Ian Cusick is 56 (“Lost,” “The Mentalist”)
Kimberly Elise is 56 (“The Great Debaters,” “Diary of a Mad Black Woman”) (FAST FACTS: She won a BET Comedy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her role in Diary of a Mad Black Woman)
Jennifer Garner is 51 (“13 Going on 30,” “Alias”) (FAST FACTS: She once said she “was giving back to her fans” when asked on Ellen about her now-ex husband, Ben Affleck’s nude scene in “Gone Girl” – what a champ!)
Olivia Hussey is 72 (“It,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “Virus”) (FAST FACTS: she won a Golden Globe as a teenager for her role as Juliet in the 1968 “Romeo and Juliet”)
Rooney Mara is 38 (“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,” “Carol”) (FAST FACTS: Her mother's family founded the Pittsburgh Steelers and her father founded the New York Giants. She’s been partnered with Joaquin Phoenix since 2016 – they welcomed their first child in September 2020)
Monet Mazur is 47 (“Castle,” “NCIS: Los Angeles”)
Luke Mitchell is 38 (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “The Tomorrow People”)
Joel Murray is 60 (“Two and a Half Men,” “Mad Men,”)
Lela Rochon is 59 (“Harlem Nights,” “Any Given Sunday”)
Kristine Sutherland is 68 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”)
The late William Holden (1918 – 1981) (“Stalag 17,” “The Blue Knight”) (FAST FACTS: he won an Academy Award in 1954 for his role in “Stalag 17” and a Primetime Emmy Award in 1974 for “The Blue Knight”)

Musicians:

Heartland’s Craig Anderson is 50
Afrika Bambaataa is 66
Maynard James Keenan is 59 (Tool and A Perfect Circle) (FAST FACTS: He served in the U.S. Army before starting his singing career. His first group was Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty)
Liz Phair is 56
Michael Sembello is 69
Redman is 53 (born Reginald "Reggie" Noble)

Plus:

Spice Girl-turned-clothing designer Victoria Beckham is 49
Composer Jan [[YAWN]] Hammer is 75 (“Miami Vice” theme, “Crockett’s Theme”)
NFL champ-turned-analyst Boomer Esiason is 61 (A four-time Pro Bowl selection, he retired with 37,920 passing yards and 247 touchdowns.)
Director Adam McKay is 55 (FAST FACT: He met Will Ferrell while he was a writer on “Saturday Night Live”) (“Anchorman,” “Talladega Nights,” “Step Brothers,” “The Other Guys,” “Vice”)
The late entrepreneur P. Morgan (1837 – 1913) (FAST FACTS: He was an industrialist who made an enormous fortune in financing and corporate consolidations. He oversaw the merger of Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company into General Electric. He also oversaw the merger that created the United States Steel Corporation.)
The late wrestler and sometime actor “Rowdy Roddy” Piper (1954 – 2015)…he would have been 69. (Born Roderick George Toombs, he was billed as coming from Glasgow and was known for his signature kilt and bagpipe, but he was actually born Canadian – though he was of Scottish heritage. Piper died in his sleep at the age of 61 at his Hollywood home. His death certificate attributed this to cardiopulmonary arrest caused by hypertension, listing a pulmonary embolism as a contributing factor.)
The late journalist Harry Reasoner (1923 – 1991) (Co-founder of CBS-TV’s legendary news magazine “60 Minutes,” he was actually hired away by ABC in 1970 to anchor “ABC Evening News.” He returned to CBS in 1978 and resumed duties on “60 Minutes” until his retirement in May 1991.)
The late ventriloquist Senor Wences (1896 – 1999) (FAST FACTS: Born Wenceslao Moreno, his popularity grew with his frequent appearances on “The Ed Sullivan Show” in the 1950s and 1960s.)

April 18^th

Actors:

Moises Arias is 29 (“Hannah Montana,” “Enders Game”)
Maria Bello is 56 (“ER,” “Coyote Ugly”)
America Ferrera is 39 (“Ugly Betty,” “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants,”) (FAST FACT: “Time” magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007.)
Melissa Joan Hart is 47 (“Clarissa Explains It All,” “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) (FAST FACT: She is the eldest of eight children)
Vanessa Kirby is 35 (“The Crown”)
Jane Leeves is 62 (“Frasier,” “Miracle on 34th Street”) (FAST FACT: In the early 80’s, she was a regular on “The Benny Hill Show” as one of "Hill's Angels”)
Eric McCormack is 60 (Will & Grace,” “Trust Me”)
Hayley Mills is 77 (“The Parent Trap,” “Whistle Down The Wind”) (FAST FACT: She received a BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the 1959 film “Tiger Bay,” and a Juvenile Award at the 1961 Oscars for “Pollyanna”)
Rick Moranis is 70 (“Ghostbusters,” “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”)
Cindy Pickett is 76 (the mom in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”)
Eric Roberts is 67 (“The Young and the Restless,” “Suits”) (FAST FACTS: Yes, he’s the brother of Julia Roberts and he’s dad to “American Horror Story’s” Emma Roberts)
Melody Thomas Scott is 67 (“Young & the Restless”) (FAST FACT: She’s portrayed Nikki Newman on “Y & R” since 1979)
David Tennant is 52 (“Doctor Who” – he’s the tenth one, “Broadchurch”)
Ellen Woglom is 36 (“Marvel’s Inhumans”)
James Woods is 76 (“Any Given Sunday,” “Once Upon a Time in America”)
The late Barbara Hale (1922 – 2017) (“Perry Mason’s” Della Street)

Musicians:

Sophia Grace Brownlee is 20
Echo and the Bunnymen bassist Les Pattinson is 65
The Tractors' Walt Richmond is 76
Fredro Starr is 52 (born Fred Scruggs)
The Wanted’s Nathan Sykes is 30
Creed/Alter Bridge guitarist Mark Tremonti is 49

Plus:

Celebrity kid Suri Cruise is 17 (daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise – according to reports, daddy hasn’t seen her at least since 2013.)
Funnyman and ventriloquist Jeff Dunham is 61
Reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian is 44 (FAST FACT: She graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in theatre arts and Spanish minor)
Talk show host Conan O’Brien is 60 (FAST FACT: He was once a staff writer on the hit Fox TV animated series, “The Simpsons”)
Director Eli Roth is 51 (“Hostel,” “Cabin Fever”)
TV personality Rachel Smith is 38 (“Good Morning America,” “Entertainment Tonight”)
Director Edgar Wright is 49 (“Shaun of the Dead,” “Hot Fuzz”)
The late attorney Clarence Darrow (1857 – 1938) (FAST FACT: A leading member of the ACLU, in 1925, he defended John Scopes for teaching human evolution.)
The late comedian and “Real People” host Skip Stephenson (1940 – 1992)…he would have been 83 (FAST FACT: He died of a heart attack at his home in 1992 exactly one month after his 52^nd birthday)
The late Congressman Jamie Whitten (1910 – 1995) (FAST FACTS: He was the second-longest serving U.S. Representative ever and the fifth longest serving U.S. member of Congress ever)

April 19^th

Actors:

Hayden Christensen is 42 (“Star Wars” Episodes II and III, “Outcast”) (FAST FACTS: He did his first commercial at 8 years old for Pringles. He played hockey and tennis while in high school. He shares a daughter with Rachel Bilson…they were a couple from 2007 – 2017)
Tim Curry is 77 (“Rocky Horror Picture Show, “IT”)
James Franco is 45 (“Spring Breakers,” “Spider-Man” trilogy)
Kate Hudson is 44 (“Almost Famous,” “Glee”)
Ashley Judd is 55 (“Ruby in Paradise,” “Norma Jean & Marilyn”)
The late Jayne Mansfield (1933 – 1967)… (“The Girl Can't Help It,” “The Wayward Bus,” “Kiss Them for Me”) (FAST FACT: “Law & Order: SVU’s” Mariska Hargitay is her daughter)
The late Dudley Moore (1935 – 2002)… (“10,” “Arthur,” “Micki & Maude”) (He was nominated for Best Actor for “Arthur”)
The late Dick Sargent (1930 – 1994) … (“Bewitched”) (FAST FACTS: He was in the running to take the original role of Darrin Stephens, but was unable to accept it due to a contractual obligation to Universal. He later replaced Dick York, who left after five seasons, due to a back injury and his addiction to pain killers.)

Musicians:

Bekka Bramlett is 55
Alabama Shakes drummer Steve Johnson is 38
Luis Miguel is 53
Winger’s Rod Morgenstein is 70
Madeleine Peyroux is 49
The Turtles’ Mark Volman is 76

Plus:

Entrepreneur Suge Knight is 57 (He co-founded Death Row Records with Dr. Dre. He later founded Black Kapital Records)
Fashion designer Paloma Picasso is 73
Tennis champ Maria Sharapova is 36 (FAST FACTS: She’s been ranked as #1 in the world, by the Women's Tennis Association four times. In March 2016, Sharapova revealed she had failed a drug test at the 2016 Australian Open, admitting to testing positive for meldonium, a substance banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency at the start of the year. On June 8^th that year, she was suspended from playing tennis for two years by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). By October 4^th, 2016, the suspension was reduced to 15 months)
Comedienne Ruby Wax is 70
The late crimefighter Eliot Ness (1903 – 1957) (A Prohibition agent, he became famous for his efforts to enforce Prohibition in Chicago – bringing down Al Capone, and the leader of a famous team of law enforcement agents nicknamed “The Untouchables.”)

April 20^th

Actors:

Carmen Electra is 51 (“Baywatch “Meet the Spartans”) (FAST FACT: Born Tara Leigh Patrick, she started her professional career as a dancer, while working at the Kings Island amusement park. And by the way? She’s tiny – just 5-feet, 3-inches tall.)
Crispin Glover is 59 (“Back to the Future,” “Hot Tub Time Machine”)
Jessica Lange is 74 (“Tootsie,” “American Horror Story”) (FAST FACT: Among her achievements are two Academy Awards, one Tony Award, three Emmy Awards, five Golden Globe Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and three Dorian Awards. In 2016, Lange became the twenty-second thespian in history to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.)
Joey Lawrence is 47 (“Gimme A Break,” “Blossom”) (FAST FACTS: When he was five he performed a song on “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.” In 2006, Lawrence appeared on ABC's “Dancing with the Stars.” Paired with professional dancer Edyta Śliwińska, he placed third.)
Billy Magnussen is 38 (“The East,” “American Crime Story”)
Shemar Moore is 53 (“The Young and the Restless,” “Criminal Minds”)
Ryan O’ Neal is 82 (“Peyton Place,” “Bones”)
George Takei is 86 (“Star Trek” series)
The late Bruce Cabot (1904 - 1972) (1933’s “King Kong, “Diamonds Are Forever”)

Musicians:

Grand Funk Railroad’s Craig Frost is 75
Wade Hayes is 54
Killer Mike is 48 (born Michael Render)
Stephen Marley is 51 (Son of reggae icon Bob Marley)
Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy is 56
The late bandleader Lionel Hampton (1908 - 2002) (FAST FACTS: He was inducted into the Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame in 1992, and was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1996.)
The late Luther Vandross (1951 - 2005)…he would have been 71

Plus:

Model Miranda Kerr is 40 (FAST FACTS: Se became the first Australian Victoria’s Secret Angel in 2007, and welcome son Flynn Christopher Bloom in 2011. She shares the child with ex Orlando Bloom...who is now with Katy Perry...who birthed their daughter, Daisy Dove Bloom in August 2020)
Baseball Star Don Mattingly is 62 (Mattingly was named to the American League All-Star team six times. He won nine Gold Glove Awards, three Silver Slugger Awards, the 1984 AL batting title, and was the 1985 AL Most Valuable Player. Mattingly served as captain of the Yankees from 1991 through 1995, when he retired as a player.)
The late steam engine inventor Charles Gordon Curtis (1860-1953) (An engineer, inventor and patent attorney, he’s best known as the developer of the eponymous Curtis steam turbine.)
The late Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens (1920 – 2019) (FAST FACT: At the time of his retirement, he was the oldest justice then serving, the second-oldest serving justice in the history of the Court, and the third- longest serving Supreme Court Justice in history.)

April 21^st

Actors:

Robbie Amell is 35 (“The Tomorrow People,” “Revenge”)
Tony Danza is 72 (“Who’s The Boss?,” “Taxi”) (FAST FACT: He’s been nominated for an Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards)
Sandy Jobin-Bevans is 51 (“Dawn of the Dead,” “Harold & Kumar go to White Castle”)
Patti Lupone is 74 (“Frasier,” “American Horror Story: Coven”) (FAST FACTS: Also a heralded stage actress, she is a two-time GRAMMY Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner. She is also a 2006 American Theater Hall of Fame inductee)
Andie MacDowell is 65 (“Groundhog Day,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral”)
James McAvoy is 44 (“The X-Men” series, “Wanted”)
James Morrison is 69 (“24,” “Catch Me If You Can”)
Nicole Sullivan is 53 (“MADtv,” “The King of Queens”)
Brian J. White is 48 (“The Cabin in the Woods,” “Scandal”)
Dominic Zamprogna is 44 (“Edgemont,” “General Hospital”)
The late Charles Grodin (1935 – 2021) …he would have been 88 (“Heaven Can Wait,” “Beethoven”)
The late Anthony Quinn (1915 – 2001) (“Lawrence of Arabia,” “La Strada,” “Zorba the Greek”)

Musicians:

Black Veil Brides’ Christian Coma is 38
ROOM 94’s Sean Lemon is 35
All Time Low’s Zack Merrick is 35
The Misfits’ Jerry Only is 64
The Stooges’ Iggy Pop is 76 (given name, James Newell Osterberg, Jr.)
The Cure’s Robert Smith is 64
Echosmith’s Sydney Sierota is 26

Plus:

Reality star Jason Duggar is 23 (12^th son on TLC’s “19 Kids and Counting”)
“Rookie” magazine founder Tavi Gevinson is 27 (FAST FACTS: She founded the magazine when she was only 15-years-old)
Princess Isabella of Denmark is 16 (FAST FACTS: She’s the first female born into the Danish Royal family since 1946 – she’s third in the line of succession to the Danish throne, after her father and her older brother, Prince Christian.)
TV personality Robin Meade is 54 (HLN’s “Morning Express with Robin Meade”)
Comedian Rob Riggle is 53 (FAST FACTS: Known for his work as a correspondent on “The Daily Show,” he’s also had roles in “The Hangover” and “21 Jump Street.” He’s also a retired United States Marine Corps Reserve officer.)
Former Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback-turned-CBS analyst Tony Romo is 42 (He was the highest-paid player in the Cowboys’ franchise history)
The late novelist Charlotte Bronte (1816 – 1855) (FAST FACTS: She was the oldest surviving daughter in the renowned Bronte literary family, and died at age 38. Her famous pieces include “Jane Eyre,” “Villette,” and “Shirley”)
The late educator Friedrich Wilhelm August Frobel (1782 – 1852) (He is credited for starting the very first Kindergarten in Germany in 1837)
The late entrepreneur Don Tyson (1930 – 2011) …he would have been 93 (The Tyson Foods Chicken king, he got his start at age 14, when he was first introduced into the poultry industry as a chicken catcher and truck driver at Tyson’s Feed and Hatchery, the family's poultry feed and live production business started by his father, John W. Tyson. During his tenure at the helm, the company's revenue increased from $51-million to more than $10-billion.)

April 22^nd

Actors:

Cassidy Freeman is 41 (“Smallville,” “Longmire”)
Amber Heard is 37 (“Pineapple Express,” “Machete Kills”)
Sheryl Lee is 56 (“One Tree Hill,” “Dirty Sexy Money”)
Jeffrey Dean Morgan is 57 (“Supernatural,” “The Walking Dead”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Hilarie Burton since 2019, but they’ve been together since 2009)
Jack Nicholson is 86 (“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,” “The Shining,”) (FAST FACTS: Thanks to a reporter for "Time" magazine, at 37, Nicholson found out his sister was really his mother, and the woman he thought was his mother was actually his grandmother. And in case you’re also curious – he’s won over 90 awards as an actor.)
Ingo Rademacher is 52 (“General Hospital,” “Titans,”) (FAST FACTS: He placed 5^th on the 16^th season of “Dancing with the Stars” and in November 2021, it was reported that Rademacher would be leaving “General Hospital” after refusing to comply with the production's vaccine mandate. He later announced he was suing ABC over its vaccine mandate.)
Sherri Shepherd is 56 (“30 Rock,” “The View”)
Ryan Stiles is 64 (“Drew Carey Show,” “Whose Line Is It Anyway?)
The late Eddie Albert (1906 – 2005) (“Green Acres,” “Falcon Crest”)
The late Charlotte Rae (1926 - 2018)…she would have been 97 (“Diff'rent Strokes,” "The Facts of Life")

Musicians:

DJ Drama is 45 (born Tyree Cinque Simmons)
Peter Frampton is 73
Silverchair’s Daniel Johns is 44 (FAST FACT: Last month, Johns plead guilty to a DUI charge and entered rehab)
System of a Down’s Shavo Odadjian is 49
The late Glen Campbell (1936 – 2017)…he would have been 87

Plus:

Comedian/TV personality Byron Allen is 62 (FAST FACT: He’s also the founder, owner, chairman, and chief executive officer of the U.S. television production company Entertainment Studios…and owns The Weather Channel)
“Duck Dynasty” reality star Willie Robertson is 51
“Duck Dynasty” reality star Missy Robertson is 52 (FAST FACT: Shares the same birthday as her brother-in-law Willie Robertson.)
Director John Waters is 77 (“Hairspray,” “Pink Flamingos,” “Polyester”)
The late model Bettie Page (1923 – 2008) (Dubbed the “Queen of the Pinups,” she won the title of "Miss Pinup Girl of the World” in 1955)
The late communist thug Vladimir Lenin (1870 – 1924) (FAST FACT: His Bolshevik party was the foundation of the USSR)
The late scientist Robert Oppenheimer (1904 – 1967) (FAST FACTS: He led America into the atomic era with his research into nuclear physics and supervision of the Los Alamos laboratories from the very beginning of the Manhattan Project. In 1953, after a military report linked him to Communists in the past, he lost his prestigious position within the U.S. government.)
The late TV producer Aaron Spelling (1923 – 2006) (“Dynasty,” “Charlie's Angels,” “The Love Boat,” “Dynasty,” “Beverly Hills, 90210,” “7th Heaven,” “Charmed”)

April 23^rd

Actors:

Scott Bairstow is 53 ("Party of Five," “Tuck Everlasting”)
Valerie Bertinelli is 63 (“One Day At A Time,” “Touched By An Angel”) (FAST FACT: She also hosts the Food Network shows “Valerie's Home Cooking” and “Kids Baking Championship”)
Blair Brown is 77 (“The Choirboys,” “Orange is the New Black”)
Joyce DeWitt is 74 (“Three's Company”)
Melina Kanakaredes is 56 (“CSI: NY,” “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”)
George Lopez is 62 (“George Lopez,” “Lopez Tonight,” “Lopez”)
Lee Majors is 84 ("Six Million Dollar Man," “The Fall Guy”)
Dev Patel is 33 (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “The Last Airbender”)
Kal Penn is 46 (“Harold & Kumar go to White Castle,” “How I Met Your Mother”) (FAST FACT: From 2008 to 2011, he worked off and on for President Obama as associate director of public engagement the White House Office of Public Liaison. In 2013, President Obama appointed Penn to serve on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. He’s now back on the small screen hosting “The Big Picture with Kal Penn” as well as starring in ABC’s “Designated Survivor”)
Craig Sheffer is 63 (“Some Kind of Wonderful,” “Nightbreed,” “A River Runs Through It,” “One Tree Hill”)
Barry Watson is 49 (“7th Heaven,” “What About Brian,” “Samantha Who,” “Hart of Dixie”)
The late Shirley Temple Black (1928 – 2014)...she would have been 95 (FAST FACTS: She first acted at the age of four in a series of one-reelers titled “Baby Burlesks.” She retired from acting when she was 22. She later served as United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States)
The late Sandra Dee (1942 – 2005)…she would have been 81 (“Tammy,” “Gidget”)
The late Jan Hooks (1957 - 2014) …she would have been 66 (“SNL,” “30 Rock”)
The late Herve Villechaize (1943 – 1993)…he would have been 80 (Tattoo on “Fantasy Island”)

Musicians:

Taio Cruz is 43
Sugar Ray’s Stan Frazier is 55
Annie Automatic’s Christopher French is 41
The late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark (1960 – 1991)…he would have been 63
The late Roy Orbison (1936 – 1988)…he would have been 87

Plus:

Wrestler (and actor) John Cena is 46 (FAST FACTS: Nicknamed Doctor of Thuganomics, he won over 10 world championships and broke the record with his 11 WWE championship)
Model Jaime King is 44
Model and reality TV star Joanna Krupa is 44 (“Real Housewives of Miami”)
Director Michael Moore is 68 (“Bowling for Columbine,” “Fahrenheit 9/11”) (FAST FACT: Clint Eastwood once threatened to shoot Moore if he appeared at his door with a camera.)
Celebrity wedding planner/reality TV star David Tutera is 57 (“My Fair Wedding,” “CELEBrations”) (FAST FACT: When he split from his former partner, they split their infant twins – and neither partner sees the other child and the children have never met. As in David got the girl, his ex got the boy – and the doors are closed.)
The late President James Buchanan (1791 – 1868) (FAST FACTS: The 15^th president of the United States – he was opposed the secession of the Southern states, believing it to be illegal, but did not feel it was wise to go to war over the matter, something that would happen the moment his successor was elected to the office)
The late designer Halston (1932 – 1990)…he would have been 91 (His birth name was Roy Halston Frowick and as a designer, he believed the “American Woman” was about having a relaxed urban lifestyle. He created a new phenomenon in the 1970s and believed that women can wear the same clothing for the entire day on any occasion).
Composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) (Among his most famous works, “Peter and the Wolf”)
The late William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) (FAST FACTS: His influence on the English language far exceeds that of any other literary figure. Some of his original phrases include "dead as a doornail," "a sorry sight," "foul play," "hot-blooded," and "in a pickle.")
The late scientist Granville Woods (1856 – 1910) (FAST FACTS: Known “The Black Edison” who recorded over 50 patents to his name over his long career and who strived to make a safer and better public transportation system. He was the first African American to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War.)

April 24^th

Actors:

Eric Balfour is 46 (“Six Feet Under,” “24”)
Eric Bogosian is 70 (“Talk Radio,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”)
Melinda Clarke is 54 (“Days Of Our Lives,” “CSI”)
Djimon Hounsou is 59 (“Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Furious 7”)
Derek Luke is 49 (“Glory Road,” “Captain America: The First Avenger”)
Shirley MacLaine is 89 (“Sweet Charity,” “Terms of Endearment”)
Michael O'Keefe is 68 ("Roseanne,” “Ghosts of Mississippi”)
Jack Quaid is 31 (“The Hunger Games,” “Ithaca”) (FAST FACT: He’s the son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan)
Larramie Shaw is 31 (“Tyler Perry’s House of Payne,” “The Suite Life on Deck”)
The late Jill Ireland (1936 – 1990) …she would have been 86 (“The Great Escape,” “The Dirty Dozen”) (FAST FACT: She was well known for her role as “Leila Kalomi,” the only woman Mr. Spock ever loved from 1966’s “Star Trek.” She became a spokesperson for the American Cancer Society and wrote two books on her fight with breast cancer.)

Musicians:

We the Kings’ Travis Clark is 38
Kelly Clarkson is 41 (FAST FACT: Married to Brandon Blackstock since 2013, all seemed great until she filed for divorce in June 2020. Since then, things have gotten pretty ugly, but she won big in November 2020 when the judge overseeing the case awarded her primary physical custody of their two kids.)
Creedence Clearwater Revival’s Doug “Cosmo” Clifford is 77
All-American Rejects Tyson Ritter is 39
The Oak Ridge Boys’ Richard Sterban is 80
Three Days Grace Barry Stock is 49
Barbra Streisand is 81 (FAST FACT: One of the most heralded performers in history, she is among a small group of entertainers who have been honored with an Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar, and Tony Award, and is one of only two artists who have also won a Peabody – though she’s actually got four On top of that, a Kennedy Center Honors prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and nine Golden Globes)

Plus:

Comedian Cedric the Entertainer is 59 (“The Steve Harvey Show,” he lent his voice for roles in “Ice Age” and “Madagascar”)
Designer Jean Paul Gaultier is 71 (You may know his fragrances, the ones with the bottle shaped as a green male body and a nude female body? Yup, that guy.)
Duck Commander founder (and “Duck Dynasty” star) Phil Robertson is 76
Model Katherine Webb is 34 (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Cincinnati Bengals QB AJ McCarron since 2014)
The late artist Willem De Kooning (1904 – 1997) (FAST FACT: His painting, "Woman III," sold for a staggering $137-million in 2006)

April 25^th

Actors:

Hank Azaria is 59 (“Mad About You,” “The Simpsons”) (FAST FACTS: He is the voice of Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy and Carl Carlson. He was also the voice for Apu Nahasapeemapetilon until 2018. He’s won to Primetime Emmy Awards for his voice-over performances in “The Simpsons”)
Jason Lee is 53 (“Clerks,” “My Name Is Earl”) (FAST FACTS: He was nominated for two Golden Globes in 2006 and 2007 for his role in “My Name Is Earl”)
Al Pacino is 83 (“The Godfather” movies, “Scarface”) (FAST FACT: In a “Playboy” magazine interview, he claimed he once got fired as an usher at a movie theater for admiring himself in the mirror while walking down the stairs.)
Jayden Rey is 14 (“The Conners”)
Talia Shire is 77 (“Rocky,” “The Godfather” movies) (FAST FACTS: You’ll most likely remember her most when Rocky screams out for “Adrian”)
Allisyn Snyder is 27 (“A.P. Bio,” “Sonny With a Chance”)
Gina Torres is 54 (“Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Lone Star: 9-1-1”)
Renee Zellweger is 54 (“Jerry Maguire,” “Bridget Jones's Baby”)

Musicians:

Andy Bell is 59
Rory Feek is 58
O-Town’s Jacob Underwood is 43
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus is 78
The late Ella Fitzgerald (1917 – 1996) (FAST FACTS: After the death of her mother in 1932, she worked as a lookout for a bordello and for a Mafioso numbers runner. The Queen of Jazz who won thirteen Grammy Awards, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush.)

Plus:

Ballroom dancer and “Dancing with the Stars” judge Len Goodman is 79
The late Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon (1932 – 2015)…he would have been 91 (FAST FACTS: Clown Prince of the Harlem Globetrotters for 24 seasons, playing in over 16,000 games for the team, he was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2003)
The late scientist Guglielmo Marconi (1874 – 1937) (FAST FACTS: He worked on long-distance radio transmission and he shared the 1909 Nobel Prize in Physics with Karl Braun for this work. He founded The Wireless Telegraph & Signal Company in Britain in 1897)
The late film director Paul Mazursky (1930 – 2014)…he would have been 93 (“Down & Out In Beverly Hills,” “Enemies: A Love Story”)
The late newsman Edward R. Murrow (1908 – 1965) (FAST FACTS: Known for his honesty and integrity, he came to fame with coverage of WWII and the McCarthy hearings – in fact, his series of reports helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.)

April 26^th

Actors:

Jordana Brewster is 43 (“Fast & Furious” series, “Dallas”)
Carol Burnett is 90 (“The Carol Burnett Show,” “The Four Seasons,” “Annie,” “Noises Off”)
Joan Chen is 62 (“The Last Emperor,” “Twin Peaks,” “Saving Face”)
Michael Damian is 61 (“The Facts of Life,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”)
Giancarlo Esposito is 65 (“Do the Right Thing,” “School Daze,” “Mo' Better Blues,” “The Usual Suspects,” “Once Upon a Time,” “Revolution.,” “Breaking Bad,” “Better Call Saul,” “The Get Down”)
Kevin James is 58 (“Paul Blart: Mall Cop,” “Zookeeper,” “Grown Ups,” “King of Queens,” “Kevin Can Wait”)
Amin Joseph is 43 (“Baywatch” (film), “City of Lies,” “Snowfall”)
Stana Katic is 45 (“Quantum of Solace,” “Castle,” “Absentia”) (FAST FACT: She speaks English, Serbian, Croatian, French, Italian, and Slovenian fluently.)
Jet Li is 60 (“Shaolin Temple,” “Hero, Fist of Legend,” “The Forbidden Kingdom,” “The Expendables” films, “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, “Lethal Weapon 4,” “Romeo Must Die”)
Channing Tatum is 43 (“Coach Carter,” “21 Jump Street,” “She's the Man,” “Magic Mike” series, “Foxcatcher,” “ The Hateful Eight,” “Hail, Caesar!,” “Logan Lucky”) (FAST FACT: As most people now know, before fame he briefly worked as a stripper, which was inspiration for his character in “Magic Mike” – but he’s since brought the ‘Magic Mike Live’ experience to Las Vegas.)
Tom Welling is 46 (“Judging Amy,” “Smallville,” “The Fog,” “The Choice,” “Draft Day”)
Debra Wilson is 61 (“MAD TV,” “Family Guy,” “CSI” “GSN Live!”)

Musicians:

Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus is 52
Little Texas Keyboardist Jeff Huskins is 57
Jose Pasillas of Incubus is 47
Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor is 63
Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins is 53
The late Slipknot/Sinsaenum drummer Joey Jordison (1975 – 2021)…he would have been 48 (FAST FACTS: He started playing drums at age eight, when he received his first drum set. He helped his mother run a funeral home after his parents divorced. While his cause of death has yet to be confirmed, in 2016, he revealed his battle with the neurological disease acute transverse myelitis. Its symptoms started in 2010 while touring with Murderdolls, but the disease was diagnosed long after. This progressed to the loss of use of his left leg and illness had temporarily cost him the use of his legs and caused him to be unable to play the drums before rehabilitation therapy.)
The late Bobby Rydell (1942 – 2022)…he would have been 81
The late Ma Rainey (1886 – 1939) (The “Mother of the Blues” who was among the first singers to infuse folk blues music into her performances and was known for took the songs of hardship and struggle of African Americans and re-telling them. She recorded more than one hundred songs over the course of her career, including "See See Rider.")

Plus:

Model (and former FLOTUS) Melania Trump is 53
Reality TV star Jacqueline Laurita is 53 (“Real Housewives of New Jersey”)
Iraqi War hero Jessica Lynch is 40 (Lynch’s was the first successful rescue of an American POW since World War II and the first-ever female POW)
Producer Giorgio Moroder is 83 (“Flashdance,” “Top Gun”) (FAST FACT: His song, “Flashdance (What a Feeling),” from 1983’s “Flashdance” won an Oscar and a GRAMMY for Best Original Song)
The late emperor Marcus Aurelius (Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 who was called 'The Philosopher King.' He is one of the most important Stoic philosopher and he wrote an important treatise on the subject of leadership) (FAST FACT: The movie “Gladiator” was partly based on his life) (121 – 180 AD)

April 27^th

Actors:

Ari Graynor is 40 (“Mystic River,” “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”)
Sally Hawkins is 47 (“Godzilla,” “Paddington”)
James Le Gros is 61 ("Ally McBeal," “Bitter Feast”)
William Moseley is 36 (“The Chronicles of Narnia” film series, E!’s “The Royals”)
Maura West is 51 (“General Hospital,” “The Young and the Restless”)
The late Judy Carne (1939 – 2015)…she would have been 84 (“Love on a Rooftop,” “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-in”)
The late Sandy Dennis (1937 – 1992) …she would have been 86 (“The Out of Towners,” “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”) (FAST FACTS: She won Tony Awards for her roles in “A Thousand Clowns” and “Any Wednesday”)
The late Jack Klugman (1922 – 2012) (“The Odd Couple,” “Quincy, M.E.”)

Musicians:

K Camp is 33 (born Kristopher Thomas Campbell)
Isobel Campbell is 47
Sheena Easton is 64
Ace Frehley is 72
My Morning Jacket’s Patrick Hallahan is 45
My Morning Jacket’s Jim James is 45
Lizzo is 35 (born Melissa Viviane Jefferson)
Days of the New’s Travis Meeks is 44
The Stylistics’ Herbie Murrell is 74
Karmin’s Nick Noonan is 37
John Osborne (of the Brothers Osborne) is 41
The B-52’s Kate Pierson is 75
Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump is 39
The Main Ingredient’s late Cuba Gooding, Sr. (yes, Cuba Gooding Jr’s dad) (1944 – 2017)…he would have been 79

Plus:

TV personality Nigel Barker is 51 (“America’s Next Top Model,” “The Face”)
Film producer Wesley Chan is 45 (FAST FACTS: He’s one third of the film and web production company at Wong Fu Productions, and is one of the creators of a YouTube Channel that has over two million subscribers. His company also produced music videos for Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours” and Maroon 5’s “Sunday Morning.”)
Reality TV star Corey “Big Hoss” Harrison is 40 (“Pawn Stars”)
Reality TV star Silas Merritt “Uncle Si” Robertson is 75 (“Duck Dynasty”)
The late U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant (1822 – 1885) (FAST FACTS: He was the 18^th president of the United States. Before he was elected to presidency, he helped lead the Union forces to victory during the Civil War as commanding general and was an important figure in passing the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution).
The late TV show host Casey Kasem (1932 – 2014) …he would have been 91 (FAST FACTS: A broadcasting legend and producer best known for 1984’s “Ghostbusters” and voiced Shaggy in “What’s New, Scooby-Doo?” who hosted “American top 40.”)
The late civil rights leader Coretta Scott King (1927 – 2006) …she would have been 96 (FAST FACTS: She took on the leadership role in the civil rights movement after her husband, Martin Luther King Jr., was assassinated. She was the first African-American to lie in state at the Georgia State Capitol Building in Atlanta when she died.)
The late scientist Samuel Morse (1791 – 1872) (FAST FACTS: He received a patent as the inventor of the single-wire telegraph system in 1847. Morse created the dot-dash Morse code. Missing the death of his wife because of slow communication, he was inspired to invent the revolutionary creation.)

April 28^th

Actors:

Jessica Alba is 42 ("Dark Angel," “Sin City”)
Penelope Cruz is 49 (“Blow,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Javier Bardem since 2010)
Jorge Garcia is 50 (“Lost,” “Hawaii Five-0”)
Nancy Lee Grahn is 67 (“General Hospital,” “Santa Barbara”)
Paul Guilfoyle is 74 (“Beverly Hills Cop II,” “CSI”)
Samuel Larsen is 32 (“Glee’s” Joe Hart)
Ann-Margret is 82 (“Bye Bye Birdie,” “Tommy”) (FAST FACTS: Her singing and acting careers span five decades, starting in 1961; when she was initially billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. Among her many acting awards, she’s got four Golden Globes, and an Emmy)
Mary McDonnell is 71 (“Independence Day,” “Donnie Darko”)
Bridget Moynahan is 52 (“Coyote Ugly,” “Blue Bloods”) (FAST FACTS: Before there was Gisele, Bridget was Tom Brady’s baby mama. In case you forgot, they had been dating from 2004-2006, and she had discovered she was plump with fetus AFTER they split. He had already begun dating Gisele, only to have the announcement of Bridget’s shortly thereafter. John, known as Jack, was born in August 2007)
Elisabeth Rohm is 50 (“Angel,” ”Law and Order”)
Harry Shum, Jr. is 41 (“Step Up 2: The Streets,” “Glee”)
Jenna Ushkowitz is 37 (“Glee,” “Yellow Fever”) (FAST FACT: She and her husband David Stanley are expecting their first child, a daughter, in June)
The late Carolyn Jones (1930 – 1983)…she would have been 93 (Morticia on TV’s “The Addams Family”)
The late Bruno Kirby (1949 – 2006)…he would have been 74 (“Good Morning, Vietnam,” “The Godfather Part II”)
The late Marcia Strassman (1948 – 2014) … she would have been 75 (“Welcome Back, Kotter,” “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”)

Musicians:

Goodie Mob’s Big Gipp is 50 (born Cameron Gipp)
Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon is 70
Melanie Martinez is 28
Nikko Smith is 41 (given name Osborne Earl Smith)
Too Short is 57 (born Todd Anthony Shaw)
Insane Clown Posse’s Violent J is 51 (his mama knows him as Joseph Bruce)

Plus:

Golfer John Daly is 57
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is 63 (She’s been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 2010)
TV personality and comedian Jay Leno is 73
“Property Brothers” Drew and Jonathan Scott are 45 (FAST FACTS: Drew is currently expecting his first child with wife Linda Phan, and Jonathan has been dating Zooey Deschanel since they met during a “Caropool Karaoke” segment in 2019)
The late entrepreneur Ferruccio Lamborghini (1916 – 1993) (FAST FACTS: He started in oil heaters and air conditioning then went on to become the creator of the luxurious Lamborghini sports cars. He had discovered a problem with the clutch on his Ferrari, and he went to complain about it to its designer Enzo, who promptly turned Ferruccio away.)
The late Iraqi President Saddam Hussein (1937 – 2006)…he would have been 86
The late author Harper Lee (1926 – 2016)…she would have been 97 (“To Kill A Mockingbird,” “Go Set A Watchman”) (FAST FACT: Born Nelle Harper Lee, she was a schoolmate and lifelong friend of Truman Capote. Awarded the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom for her “tremendous contribution to American literature and culture,” “To Kill A Mockingbird” is widely considered an American literary masterpiece.)
The late President James Monroe (1758 – 1831) (FAST FACT: The fifth president of the United States and the final Founding Father to be elected to the office as well as the third to die on July 4^th.)

April 29^th

Actors:

Paul Adelstein is 54 (“Private Practice,” “Scandal”)
Megan Boone is 40 (“Law & Order: LA,” “The Blacklist”)
Nora Dunn is 71 (“Working Girl,” "Saturday Night Live")
Daniel Day Lewis is 66 (“My Left Foot,” “Lincoln”) (FAST FACT: In November 2012, “Time” named him the "World's Greatest Actor”)
Kate Mulgrew is 68 (“Star Trek: Voyager,” “Orange Is the New Black”)
Michelle Pfeiffer is 65 (“Scarface,” “The Witches of Eastwick”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to heralded TV producer David E. Kelley since 1993)
Eve Plumb is 65 ("The Brady Bunch")
Uma Thurman is 53 (“Dangerous Liaisons,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Nymphomaniac”) (FAST FACTS: An Academy Award-winning actress, she took home a Best Actress Golden Globe Award for her role in 2003's “Hysterical Blindness”)

Musicians:

The Oak Ridge Boys’ Duane Allen is 80
Mary Mary’s Erica Atkins-Campbell is 51
Tommy James is 76
Karmin’s Amy Heidemann is 37
Willie Nelson is 90 (FAST FACT: When he joined the Air Force and received his birth certificate, the date was listed as April 30, 1933. However, his sister Bobbie Nelson and other family members are sure he was born shortly before midnight on April 29^th – so we celebrate both!)
Master P is 53 (born Percy Robert Miller)
Carnie Wilson is 55
The late Duke Ellington (1899 – 1974) (FAST FACTS: One of American jazz's most influential figures, he led his famed orchestra from 1923 until his death. He called his music American Music, not jazz. He helped compose more than 1,000 original pieces, many of which became standards.)

Plus:

Tennis champ Andre Agassi is 53 (FAST FACTS: He won all four Grand Slam titles, including the Australian Open four times from 1995 to 2003. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2011. He’s been married to fellow tennis ace Steffi Graff since 2001)
Model and “Mrs. Hugh Hefner” Crystal Harris is 37 (FAST FACT: In June 2011, she released the song “Club Queen.” Hefner’s third wife, she was married to the late mogul from 2012 until his death in 2017)
Composer Zubin Mehta is 87
Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld is 69
The late NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt (1951 – 2001)…he would have been 72 (FAST FACTS: Legendary Winston Cup NASCAR driver in the 1980s and 1990s, he won seven Winston Cup Series Championships as well as the 1998 Daytona 500.)
The late publishing titan William Randolph Hearst Sr. (1863 – 1951) (FAST FACT: He was expelled from Harvard for practical jokes and alcohol abuse – he was also the unwilling inspiration for “Citizen Kane”)
The late Emperor Hirohito (1901 – 1989) (FAST FACTS: Also known as Emperor Showa, he reigned as the Emperor or Japan from 1926 to 1989. He helped form the Axis Powers with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy and led Japan during its involvement in World War II)

April 30^th

Actors:

Dianna Agron is 37 (“Glee,” “I Am Number Four,” “The Family,” “Zipper,” “Bare”) (FAST FACT: She was ranked number 3 of Shalom Life’s list of the top 50 most talented, intelligent, funny, and gorgeous Jewish women in the world.)
Kirsten Dunst is 41 (“Interview with the Vampire,” “Little Women”) (FAST FACT: She’s been partnered with – and rumored to be actually married to Jessie Plemmons since 2016. They welcomed Their first son was born on May 2018 and their second son in May 2021. And most recently starred in the Oscar-nominated “The Power Of The Dog” together.)
Gal Gadot is 38 (“Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” “Wonder Woman”)
Johnny Galecki is 48 (“Roseanne,” “The Big Bang Theory”)
Perry King is 75 (“Melrose Place,” “The Day After Tomorrow”)
Kunal Nayyar is 42 (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Sullivan & Son”)
Adrian Pasdar is 58 (“Top Gun,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) (FAST FACT: Married to Dixie Chick Natalie Maines in 2000, she filed for divorce in July 2017...and they finally divorced in 2019 after a VERY contentious battle.)
Burt Young is 83 (“Rocky,” “Convoy,” “The Sopranos”)
The late Eve Arden (1908 – 1990) (“Our Miss Brooks,” “Grease I,” “Grease II”)
The late Jill Clayburgh (1944 – 2010)…she would have been 79 (“An Unmarried Woman,” “Bridesmaids”)
The late Cloris Leachman (1926 – 2021)...she would have been 98 (“Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Facts of Life,” “Young Frankenstein,” “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “Dancing with the Stars,” “Raising Hope”)
The late Al Lewis (1923 – 2006) (Grandpa on ‘The Munsters”)

Musicians:

Lloyd Banks is 41 (His mama calls him Christopher Charles Lloyd)
3 Doors Down guitarist Chris Henderson is 52
Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 52
Willie Nelson is 90 (FAST FACT: When he joined the Air Force and received his birth certificate, the date was listed as April 30, 1933. However, his sister Bobbie Nelson and other family members are sure he was born shortly before midnight on April 29^th – so we celebrate both!)
Dresden Dolls’ Amanda Palmer is 47
Dishwalla’s R. Richards is 56
The Mavericks’ Robert Reynolds is 61
98 Degrees’ Jeff Timmons is 50
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is 42
The Toadies’ Clark Vogeler is 54
The late Bobby Vee (1943 – 2016)…he would have been 80

Plus:

Director Jane Campion is 69 (“The Piano,” “The Power Of The Dog”) (FAST FACT: In 1993, she became the first woman to win the prestigious Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival)
Celebrity kids Monroe and Moroccan Cannon are 12 (The bouncing babes of Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon)
Hall of Fame Detroit Pistons point guard Isiah Thomas is 62 (FAST FACTS: He led the team to back-to-back NBA Championships in 1989 and 1990; 12-time NBA All-Star and 3-time All-NBA First Team selection)
Lars Von Trier is 67 (“Dogville,” “Breaking The Waves,” “Melancholia”)
The late TV personality Gary Collins (1938 – 2012)…he would have been 85
May 1^st
Actors:

Julie Benz is 51 (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Desperate Housewives”)
Scott Coffey is 59 (“Dream Lover,” “Mulholland Drive”)
Jamie Dornan is 41 (“Shadows In The Sun,” “Fifty Shades of Grey”) (FAST FACT: He was officially named Heat World’s 2015’s Hottest Hunk beating out David Beckham, One Direction’s Harry Styles and Zac Efron.)
Dann Florek is 73 (“L.A. Law,” NBC’s “Law & Order” and its spinoff “Law & Order: SVU”) (FAST FACTS: He’s been on those series for over 20 years)
Joanna Lumley is 77 (“The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie”)
Darius McCrary is 47 (Eddie Winslow on “Family Matters,” “Mississippi Burning”)
The late Glenn Ford (1916 – 2006) (“Gilda,” “Heaven with A Barbed Wire Fence”)

Musicians:

Mary Mary’s Tina Campbell is 49
Judy Collins is 84
Rita Coolidge is 78
Tim McGraw is 56
Ray Parker, Jr. is 69
Smashing Pumpkins’ D’Arcy Wretzky is 55
The late Country Music Hall of Famer Sonny James (1928 – 2016)…he would have been 95

Plus:

Director Wes Anderson is 54 (“The Royal Tenenbaums,” “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel”)
Reality TV star Kelly Bensimon is 55 (“Real Housewives of New York City”)
“People’s Court” Judge Marilyn Milian is 62
Director John Woo is 77 (“Hard Target,” “Face/Off,” “Broken Arrow,” “Mission: Impossible II”)
The late author Joseph Heller (1923 – 1999) ("Catch 22")
The late frontierswoman Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” Canary (1852 – 1903) (FAST FACT: Despite being recognized mainly for her grit and fire, she was also said to show compassion to the sick and poor.)
The late TV host Jack Paar (1918 – 2004) (FAST FACT: Johnny Carson replaced him on “The Tonight Show” October 1, 1962.)

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