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October 1^st

Actors:

Julie Andrews is 87 (“Mary Poppins,” “The Sound of Music,” “S.O.B,” “Victor/Victoria,” “the Princess Diaries”)
Stephen Collins is 75 (“Brewster’s Millions,” “No Ordinary Family,” “7^th Heaven,” “Revolution”) (FAST FACT: In his spectacular fall from grace, Collins admitted to molesting underage girls in December 2014 – he’s been off the map ever since.)
Sarah Drew is 42 (“Everwood,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
Zach Galifianakis is 53 (“The Hangover” trilogy, “Due Date,” “The Campaign,” “Masterminds”) (FAST FACT: He started doing stand up comedy in a Laundromat)
Brie Larson is 33 (“Sleepover,” “Remember the Daze,” “21 Jump Street,” “Room,” “Kong: Skull Island,” “Captain Marvel”)
Esai Morales is 60 (“La Bamba,” “NYPD Blue,” “American Family,” “Resurrection Blvd.,” “Caprica,” “Criminal Minds,” “Blue Bloods,” “How To Get Away With Murder,” “Ozark”)
Randy Quaid is 72 (“The Long Riders,” “The Early Years,” “National Lampoon’s “Vacation” series, “Independence Day,” “Kingpin,” “Brokeback Mountain,” (FAST FACTS! After a series of legal troubles, he’s out of jail, but appears to be totally out of his mind, thanks to the bizarre and sometimes pornographic videos he’s posted online)
Sherri Saum is 48 (“Sunset Beach,” “Rescue Me,” “The Fosters”) (FAST FACT: She was discovered as a model in high school and got her start at a model search convention in Ohio
Jurnee Smollett is 36 (“Eve’s Bayou,” “Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor,” “Friday Night Lights,” “True Blood,” “Underground”)
Stella Stevens is 84 (“Say One For Me,” “The Courtshop of Eddie’s Father” “The Poseidon Adventure,” “Girls! Girls! Girls!” “The Nutty Professor”) (FAST FACT: she studied medicine at Memphis State College)
The late Tom Bosley (1927-2010)…he would have been 95 (“Happy Days,” “Father Dowling Mysteries”)
The late Richard Harris (1930-2002)…he would have been 92 (“Gladiator,” “Camelot,” “Unforgiven,” He was also the original Dumbledore in “Harry Potter,”) (FAST FACT: He initially refused the role of Albus Dumbledore and eventually relented due to pressure put on him by his 10-year-old granddaughter)
The late Walter Matthau (1920-2000) (“The Odd Couple,” “The Fortune Cookie,” “Grumpy Old Men”)
The late George Peppard (1928-1994)…he would have been 94 (“Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Banacek,” “The A-Team”)
The late James Whitmore (1921-2009) (“The Shawshank Redemption,” “Planet of the Apes,” “Them!”)

Musicians:

Emblem3’s Drew Chadwick is 30
Myles Parrish of Kalin and Myles is 30
Shalamar’s Howard Hewett is 67

Plus:

WWE wrestler Curtis Axel is 43 (who made his professional debut for World League Wrestling in 2007 and is known for wrestling with The Nexus in WWE)
Baseball player Rod Carew is 77 (Hall of Fame member for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels) (FAST FACT: he was born on a train and named after the doctor who delivered him)
Former MLB player-turned-bench coach for the San Diego Padres, Mark McGwire is 59 (All success and records aside, McGwire was a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal. In 2010, McGwire publicly admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs during a large portion of his career. As a result, with his first ten years of eligibility passing, McGwire has not been elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame)
Former President Jimmy Carter is 98 (The 39^th president of the United States who became the first president to receive a Nobel Peace Prize after leaving office)
Composer Andre Rieu is 73 (violinist and conductor who founded the Johann Strauss Orchestra)
The late activist Mary Anna Custis Lee (1807-1873) (She advocated emancipation of slaves and taught her female slaves to read and write)
The late outlaw Bonnie Parker (1910 – 1934) (American robber to the duo “Bonnie & Clyde” who traveled the central US with their gang during the Great Depression)

October 2^nd

Actors:

Camilla Belle is 36 (“10,000 BC,” “When a Stranger Calls,” “Practical Magic,” “Push”) (FAST FACT: she appeared in a newspaper advertisement before she was a year old)
Lorraine Bracco is 68 (“The Sopranos,” “Goodfellas,” “Rizzoli & Isles”) (FAST FACT: She moved to France and worked as a fashion model for Jean-Paul Gaultier)
Avery Brooks is 74 (“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” “American History X,” “Hawk on Spenser”)
Brianna Brown is 43 (“General Hospital,” “Knocked Up,” “The 40 Year Old Virgin”)
Brendan Meyer is 28 (“Mr. Young,” “Dinosapien,” “Tooth Fairy”)
Efren Ramirez is 49 (Pedro in “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Crank,” “Employee of the Month”)
The late Bud Abbott (of “Abbott & Costello”) (1897-1974)
The late Groucho Marx (1890-1977) (Born Julius Henry Marx, he was part of the legendary Marx brothers , which included Chico and Harpo. He also hosted the radio show, “You Bet Your Life”) (FAST FACT: His original career goal was to become a doctor)
The late George “Spanky” McFarland (original member of “Our Gang” kids comedy cast) (1928-1993)… he would have been 94

Musicians:

Don McLean is 77 (FAST FACT: Back in 2001, “American Pie” was voted #5 on a list of the 365 Songs of the Century)
Slipknot’s Jim Root is 51
Genesis (and Mike + The Mechanics) guitarist Mike Rutherford is 72
Sting is 71 (FAST FACT: Born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, he delivered milk early in the mornings when he was a child)
Tiffany is 51 (Her given name, Tiffany Renee Darwish)
Kelly Willis is 54
The late Proof (aka DeShaun Holton, late member of Eminem’s D12) (1973-2006)…he would have been 49

Plus:

Fashion designer Donna Karan is 74
Iconic photographer Annie Leibovitz is 73
TV personality Kelly Ripa is 52
The late lawyer Johnnie Cochran Jr. (The creator of the “if it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” defense of O.J. Simpson) (1937-2005)…he would have been 85
The late civil rights leader Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) (FAST FACT: He studied law at the University College, London – and that’s where he began to abstain from meat and alcoholic beverages.)
The late King of England King Richard III (1452-1485)

October 3^rd

Actors:

Neve Campbell is 49 (“Party of Five,” “Scream” franchise, “The Company”)
Erik von Detten is 40 (“The Princess Diaries,” “Days of Our Lives,” “Brink!”)
Lena Headey is 49 (“300,” “The Purge,” “Game of Thrones”)
Jessica Parker Kennedy is 38 (“Smallville,” “Santa Baby”) (FAST FACT: She was J.J. Abrams' first choice for the role of Lizzy in the spy series, “Undercovers,” but she was replaced by another actress following the show's pilot episode)
Aramis Knight is 23 (“Ender’s Game,” “The Middle”)
Kirsten Nelson is 52 (“Fraiser,” “Buffy: The Vampire Slayer,” “Ally McBeal,” “Psych”)
Clive Owen is 58 (“Closer,” “Children of Men,” “Chancer,” “Sin City”)
Seann William Scott is 46 (“American Pie” series, “Dukes of Hazzard,” “Goon”) (FAST FACT: his job at a local movie theater inspired him to become an actor)
Tessa Thompson is 39 (“Veronica Mars,” “Ford Colored Girls,” “Thor: Ragnarok,” “Westworld”) (FAST FACT: She debuted in a fifth-grade stage production that also featured actress, Amber Tamblyn)
Alanna Ubach is 47 (“Meet the Fockers,” “Legally Blonde,”Rango”)
Jack Wagner is 63 (“General Hospital,” “Melrose Place,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” (FAST FACT: In 2012, he placed 11^th on season 14 of “Dancing With The Stars”)

Musicians:

Arie is 47
Lindsey Buckingham is 73
Chubby Checker is 81 (FAST FACT: His song, "The Twist," was in the Hot 100 in 2008, as well as in the year it was first heard, 1958)
The Script’s Danny O’Donoghue is 42
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Josh Klinghoffer (Joined RHCP in 2007; He left the band in 2019) is 43
Tommy Lee is 60
Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson is 51
ASAP Rocky is 34 (born Rakim Mayers)
Ashlee Simpson is 38 (FAST FACT: she has legally changed her last name to Ross-Naess, to honor her mother-in-law, Diana Ross)
No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani is 53 (FAST FACT: She was diagnosed with Dyslexia and ADHD by her school counselors when she was a child. Gwen – whose legal last name is Shelton, by the by – has been married to Blake Shelton since July 3^rd, 2021 – they’ve been together since mid-late 2015.)
The late Eddie Cochran (1938-1960)…he would have been 84
The late guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan (1954-1990)… he would have been 68

Plus:

WWE Wrestler John “The Shaman of Sexy” Morrison is 43
Comedian Greg Proops is 63
TV personality Rev. Al Sharpton is 68 (FAST FACTS: He began his rise to fame as James Brown’s tour manager, and later ran for US Senate and attempted to run for President in 2004)
Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan is 71 (FAST FACTS: In October 1984, she became the first American woman to walk in space. She went on to serve as the Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under President Obama – and completed her service on January 20, 2017 with the swearing in of President Trump.)
The late author James Herriot (“All Creatures Great and Small,” “All Things Bright and Beautiful”) (1916-1995)
The late author Gore Vidal (“Myra Breckinridge,” “Ben-Hur”) (1925-2012)…he would have been 96

October 4^th

Actors:

Rachael Leigh Cook is 43 (“She's All That,” “Josie and the Pussycats,” “Into The West,” “Psych,” “Perception”)
Dakota Johnson is 33 (“Crazy In Alabama,” “Ben and Kate,” “How To Be Single,” “Fifty Shades” series)
Liev Schreiber is 55 (“Scream” series, “Ransom,” “Phantom,” “The Sum of All Fears,” “The Omen,” “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Taking Woodstock,” “Salt,” “Goo,” “Spotlight,” “Ray Donovan”)
Susan Sarandon is 76 (“Rocky Horror Picture Show,” “Pretty Baby,” “Atlantic City,” “The Hunger,” “The Witches of Eastwick,” “Bull Durham,” “Dead Man Walking,” “Thelma & Louise,” “Little Women,” “Stepmom,” “Enchanted,” “The Lovely Bones,” “Tammy,” “The Meddler,” “Feud”)
Alicia Silverstone is 46 (“The Crush,” “Clueless,” “Batman & Robin,” “Miss Match,” “Suburgatory,” “American Woman”)
Brynn Thayer is 73 (“One Life To Life,” “Matlock,” “General Hospital”)
The late Charlton Heston (1923 – 2008)…he would have been 99 (More than 100 films throughout his 6-decade career, he is perhaps best known for his role as Moses in “The Ten Commandments”)
The late Buster Keaton (1895 – 1966) (“The General”) (FAST FACT: He received an honorary Academy Award in 1958 – and in in 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him the 21^st greatest male star of classic Hollywood cinema.)

Musicians:

Il Divo’s Ignazio Boschetto is 28
Sawyer Brown’s Gregg Hubbard is 62
The Cadillac Three’s Jaren Johnston is 42
A.T.u.’s Lena Katina is 38
Lil Mama is 33 (her given name, Niatia Jessica Kirkland)
Heidi Newfield is 52
Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock is 31
Rich Homie Quan is 33 (born Dequantes Devontay Lamar)
Shontelle is 37

Plus:

Voice actor Bill Fagerbakke (Voices Patrick on “SpongeBob SquarePants”) is 65
Celebrity daughter (and sometime actress/model) Ava Sambora is 24 (daughter of Heather Locklear and Richie Sambora)
Entrepreneur Linda McMahon is 74 (WWE exec and former Senatorial Candidate)
Entrepreneur Russell Simmons is 65 (The chairman and CEO of Rush Communications, he cofounded the hip-hop music label Def Jam Recordings and created the clothing fashion lines Phat Farm, Argyleculture, and Tantris. Simmons has a net-worth estimate of $320-million)
Celebrity brother Caleb Walker is 45 (A paramedic, he acted as a body double for his late brother Paul after his passing. He has since expressed an interest in going into acting)
The late author Jackie Collins (1937 – 2015)…she would have been 85 (She wrote 32 novels, all of which appeared on “The New York Times” bestsellers list. In total, her books have sold over 500 million copies and have been translated into 40 languages) (FAST FACTS: She published her first novel, “The World Is Full of Married Men,” in 1968. The book, considered scandalous by some, was banned in both South Africa and Australia)
The late American President Rutherford B. Hayes (1822 – 1893) (The 19^th president of the United States who ended Reconstruction with the Compromise of 1877 and initiated the beginnings of civil service reform) (FAST FACT: His wife, Lucy Webb Hayes, ran an alcohol-free White House, becoming known as “Lemonade Lucy.”)
The late author Anne Rice (1941 – 2021)…she would have been 81 (Bestselling novelist of witchcraft and vampire stories, such as “Interview with the Vampire” and “Queen of the Damned.” She also wrote historical novels, including “The Feast of All Saints,” and erotic works such as “Exit to Eden.”

October 5^th

Actors:

Karen Allen is 71 (“Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark,” “The Sandlot,” “Poster Boy,” “The Perfect Storm,” “Cruising”)
Daniel Baldwin is 62 (“Homicide: Life on the Street,” “Mulholland Falls,” “Grey Gardens.” “Celebrity Big Brother 16”)
Josie Bissett is 52 (“Melrose Place,” “Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “The Wedding March”)
Jesse Eisenberg is 39 (“The Squid and the Whale,” “Adventureland,” “The Education of Charlie Banks,” “Zombieland,” “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice”)
Parminder Nagra is 47 (“Bend It Like Beckham,” “E.R.,” “The Blacklist”)
Guy Pearce is 55 (“A. Confidential,” “The King's Speech,” “The Hurt Locker,” “The Count of Monte Cristo”)
Kate Winslet is 47 (“Sense and Sensibility,” “Titanic,” “Iris,” “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” “Little Children”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Ned Rocknroll – who is also known as Edward Abel Smith – since 2012. Actually, he was born as Edward Abel Smith, but changed his name to Ned Rocknroll in 2008. He apparently changed it back in 2019)
The late Jeff Conaway (1950 – 2011)…he would have been 72 (“Grease,” “Taxi,” “Babylon 5”)
The late Larry Fine (1902 – 1975) ("The Three Stooges")
The late Bernie Mac (1957 – 2008)…he would have been 65 (“The Bernie Mac Show”)

Musicians:

Bob Geldof is 71 (born Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof)
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson is 75
Steve Miller is 79
Pentatonix’s Kevin Olusola is 34
Girls Aloud’s Nicola Roberts is 37
Maroon 5’s James Valentine is 44
Betty Who is 31 (born Jessica Anne Newham)

Plus:

Author Clive Barker is 70 (“Books of Blood” series, “Hellraiser” and “Candyman”)
NBA star Grant Hill is 50 (7-time NBA All-Star who was selected 3rd overall by the Detroit Pistons in the 1994 NBA Draft after winning two NCAA titles at Duke University)
Celebutante and entrepreneur Nicky Hilton Rothschild is 39 (Her first clothing line debuted in 2004, while her pricier second clothing line Nicholai was unveiled in 2007)
Hockey great Mario Lemieux is 57 (Legendary Pittsburgh Penguins center who was known as Super Mario. He won two Stanley Cup Championships and scored 690 goals in his Hall of Fame career)
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson is 64 (He played a major role in dismissing Pluto's classification as a planet.)
The late American President Chester Arthur (1829 – 1886) (The 21^st president of the United States who ascended to office following the assassination of President James A. Garfield)
The late McDonald's honcho Ray Kroc (1902 – 1984) (Responsible for turning McDonald's into the world's dominant fast-food chain. He joined the company in 1954)

October 6^th

Actors:

Rhyon Brown is 30 (“Lincoln Heights,” “Get Rich or Die Tryin’”)
Britt Ekland is 80 (“The Man with the Golden Gun,” “The Double Man,” “Wicker Man”)
Roshon Fegan is 31 (“Shake It Up,” “Camp Rock” franchise)
Ioan Gruffudd is 49 (“Titanic,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Fantastic Four” franchise, “Ringer,” “Forever,” “Liar”)
Amy Jo Johnson is 52 (“Felicity,” “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers”)
Cameron Kennedy is 29 (“My Babysitter’s a Vampire”)
Emily Mortimer is 51 (“The Newsroom,” “Shutter Island”)
Wes Ramsey is 45 (“Charmed,” “Bitter Sweet”)
Lamman Rucker is 51 (“Meet the Browns,” “As The World Turns”)
Elisabeth Shue is 59 (“The Karate Kid,” “Adventures in Babysitting,” “Cocktail,” “Back to the Future Part II,” “Back to the Future Part III,” “Soapdish,” “Leaving Las Vegas,” “The Saint,” “Hollow Man,” “CSI”)
Jeremy Sisto is 48 (“Six Feet Under,” “Thirteen,” “Law & Order,” “Suburgatory,” “The Returned,” “FBI”)
Ellen Travolta is 83 (“Happy Days,” “Joanie Loves Chachi”) (FAST FACT: She is John Travolta’s older sister”)
The late Carole Lombard (1908 - 1942) (“No Man of Her Own,” “Twentieth Century,” “Malice in Wonderland”) (FAST FACT: Her tremendous Hollywood career ended at age 33 when she died in an plane crash.)

Musicians:

Arcade Fire’s Will Butler is 40s
REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin is 71
Los Lobos’ David Hidalgo is 68
Tim Rushlow is 56
Tommy Stinson is 56
Matthew Sweet is 58
Lil Wyte is 40 (born Patrick Lanshaw)
The late Millie Small (1946 – 2020) ...she would have been 76 (FAST FACT: Her success with the cover of The Cadillacs’ “My Boy Lollipop” was significant because it was the first major hit for Island Records)

Plus:

Author Amanda Brown is 52 (“Legally Blonde,” “School of Fortune”)
Reality TV star and trans activist Jazz Jennings is 22 (“I Am Jazz”)
WNBA champ and ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo is 49 (FAST FACT: She’s 6-feet, 4-inches tall)
Former NFL Coach/TV Personality Tony Dungy is 67 (FAST FACT: He won Super Bowl XLI as head coach of the Indianapolis Colts)
The late scientist and inventor George Westinghouse (1846 – 1914) (He was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented air brakes for trains. His development of AC electrical power was also used in some of the early electrical chairs in prison)

October 7^th

Actors:

Joe Armstrong is 44 (“Robin Hood,” “Hitched”)
Shawn Ashmore is 43 (“Frozen,” “3 Needles,” “X-Men” franchise)
Allison Munn is 48 (“What I Like About You,” “One Tree Hill,” “That ‘70s Show”)
Nicole Ari Parker is 52 (“Boogie Nights,” “Soul Food”)
Holland Roden is 36 (“Teen Wolf,” “Bring It On: Fight to the Finish”)
Amber Stevens is 36 (“Greek,” “Fired Up!”) (FAST FACT: Before she hit fame, she was a back-up singer for Gladys Knight)
The late June Allyson (1917 – 2006) (“The Glenn Miller Story,” “Girl Crazy,” “Two Girls and a Sailor,” “Music for Millions”)

Musicians:

Toni Braxton is 55
Taylor Hicks is 46 (FAST FACT: He won the fifth season of American Idol)
John Mellencamp is 71
Bon Jovi’s Tico Torres is 69
Yo-Yo Ma is 67
Radiohead’s Thom Yorke is 54

Plus:

Comedienne and TV personality Joy Behar is 80
Television producer, executive, and celebrity judge Simon Cowell is 63 (that’s according to Wiki – other sites have him as 64, or even 65)
San Francisco Giants’ third baseman Evan “Longo” Longoria is 37
TV and radio personality Lt. Col. (ret.) Oliver North is 79 (North was a National Security Council staff member during the Iran–Contra affair, a political scandal of the late 1980s. The scandal involved the clandestine sale of weapons to Iran, which was to encourage the release of U.S. hostages then held in Lebanon. North formulated the second part of the plan, which was to divert proceeds from the arms sales to support the Contra rebel groups in Nicaragua, which had been specifically prohibited under the Boland Amendment).
Russian president Vladimir Putin is 70
Olympic ice dancer Jayne Torvill is 65 (half of the gold-medal winning Olympic team, Torvill & Dean…with Christopher Dean, she won a gold medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics)

October 8^th

Actors:

Nick Cannon is 42 (“All That,” “Drumline,” “Love Don’t Cost a Thing,” “Wild ‘N Out”)
Chevy Chase is 79 (“National Lampoon’s Vacation” series, “Caddyshack,” “Fletch”)
Matt Damon is 52 (“Good Will Hunting,” the “Ocean’s 11” trilogy, “Saving Private Ryan”)
Jeremy Davies is 53 (“Lost,” “Saving Private Ryan,” “Justified”)
Ian Hart is 58 (“Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Dirt”) (FAST FACT: Hart played Lord Voldemort and Professor Quirrell in the first Harry Potter movie)
Paul Hogan is 83 (“Crocodile Dundee”)
Angus T. Jones is 29 (“Two and a Half Men”)
Karyn Parsons is 56 (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Major Payne”)
Emily Procter is 54 (“Friends,” “The West Wing,” “CSI: Miami”)
Bella Thorne is 25 (“My Own Worst Enemy,” “Big Love,” “Dirty Sexy Money”)
Sigourney Weaver is 73 (“Alien” film series, “Ghostbusters’” original series, “Gorillas In The Mist,” “Working Girl,” “Avatar,” “Galaxy Quest”)
Travis Wester is 45 (“EuroTrip,” “Beverly Hills, 90210”)

Musicians:

Kool and the Gang’s Robert “Kool” Bell is 72
Bruno Mars is 37 (born Peter Gene Hernandez)
Ricky Lee Phelps (Brothers Phelps/Kentucky Headhunters) is 69
Fitz and the Tantrums’ Noelle Scaggs is 43
Cece Winans is 58
The late Johnny Ramone (1948-2004) …he would have been 74

Plus:

Comedian Darrell Hammond is 67 (FAST FACT: Once a castmember, he returned to the “SNL” family as the show’s announcer and returns regularly as former President Bill Clinton)
Author Diana Hart is 59 (“Under the Mat: Inside Wrestling's Greatest Family”) (FAST FACT: She’s the daughter of legendary wrestling promoter Stu Hart)
Civil rights activist and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition Rev. Jesse Jackson is 81
Motorcycle racer Travis Pastrana is 39
Author R.L. Stine is 79 (“Goosebumps” series, “Mostly Ghostly”)

October 9^th

Actors:

Scott Bakula is 68 (“Star Trek: Enterprise,” “Quantum Leap,” “Men of a Certain Age,” “Chuck,” “NCIS: New Orleans”)
Zachery Ty Bryan is 41 (“Home Improvement,” “Center of the Universe,” “Veronica Mars”)
Jodelle Micah Ferland is 28 (Bree Tanner in the “Twilight Saga,” “Silent Film,” “Case 39”)
Colin Donnell is 40 (“Arrow,” “The Affair,” “Chicago Med”)
John O’Hurley is 68 (“Seinfeld,” “Family Feud,” he’s been the host of Purina’s “National Dog Show” every Thanksgiving since 2002)
Brandon Routh is 43 (“Superman Returns,” “Chuck,” “Zack and Miri Make a Porno,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Arrow,” “The Flash,” “Legends of Tomorrow”) (FAST FACT: His first acting appearance was in Christina Aguilera’s music video, “What a Girl Wants”)
Tony Shalhoub is 69 (“Monk,” “Wings,” “Men in Black II,” “Galaxy Quest,” “Spy Kids,” “The Man Who Wasn't There,” “1408,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel")
Randy Spelling is 44 (“Malibu Shores,” “Sunset Beach”) (FACT FACT: Yup, he’s Tori Spelling’s brother…following his turn in 2007’s “Sons of Hollywood,” he pretty well left acting for a career as a life coach)
Tyler James Williams is 30 (“Everybody Hates Chris,” “Tyler Perry Presents Peeples,” “The Walking Dead,” “Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders," "Abbott Elementary") (FAST FACT: At age 14 he became the youngest person to win an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series)
Robert Wuhl is 71 (“Major League,” "Batman," "Good Morning, Vietnam," “Arliss,” “The Bodyguard,” “Franklin & Bash”)

Musicians:

Jackson Browne is 74 (FAST FACT: He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004)
J. Harvey is 53
Sean Lennon is 47
Scotty McCreery is 29 (He won the tenth season of “America Idol”)
The Who’s late John Entwistle (1944-2002)…he would have been 78 (FAST FACT: He was voted #1 bassist in a 2011 “Rolling Stone” reader poll)
The late John Lennon (1940-1980)…he would have been 82

Plus:

TV personality/musician Steve Burns is 49 (not just a star and original host, he’s the co-creator of “Blues Clues”)
Former British Prime Minister David Cameron is 56 (He took office in 2010 – and at the time, was the nation’s youngest Prime Minister in almost two hundred years. He stepped down after the Brexit vote came – he was against it, the people voted for it)
Director Steve McQueen is 53 (“Hunger,” “Shame,” and he won an Oscar for “12 Years a Slave”)
TV personality Sharon Osbourne is 70
Funnyman Nick Swardson is 46
Director Guillermo Del Toro is 58 (“Pan’s Labyrinth,” “Pacific Rim,” “Hellboy”)
The late American historian Bruce Catton (1899-1978) (author, and journalist known for his three Civil War-themed trilogies, his book “A Stillness at Appomattox” won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954)
The late wrestler Eddie Guerrero (1967-2005)…he would have been 55 (popular WWE wrestler whose life was cut short by drugs)
The late religious leader Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944) (An L.A.-based evangelist who used radio to promote her messages in the 1920s and 30s – she founded the Foursquare Church)
The late candy manufacturer Otto Schnering (1891-1953) (He created Baby Ruth candy bars)

October 10^th

Actors:

Manu Bennett is 53 (“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” “Sinbad,” “The Marine,” “Arrow,” “The Shannara Chronicles’)
Peter Coyote is 81 (“E.T.,” “Jagged Edge,” “Erin Brokovich,” “A Walk To Remember,” “Deadwood,” “Law & Order: LA”) (FAST FACTS: He also has narrated over 51 films and programs, including “Out of the Blue” and “Hatchet”)
Wendi McLendon-Covey is 53 (“Reno 911!,” “Bridesmaids,” “The Goldbergs”)
Fiona Fullerton is 66 (“A View to a Kill,” “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”)
Bai Ling is 56 (“Wild Wild West,” “Lost,” “The Crow”)
Mario Lopez is 49 (“Saved By The Bell,” now co-host of “Extra”)
Dan Stevens is 40 (“The Line of Beauty,” “Downton Abbey”)
Aimee Teegarden is 33 (“Friday Night Lights,” “Prom,” “Scream 4”)
Ben Vereen is 76 (“Sweet Charity,” “Funny Lady,” “Jelly’s Last Jam,” “You Write The Songs,” “Silk Stalkings,” “The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again”)
Bradley Whitford is 63 (“The West Wing,” “Trophy Wife,” “Billy Madison,” “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”)
The late Helen Hayes (1900-1993) (“The Sin of Madelon Claudet”) (FAST FACT: She has been acclaimed as The First Lady of American Theatre)
The late Chris Penn (1965-2006) …he would have been 57 (“True Romance,” “All The Right Moves,” “Footloose,” “Rush Hour”)

Musicians:

Lzzy Hale (born Elizabeth Mae Hale) is 39
Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp is 61
Big’s Eric Martin is 62
Mya is 43 (given name Mya Marie Harrison)
David Lee Roth is 68 (FAST FACT: Back in 2004, he became a paramedic)
Tanya Tucker is 64
The late Thelonious Monk (1917 – 1982)
The late John Prine (1946 – 2020)...he would have been 76

Plus:

Voice actress Jodi Benson (The original voice of Ariel in “The Little Mermaid”) is 61
Skateboarder Bob Burnquist is 46 (In 2010, he became the first skateboarder to land a "fakie 900" (900-degree reverse-natural rotation) making Burnquist the fifth person in history to successfully complete the 900 trick)
Race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is 48
Los Angeles Chargers QB Geno Smith is 32 (FAST FACT: His locker room brawl with IK Enemkpali in August 2015 left him with a broken jaw, and lost him his starting position in the lineup)
Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Andrew McCutchen is 36
Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre is 53 (FAST FACTS: He was the first quarterback to throw for over 70,000 yards, complete over 6,000 passes, and tally over 500 touchdowns in his career, mostly spent with the Green Bay Packers. He led the Packers to victory in Super Bowl XXXI.)
Author Nora Roberts is 72 (“The Heart’s Victory,” “Carolina Moon,” “Montana Sky”)
The late composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) ("Rigoletto," "Aida," and "Nabucco." He was considered to be one of the 19^th centuries' greatest opera composers)
The late director Ed Wood (1924 – 1978)…he would have been 98 (specialized in campy films, most notably “Plan 9 From Outer Space”)

October 11^th

Actors:

Matt Bomer is 45 (“White Collar,” “Chuck,” “Magic Mike”)
Emily Deschanel is 46 (“Rose Red,” “Cold Mountain,” “Glory Road,” “Bones,” “Animal Kingdom,” “) (FAST FACTS: She’s a proud vegan and has been married to David Hornsby since 2010…and yes, Zooey Deschanel is her sister!)
Joan Cusack is 60 (“Sixteen Candles,” Voice of Jesse in “Toy Story 2” and “Toy Story 3,” “Say Anything…,” “Grosse Pointe Blank,” “Shameless”) (FAST FACT: Yes, John Cusack is her brother)
Sean Patrick Flannery is 57 (“The Boondock Saints,” “The Young and the Restless”)
Bradley James is 39 (“Merlin,” “Fast Girls”)
Lennie James is 57 (“Snatch,” “Lockout,” “Colombiana,” “Snatch,” “The Walking Dead,” “Blade Runner 2049”)
Jane Krakowski is 54 (“Ally McBeal,” “30 Rock,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”)
Stephen Moyer is 53 (“88 Minutes,” “The Starter Wife,” “True Blood,” “The Gifted”)
Michelle Trachtenberg is 37 (“Inspector Gadget,” “Harriet the Spy,” “Gossip Girl,” “EuroTrip,” “Killing Kennedy”)
Constance Zimmer is 52 (“Boston Legal,” Love Bites,” “House of Cards,” “UnREAL,” ‘’Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”)
The late Luke Perry (1966 – 2019)...he would have been 56 (“Beverly Hills 90210,” “Jeremiah,” “Riverdale”)

Musicians:

Cardi B is 30 (her mama knows her as Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar)
Hall & Oates’ Daryl Hall is 76 (FAST FACT: He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004)
Gin Blossoms’ Scott Johnson is 60
MC Lyte is 52 (born Lana Michelle Moorer)
Cobra Starship’s Gabe Saporta is 43
The late Earth, Wind & Fire saxophonist Andrew Woolfolk (1950 – 2022) …he would have been 72

Plus:

Retired Quarterback Steve Young is 61 (FAST FACTS: In 1999, he was ranked No. 63 on “The Sporting News’” list of the 100 Greatest Football Players. Young was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on February 5, 2005; he was the first left-handed quarterback to be so honored.)
Duck Dynasty’s John Luke Robertson is 27 (The eldest son of Willie and Korie)
The late Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) (FAST FACT: She was the longest serving First Lady in US history, having served from March 1933 to April 1945.)
The late founder of the YMCA, George Williams (1821-1905)

October 12^th

Actors:

Susan Anton is 72 (that’s according to FamousBirthdays.com) (“Goldengirl,” “Spring Fever,” “Cannonball Run II”)
Carlos Bernard is 60 (“24,” “CSI: Miami”)
Tyler Blackburn is 36 (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Ravenswood”)
Kirk Cameron is 52 (“Growing Pains,” “Fireproof”) (Just For Fun: Learn with us as Kirk Cameron shows how God’s design exists in a banana: CLICK HERE)
Tom Guiry is 41 (“Sandlot,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Black Irish,” “Kings,” “Mystic River”)
Hugh Jackman is 54 (“The Prestige,” “Les Miserables,” “Van Helsing,” “Australia,” “Pan”)
Josh Hutcherson is 30 (“Zathura,” “RV,” “Bridge to Terabithia,” “The Hunger Games”)
Marcus T. Paulk is 36 (“Moesha,” “Roll Bounce,” “Another Cinderella Story,” “Take the Lead,” “Red Tails”)
Adam Rich is 54 ("Eight Is Enough," “Dungeons & Dragons”) (FAST FACTS: Life as a one-time child star has not been easy – he dropped out of high school in ’86, nearly died from a valium overdose in 89 and was busted for attempted burglary of a pharmacy in 1989. Then in 1996, there was a media hoax that Rich had been murdered. Turned out, the story was published with his consent. In 2002, he was arrested for DUI…and has been in rehab at least three times. No word on what’s he’s been up to lately…but he’s still alive.)

Musicians:

Chris Botti is 60
The Chicks/Courtyard Hounds Martie Maguire is 53
Sam and Dave’s Sam Moore is 87
New Found Glory’s Jordan Pundik is 43
The late Napoleon “Nappy” Brown (1929 – 2008)…he would have been 93
The late Smithereens frontman Pat DiNizio (1955 – 2017)…he would have been 67
The late Melvin Franklin (of The Temptations) (1942 – 1995)…he would have been 80
The late Luciano Pavarotti (1935 – 2007)…he would have been 87

Plus:

Disgraced Olympic runner Marion Jones is 47 (S. track star who was forced to return her Olympic medals due to steroid use, including 5 medals from the 2000 Sydney games.)
Olympic skier-turned- TV personality Bode Miller is 45 (He won gold, silver, and bronze medals at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and is considered the most successful male American skier)
Reality star Jessica Shannon – aka Chubbs – is 26 (“Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”) (FAST FACT: No, this isn’t the sister that Alana Thompson/Honey Boo Boo lives with. That’d be Lauryn aka Pumkin.
Newsman Chris Wallace is 75
The late religious leader Aleister Crowley (1875 – 1947) (Self-proclaimed mystic, prophet, and founder of Thelemite philosophy, which proclaims that love is the law – some of his more curious teachings were credited to taking drugs. He was also once denounced in the popular press as "the wickedest man in the world.")
The late legendary funnyman Dick Gregory (1932 – 2017)…he would have been 90 (FAST FACTS: Gregory is number 82 on Comedy Central's list of the “100 Greatest Stand-ups” of all time and has his own star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.)
The late entrepreneur August Horch (A blacksmith and architect, he was the automobile entrepreneur and pioneer who created the Audi. He also published his autobiography, “I Built Cars,” in 1937) (1868 – 1951)
The late war hero Doris Miller (U.S. Navy cook who was the first African-American recipient of the prestigious Navy Cross. He fired anti-aircraft bullets at Japanese attackers and led injured American sailors to safety during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.) (1919 – 1943)

October 13^th

Actors:

Tisha Campbell-Martin is 54 (“My Wife and Kids,” “Martin”)
Sacha Baron Cohen is 51 (“Borat,” “The Dictator,” “Bruno”) (FAST FACT: He’s been with Isla Fisher since 2002, but they’ve been married since 2010)
Noah Crawford is 28 (Nickelodeon’s “How to Rock,” “My Name is Earl”)
Christopher Judge is 58 (“The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” “The Mentalist”)
Cady Mcclain is 53 (“All My Children,” “As The World Turns,” Young & The Restless”)
Kate Walsh is 55 (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Private Practice,” “Bad Judge”)
Matt Walsh is 58 (“Veep,” “Dog Bites Man,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “Ted”)
Demond Wilson is 76 (“Sanford and Son,” “The New Odd Couple”)
The late Kelly Preston (1962 – 2020)...she would have been 60 (“Battlefield Earth,” “Blue Thunder,” “Twins”)

Musicians:

Ashanti is 42 (FAST FACTS: Born Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas, it was in 2002, that she put three top ten songs – “Foolish,” “What’s Luv?” and “Always on Time” – on the Billboard Hot 100 charts within the same week. That was something that had not been accomplished since The Beatles)
Rhett Akins is 53
Sammy Hagar is 75
Paul Simon is 81 (FAST FACT: Simon first met Garfunkel while performing in “Alice in Wonderland” for their sixth-grade graduation and went on to perform at school dances together)

Plus:

“X-Files” creator Chris Carter is 66 (besides “X-Files,” “Harsh Realm,” “Millennium,” “The Lone Gunmen”)
Supermodel Beverly Johnson is 70 (She’s the first black woman to appear on the cover of American “Vogue”)
Entrepreneur and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is 80 (FAST FACT: He started an oil business in Arkansas that led him to later purchase the Dallas Cowboys)
Figure Skater Nancy Kerrigan is 53 (1994 silver medalist, American Olympic skater who was injured by allies of rival, Tonya Harding)
Director Mary Lambert is 71 (“Pet Sematary I and II,” “Siesta,” also directed many music videos including, Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” and “Like a Virgin”)
TV personality and entertainer Marie Osmond is 63 (“The Osmonds,” “Donny and Marie”)
Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice is 60 (won three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers and was named the Super Bowl XXIII MVP, retired as the NFL’s all-time leader in receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns) (FAST FACT: As a youngster he developed hid hand-eye coordination by catching bricks thrown at him by his father)
The late counterculture comedian Lenny Bruce (1925-1966)…he would have been 97
The late astronaut Michael R. Clifford (1952 – 2021)…he would have been 70 (NASA astronaut and US Army Aviator with over 3,400 hours of flying time and 12 hours of spacewalk time)
The late Molly Pitcher (1754-1832) (During the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Monmouth, she carried pitchers of water to soldiers, thereby earning her nickname. After her husband collapsed during the battle, she took over the operation of his cannon.)
The late leader Margaret Thatcher (served as the United Kingdom’s first female Prime Minister from 1979-1990, became known as the “Iron Lady” for her unwavering politics) (1925-2013)…she would have been 97
The late scientist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902) (A doctor, anthropologist, and biologist…he’s known as “the father of modern pathology”)

October 14^th

Actors:

Rowan Blanchard is 21 (“Spy Kids: All the Time in the World,” “The Back-Up Plan,” “Girl Meets World”)
Teresa Castillo is 39 (“General Hospital”) (FAST FACT: She was considered for the lead in the film “The Princess Diaries,” a role that eventually went to Anne Hathaway)
Steve Cooganis 57 (“Spitting Image,” “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief,” “Philomena”)
Lori Petty is 59 (“Free Willy,” “A League of Their Own,” “Tank Girl”)
Jon Seda is 52 (“Homicide: Life on the Street,” “12 Monkeys,” “Larry Crowne,” “Chicago PD”)
Joey Travolta is 72 (“Oscar,” “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie”) (FAST FACT: He originally started his career as a recording artist with Casablanca Records…and yes, he’s related to John Travolta. He’s John’s older brother)
Max Thieriot is 34 (“The Pacifier,” “Bates Motel,” “Catch That Kid”)
The late Harry Anderson(1952 – 2018)…he would have been is 70 (“Night Court,” “Cheers”) (FAST FACT: his first job was performing magic tricks on the street)
The late Lillian Gish(1893-1993) (“Birth of A Nation,” “Duel In The Sun”) (FAST FACTS: The silent film actress enjoyed a career that spanned 75 years, from 1912 in silent film shorts to 1987. The American Film Institute named Gish 17^th among the greatest female stars of Classic American cinema. She was awarded an Honorary Academy Award in 1971, and in 1984 she received an AFI Life Achievement Award. Gish was also awarded in the Kennedy Center Honors.)
The late Roger Moore(1927-2017) …he would have been 95(“Ivanhoe,” “Maverick,” The Saint,” he replaced Sean Connery as James Bond in 1973)

Musicians:

Thomas Dolbyis 64
The Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward is 76
All Saints’ Shaznay Lewisis 47
(Dixie) Chick Natalie Maines is 48
Cliff Richardis 82
Usher is 44 (FAST FACT: BornUsher Raymond IV, his 2004 album, “Confessions,” became the fastest-selling R&B album in history)
Insane Clown Posse’s Shaggy 2 Dope is 48 (born Joseph Utsler)

Plus:

Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler is 43 (she’s also a “Dancing With The Stars” alum)
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren is 83 (designer of Polo fashions, fragrances, and accessories, estimated by Forbes to be the 162^ndrichest person in the world)
Celebrity progeny Lourdes Ciccone Leon is 26 (Not just Madonna’s daughter,she’s multi-talented...just like her mama. Once the owner of her own fashion line, Material Girl, she’s moved on to become the face of several brands.)
Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi is 61 (FAST FACT: He started his first fashion line in NY at age 15)
Comedian Jay Pharoah is 35 (He joined “SNL” in 2010 and is best known for his known for his impersonations of Obama, Jay-Z, and Kanye West. He left the show this year ahead of its 42^ndseason)
TV personality Stephen A. Smith is 55
The late US president Dwight D. Eisenhower (The United States’ 34^thpresident who was also a five-star general in the Army and Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces during WWII) (1890-1969)
The late legendary basketball coach John Wooden (Led UCLA to ten national titles from 1964-1975, was inducted into both the Basketball Hall of Fame and the College Basketball Hall of Fame)(1910-2010)

October 15^th

Actors:

Jere Burns is 68 (“Good Morning, Miami,” “Burn Notice,” “Justified,” “Bates Motel”)
Linda Lavin is 85 (“Alice,” “The Back-Up Plan”)
Bailee Madison is 23 (“Wizards of Waverly Place,” “Just Go With It”)
Vanessa Marcil is 54 (“Beverly Hills, 90210,” “General Hospital,” “Las Vegas”)
Vincent Martella is 30 (“Everybody Hates Chris,” Phineas in “Phineas and Ferb”)
Larry Miller is 69 (“Pretty Woman,” “Max Keeble’s Big Move,” “The Princess Diaries”)
William Brent is 27 (“National Treasure: Book of Secrets,” “Lab Rats,” “You Again”)
Dominic West is 53 (“The Wire,” “The Hour,” “The Awakening,” “The Affair”)
The late Jan Miner (1917-2004) (Manicurist Madge in the Palmolive commercials)
The late Tanya Roberts is 67 (“Charlie’s Angels,” “A View To Kill,” “That ‘70s Show”) (1955 – 2021)…she would have been 66

Musicians:

Eric Benet is 56
Richard Carpenter is 76
Keyshia Cole is 41
Ginuwine is 52 (given name Elgin Baylor Lumpkin)
The Jacksons’ Tito Jackson is 69
Barry McGuire is 87
The Toadies’ Mark Reznicek is 60
Little Big Town’s Kimberly Schlapman is 53
Moby Grape drummer Don Stevenson is 81

Plus:

Duchess of York, Sarah “Fergie” Ferguson is 63 (FAST FACT: She and ex-husband Prince Andrew – aka the Duke of York – actually live together. And in 2015, the Duchess assumed residence in Verbier, Switzerland, where she and Andrew own a chalet, and maintains a rented apartment in Eaton Square in London as well as a room at Royal Lodge. The status of their ‘actual’ relationship remains unclear.)
Comedienne Cathy Ladman is 67
Celebrity chef Emeril Lagasse is 63
Author Michael Lewis is 62 (“Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game,” “The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game”)
The late director/producer (who will always be ‘Laverne’ to us!) Penny Marshall (1943 – 2018)...she would have been 79 (“Big,” “Awakenings,” “A League of Their Own,” “Riding in Cars with Boys”)
The late philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) (One of the key tenets of his philosophy is the concept of "life-affirmation," which embraces the realities of the world in which we live over the idea of a world beyond. It further champions the creative powers of the individual to strive beyond social, cultural, and moral contexts. Nietzsche's attitude towards religion and morality was marked with atheism, psychologism and historism; he considered them to be human creations loaded with the error of confusing cause and effect.)
The late author Mario Puzo (1920 – 1999) (“The Godfather”)

October 16^th

Actors:

Barry Corbin is 82 (“Northern Exposure,” “One Tree Hill,” “No Country for Old Men,” “Anger Management,” “Blood & Oil”)
Jeremy Jackson is 42 (Hobie Buchannon on the original “Baywatch” TV series)
Kellie Martin is 47 (“Life Goes On,” “ER,” “Mystery Woman”) (FAST FACT: She graduated from Yale as an art history major)
Tim Robbins is 64 (“Bull Durham,” “The Shawshank Redemption,” “Jacob’s Ladder,” “Mystic River,” “War of the Worlds,” “Dead Man Walking,” “The Brink”)
Caterina Scorsone is 41 (“Private Practice,” “Missing,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
Suzanne Somers is 76 (“Three’s Company,” “Step by Step”)
Paul Sparks is 51 (“Boardwalk Empire,” “House of Cards”)
Terri J. Vaughn is 53 (“The Steve Harvey Show,” “Friday,” “All of Us”)
Kim Wayans is 61 (“In Living Color,” “In the House,” “Pariah)
The late Linda Darnell (1923-1965)…she would have been 99 (“My Darling Clementine,” “The Mark of Zorro”)
The late Angela Lansbury (1925 - 2022) …she would have been 97 (“Gaslight,” “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Bedknobs and Broomsticks,” “Murder, She Wrote,” the voice of Mrs. Potts in “Beauty and the Beast”)
The late Maidie Norman (1912-1998) (“What Happened to Baby Jane?”)

Musicians:

B-Rock is 51 (born Baron Agee)
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea is 60 (given name Michael Peter Balzary)
Mudvayne/ Hellyeah frontman Chad Gray is 51
Spandau Ballet’s Gary Kemp is 63
John Mayer is 45 (FAST FACT: Before fame, he worked at a gas station for over a year in order to buy a Stevie Ray Vaughan Stratocaster)
Gareth McGrillen (of Pendulum and Knife Party) is 40
Bob Mould is 62
Bachman-Turner Overdrive’s Bassist C.F. Turner is 79
Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir is 75
Wilson Phillips’ Wendy Wilson is 53
The late Nico (1938-1988)… she would have been 84 (Best known for her collaboration with the Velvet Underground, especially on the 1967 album, “The Velvet Underground & Nico”)

Plus:

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Bryce Harper is 30 (2012 National League Rookie of the Year for the Washington Nationals, became the youngest player to be selected for an MLB All-Star game)
Producer/director David Zucker is 75 (“Airplane” and “Naked Gun” franchises, “Ruthless People,” “Scary Movie 3”)
The late basketball star Manute Bol (1962-2010)… he would have been 60 (He stood at 7-feet, 7-inches tall – and yes, was one of the tallest to ever play the game)
The late MLB Hall of Famer Leon Allen “Goose” Goslin (1900-1971) (FAST FACT: “Goose” got his nickname because players said he resembled a bird flapping its wings when he ran after a ball)
The late politician David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973) (He served as Israel’s first Prime Minister from 1948-1954 and 1955-1963)
The late writer Noah Webster (1758-1843) (responsible for the first American Dictionary of the English language, later renamed the Merriam-Webster dictionary)
The late novelist and poet Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) (His most heralded works include “The Importance of Being Earnest,” “The Picture of Dorian Gray”)
The late author Paul Edwin Zimmer (1943-1997)… he would have been 79 (“Dark Border” series: “The Wolves of Sarlow,” and “The Lost Prince”)

October 17^th

Actors:

Jacob Artist is 30 (“Glee,” “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening,” “Quantico”)
Dee Jay Daniels is 34 (“The Hughleys,” “In The House”)
Mark Gatiss is 56 (“Doctor Who,” “Sherlock”)
Wood Harris is 53 (“The Wire,” “Remember the Titans”)
Max Irons is 37 (“Red Riding Hood,” “Being Julia,” “Dorian Gray,” “The Riot Club”) (FAST FACT: His father is Jeremy Irons)
Felicity Jones is 39 (“Chalet Girl,” “The Worst Witch,” the upcoming “Rogue One”)
Sharon Leal is 50 (“Boston Public,” “Guiding Light,” “Dreamgirls,” “Why Did I Get Married Too?”)
Chris Lowell is 38 (“Veronica Mars,” “Graduation,” “Private Practice”)
Matthew Macfadyen is 48 (“Pride & Prejudice,” “Death at a Funeral,” “Frost/Nixon”)
Michael McKean is 75 (“Laverne & Shirley,” “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Clue,” “A Mighty Wind,” “Better Call Saul”)
Nancy Sullivan is 53 (“Drake & Josh,” “The Amanda Show”)
George Wendt is 74 (“Cheers,” “Portlandia,” “Comedy Bang! Bang!”)
The late Julie Adams (1926 – 2019)...she would have been 95 (”Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Capitol,” “Murder, She Wrote”)
The late Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) (“Gilda,” “The Lady from Shanghai,” “Cover Girl”)
The late Margot Kidder (1948 – 2018) …she would have been 74 (Played Lois Lane in the original “Superman” series, “The Amityville Horror,” “The L Word”)
The late Irene Ryan (1902-1973) (‘Granny’ on “The Beverly Hillbillies”)
The late Andy Whitfield (1971-2011) …he would have been 51 (“Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” “Gabriel”) (He passed away died of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.)

Musicians:

Aqua’s Rene Dif is 55
Eminem is 50 (FAST FACTS: Born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, Em wanted to be comic book artist before becoming a rapper)
Alan Jackson is 64
Wyclef Jean is 53
*NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick is 51
Ziggy Marley is 54 (born David Nesta Marley)
Gary Puckett is 80
The late Earl Thomas Conley (1941- 2019)...he would have been 81 (FAST FACT: Earl's the 1^st artist in any genre to score four #1 singles from the same album)
The late Jim Seals (1941 – 2022)…he would have been 81

Plus:

Golfer Ernie Els is 53
Astronaut Mae Carol Jemison is 66 (She was first African American woman to journey into space) (FAST FACT: She also appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1993)
Director Mike Judge is 60 (“Beavis and Butt-head,” “King of the Hill,” “Idiocracy,” “Office Space”)
Director Rob Marshall is 62 (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”)
The late award-winning columnist Jimmy Breslin (1928 – 2017)…he would have been 94
The late daredevil Evel Knievel (1938-2007) …he would have been 84
The late comedian Norm MacDonald (1959-2021) …he would have been 63
The late playwright Arthur Miller (All My Sons,” “Death of a Salesman,” “The Crucible,” “A View from the Bridge”) (1915 – 2005)

October 17^th

Actors:

Jacob Artist is 30 (“Glee,” “Blue Lagoon: The Awakening,” “Quantico”)
Dee Jay Daniels is 34 (“The Hughleys,” “In The House”)
Mark Gatiss is 56 (“Doctor Who,” “Sherlock”)
Wood Harris is 53 (“The Wire,” “Remember the Titans”)
Max Irons is 37 (“Red Riding Hood,” “Being Julia,” “Dorian Gray,” “The Riot Club”) (FAST FACT: His father is Jeremy Irons)
Felicity Jones is 39 (“Chalet Girl,” “The Worst Witch,” the upcoming “Rogue One”)
Sharon Leal is 50 (“Boston Public,” “Guiding Light,” “Dreamgirls,” “Why Did I Get Married Too?”)
Chris Lowell is 38 (“Veronica Mars,” “Graduation,” “Private Practice”)
Matthew Macfadyen is 48 (“Pride & Prejudice,” “Death at a Funeral,” “Frost/Nixon”)
Michael McKean is 75 (“Laverne & Shirley,” “This Is Spinal Tap,” “Clue,” “A Mighty Wind,” “Better Call Saul”)
Nancy Sullivan is 53 (“Drake & Josh,” “The Amanda Show”)
George Wendt is 74 (“Cheers,” “Portlandia,” “Comedy Bang! Bang!”)
The late Julie Adams (1926 – 2019)...she would have been 95 (”Creature From the Black Lagoon,” “Capitol,” “Murder, She Wrote”)
The late Rita Hayworth (1918-1987) (“Gilda,” “The Lady from Shanghai,” “Cover Girl”)
The late Margot Kidder (1948 – 2018) …she would have been 74 (Played Lois Lane in the original “Superman” series, “The Amityville Horror,” “The L Word”)
The late Irene Ryan (1902-1973) (‘Granny’ on “The Beverly Hillbillies”)
The late Andy Whitfield (1971-2011) …he would have been 51 (“Spartacus: Blood and Sand,” “Gabriel”) (He passed away died of non-Hodgkins lymphoma.)

Musicians:

Aqua’s Rene Dif is 55
Eminem is 50 (FAST FACTS: Born Marshall Bruce Mathers III, Em wanted to be comic book artist before becoming a rapper)
Alan Jackson is 64
Wyclef Jean is 53
*NSYNC’s Chris Kirkpatrick is 51
Ziggy Marley is 54 (born David Nesta Marley)
Gary Puckett is 80
The late Earl Thomas Conley (1941- 2019)...he would have been 81 (FAST FACT: Earl's the 1^st artist in any genre to score four #1 singles from the same album)
The late Jim Seals (1941 – 2022)…he would have been 81

Plus:

Golfer Ernie Els is 53
Astronaut Mae Carol Jemison is 66 (She was first African American woman to journey into space) (FAST FACT: She also appeared on Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1993)
Director Mike Judge is 60 (“Beavis and Butt-head,” “King of the Hill,” “Idiocracy,” “Office Space”)
Director Rob Marshall is 62 (“Chicago,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”)
The late award-winning columnist Jimmy Breslin (1928 – 2017)…he would have been 94
The late daredevil Evel Knievel (1938-2007) …he would have been 84
The late comedian Norm MacDonald (1959-2021) …he would have been 63
The late playwright Arthur Miller (All My Sons,” “Death of a Salesman,” “The Crucible,” “A View from the Bridge”) (1915 – 2005)

October 18^th

Actors:

Zac Efron is 35 (“High School Musical” trilogy, “Hairspray,” “The Lucky One”)
Freida Pinto is 38 (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “Day of the Falcon,” “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”) (FAST FACT: Before her big break in “Slumdog Millionaire,” she anchored an international travel show.)
Tyler Posey is 31 (“Teen Wolf,” “Scary Movie 5,” “White Frog”)
Toby Regbo is 31 (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part I,” “Maleficent,” “Mr. Nobody”)
Carly Schroeder is 32 (“Gracie,” “Eye of the Dolphin,” “Port Charles,” “Lizzie McGuire”)
Jean-Claude Van Damme is 62 (“Bloodsport,” “Double Impact,” “Hard Target,” “The Expendables 2”)
The late Peter Boyle (1935-2006)…he would have been 87 (“Young Frankenstein,” “The X-Files,” “Everybody Loves Raymond”)
The late Dawn Wells (1938 – 2020)…she would have been 84 (“Gilligan’s Island”)

Musicians:

Baby Bash is 47 (born Ronnie Rey Bryant)
Wynton Marsalis is 61 (He’s also a Pulitzer Prize winner for his jazz piece, “Blood on the Fields”)
Ne-Yo is 43 (born Shaffer Chimere Smith)
The late Chuck Berry (1926-2017)…he would have been 96 (his given name, Charles Edward Anderson Berry)
The late Jessie Mae Hemphill (1923-2006)…she would have been 99 (FAST FACT: She was one of the first female blues guitarists to release an album)

Plus:

WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is 32 (FAST FACT: She stands 6-feet, 8-inches tall)
College Football and Pro Football Hall of Famer Mike Ditka is 83
Director Chuck Lorre is 70 (“Dharma & Greg,” “Two and a Half Men,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Mom”)
Celebrity daughter and reality TV ‘star’ Bristol Palin is 32 (“Dancing With The Stars,” “Life’s A Tripp,” ‘Teen Mom OG”)
Champion skier Lindsey Vonn is 38 (American World Cup alpine ski racer on the United States Ski Team. She has won four World Cup championships—one of two female skiers to do so, along with Annemarie Moser-Pröll – with three consecutive titles in 2008, 2009 and 2010, plus another in 2012. Vonn won the gold medal in downhill at the 2010 Winter Olympics, the first ever in the event for an American woman)

October 19^th

Actors:

Jon Favreau is 56 (“Swingers,” “The Break-Up,” “Iron Man 3,” “Elf,” “Cowboys & Aliens”)
Michael Gambon is 82 (“Harry Potter’s” Dumbledore)
Omar Gooding is 46 (“Smart Guy,” “Hangin' With Mr. Cooper,” “Playmakers”)
Chris Kattan is 52 (“SNL,” “Corky Romano,” “A Night at the Roxbury,” “The Middle,” “Dancing With The Stars”)
John Lithgow is 77 (“The World According to Garp,” “Terms of Endearment,” “Twilight Zone: The Movie,” “Footloose,” “Third Rock From the Sun,” “Dexter,” “The Crown,” “Trial & Error”) (FAST FACT: He has received two Tony Awards, six Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, an American Comedy Award, four Drama Desk Awards and has also been nominated for two Academy Awards and four GRAMMYs. Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.)
The late Divine (1945 – 1988)…he would have been 77 (“Pink Flamingos,” “Hairspray”) (Born Harris Glenn Milstead, Divine was best known in the film world for his work with John Waters. Divine was also named Drag Queen of the Century by “People” magazine.)
The late LaWanda Page (1920 – 2002) (“Sanford & Son) (FAST FACTS: She was already a successful comedienne, touring clubs around Los Angeles and St. Louis, when she was cast in the show. According to legend, Redd Foxx intervened to have her cast and threatened to walk off the show if she was replaced
The late Robert Reed (1932 – 1992…he would have been 90 (“The Defenders,” “The Brady Bunch,” “Medical Center,” “Rich Man, Poor Man,” “Roots”)

Musicians:

American Authors’ Zac Barnett is 36
Chevelle’s Pete Loeffler is 46
The Fugees’ Pras Michel is 50
Todd Park Mohr of Big Head Todd and the Monsters is 57
Jeannie C. Riley is 77
Doobie Brother’s Patrick Simmons is 74
Sinitta is 59
Cyndi Thomson is 46
The late Peter Tosh (1944 – 1987)…he would have been 78

Plus:

Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Jose Bautista is 42
Former First Daughter Amy Carter is 55
Boxing legend Evander Holyfield is 60 (He reigned as the undisputed champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname of "The Real Deal." Retired in 2014, and is ranked number 77 on “The Ring's” list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.^“BoxingScene” also ranked him the greatest cruiserweight of all time.)
Boxer Floyd Mayweather, Sr. is 70 (Some refer to him as the "poet laureate of boxing.")
Artist Peter Max is 85 (known for using bright colors in his work)
Producer/director Trey Parker (“South Park” co-creator) is 53
TV personality Ty Pennington is 58 (“Extreme Makeover Home Edition,” “Ty's Great British Adventure,” “Trading Spaces”) (FAST FACT: With the help of his friends, he built and designed his first three-story tree house at age 12)
The late author John LeCarre (1931 – 2020)…he would have been 91 (“The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”)

October 20^th

Actors:

John Krasinski is 43 (Jim Halpert on “The Office,” “Away We Go”)
Melanie Mayron is 70 (“Thirtysomething,” “The Baby-Sitters Club,” “Missing”)
Viggo Mortensen is 64 (“Lord of the Rings,” “The Road,” “A History of Violence”)
Jennifer Nicole Freeman is 37 (ABC’s “My Wife & Kids,” “The OC,” “You Got Served”)
William Russ is 72 (ABC’s “Boy Meets World,” “American History X”)
Alona Tal is 39 (“Supernatural,” “Cult”) (FAST FACT: Born in Israel, she completed mandatory military service in the Israeli Army)
Samuel Witwer is 45 (“Smallville,” “Battlestar Galactica”)
The late William Christopher (1932 – 2016)…he would have been 90 (“Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C,” Father Mulcahy on “M*A*S*H”)
The late Bela Lugosi (1882-1956) (Count “Dracula,” his Hungarian accent led him to being type casted as a horror villain in many films)
The late Jerry Orbach (1935-2004)…he would have been 87 (“Dirty Dancing,” “Law and Order,” “Beauty and the Beast”)

Musicians:

Asap Ferg is 34 (FAST FACT: Born Darold Ferguson, Jr., he won a BET Hip Hop Award for Rookie of the Year in 2013)
Snoop Dogg is 51 (His given name, Calvin Cordozar Broads Jr.)
Wanda Lavonne Jackson is 85 (The first popular female rockabilly singer, “Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine,” “Fancy Satin Pillows)
Dannii Minogue is 51 (yes, her sister is Kylie Minogue)
The late Michael Johns (1978-2014)…he would have been 44 (The Aussie finished in eighth place on the seventh season of “American Idol,” in 2008.)
The late Grandpa Jones (1913-1998) (Born Louis Marshall Jones, a legendary banjo player and old-time country and gospel singer, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978)
The late Suicide Silence frontman Mitch Lucker (1984-2012)… he would have been 38
Tom Petty (1950 – 2017)…he would have been 72 (FAST FACT: He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002)

Plus:

Director Danny Boyle is 66 (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “28 Days Later,” “Trainspotting”)
Baseball player-turned sometime sportscaster and actor Keith Hernandez is 69 (A five-time All-Star baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets, his eligibility for the Baseball Hall of Fame ended in 2004, after nine years on the ballot, he received votes from fewer than 5% of the writers.)
Victoria’s Secret model Candice Swanepoel is 34 (She’s been ranked #10 on Forbes’ list of the top-earning models in the world)
The late Dr. Joyce Brothers (1927-2013) …she would have been 95 (psychologist, TV personality, and magazine advice columnist)
The late humorist Art Buchwald (1925-2007)…he would have been 97 (columnist for The Washington Post, 1982 Pulitzer Price recipient for Outstanding Commentary)
The late composer Charles Ives (1874-1954) (credited for composing the 20^th century’s first radical musical work, “Central Park in the Dark” in 1906)
The late NY Yankee Mickey Mantle (1931-1995)… he would have been 91 (He hit 536 career home runs, was named American League MVP three times, and totaled 7-World Series Championships. Mantle was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974 and was elected to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.)
The late jazz composer Jelly Roll Morton (1890-1941) (Born Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe, this legendary jazz composer’s “Jelly Roll Blues” became the first jazz composition to be published. Morton claimed to have invented jazz outright in 1902—much to the consternation of later musicians and critics. Still, jazz historian, musician, and composer Gunther Schuller once admitted there is "no proof to the contrary" and that Morton's "considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation.")

October 21^st

Actors:

Matt Dallas is 40 (ABC Family’s “Kyle XY,” “The Indian”) (FAST FACT: He also starred alongside Katy Perry in her music video for, “Thinking Of You”)
Patti Davis is 70 (“The Love Boat,” “Fantasy Island”) (FAST FACT: she is the daughter of Ronald Reagan)
Jeremy Miller is 46 (“Growing Pains,” voice of Linus in, “Happy New Year, Charlie Brown”)
Michael McMillian is 44 (HBO’s “True Blood,” “What I Like About You”)
Vivian Pickles is 91 (“Harold and Maude,” “Sunday Bloody Sunday”)
Joyce Randolph is 98 (Trixie Norton of “The Honeymooners,” “Everything’s Jake,” “The Jackie Gleason Show”)
Andrew Scott is 46 (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Locke,” BBC’s “Sherlock,” “Spectre,” “Fleabag”)
Charlotte Sullivan is 39 (“The Colony,” “Harriet the Spy,” “Rookie Blue”)
Ken Watanabe is 63 (“Inception,” “Batman Begins,” “Letters from Iwo Jima,” “The Last Samurai,” “Transformers”)
William Zabka is 57 (“The Karate Kid,” “European Vacation,” “Cobra Kai”)
The late, oh so great, Carrie Fisher (1956 – 2016)…she would have been 66 (Princess Leia in the original “Star Wars” trilogy, also known for her bestselling novel, “Postcards from the Edge”)

Musicians:

The Go-Gos’ Charlotte Caffey is 69 (FAST FACT: She co-wrote Keith Urban’s #1 song, “But for the Grace of God”)
Booker T. and the M.G.’s guitarist Steve Cropper is 81 (FAST FACT: Cropper was named one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by “Rolling Stone” magazine)
Steve Lukather is 65 (FAST FACT: He also played the guitar for multiple tracks on Michael Jackson’s album, “Thriller”)
The late Celia Cruz (1925-2003)… she would have been 97 (Born as Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso, she was known as the “Queen of Salsa.”)
The late Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) (Born John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, he is considered one of the greatest jazz trumpeters in history, helped in the evolution of bebop and modern jazz)

Plus:

Celebrity daughter, jewelry designer and former model Jade Jagger is 51 (yes, she’s Mick’s daughter)
Reality Star/entrepreneur Kim Kardashian is 42 (“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”) (FAST FACT: She and Paris Hilton went to preschool together)
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 73
Model/Reality Star Amber Rose is 39 (also seen on “Dancing With The Stars”)
Judge Judy Sheindlin is 80 (It’s been reported that she makes $47-million per year just for “Judge Judy” – her overall net worth? According to “Forbes,” it’s $480-million)
The late MLB Hall of Famer Whitey Ford (1928 – 2020) ...he would have been 94 (Nicknamed the “Chairman of the Board,” he was six-time World Series Champion and 10-time MLB all star. After Yogi Berra's death in 2015, the New York Times’ George Vecsey wrote that Ford is now "The Greatest Living Yankee.”)
The late scientist Alfred Nobel (Swedish chemist, engineer, and inventor of dynamite who used his fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes) (1833-1896)

October 22^nd

Actors:

Catherine Deneuve is 79 (“The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” “Belle De Jour,” “Indochine”)
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is 47 (“The Class,” “Untraceable,” “Modern Family”)
Kyle Gallner is 36 (“Veronica Mars,” “CSI: NY,” “Smallville”)
Jeff Goldblum is 70 (“The Fly,” “Jurassic Park,” “Independence Day,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”)
Valeria Golino is 57 (“Rain Man,” “Frida,” “Hot Shots!,” “Big Top PeeWee”)
Derek Jacobi is 84 (“I, Claudius,” “The Day of the Jackal,” “Henry V,” “Dead Again,” “Gladiator,” “Gosford Park,” “The King’s Speech,” “Underworld: Evolution”)
Jonathan Lipnicki is 32 (“Stuart Little,” “Jerry Maguire,” “The Little Vampire,” “Like Mike”)
Christopher Lloyd is 84 (“Taxi,” “Back to the Future,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “The Addams Family,” “Addams Family Values,” “Anastasia,” “Piranha 3DD,” “Granite Flats”)
Ethan Munck is 19 (Nickelodeon’s “iCarly”)
Bob Odenkirk is 60 (“Breaking Bad,” “Mr. Show,” “Better Call Saul”) (FAST FACT: He worked as a writer for “SNL” from 1987-1991 but ultimately he wanted to be a performer)
The late stage actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) (Known originally for her work in late 19^th century and early 20^th century plays, she earned the nickname, “The Divine Sarah.” Later in her career, she starred in some of the earliest films ever produced.)
The late Joan Fontaine (1917-2013) (“Suspicion,” “Rebecca,” “Letter from an Unknown Woman”)
The late Annette Funicello (1942-2013)…she would have been 80 (A former Mouseketeer, she was discovered by Walt Disney at the age of 12 during her performance as the Swan Queen in Swan Lake. She went on to star in a number of ‘beach’ films including, “Muscle Beach Party,” “Bikini Beach,” “Pajama Party,” “Beach Blanket Bingo,” “How to Stuff a Wild Bikini”)
The late “Curly” Howard (1903-1952) (Born Jerome Lester Horwitz, he was an iconic member of the Three Stooges comedy team)

Musicians:

Switchfoot’s Jon Foreman is 46
Carolina Liar guitarist Rickard Goransson is 39
Zac Hanson is 37 (FAST FACT: At age 12, he became the second youngest person to be nominated for a GRAMMY Award, along with his brothers)
Shelby Lynne is 54
TobyMac is 58 (Given name Toby McKeehan)
Shaggy is 54 (FAST FACTS: Born Orville Richard Burrell CD, he served in the military during Operation Desert Storm)
The late Bobby Fuller (1942-1966)…he would have been 80

Plus:

Former Olympian and TV personality Brian Boitano is 59 (1988 Olympic gold medalist in the singles category)
Film director Jan [[yahn]] De Bont is 79 (“Cujo,” “Flesh and Blood,” “Die Hard,” “The Hunt for Red October,” "Basic Instinct," "Lethal Weapon" series, “Twister,” “The Haunting,” “Minority Report”)
Director Spike Jonze is 53 (“Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation,” “Where The Wild Things Are,” “Her”)
Comedian Carlos Mencia is 55
The late scientist and engineer Lewis W. Chubb (1882 – 1952) (He created the first radio station in the U.S.)
The late Dr. Timothy Leary (1920-1996) (Harvard professor who became known as a leader of Psychedelic therapy and the LSD lifestyle)
The late pianist Franz Liszt (1811-1886) (He is considered one of history’s greatest pianists and musical educators)

October 23^rd

Actors:

Emilia Clarke is 36 (“Game of Thrones,” “Terminator Genisys,” “Me Before You,” “Solo: A Star Wars Story”) (FAST FACT: She’s survived TWO aneurysms! In an essay she wrote for “The New Yorker” in 2019, Clarke revealed that she had suffered a brain bleed caused by a ruptured aneurysm in February 2011 – which left her with relearning to speak. She had a second aneurysm surgically treated in 2013. As a result, she’s a passionate advocate for ending the stigma surrounding brain injury)
Briana Evigan is 36 (“Sorority Row,” “Step Up 2: The Streets,” “S. Darko,” “From Dusk Til Dawn”) (FAST FACT: Her dad is Greg Evigan, who GenXers will recognize from the hit series, “BJ and the Bear” and “My Two Dads.”)
Jon Huertas is 53 (“Castle,” “Generation Kill,” “This Is Us”)
Ryan Reynolds is 46 (“Two Girls and a Guy,” “The Proposal,” “Green Lantern,” “X-Men Origins” series, “Deadpool”) (FAST FACT: He was voted
“People” magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive in 2010. Previously married to Scarlett Johansson from 2008 – 2011, he’s been married to Blake Lively since 2012. The couple has three daughters and in September 2022 revealed they’re expecting their fourth child. No word on a due date, but when she revealed the news on the red carpet at the 10th Annual Forbes Power Women's Summit…her bump suggested she’s well along.)
Taylor Spreitler is 29 (“Days of Our Lives”)
Amandla Stenberg is 24 (“The Hunger Games,” “Sleepy Hollow”)
Jessica Stroup is 36 (“90210,” “Prom Night,” “Ted,” “The Following”)
The late Hayden Rorke ("I Dream of Jeannie's" Dr. Alfred Bellows) (1910-1987)

Musicians:

Junior Bryant (formerly of Ricochet) is 54
Barbara Ann Hawkins of The Dixie Cups is 79
Cage the Elephant’s Matt Shultz is 39
Metallica’s Robert Trujillo is 58
Jimmy Wayne is 50
Weird Al Yankovic is 63 (FAST FACT: He got started with the accordion after a door-to-door salesman offered his parents a choice between accordion lessons or guitar lessons)
Dwight Yoakam is 66 (FAST FACT: Dwight and his wife Emily Joyce got hitched in May 2020 and welcomed their first child in August 2020)

Plus:

Celebrity daughter and model Ireland Baldwin is 27 (FAST FACT: She’s the daughter of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger)
WWE wrestler Carmella is 35 (born Leah Van Damme Dale)
TV personality Cat Deeley is 46 (“So You Think You Can Dance”)
TV personality Nancy Grace is 63
TV personality Sanjay Gupta is 53 (Atlanta neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent for CNN. He has won multiple Emmy Awards for appearing on the program “Sanjay Gupta, M.D.”)
Filmmaker Ang Lee is 68 (“Brokeback Mountain,” “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Life of Pi”)
TV personality Meghan McCain is 38
Brazilian soccer star Pelé is 82 (FAST FACT: He was voted Football Player of the Century by the IFFHS in 1999)
The late talk show titan Johnny Carson (1925-2005) …he would have been 97
The late author Michael Crichton (1942-2008) …he would have been 80 (A number of his works were adapted for film – including, “The Andromeda Strain,” “Congo,” “Sphere,” “Travels,” “Jurassic Park,” “Rising Sun,” “Disclosure,” “The Lost World.”)
The late Marquis M. Converse (1861-1931) (He founded the Converse Rubber Shoe Company)
The late Hilton Hotels entrepreneur Barron Hilton (yes, Paris Hilton’s granddad) (1927 – 2019)...he would have been 95 (FAST FACT: When he passed away in 2019, he left three-percent of his fortune to his family...the remaining 97% - about $3.4-billion – went to the Hilton Family Foundation, which focuses on disaster relief and recovery, youth development, treating children with HIV and AIDS, poverty alleviation, supporting homeless shelters)

October 24^th

Actors:

F Murray Abraham is 83 (“Amadeus,” “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Scarface”)
Amy Allen is 46 (“Gangs of New York,” “Elektra,” “Star Wars: Episode II- The Attack of the Clones,” “AI: Artificial Intelligence”)
Doug Davidson is 68 (Paul Williams on “Young and the Restless”) (FAST FACT: He went to school for Marine biology)
Raul Esparza is 52 (“Medium,” “Hannibal,” “Pushing Daises,” “Law & Order: SVU’s” ‘Rafael Barba’)
Shenae Grimes is 33 (“Degrassi,” “90210”)
Kevin Kline is 75 (“Sophie’s Choice,” “The Big Chill,” “Silverado,” “Cry Freedom,” “A Fish Called Wanda,” “Dave,” “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” “The Ice Storm,” “In & Out,” “The Road to El Dorado,” “De-Lovely”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Phoebe Cates since 1989)
Tim Pocock is 37 (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Dance Academy,” “Battle Ground”)
Kendall Ryan Sanders is 25 (“The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” “Every Witch Way”)
Casey Wilson is 42 (“Happy Endings,” “The Hotwives,” “Gone Girl”)
BD Wong is 62 (“Oz,” “Jurassic Park,” “Jurassic World,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Gotham,” “Mr. Robot”) (FAST FACT: He won a Tony Award in 1988 for his work in the Broadway play, “M. Butterfly”)
The late Brad Johnson (1959 – 2022) …he would have been 63 (“Always,” “Left Behind,” “Riverworld,” “Copperhead”)
The late David Nelson (1936-2011)…he would have been 86 (“The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet,” “Cry-Baby,” “Peyton Place”)

Musicians:

Adrienne Bailon is 39 (3LW, The Cheetah Girls)
Drake is 36 (FAST FACTS: Born Aubrey Drake Graham, he got his start in showbiz on the hit show, “Degrassi”)
Monica is 42 (FAST FACT: She became the youngest member of Charles Thompson and the Majestics when she was just 10)
Bill Wyman is 86 (bassist for the Rolling Stones from 1962-1993)
The late JP “The Big Bopper” Richardson (1930-1959)…he would have been 92 (He died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens – that fateful day has been dubbed, “The Day The Music Died)

Plus:

Director Martin Campbell is 79 (“James Bond” films, “Casino Royale,” “The Mask of Zorro”)
Designer Zac Posen is 42
Political activist and former NAACP head Kweisi Mfume [[KWAY-see oom-FOOM-ay]] is 74
Reality Star Korie Robertson (Willie’s wife on “Duck Dynasty”) is 49
Olympic gymnast Kayla Ross is 26 (FAST FACTS: She helped the US team to win the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics. In February 2016, she decided to retire from elite gymnastics and focus on attending the UCLA starting fall of that same year)
Internet/reality TV star Tila Tequila is 41 (FAST FACTS: Born Tila Nguyen, she was actually raised in a Buddhist temple.)
Ice dancer Charlie White is 35 (A gold medalist at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, silver medalist at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, and six-time U.S. national champion)
The late artist Bob Kane (1915-1998) (co-creator of the DC Comics “Batman” series)
The late American politician James S. Sherman (1855-1912) (The 27^th Vice President of the United States – under President William Howard Taft – he became known as “Sunny Jim”)
The late Nathaniel Wyeth (1911-1990) (He’s the inventor of the plastic soda bottle)

October 25^th

Actors:

Garrett Backstrom is 27 (“Hello Herman,” “The Motel Life,” “Lab Rats”)
Michael Boatman is 58 (“China Beach,” “Spin City,” “The Good Wife”)
Adam Goldberg is 52 (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Dazed and Confused,” “Zodiac,” Fargo”)
Josh Henderson is 41 (“Desperate Housewives,” “Step Up,” “Dallas”)
Craig Robinson is 51 (“The Office,” “Pineapple Express,” “Zack and Miri Make a Porno”) (FAST FACT: He worked as a music teacher in Chicago before taking improv classes at Second City)
Marion Ross is 94 (“Happy Days”)
The late Jeanne Cooper (1928 – 2013)…she would have been 94 (“Young & The Restless”) (FAST FACT: Her son is actor Corbin Bernsen)

Musicians:

Yes frontman Jon Anderson is 78
Ciara is 37 (FAST FACTS: She founded the girl group Hearsay with her friends when she was a teenager. She married Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson July 2016)
Sawyer Brown’s Mark Miller is 64
Katy Perry is 38 (FAST FACT: Perry grew up with strict Pentecostal Christian parents and she wasn't even allowed to watch “The Smurfs” or read “Harry Potter.” Ironically enough, in July 2011 Katy made her film debut as Smurfette in “The Smurfs.” She’s been partnered with Orlando Bloom since 2016 and they welcome daughter Daisy in 2020)
Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson is 52
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ (and Chickenfoot) drummer Chad Smith is 61 (FAST FACT: In 2012, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with his Red Hot Chili Peppers bandmates. His daughter, Ava Maybee, appeared on “American Idol.” She made it into the top 14)
Arrested Development’s Speech is 54 (his mama knows him as Todd Thomas)
Judas Priest’s Glenn Tipton is 75
Former Hinder frontman Austin Winkler is 41
Chely Wright is 53
The late Minnie Pearl (1912-1996) (Born as Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon, Minnie secured America’s affection for her with $1.98 price tag that always hung from her hat and her greeting of “howDEEEE!” Minnie appeared on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and on the classic TV show, “Hee Haw” from 1969 to 1991.)
The late Helen Reddy (1941 – 2020) ...she would have been 82 (After starting her career in his native Australia at the age of four, Reddy enjoyed international success – especially in the United States – in he 70’s. She placed 15 singles on the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 with six making the top 10 and three reaching number one, including her signature hit "I Am Woman.")

Plus:

Magician/Escapologist Andrew Basso is 37 (He is known as The Escapologist as well as the Rock Star of Magic, starring in the enormously popular magic show, The Illusionists. In 2009, he became founder and president of the Prestige Magic Academy in Italy, an organization devoted to training youngsters in the art of magic)
TV personality Samantha Bee is 53
Voice actor Nancy Cartwright is 65 (She’s voices seven characters on “The Simpsons,” including Bart Simpson – and she’s an avowed Scientologist)
MLB All Star pitcher Pedro Martinez is 50 (FAST FACTS: He won the Cy Young award 3 times in his career. Martinez reached the 3,000 strikeout mark in fewer innings than any pitcher except Randy Johnson, and is the only pitcher to compile over 3,000 strikeouts with less than 3,000 innings pitched.)
The late composer Georges Bizet (1838 – 1875) (Composer of the immortal operatic masterpiece "Carmen" one of his only successes – he died of a heart attack before it became a hit)
The late artist Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) (FAST FACT: He co-founded the Cubist movement and co-invented several new styles of art, including constructed sculpture, collage, and the plastic art)

October 26^th

Actors:

Tom Cavanagh is 59 (“The Flash,” “Ed,” “Royal Pains”)
Julie Dawn Cole is 65 (“Will Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’s” Veruca Salt)
Allie Deberry is 28 (“A.N.T. Farm,” “Lazer Team”)
Cary Elwes is 60 (“The Princess Bride,” “Dracula,” “Saw,” “Saw 3D: The Final Chapter,” “The Art of More”)
Jon Heder is 45 (“Napoleon Dynamite,” “Blades of Glory,” “The Benchwarmers”)
Dylan McDermott is 61 (“The Practice,” “Hostages,” “Stalker,” “American Horror Story”)
James Pickens Jr. is 68 (“The X Files,” “Grey’s Anatomy”)
Anthony Rapp is 51 (“Rent,” “Dazed and Confused,” “A Beautiful Mind”)
Jaclyn Smith is 77 (“Charlie’s Angels,” “Nightmare in the Daylight,” “Nightkill,” “Déjà Vu,” “District”) (FAST FACT: She was the only original female lead to remain with the “Charlie’s Angels” series for its complete run.)
Steve Valentine is 56 (“Crossing Jordan,” “I’m in the Band,” “Anger Management”)
Mia Wasikowska is 33(that’s according to Yahoo! Wiki says her birthday’s on the 25^th)(“Treatment,” “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Kids Are All Right,” “Stoker,” “Crimson Peak”)
Rita Wilson is 66 (“Chicago,” “That Thing You Do!”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Tom Hanks since 1988 – they met on the set of 1988’s “Volunteers”)
The late Jackie Coogan (1914-1984) (“The Addams Family’s” Uncle Fester) (FAST FACT: He was discovered by Charlie Chaplin)
The late Bob Hoskins (1942 – 2014)…he would have been 80 (“Mona Lisa,” “Hook,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Snow White and the Huntsman”)

Musicians:

Bootsy Collins is 71 (born William Earl Collins)
Schoolboy Q is 36 (His given name Quincy Matthew Hanley)
Guy Sebastian is 41
Keith Urban is 55
The late “Queen of Gospel” Mahalia Jackson (1911-1972)

Plus:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is 75 (FAST FACT: She campaigned for Republicans Nixon and Goldwater while serving on the student council at Maine East High School)
Champion figure skater Sasha Cohen is 38 (FAST FACTS: She is the 2006 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World Championship medalist, the 2003 Grand Prix Final Champion, and the 2006 U.S. Champion. She also appeared in “Blades of Glory”)
Reality Star Mendeecees Harris is 44 (“Love & Hip Hop”)
Director and Voice acting genius Seth MacFarlane is 49 (“Family Guy,” “American Dad!,” “The Cleveland Show”)
WWE wrestler CM Punk is 44 (born Phillip Jack "Phil" Brooks)
Game show host Pat Sajak is 76 (FAST FACT: He’s been the host of “Wheel of Fortune” since 1982)

October 27^th

Actors:

Roberto Benigni is 70 (“Life Is Beautiful”) (He had the hilarious acceptance speech for his “Life Is Beautiful” role at the 1999 Academy Awards)
John Cleese is 83 (“Monty Python,” “Fawlty Towers,” “A Fish Called Wanda,” “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein”)
Bryan Craig is 31 (“General Hospital”)
Erica Dasher is 36 (“Jane By Design,” “The Lake”)
Patrick Fugit is 40 (“Almost Famous,” “White Oleander,” “Gone Girl”)
Teilor Grubbs is 21 (“Hawaii Five-0”)
Samantha Logan is 26 (“666 Park Avenue,” “General Hospital”)
The late Ruby Dee (1922-2014) …she would have been 100 (“A Raisin in the Sun,” “Do The Right Thing,” “Jungle Fever,” “American Gangster”)
The late Nanette Fabray (1920 – 2018) (“One Day at a Time,” “The Band Wagon”)

Musicians:

Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon is 64 (Fast fact: He’s been married to his supermodel wife Yasmin Le Bon since 1985)
Lee Greenwood is 80
Hey Violet’s Casey Moreta is 27
T-Wayne is 32 (born Tyshon Dwayne Nobles)
The late Floyd Cramer (1933-1997)…he would have been 89
The late Scott Weiland (1967 – 2015)…he would have been 55 (FAST FACT: Weiland was ranked #57 in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by “Hit Parader”)

Plus:

Former journalist and hostage Terry Anderson is 75 (In 1985, he was taken hostage by Shiite Hezbollah militants and held until 1991)
TV personality Kelly Osbourne is 38
Model and TV personality Marla Maples is 59 (While she did appear on “Dancing With The Stars,” she’s best known for her marriage to Donald Trump from 1993–1999. She’s mom to Tiffany Trump.)
The late author Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)…she would have been 90 (“The Bell Jar,” “Ariel”)
The late President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (1858-1919) (FAST FACT: He was the first president to win a Nobel Peace Prize)
The late mob boss John Gotti (1940-2002)…he would have been 82 (Dubbed “The Teflon Don,” his legendary exploits came to an end with his conviction on five murders and a variety of other charges in 1992.)
The late director Ivan Reitman (1946 – 2022)…he would have been 76 (“Meatballs,” “Stripes,” “Ghostbusters,” “Ghostbusters II,” “Twins,” “Kindergarten Cop,” “Dave,” “I Love You, Man,” “Six Days, Seven Nights,” “My Super Ex-Girlfriend”)

October 28^th

Actors:

Chris Bauer is 56 (“The Wire,” “61*,” “True Blood”)
Troian Bellisario is 37 (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Billboard Dad,” “The Come Up”)
Eden Duncan-Smith is 23 (“Annie”)
Dennis Franz is 78 (“NYPD Blue,” “City of Angels”)
Jami Gertz is 57 (“The Lost Boys,” “Less Than Zero,” “Entourage,” “The Neighbors”) (FAST FACT: She’s actually a billionaire!)
Nolan Gould is 24 (“Modern Family”)
Lauren Holly is 59 (“Dumb and Dumber,” “Picket Fences,” “NCIS,” “Motive”) (FAST FACT: She and Jim Carrey began dating while working together while filming 1994’s “Dumb and Dumber.” They got married in 1996…but the marriage lasted less than a year, and they divorced in 1997.)
Telma Hopkins is 74 (“Gimme a Break!,” “Family Matters,” “The Love Guru”) (FAST FACT: She rose to prominence as a member of the 1970s group Tony Orlando and Dawn, which had several number one songs)
Laine MacNeil is 26 (“Diary of a Wimpy Kid,”)
Sierra McCormick is 25 (“A.N.T. Farm,” “Jessie,” “Supernatural”)
Devon Murray is 34 (“Harry Potter” film series)
Joaquin Phoenix is 48 (“Parenthood,” “Gladiator,” “Two Lovers,” “Walk The Line,” “Her,” “Joker”) (He’s been partnered with Rooney Mara since 2016, they confirmed their engagement in 2019 – and welcomed their first child together – son River – in August 2020…though they kept things quiet until the following month)
Dame Joan Plowright is 93 (“Tea With Mussolini,” “Dennis The Menace,” “Bringing Down The House”) (FAST FACTS: Her career has spanned over six decades. She has won two Golden Globe Awards and a Tony Award and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy and two BAFTA Awards. She is also one of only four actresses to have won two Golden Globes in the same year.)
Annie Potts is 70 (“Pretty in Pink,” “Ghostbusters,” “Designing Women,” “GCB,” “Chicago Med,” “Young Sheldon”)
Julia Roberts is 55 (“Pretty Woman,” “Erin Brockovich,” “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “Oceans 12,” “Eat Pray Love”) (FAST FACT: She wanted to be a veterinarian, but she ended up signing with Click Modeling Agency in New York.)
Matt Smith is 40 (“Doctor Who,” “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”)
Daphne Zuniga is 60 (“Melrose Place,” “Spaceballs,” “Vision Quest,” “One Tree Hill”)
The late Dody Goodman (1914-2008) (“Grease,” “Grease 2,” “Splash”)
The late Jack Soo (1917-1979) (A well-known stage actor, he was best known as Detective Nick Yemana “Barney Miller”) (FAST FACT: Japanese American internment during World War II. He was sent to the Topaz War Relocation Center in Utah and fellow internees recalled him as a "camp favorite", an entertainer singing at dances and numerous events.)

Musicians:

Justin Guarini is 44
Ben Harper is 53
Frank Ocean is 35
Brad Paisley is 50
The late Charlie Daniels (1936 – 2020)...he would have been 86

Plus:

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is 66
United States War Hero – and “Dancing with the Stars” alum is Noah Galloway – 41 (Sergeant of the United States Army who was injured just three months into his second tour of duty in Iraq. An explosive device left him without his left arm and left leg. He persevered to become a motivational speaker and philanthropist, creating the No Excuses Charitable Fund.)
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 67 (FAST FACT: In high school, Gates hacked into the school’s computer system to make sure there were more girls in his classes than boys.)
Reality Star and former Olympian Caitlyn Jenner is 73 (FAST FACT: At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Jenner won a gold medal and broke a world record, scoring 8,634 points in the decathlon.)
TV personality Andy Richter is 56
The late researcher Dr. Jonas Salk (1914-1995) (He developed the polio vaccine) (FAST FACTS: Until 1957, when the Salk vaccine was introduced, polio was considered the most frightening public health problem of the post-war United States. Annual epidemics were increasingly devastating. The 1952 epidemic was the worst outbreak in the nation's history. Of nearly 58,000 cases reported that year, 3,145 people died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling paralysis, with most of its victims being children.)

October 29^th

Actors:

Richard Dreyfuss is 75 (“Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” “Jaws,” “American Graffiti,” “Always,” “Mr. Holland’s Opus”)
India Eisley is 29 (“The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Underworld: Awakening”) (FAST FACT: her mother is Olivia Hussey)
Brendan Fehr is 45 ("Roswell," “CSI: Miami”) (FAST FACT: he was named Canada’s hottest television actor in 2008)
Joely Fisher is 55 (“Ellen,” “Til Death,” “The Mask”)
Ben Foster is 42 (“Lone Survivor,” “3:10 to Yuma,” “Pandorum”) (FAST FACT: He’s been with Laura Prepon since at least 2016 when they announced she was pregnant with their first child and married to her since 2018. They’ve since welcomed another child.)
Milena Govich is 46 (“Law & Order,” “Finding Carter,” “A Novel Romance”)
Finola Hughes is 63 (“General Hospital,” “Charmed”)
Kate Jackson is 74 (‘Sabrina Duncan’ from “Charlie’s Angles”)
Italia Ricci is 36 (“Don Jon,” “Chasing Life,” “American Pie Presents Beta House”)
Tracee Ellis Ross is 50 (Diana Ross’ daughter, “Joan” of “Girlfriends,” “Black-ish”)
Winona Ryder is 51 (“Edward Scissorhands,” “Black Swan,” “Girl, Interrupted,” “Stranger Things”)
Gabrielle Union is 50 (“Bring It On,” “Bad Boys II,” “10 Things I Hate About You”) (FAST FACT: She’s been married to Dwayne Wade since 2014)
The late Fanny Brice (1891-1951) (“The Baby Snooks Show,” sang ‘My Man’ in the 1921 Ziegfeld Follies)
The late Johnny Lewis (1983-2012)…he would have been 39 (“Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem,” “Felon,” “Sons of Anarchy”)

Musicians:

Vampire Weekend’s Chris Baio is 38 (FAST FACT: He is a first cousin once removed of actor Scott Baio)
Panic! at the Disco’s Kenneth Harris is 42
Denny Laine (Wings, Moody Blues) is 78
311’s S.A. Martinez is 53 (according to FamousBirthdays.com)
Melba Moore is 77
The Script’s Mark Sheehan is 46
Cowboy Junkies’ Peter Timmins is 57 (according to FamousBirthdays.com)
Tove Lo is 35 (Born Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson, she was born in Stockholm, Sweden.)

Plus:

Voicist Dan Castellaneta is 65 (“The Simpsons,”) (He voices Homer Simpson, Grandpa, Barney, Krusty the Clown, and Mayor Quimby.)
Author Lee Child is 68 (known for his “Jack Reacher” books, “Killing Floor”)
Model Yasmin Le Bon is 58 (FAST FACTS: In the 80’s Le Bon was one of the highest earning models – and she’s been married to Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon since 1985.)
The late reality TV star Beth Chapman (1967 – 2019)...she would have been 55 (“Dog the Bounty Hunter”)
The late “Stars & Stripes" cartoonist Bill Mauldin (1921-2003)
The late artist Bob Ross (1942-1995)…he would have been 80 (PBS’ “The Joy of Painting”)
The late movie producer Donald Simpson (1943-1996)…he would have been 79 (“Flashdance,” “Beverly Hills Cop,” “Top Gun,” “The Rock”)

October 30^th

Actors:

Michael Beach is 59 (“ER,” “Crisis,” “Soul Food,” “Waiting To Exhale,” “Third Watch”)
Sarah Carter is 42 (“The Vow,” “Falling Skies”)
Fiona Dourif is 41 (“True Blood,” “Curse of Chucky,” “The Master”) (FAST FACT: Her dad is Brad Dourif)
Franky G is 57 (“Saw” series, “The Italian Job,” “Power”)
Harry Hamlin is 71 (“Clash of the Titans,” “L.A. Law,” “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” “Mad Men,” “Glee”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Lisa Rinna since 1997)
Nia Long is 52 (“The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” “Third Watch,” “Big Momma’s House”)
Kennedy McMann is 25 (TV’s “Nancy Drew”)
Matthew Morrison is 44 (“Glee,” “Space Station 76”) (FAST FACT: He has pretty much turned his back on acting to make way for his move into the music business – though he’s still performing on Broadway)
Janel Parrish is 34 (“Pretty Little Liars,” “Bratz: The Movie”)
Kevin Pollak is 65 (“Willow,” “A Few Good Men,” “The Usual Suspects,” “Grumpy Old Men,” “Casino,” “Grumpier Old Men,” “End of Days,” “The Whole Nine Yards,” “Middle Men,” “War Dogs”)
Tequan Richmond is 30 (“Everybody Hates Chris,” “Ray,” “General Hospital”)
Henry Winkler is 77 (“Happy Days,” “Children’s Hospital,” “Arrested Development,” “Royal Pains,” “Parks and Recreation”)
The late Herschel Bernardi (1923-1986) …he would have been 99 (Besides his TV/movie/stagework – he was also the voice behind Charlie the Tuna and the Jolly Green Giant)
The late Ruth Gordon (1896-1985) (“Harold and Maude,” “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Taxi,” “Adam’s Rib,” “Every Which Way but Loose,” “Any Which Way You Can”)

Musicians:

T Graham Brown is 68
Jerry De Borg of Jesus Jones is 62
Eddie Holland of Holland-Dozier-Holland is 83
SHeDAISY's Kassidy Osborn is 46
Gavin Rossdale is 57
Bassist Timothy B Schmit of The Eagles (and Poco) is 75
Grace Slick is 83
AC/DC’s former drummer Chris Slade is 76
The Saturdays’ Vanessa White is 33
Otis Williams is 81

Plus:

TV personality Ben Bailey (host of “Cash Cab”) is 52
American Gymnast Nastia Liukin is 33 (FAST FACT: She won a total of five Medals at the 2008 Olympics, tying the record for most won by an American gymnast.)
Atlanta Falcons’ QB Marcus Mariota is 29 (FAST FACTS: He was drafted by the Titans second overall in the 2015 NFL draft. He played college football at Oregon where he was the starting quarterback from 2012 to 2014. Mariota became the first Oregon player and Hawaii-born athlete to ever win the Heisman Trophy, as a junior in 2014, after which he decided to enter the draft.)
Newswoman Andrea Mitchell is 76
Reality star Gretchen Rossi is 44 (“Real Housewives of Orange County”) (that’s according to FamousBirthdays.com)
Former First daughter and entrepreneur Ivanka Trump is 41
The late U.S. President John Adams (1735-1826) (FAST FACT: He served as the country’s first Vice President and second president)
The late body builder Charles Atlas (1892-1972)
The late director Louis Malle (1932-1995)…he would have been 90 (“My Dinner With Andre,” “Le Monde du silence”)

October 31^st

Actors:

Mateo Arias is 27 (Disney’s “Kickin It”) (that’s according to FamousBirthdays.com)
Justin Chatwin is 40 (“Shameless,” “Weeds,” “War of the Worlds”)
Lee Grant is 95 (“Shampoo,” “Detective Story,” “Peyton Place”) (FYI...Wiki has her as 94-96…the AP has her as 95... IMDB has her as 97)
Deidre Hall is 75 (“Days of Our Lives”)
Lil JJ is 32 (Born James Charles Lewis, Jr, he’s best known for roles on Nickelodeon’s “Just Jordan” and “All That”)
Sally Kirkland is 81 (“JFK,” “Valley of the Dolls,” “General Hospital”)
Vanessa Marano is 30 (“Switched at Birth,” “Ghost Whisperer”)
Brian Stokes Mitchell is 65 (A renowned Broadway star, he became widely known on TV’s “Trapper John, M.D.” “James Bond Jr.” “Ruby’s Bucket of Blood”)
Dermot Mulroney is 59 (“My Best Friend’s Wedding,” “The Grey,” “About Schmidt,” “August: Osage County,” Crisis,” “Pure Genius”)
Piper Perabo is 46 (“Coyote Ugly,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2,” “Covert Affairs,” “Notorious”)
Stephen Rea is 76 (“The Crying Game,” “V for Vendetta,” “Michael Collins,” “Interview with the Vampire,” “Breakfast on Pluto”)
Rob Schneider is 59 (“The Waterboy,” “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,” “The Hot Chick”) (FAST FACT: He’s dad to Elle King)
Ken Wahl is 65 (“Running Scared,” “Omega Syndrome,” “Wiseguy”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Shane Barbi – of the Barbi Twins – since 1997)
The late John Candy (1950-1994)…he would have been 72 (“Uncle Buck,” “The Great Outdoors,” “Planes Trains & Automobiles,”Spaceballs”)
The late Michael Landon (1936-1991)…he would have been 86 (“Bonanza,” “Little House on the Prairie,” “Highway to Heaven”)
The late David Ogden Stiers (1942 – 2018)…he would have been 80 (Best known as Major Charles Emerson Winchester’ on “M*A*S*H”)

Musicians:

Sleeping with Sirens’ Gabe Barham is 33
Ben Bruce is 34
The Beastie Boys’ Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz is 56
Vanilla Ice is 55 (born Robert Matthew Van Winkle)
My Chemical Romance’s Frank Iero is 41
Johnny Marr is 59
U2’s Larry Mullen Jr. is 61
Willow Smith is 22
Dawes keyboardist Tay Strathairn is 42 (that’s according to the AP)
Darryl Worley is 58
The late Dale Evans (1912-2001)
The late saxophonist Illinois Jacquet (1922-2004)…he would have been 100 (Wiki says October 30th, although Yahoo! says the 31^st)

Plus:

Director Peter Jackson (“Lord Of The Rings,” “The Hobbit”) is 61
Newswoman and TV personality Jane Pauley is 72
Legendary newsman Dan Rather is 91
The late explorer Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) (Italian explorer whose voyages resulted in Spanish colonization of the America)
The late Girl Scouts of the USA founder Juliette Gordon Low (She founded the organization in March 1912) (1860-1927)
The late DJ Jimmy Savile (1926-2011)…he would have been 96 (FAST FACT: he had a wax figure in London’s Madame Tussauds, but it was melted down in October 2012 after over 450 allegations arose accusing him of being a sex offender were revealed)
The late inventor Joseph Wilson Swan (1828-1914) (produced an early electric light bulb)

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