Birthdays - (6/8) & (6/9)

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June 8^th

Actors:

• Kathy Baker is 72 (“The Right Stuff,” “Picket Fences,” “Edward Scissorhands,” “Cold Mountain,” “The Jane Austen Book Club,” “Take Shelter,” “Saving Mr. Banks,” “The Age of Adaline,” “The Ranch”)
• Eion Bailey is 46 (“Once Upon a Time,” “Covert Affairs”)
• Sonia Braga is 72 (“Kiss of the Spider Woman,” “Angel Eyes”)
• James Darren is 86 (“Gidget,” “The Guns of Navarone”) (FAST FACT: Also a singer, he released his debut album in 1960 as well as fifteen singles between 1959 and 1977)
• Griffin Dunne is 67 (“My Girl,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “This Is Us”)
• Dan Futterman is 55 (“A Mighty Heart” “Kill The Messenger”)
• Frank Grillo is 57 (“Guiding Light,” “Prison Break,” “The Gates,” “Zero Dark Thirty,” “The Purge” series, “Kingdom”)
• Julianna Margulies is 56 (“ER,” “The Good Wife,” “Dietland,” “The Hot Zone”)
• Keenan Ivory Wayans is 64 (“A Different World,” “Hollywood Shuffle,” “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka”)
• Kelli Williams is 52 ("The Practice," “Lie To Me,” “Men In Trees,” “Army Wives,” “The Fosters”)
• The late Don Grady (“My Three Sons") (1944 – 2012) …he would have been 78
• The late Jerry Stiller (“Seinfeld,” “King of Queens”) (1927 - 2020)...he would have been 95

Musicians:

• The Calling’s Alex Band is 41
• Simply Red’s Mick Hucknall is 62
• Duran Duran’s Nick Rhodes is 60
• A Day to Remember’s Kevin Skaff is 37
• Sturgill Simpson is 44
• Nancy Sinatra is 82
• Bonnie Tyler is 71
• Kanye West is 45

Plus:

• Tennis star Lindsay Davenport is 46 (FAST FACT: She has been ranked World No. 1 on eight different occasions, for a total of 98 weeks.)
• Scientist Tim Berners Lee is 67 (British computer scientist who is widely credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989. He founded the World Wide Web Foundation in 2009 and the group works to improve the availability of the Internet)
• TV personality Maria Menounos is 44 (FAST FACT: In June 2017, she underwent surgery for meningioma, a benign intracranial tumor)
• The late former First Lady Barbara Bush (1925 – 2018) …she would have been 97 (FAST FACT: Barbara Bush’s great-great-great Uncle was Franklin Pierce, the fourteenth president of the United States.)
• The late scientist Francis Crick (1916 – 2004) (A biologist and neuroscientist, he became one of the most important contributors to understanding DNA when he co-discovered its helical structure in 1953. He was also the one to con the term "central dogma" in reference to how genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.)
• The late comedienne and television personality Joan Rivers (1933 – 2014) … she would have been 89
• The late architect Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959) (He sought to blend buildings with the surrounding environment across his 1,000-plus structures. He finished 532 works and was among the leaders of the Prairie School architectural movement. He pioneered urban planning in the United States through the Usonian home.) (FAST FACT: His most famous work, Fallingwater from 1935, was called "the best all-time work of American architecture" and was an example of his belief in organic architecture; it was at one time, however, in danger of falling into the water beneath it.)

June 9^th

Actors:

• Logan Browning is 33 (“Meet the Browns,” “Hit The Floor,” “Dear White People”)
• Michaela Conlin is 44 (“MDs,” “Bones”)
• Johnny Depp is 59 (“21 Jump Street,” “Platoon,” “Edward Scissorhands,” “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise,” “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” “Alice in Wonderland” series, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas,” “The Rum Diary,” “Black Mass”) (FAST FACTS: In 2007, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,” and in 2015, Depp was inducted as a Disney Legend.)
• Michael J. Fox is 61 (“Back to the Future,” “The American President,” “Boston Legal,” “Scrubs,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Rescue Me,” “Designated Survivor”)
• Tamela Mann is 56 (“Kingdom Come,” “Diary of a Mad Black Woman,” “Madea's Big Happy Family”)
• Natalie Portman is 41 (“V For Vendetta,” “Black Swan,” “Rush,” “Closer,” “Star Wars” prequels,” “Thor,” “Jackie”) (FAST FACTS: Portman was born in Israel and speaks Hebrew. She graduated from Harvard with a degree in psychology.)
• Gloria Reuben is 58 (“ER,” “Raising the Bar,” “Falling Skies,” “Lincoln,” “Mr. Robot,” “Saints & Sinners”) (FAST FACT: In 2000, she stepped out on her acting career and explored singing – joining Tina Turner on tour as one of her backup singers. She’s since released several albums)
• Brian Patrick Wade is 44 (“Generation Kill,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “Teen Wolf”)
• Mae Whitman is 34 (“Avatar,” “Parenthood,” “Arrested Development,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” “The Duff,” “Good Girls”) (FUN FACT: She started her career doing voiceovers for Tyson chicken commercials.)

Musicians:

• Muse’s Matthew Bellamy is 44 (FAST FACT: He shares son Bing with Kate Hudson)
• Uriah Heep’s Mick Box is 75
• Hootie & the Blowfish’s Dean Felber is 55
• Puddle of Mudd’s lead singer Wes Scantlin is 50 (FAST FACTS: He is the only founding member of Puddle of Mudd left in the band – due in large part to his arrests and other shenanigans Scantlin has been ranked in the Top 100 Heavy Metal Vocalists by “Hit Parader” magazine.)
• The Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simons is 52
• The late Les Paul (1915-2009) (A jazz and blues guitarist, he pioneered the solid-body electric guitar, influencing what would become rock 'n' roll music.)
• The late Jackie Wilson (1934-1984) …he would have been 88

Plus:

• Author Patricia Cornwell is 66 (“Kay Scarpetta” crime novel series) (FAST FACT: A descendant of abolitionist and writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, her books have sold more than 100-million copies.)
• Miami Heat’s power forward/center Udonis Haslem is 42
• Religious leader and author Bishop T.D. Jakes is 65 (FAST FACT: Pastor of The Potter House, a megachurch with 30,000 members, whose sermons are broadcast all over the world on numerous stations including Trinity Broadcasting Network and BET)
• Screenwriter David Koepp is 59 (“Jurassic Park,” “Mission Impossible”) (FAST FACT: He is among some of the most successful screenwriters on Earth, having sold over 2-billion dollars in ticket sales and box office receipts.)
• Film writer and producer Aaron Sorkin is 61 (“Sports Night,” “A Few Good Men,” “The Newsroom,” “The West Wing,” “The Social Network,” “Steve Jobs”)
• Legendary sportscaster Dick Vitale is 83
• The late legendary funnyman Jackie Mason (1928 – 2021) …he would have been 94
• The late songwriter Cole Porter (1891-1964) (Songwriter and winner of the 1948 Tony Award for Best Musical for “Kiss Me, Kate.” He wrote such American musical theater and popular standards as "Night and Day," "I Get a Kick Out of You," and "I've Got You Under My Skin." Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music, for his songs.)