Birthdays - (6/10 - 6/12)

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Friday, June 10^th

Actors:

• Jonathan Bennett is 41 (“Mean Girls,” “Cheaper by the Dozen 2,” “Veronica Mars,” “All My Children”)
• Frankie Faison is 73 (“Silence of the Lambs,” “Hannibal,” “Red Dragon,” HBO’s “The Wire”)
• Kate Flannery is 58 (Meredith on NBC’s “The Office”)
• Gina Gershon is 60 (“Showgirls,” “Five Minarets in New York,” “Killer Joe,” “PS I Love You”)
• Carolyn Hennesy is 60 (“General Hospital,” “Cougar Town,” “True Blood”)
• Elizabeth Hurley is 57 (“Austin Powers,” “Bedazzled,” “The Royals”)
• DJ Qualls is 44 (“The Big Bang Theory,” “Supernatural” “Memphis Beat”)
• Leelee Sobieski is 39 (“Jungle 2 Jungle,” “Deep Impact,” “Joan of Arc,” “Eyes Wide Shut”)
• Jeanne Tripplehorn is 59 (“Basic Instinct,” “The Firm,” “Big Love,” “Grey Gardens,” “Criminal Minds”)
• Shane West is 44 (“Once And Again,” “ER,” "A Walk to Remember," “Salem”)
• The late Judy Garland (1922-1969) …she would have been 100 (“Wizard of Oz,” “A Star Is Born,” “Easter Parade,” “Judgment at Nuremberg”) (FAST FACTS: In 1997, Garland was posthumously awarded a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. Several of her recordings have been inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame. In 1999, the American Film Institute placed her among the ten greatest female stars in the history of American cinema)
• The late Hattie McDaniel (1893-1952) (Played Mammy in “Gone with the Wind.”) (FAST FACTS: She was the first African American to win an Academy Award, but couldn’t attend the films premiere or sit with her colleagues at the academy awards because of segregation laws. And by the way? There is some debate about her birth year – both Wiki & IMDB say 1893, but Yahoo! says 1895)

Musicians:

• Lee Brice is 43
• Smashing Pumpkin’s Jimmy Chamberlain is 58
• The Breeders’ Kim & Kelley Deal is 61
• Faith Evans is 49
• 702’s LeMisha Grinstead is 44
• Celtic Thunder’s Keith Harkin is 36
• K-Ci & Jojo’s Joel "JoJo" Hailey is 51
• The Shirelles’ Shirley Owens is 81
• The Pixies’ Joey Santiago is 57
• The late blue’s singer Chester Arthur “Howlin’ Wolf” Burnett (1910 – 1976) (FAST FACT: He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991)

Plus:

• Comedian Bill Burr is 55
• Former Senator John Edwards is 69 (2004 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee whose political career was shattered after it came to light that he had fathered a child with a woman other than his longtime wife (who had been struggling with cancer) So what’s he up to now? In 2013, Edwards announced the formation of Edwards Kirby Attorneys at Law. The firm reunited Edwards with his former law partner David Kirby. Edwards’ daughter Cate operates the San Diego office of the firm.)
• NFL Hall of Famer Dan Fouts is 71 (QB who played all 15 of his NFL seasons with the San Diego Chargers, then went on to become a color commentator for NFL games on CBS)
• Olympic gold medalist and TV personality Tara Lipinsky is 40 (FAST FACT: At Nagano in 1988, she set the record for the youngest gold medalist at the Winter Olympics at the age of just 15)
• Presidential daughter Sasha Obama is 21 (Daughter of POTUS44 Barack and First Lady Michelle Obama, she was the youngest person to live in the White House since John F. Kennedy administration)
• Former three-time MLB All-Star Ken Singleton is 75
• Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer is 63 (Governor from 2007 to 2008, he resigned in disgrace after it was revealed that he frequented high-end prostitutes. In 2013 he lost the Democratic primary for New York City Comptroller.)
• Model Kate Upton (and wife to Houston Astros pitcher Jason Verlander) is 30
• The late famed lawyer F. Lee Bailey (1933 – 2021)...he would have been 89 (He has represented such infamous clients as O.J. Simpson, "Boston Strangler" Albert DeSalvo, and Patty Hearst. He also defended Captain Ernest Medina, a United States Army officer blamed for the My Lai Massacre of the Vietnam War)
• The late children’s author Maurice Sendak (1928 – 2012)…he would have been 94 (“Where The Wild Things Are”) (FAST FACT: “Where the Wild Things Are” was originally called “Where the Wild Horses Are;” however, Sendak changed the title after discovering that he was not adept at drawing horses.)
• The late Prince Philip of Britain (1921 – 2021) (FAST FACT: He was married to Queen Elizabeth II from 1947 until his passing)

Saturday, June 11^th

Actors:

• Adrienne Barbeau is 77 ("Maude," “The Fog,” “Creepshow,” “Swamp Thing,” “Escape from New York”) (FAST FACT: Played the original Rizzo in Broadway’s “Grease”)
• Ivana Baquero is 28 (“Pan’s Labyrinth”)
• Peter Bergman is 69 (He has played Jack Abbott on “Young & The Restless” since 1989)
• Peter Dinklage is 53 (“The Station Agent,” “Death at a Funeral,” “Elf,” “Game of Thrones”) (FAST FACT: He has been a vegetarian since he was 16)
• Claire Holt is 34 (“Mean Girls 2” “H2O: Just Add Water”)
• Joshua Jackson is 44 (“Dawson’s Creek,” “Fringe”)
• Hugh Laurie is 63 (“Blackadder,” “House,” “The Night Manager”) (FAST FACT: Despite his dead-on American accent, he was born and raised in England)
• Shia LeBeouf is 36 (“Transformers,” “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps,” “Lawless,” “The Company You Keep,” “Nymphomanias,” “Fury”)
• Eugene Simon is 30 (“House of Anubis,” “Game of Thrones”)
• The late Ryan Dunn (1977-2011)…he would have been 45 (member of the Jackass crew who tragically died in a car accident in 2011)
• The late Chad Everett (1937-2012) …would have been 85 (best known as Dr. Joe Gannon in TV’s “Medical Center”)
• The late Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016)…he would have been 89 (“Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory,” “Silver Streak,” “Stir Crazy,” “The Woman in Red,” “Haunted Honeymoon”)

Musicians:

• ZZ Top’s Frank Beard is 73
• Stereo MC’s Robert Birch is 61
• Tonic’s Dan Lavery is 56
• The Temptations’ Glenn Leonard is 75
• Mariana’s Trench Josh Ramsay is 37
• Bruce Robison is 56 (FAST FACT: Back in 2017, he contracted typhus and was in sick bay for some time due to complications. The good news? He got better and has since resumed touring.)
• Donnie Van Zant is 70
• The late jazz pianist Hazel Scott (1920-1981) (Recognized early as a musical prodigy, Scott was given scholarships from the age of eight to study at Juilliard. She began performing in a jazz band in her teens and was performing on radio at age 16.)

Plus:

• NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana is 66 (He was named Super Bowl MVP three times, selected for the Pro Bowl eight times, and chosen for the 1980s All-Decade Team)
• Author Robert Munsch is 77 (the popular children’s book “The Paper Bag Princess”)
• Mehmet Oz is 62 (FAST FACT: Before being discovered by Oprah, Dr. Oz taught in the department of surgery at Columbia University)
• WNBA MVP Diana Taurasi is 40 (FAST FACT: Dubbed the “White Mamba,” she plays for the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury as well as UMMC Ekaterinburg of Russia)
• TV personality Greta Van Susteren is 68
• The late explorer Jacques Cousteau (1910-1997) (He co-developed the Aqua-Lung, pioneered marine conservation)
• The late Vince Lombardi (1913-1970) (Coach who led the Green Bay Packers to victory in Super Bowls I and II)
• The late Jeanette Rankin (1880-1973) (A Republican from Montana, she became the first woman to serve in the U.S. Congress – in 1916)

Sunday, June 12^th

Actors:

• Timothy Busfield is 65 (“Field of Dreams,” “Revenge of the Nerds,” “thirtysomething,” “The West Wing,” “Sleepy Hollow,” “For Life”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Melissa Gilbert since 2013)
• Tim DeKay is 59 (“White Collar,” “Party of Five,” “Carnivale,” “Tell Me You Love Me,” “Second Chance”)
• Dave Franco is 37 (“21 Jump Street,” “Milk,” “Scrubs,” “Now You See Me”)
• Jenilee Harrison is 64 (Cindy from “Three’s Company,” “Dallas”)
• Paula Marshall is 58 (“The Wonder Years,” “Cheaper by the Dozen,” “Gary Unmarried,” “Spin City,” “Cupid,” “Murder In The First”)
• Jason Mewes is 48 (“Clerks,” “Mallrats,” Jay in the “Jay and Silent Bob” film series)
• Michael Muhney is 47 (“Veronica Mars,” “The Young and the Restless,” “No Man's Land: The Rise of Reeker”)
• Eamonn Walker is 60 (“Oz,” “Tears of the Sun,” “Chicago Fire”)
• The late Jim Nabors (1930 – 2017)….he would have been 92 (“The Andy Griffith Show,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”)

Musicians:

• Junior Brown is 70
• Whodini’s Grandmaster Dee is 60 (born Drew Carter)
• Emmure’s Frankie Palmeri is 36
• Robyn is 43 (born Robin Miriam Carlsson)
• Kenny Wayne Shepherd is 45
• Chris Young is 37
• The late Chick Corea (1941 – 2021)...he would have been 81 (FAST FACT: Born Armando Anthony Corea, he attended Columbia University for one month and The Juilliard School for six, but was not satisfied with either, so he dropped out to pursue a career on his own terms)
• The late Vic Damone (1928 – 2018)…he would have been 94

Plus:

• Sportscaster Marv Albert is 81 (He was known to sports fans as “The Voice of Basketball,” until 1997, when he went on trial for felony charges of forcible sodomy. While he first claimed the activity was consensual, he later pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery charges, while the sodomy charge was dropped. Albert was given a 12-month suspended sentence. He was back on the air two years later.)
• Wrestler Mark Henry is 51 (FAST FACT: U.S. National powerlifting champion who won Silver, Gold and Bronze Medals at the Pan American Games in 1995 before joining WWE)
• All-Star NBA point guard Jrue Holiday (yes, that’s how he spells it) is 32
• Victoria’s Secret Model Adrianna Lima is 41 (FAST FACT: In 2011, she said she drinks nothing but protein shakes for the nine days preceding a show)
• Reality TV star Kendra Wilkinson is 37 (“Girls Next Door,” “Kendra On Top”)
• The late reality TV star Diem Brown (1980 – 2014)…she would have been 41 (MTV's “The Challenge” and “The Duel”) (She died of colon cancer)
• The late author Anne Frank (1929-1945)… she would have been 93 (Anne was a Jewish girl who had to go into hiding during World War II, to avoid the Nazis. Together with seven others she hid in a secret annex in Amsterdam. After almost two years in hiding they were discovered and sent to concentration camps. Anne’s father, Otto, was the only one of the group to survive. After her death, Anne became world famous because of the diary she wrote while in hiding.)
• The late President George H.W. Bush (aka Bush I) (1924 – 2018) …he would have been 98
• The late entrepreneur David Rockefeller (1915 – 2017) (He is the eldest and richest member of the legendary oil family, which changed America in the Gilded Age and minted America's first billionaire in Standard Oil founder, John D. Rockefeller. David is the magnate's only living grandchild and also the world's oldest billionaire. At last check, he’s worth $3.2-billion)

Monday, June 13^th

Actors:

• Tim Allen is 69 (“Home Improvement,” “Santa Clause,” “GalaxyQuest,” “Toy Story,” “Last Man Standing”)
• Kat Dennings is 36 (“40-Year-Old Virgin,” “Thor,” “Two Broke Girls”) (FAST FACT: She made her acting debut when she was 10 in a potato chip commercial)
• Chris Evans is 41 (“Not Another Teen Movie,” “Sunshine,” “The Avengers,” “Fantastic Four,” “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Snowpiercer,” “Gifted,” “Captain America” series and also, as Captain America in other projects)
• Aaron Taylor-Johnson is 32 (“Kickass,” “The Illusionist,” “Savages,” “Anna Karenina,” “Godzilla,” “Nocturnal Animals”)
• Malcolm McDowell is 79 (“A Clockwork Orange,” “Caligula,” “Cat People,” “Fantasy Island,” “Entourage,” “Franklin & Bash”)
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are 36 (“Full House”) (FAST FACT: The twins were signed on for their first famous role when they were six months old, sharing the role of Michelle Tanner)
• Ally Sheedy is 60 (“The Breakfast Club,” “St. Elmo's Fire,” “WarGames,” “Short Circuit,” “High Art,” “Psych”)
• Stellan Skarsgard is 71 (“The Hunt for Red October,” “Thor,” “Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” “The Avengers,” “Thor: The Dark World,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron”) (FAST FACT: Stellan is the father of Alexander Skarsgard)
• The late Paul Lynde (1926-1982) …he would have been 96 (“Bewitched,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Love, American Style,” “The Phil Silvers Show,” “The Patty Duke Show,” “The Munsters,” “The Flying Nun,” “I Dream of Jeannie,” “F Troop, and variety shows such as “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “The Dean Martin Show,” as well as game shows including “Hollywood Squares” and “Match Game”)
• The late Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) (First actor to play Sherlock Holmes in a Hollywood film) (FAST FACT: Throughout his career, he appeared in over 70 films)

Musicians:

• Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo is 52 (FAST FACT: He’s a Harvard graduate)
• Smash Mouth’s Paul DeLisle is 59
• David Gray is 54
• Luke James is 38
• Asking Alexandria’s Cameron Liddell is 33
• Raz-B is 37 (his given name, De'Mario Monte Thornton)
• The late Lil Snupe (1995-2013)…would have been 27 (Born Addarren Ross, he was tragically killed at 18 after being shot in the chest – reportedly over a video game betting dispute between him and 36-year-old Tony Holden. While Holden had turned himself in, it was later shown that Edrick Stewart’s bullets actually did him in.)

Plus:

• Children’s author Cathy Cassidy is 60 (best known for “The Chocolate Box Girls”)
• Racecar driver Tanner Foust is 49 (Rally racer who won gold medals at the X Games in 2007 and 2010) (FAST FACT: He holds a degree in molecular biology)
• Reality TV star and stunter Steve-O is 48 (“Jackass”) (FAST FACT: Born in London as Stephen Gilchrist Glover, he graduated from clown college after dropping out of the University of Miami. And by the way? He celebrated 13-years of sobriety in March 2021.)
• TV personality Hannah Storm (Co-anchor of Sports Center on ESPN) is 60
• The late physicist James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) (He was the first to measure the speed of light)
• The late poet William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) (Widely considered to be one of the greatest poets of the 20^th century, he was also a Nobel prize recipient)