Actors:
Michael E. Knight is 64 (“All My Children,” “Young & The Restless”)
Traci Lords is 55 (“Blade,” “Zack and Miri Make A Porno”)
Alexander Ludwig is 31 (“Race to Witch Mountain,” “The Hunger Games”)
Breckin Meyer is 49 (“Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare,” “Clueless”)
Peter Reckell is 68 (“Days of Our Lives”) (FAST FACT: He originated the role of Bo, which he portrayed from 1983 to 1987, 1990 to 1992, 1995 to 2012, and returned – with others – in fall 2015 as a lead up to the 50th anniversary of the show.)
Ivan Sergei is 52 (“Crossing Jordan,” “Charmed”)
The late Anne Baxter (1923 – 1985) (“All About Eve,” “Hotel”) (FAST FACT: She’s a Golden Globe and Oscar Award winning actress who received a star on the walk of fame in February, 1960.)
The late Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) (“High Noon,” “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”)
The late Gabby Hayes (1885 – 1969) (“Blue Steel,” “The Star Packer”)
The late Robert Hegyes (1951 – 2012)…he would have been 72 (Epstein on “Welcome Back, Kotter”)
The late John Ingle (1928 – 2012) …he would have been 95 (“Death Becomes Her,” “General Hospital,” HBO’s “Big Love”)
The late Darren McGavin (1922 – 2006) (“Murphy Brown,” “Billy Madison”)
Musicians:
Motörhead’s Phil Campbell is 62
Eagle-Eye Cherry is 55 (Yup, that’s his real name… Eagle-Eye Lanoo Cherry, to be exact)
The Buzzcocks’ Steve Diggle is 68
The Arctic Monkeys’ Matt Helders is 37
The Church’s Marty Wilson-Piper is 65
Motionless in White’s Devin Sola is 33
The late Teresa Brewer (1931 – 2007) …she would have been 92
Plus:
Director Amy Heckerling is 69 (“Clueless,” “Fast Times At Ridgemont High,” “Look Who’s Talking” movies, “Baby Talk”)
The late Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1897) (Virtuoso pianist and notorious perfectionist whose oeuvre included "Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel" and the "Saint Anthony Variations." He has been referred to as one of the "Three Bs" alongside Bach and Beethoven) (FAST FACT: He played music in brothels as a child to help keep his family afloat financially. He destroyed many of his early compositions because he was dissatisfied with their amateurish quality.)
The late poet Robert Browning (1812 – 1889) (His best-known works include “My Last Duchess,” “The Pied Piper of Hamelin,” “Men and Women,” “The Ring and the Book”)
The late First Lady of Argentina Eva Peron (1919 – 1952)
The late journalist Tim Russert (1950 – 2008)…he would have been 73 (FAST FACT: “Time magazine included Russert in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2008)
The late composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893) (Famous for composing "The Nutcracker" ballet, as well as numerous symphonies, concertos, operas, ballets, and chamber-music pieces)
The late Football Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas (1933 – 2002)…he would have been 90 (FAST FACTS: Baltimore Colts quarterback who was known as The Golden Arm. He was selected to 10 Pro Bowls during his career and was named AP NFL MVP in 1964 and 1967.)
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