Actors:
James Fox is 84 (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Sherlock Holmes”)
Jessica Fox is 40 (“The Muppet Christmas Carol,” “Back Home”)
Eric Lloyd is 37 ("The Santa Clause" film series, “Batman & Robin”)
Geraldine Somerville is 56 (“Harry Potter,” “Gosford Park”)
Jason Gray-Stanford is 53 (“Monk,” “Monday Mornings”)
Eleanor Tomlinson is 31 (“Jack the Giant Slayer,” “Alice in Wonderland”)
The late Peter Mayhew (1944 – 2019)…he would have been 79 (Chewbacca in the “Star Wars” franchise, he was 7-feet, 3-inches tall)
Musicians:
Shooter Jennings is 44
Grace Jones is 75
Rohan Marley is 51 (Yes, Bob Marley is his father.)
AC/DC’s Phil Rudd is 69 (FAST FACT: When his solo album was released, it didn’t do as well as it was expected to. So he fired several employees and threatened to kill his personal assistant. He later plead guilty to death threat and drug charges and was sentenced to home detention.)
Sam Smith is 31
Pete Townshend is 78 (FAST FACTS: He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.)
Yo Gotti is 42 (born Mario Mims)
The late ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill (1949 – 2021) …he would have been 74 (FAST FACTS: He also appeared in the movie “Back to the Future Part III.)
The late Joey Ramone (1951 – 2001)…he would have been 72
Plus:
Racecar driver Dario Franchitti is 51
TV personality David Hartman is 88
Reality star Kim Zolciak-Biermann is 45 (“Real Housewives of Atlanta,” “Don’t Be Tardy,” “Dancing with the Stars”)
The late wrestler (and sometime actor) Andre the Giant (1946 – 1993)…he would have been 77 (FAST FACT: Born André René Roussimoff, it was his 7-foot, 5-inch; 525-pound stature that had people regard him as The Eighth Wonder of the World)
The late author/screenwriter/director Nora Ephron (1941 – 2012)…she would have been 82 (“Silkwood,” “When Harry Met Sally,” “Sleepless in Seattle,” "Mixed Nuts,” “You've Got Mail," “Julie & Julia”)
The late broadcast journalist Jim Lehrer (1934 – 2020) ...he would have been 89
The late communist ruler of Vietnam Ho Chi Minh (1890 – 1969)
The late Cambodian dictator Pol Pot (1925 – 1998)…he would have been 98 (He led Khmer Rouge revolutionary group from 1963 to 1988 – and between 1975 and 1979 murdered 25% of the country's population through starvation, overwork and executions.)
The late celebrity spouse/murder victim Nicole Brown Simpson (1959 – 1994)…she would have been 64
The late Malcolm X (1925 – 1965)…he would have been 98 (FAST FACTS: He was born Malcolm Little and after the death of his father, he and his brothers would hunt game to make ends meet. A trip to the Muslim holy city of Mecca helped him to develop his beliefs; he began signing his last name as X to replace the ancestral slave name Little.)
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