Actors:

Scott Bairstow is 54 ("Party of Five," “Tuck Everlasting”)

Valerie Bertinelli is 64 (“One Day At A Time,” “Touched By An Angel”)

Blair Brown is 78 (“The Choirboys,” “Orange is the New Black”)

Joyce DeWitt is 75 (“Three's Company”)

Melina Kanakaredes is 57 (“CSI: NY,” “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”)

George Lopez is 63 (“George Lopez,” “Lopez Tonight,” “Lopez”)

Lee Majors is 85 ("Six Million Dollar Man," “The Fall Guy”)

Dev Patel is 34 (“Slumdog Millionaire,” “The Last Airbender”)

Kal Penn is 47 (“Harold & Kumar go to White Castle,” “How I Met Your Mother”) (FAST FACT: From 2008 to 2011, he worked off and on for President Obama as associate director of public engagement the White House Office of Public Liaison. In 2013, President Obama appointed Penn to serve on the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities.)

Craig Sheffer is 64 (“Some Kind of Wonderful,” “Nightbreed”)

Barry Watson is 50 (“7th Heaven,” “Hart of Dixie”)

The late Shirley Temple Black (1928 – 2014)...she would have been 96 (FAST FACTS: She first acted at the age of four in a series of one-reelers titled “Baby Burlesks.” She retired from acting when she was 22. She later served as United States Ambassador to Ghana and later to Czechoslovakia, and as Chief of Protocol of the United States)

The late Sandra Dee (1942 – 2005)…she would have been 82 (“Tammy,” “Gidget”)

The late Jan Hooks (1957 - 2014) …she would have been 67 (“SNL,” “30 Rock”)

The late Herve Villechaize (1943 – 1993)…he would have been 81 (Tattoo on “Fantasy Island”)

Musicians:

Taio Cruz is 44

Sugar Ray’s Stan Frazier is 56

Annie Automatic’s Christopher French is 43

The late Def Leppard guitarist Steve Clark (1960 – 1991)…he would have been 64

The late Roy Orbison (1936 – 1988)…he would have been 88

Plus:

Wrestler (and actor) John Cena is 47 (FAST FACTS: Nicknamed Doctor of Thuganomics, he won over 10 world championships and broke the record with his 11 WWE championship)

Model Jaime King is 45

Model and reality TV star Joanna Krupa is 45 (“Real Housewives of Miami”)

Director Michael Moore is 70 (“Bowling for Columbine,” “Fahrenheit 9/11”) (FAST FACT: Clint Eastwood once threatened to shoot Moore if he appeared at his door with a camera.)

Celebrity wedding planner/reality TV star David Tutera is 58 (“My Fair Wedding,” “CELEBrations”) (FAST FACT: When he split from his former partner, they split their infant twins – and neither partner sees the other child and the children have never met. As in David got the girl, his ex got the boy – and the doors are closed.)

The late President James Buchanan (1791 – 1868) (FAST FACTS: The 15th president of the United States – he was opposed the secession of the Southern states, believing it to be illegal, but did not feel it was wise to go to war over the matter, something that would happen the moment his successor was elected to the office)

The late designer Halston (1932 – 1990)…he would have been 92 (His birth name was Roy Halston Frowick and as a designer, he believed the “American Woman” was about having a relaxed urban lifestyle. He created a new phenomenon in the 1970s and believed that women can wear the same clothing for the entire day on any occasion).

Composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953) (Among his most famous works, “Peter and the Wolf”)

The late William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) (FAST FACTS: His influence on the English language far exceeds that of any other literary figure. Some of his original phrases include "dead as a doornail," "a sorry sight," "foul play," "hot-blooded," and "in a pickle.")

The late scientist Granville Woods (1856 – 1910) (FAST FACTS: Known as “The Black Edison” who recorded over 50 patents to his name over his long career and who strived to make a safer and better public transportation system. He was the first African American to be a mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War.)

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Rick O'Bryan

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