Actors:

Taraji P. Henson is 54 (“Hustle and Flow,” “Empire”) (FAST FACT: The father of her son, Marcell, was murdered in 2003. In March 2015, she also accused the Glendale Police Department of racial profiling Marcell at a traffic stop – until video proved that he wasn’t. She promptly apologized.)

Tyler Hoechlin is 37 (“Teen Wolf,” “Road To Perdition”)

Amy Madigan is 74 (“Field of Dreams,” “Gone Baby Gone”)

Virginia Madsen is 63 (“The Haunting in Connecticut,” “Witches of East End”)

Kristy McNichol is 62 (“Little Darlings,” “Empty Nest”)

Ariana Richards is 45 (“Tremors,” "Jurassic Park")

Ryan Slattery is 42 ("JAG," “Sleepover”)

Laura Wright is 54 ("Guiding Light," “General Hospital”)

Musicians:

The Verve’s Richard Ashcroft is 53

Coldplay’s Jonny Buckland is 47

Harry Connick Jr. is 57

Elephant Man is 49 (born Oneal Bryan)

Lola Falana is 82 (She’s also appeared on television – “Mad About You,” “The New Bill Cosby Show”)

LFO’S Brad Fischetti is 49

The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart is 81

Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley is 43

Ludacris is 47 (given name: Christopher Brian Bridges)

Moby is 59 (born Richard Melville Hall)

Styx’s Tommy Shaw is 71 (FAST FACT: He was discovered by Styx while playing music at a bowling alley.)

Plus:

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is 59

Journalist Maria Bartiromo is 57 (FAST FACTS: Dubbed the “Money Honey,” she was the first daily TV reporter to broadcast from the N.Y. stock exchange floor. She also became the first journalist to be inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame in 2011)

Elizabeth (aka EG) Daily is 63 (While known for starring in films including “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure,” EG is more known for her voice work in project including “Rugrats,” “The Powerpuff Girls,” “The Country Bears”)

Movie director Brian De Palma is 84 (“Scarface,” "Carlito’s Way”)

The late author H. Lawrence ("Lady Chatterley's Lover”) (1885-1930) (FAST FACTS: His collected works, among other things, represent an extended reflection upon the dehumanizing effects of modernity and industrialization. In them, some of the issues Lawrence explores are emotional health, vitality, spontaneity and instinct. Lawrence's opinions earned him many enemies and he endured official persecution, censorship, and misrepresentation of his creative work throughout the second half of his life, much of which he spent in a voluntary exile which he called his "savage pilgrimage." At the time of his death, his public reputation was that of a pornographer who had wasted his considerable talents.

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