Aaron Carter would have been 36. (1987 – 2022) Nick’s little brother.
Nicholas Hoult is 34. Beast in the “X-Men”movies and “Renfield“ to Nicolas Cage’s Dracula.
Emily Browning is 35. Laura Moon on the Starz show “American Gods”, and Violet in the “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events” movie.
Jack Huston is 41. Star of the “Ben Hur“ remake and Richard Harrow on “Boardwalk Empire”, the disfigured guy who wears a mask over half his face. He’s the grandson of legendary director John Houston and nephew of Anjelica.
Jennifer Carpenter is 44. Dexter’s sister, Detective Debra Morgan, on “Dexter”. The guy who plays Dexter, Michael C. Hall, is her ex-husband.
Sara Bareilles is 44. “Love Song“, “Gravity“, and “Brave“.
Kristofer Hivju is 45. Wildling Tormund Giantsbane on “Game of Thrones”.
Shiri Appleby is 45. Rachel on Lifetime’s “UnREAL”. She was also one of the stars of the original version of “Roswell” and has a cameo in the new one.
Sunny Sweeney is 47. “From a Table Away“ and “Bottle By My Bed“.
Damien Rice is 50. His song “The Blower’s Daughter“ is rumored to be about his flute teacher’s daughter . . . and was also featured in the flick, “Closer”.
Terrell Owens is 50. NFL Hall of Famer. T.O. played football for 15 seasons and finished sixth on Season 25 of “Dancing with the Stars”.
C. Thomas Howell is 57. He will ALWAYS be Ponyboy. Stay gold.
Jeffrey Wright is 58. Head programmer Bernard Lowe on “Westworld”, and James Gordon in “The Batman”. He’s also Beetee in the “Hunger Games” sequels, Valentin Narcisse on “Boardwalk Empire”, and Daniel Craig’s CIA buddy Felix Leiter.
Tim Butler from the Psychedelic Furs is 65. Biggest hits: “Pretty in Pink“ and “Love My Way“. He’s their bassist and little brother of frontman Richard Butler.
Larry Bird is 67. Basketball legend.
Priscilla Barnes is 69. Terri on “Three’s Company”, one of Jack and Janet’s blonde roommates who joined the show after Suzanne Somers left.
Tom Waits is 74. Singer-songwriter who played Renfield in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula”, and Dr. Heller, the inventor of non-lethal weapons, in “Mystery Men”.
Johnny Bench is 76. Hall of Fame catcher.
Ellen Burstyn is 91. Linda Blair’s mom in “The Exorcist”.
Harry Chapin (1942 – 1981) “Cats in the Cradle“ genius.
Eli Wallach (1915 – 2014) Magnificent character actor from “The Magnificent Seven” and “The Good the Bad & the Ugly”. More recently, he played the liquor store owner in “Mystic River”, and he was in “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”.
Patrice O’Neal (1969 – 2011) 300-pound comedian who died of a diabetes-related stroke one week short of his 42nd birthday.
“Ravishing” Rick Rude (1958 – 1999) Classic wrestler. A classic “heel”. He used to tell the men in the crowd to be quiet, so their women could more fully enjoy his gorgeous body. Like I said, classic.
Ted Knight (1923 – 1986) Ted Baxter on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”, Cosmic Cow creator Henry Rush on “Too Close for Comfort”, and Judge Smails in “Caddyshack”.
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