Charlie Heaton is 30. Jonathan Byers on “Stranger Things”.
Tinashe is 31. R&B beauty who did “Dancing with the Stars” and played Mimi in “Rent: Live”.
Dominic Sherwood is 34. Jace on “Shadowhunters”, the TV show based on “The Mortal Instruments” book series that your teenage daughter is into.
Dane DeHaan is 38. Metallica’s heroic roadie in “Metallica: Through the Never”. You may also know him as Andrew in the sci-fi flick “Chronicle” . . . and as Harry Osborn in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”.
Kris Humphries is 39. He signed with the 76ers in 2017, but then got waived in their final roster cut.
Crystal Reed is 39. Sofia Falcone on “Gotham”. Before that she was Allison Argent on MTV’s “Teen Wolf”.
Alice Eve is 42. “She’s Out of My League”, “Men in Black 3”, “Star Trek: Into Darkness”, and John Cusack’s Edgar Allan Poe movie “The Raven”.
Rick Astley is 58. Without him there’d be no RICKROLLING, the fad where you send someone a bogus Internet link, and tell them it’s something really cool . . . but it really takes them to Rick’s “Never Gonna Give You Up“.
Axl Rose is 62.
Richie McDonald is 62. Lonestar lead singer.
Kathy Najimy is 67. Wendy Keegan on “Veep”. You may also remember her from “Hocus Pocus” and as the chubby nun from the “Sister Act” movies.
Fabian is 81. Teen idol from the ’50s and ’60s.
(Here’s video of him performing on one of Dick Clark’s early shows. Good thing he’s pretty, because his dance moves are non-existent.)
Tom Brokaw is 84.
Mike Farrell is 85. Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on “M*A*S*H”.
Rip Torn (1931 – 2019) Agent Zed in “Men in Black”, Patches the Coach in “Dodgeball”, and the incredible Arty on “The Larry Sanders Show”.
Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. President. On this day in 1998, Washington National Airport was renamed Ronald Reagan National Airport.
Natalie Cole (1950 – 2015)
Bob Marley (1945 – 1981) Reggae superstar who gave us the jams “Get Up, Stand Up“, “I Shot the Sheriff“, and “No Woman, No Cry“.
Babe Ruth (1895 – 1948) The Bambino. The Sultan of Swat. The Caliph of Clout. He was the Home Run King until April 8th, 1974, when he was dethroned by Hank Aaron. Neither of them needed steroids. Screw you, Barry Bonds!
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