Mischa Barton is 38. Marissa Cooper on “The O.C.”.
Justin Baldoni is 40. Jane’s baby daddy Rafael on “Jane the Virgin”.
Stephen Barker Liles is 40. One half of the country duo Love and Theft.
Daveed Diggs is 42. Lafayette and Jefferson in “Hamilton” and Rainbow’s brother Johan on “Black-ish”. He’s also Andre Layton on TNT’s “Snowpiercer” series.
Carrie Coon is 43. Proxima Midnight in “Avengers: Infinity War”.
You’d also know her as Nora on HBO’s “The Leftovers” and as Gloria Burgle, the main character from the third season of “Fargo”.
Tatyana Ali is 45. Ashley Banks on “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air”.
Kristen Schaal is 46. Former “Daily Show” correspondent who plays Carol on the sitcom “Last Man on Earth”. She’s also Louise on “Bob’s Burgers”.
Ed Helms is 50. Andy on “The Office”, a former “Daily Show” correspondent, and Stu the dentist in the “Hangover” movies. He also cashed a paycheck for playing the grown version of Chevy Chase’s son in the “Vacation” reboot.
Matthew Lillard is 54. Shaggy in the “Scooby-Doo” movies. And Stu, one-half of the psychotic serial killing team, in the original “Scream”.
Mary Lou Retton is 56. Legendary gymnast. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won the gold medal in the individual all-around competition, two silver and two bronze.
Keech Rainwater is 61. Lonestar drummer.
Nastassja Kinski is 63. German goddess who starred in the 1982 erotic horror movie “Cat People”. You may remember a poster where she posed nude with a snake in 1981. It inspired Jennifer Lawrence to undress for “Vogue” in 2015.
Yakov Smirnoff is 73. Russian genius. “What a Country!”
Aaron Neville is 83. Biggest hits: “Tell It Like It Is“, the Linda Ronstadt duet “Don’t Know Much“, and his remake of “Everybody Plays the Fool“.
Neil Diamond is 83. Sadly, Parkinson’s ended his touring career. His biggest smashes are “Sweet Caroline“, “Holly Holy“, “Cracklin’ Rosie“ and his smooth duet with Barbra Streisand, “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers“.
Ray Stevens is 85. He had a huge hit in 1974 with “The Streak“. More recently you’d remember his 2015 song “Taylor Swift is Stalking Me“.
You might also be interested in his 2010 immigration song “Come to the USA“ or “The Global Warming Song“. And then there are his Obama-bashing songs: “Obama Budget Song“, “Mr. President“, and “Obama Nation“.
Warren Zevon (1947 – 2003) Singer-songwriter best known for “Werewolves of London“. Warren hadn’t gone to the doctor in over 20 years. By the time they found his lung cancer, it was too late. As he told David Letterman, his fear of doctors was, quote, “one of those phobias that didn’t pay off.”
John Belushi (1949 – 1982) Jim Belushi’s less-talented brother. He died of a speed-ball overdose in Hollywood at the age of 33.
Ernest Borgnine (1917 – 2012) “McHale’s Navy”, “The Poseidon Adventure”, “Escape from New York”, and “Airwolf”.
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