December 20th
Actors:
- Jennifer Agutter is 67 (âLoganâs Run,â âThe Avengers,â âCaptain America: The Winter Soldier,â âMidsomer Murdersâ)
- Michael Badalucco is 65 (âThe Sopranos,â âThe Practice,â âLeon: The Professional,â âThe Man Who Wasnât There,â âO Brother, Where Art Thou?â)
- Joel Gretsch is 56 (âPush,â âThe Legend of Bagger Vance,â âThe 4400â)
- Jonah Hill is 36 (âSuperbad,â âKnocked Up,â âThe Wolf of Wall Street,â âSausage Party, âSuperbadâ)
- Jillian Rose Reed is 28 (âAwkward,â âFinding Alice,â âConfessions of a Womanizerâ)
- Ramon Rodriguez is 40 (âTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen,â âBattle Los Angeles,â âNeed for Speedâ)
- Iqbal Theba is 56 (âGlee,â âTransformers: Dark of the Moon,â âPlaying for Keeps,â âGleeâ)
- The late Irene Dunne (âPenny Serenade,â âThe Awful Truth,â âLove Affairâ)(1898-1990)
- The late John Hillerman (âBlazing Saddles,â âChinatown,â âMagnum, P.Iâ)(1932-2017)
- The late Charley Grapewin (Uncle Henry on âThe Wizard of Oz;â âPilgrimage,â âOf Human Heartsâ)(1869-1956)
- The late Kathryn Joosten(1939-2012) âŚshewould have been 80(âDesperate Housewives,â âWedding Crashers,â âBedtime Storiesâ)
- The late John Spencer(1946-2005)⌠he would have been 73(âThe West Wing,â âTwilight,â âThe Rockâ)
Musicians:
- Billy Bragg is 62
- KISSâ Peter Criss is 74
- David Cook is 37
- JoJo is 29 (Joanna NoĂŤlle Levesque, she holds the title as the youngest solo artist to release a #1 hit with âLeave (Get Out)â when she was only thirteen)
- Chris Robinson is 53 (The Black Crowes, Chris Robinsonâs Brotherhood)
- The late Dennis Morgan(1908-1994)
Plus:
- Spoon-bending psychic Uri Geller is 73
- Supermodel Lara Stone is 36 (FAST FACT: Back in 2012, she was ranked #8thon Forbesâ list of top earning models)
- Crime TV producer Dick Wolf is 73 (âMiami Vice,â âLaw & Orderâ franchise)
- The late Firestone Tire and Rubber Company founder Harvey Samuel Firestone(1868-1938)
- The late physicist Robert Van-de-Graaff(1901-1967)(invented the high-voltage Van de Graaff generators)
- The late film director George Roy Hill(1921-2002)âŚhe would have been 98.(âButch Cassidy,â âSundance Kid,â âThe Stingâ)
- The late Dr. Samuel Mudd(1833-1883)(He was sentenced to life imprisonment for giving medical aid to Lincoln assassin John Wilkes Booth. Though he was pardoned after four years, his descendants are still trying to clear his name, hence the expression, "Your name is Mud [d].")
- The late Brooklyn Dodgers manager Branch Rickey(1881-1965)(He brought Jackie Robinson to his team â and is perhaps best known for breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier by signing Robinson, for drafting the first Hispanic superstar, Roberto Clemente, and for creating the framework for the modern minor league farm system.)