Taylor Russell is 29. Judy Robinson on the Netflix “Lost in Space“ remake.
Chace Crawford is 38. Nate on “Gossip Girl”. Now he’s The Deep on Amazon’s “The Boys”.
Hopsin is 38. White-eyed rapper.
Priyanka Chopra is 41. Nadia Sinh on Amazon’s “Citadel”, Alex Parrish on “Quantico”, and Mrs. Nick Jonas.
Michiel Huisman is 42. Daario Naharis on “Game of Thrones”. He stars with Luke Evans on the Apple TV+ series “Echo 3“.
Kristen Bell is 43. Eleanor on “The Good Place” and Elsa’s sister Anna in the “Frozen” movies. She’s also “Veronica Mars“ and the narrator on “Gossip Girl”.
Jared Hess is 44. He created, wrote and directed “Napoleon Dynamite”. His follow-up project was “Nacho Libre”. Summon your eagle powers!
Kelly Reilly is 46. Kevin Costner’s daughter on “Yellowstone“, and Kerra the fierce Celtic warrior queen on Amazon’s “Britannia“. You’d also know her as Watson’s wife in Robert Downey Jr.’s “Sherlock Holmes” movies.
Vin Diesel is 56. Think he’s more proud of playing Groot in the MCU or Dominic Toretto in “The Fast and the Furious” series?
Jack Irons is 61. Former Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pearl Jam drummer.
Ricky Skaggs is 69. Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. Ricky taught himself to play the mandolin at age 3. He also plays the banjo, fiddle and guitar.
Richard Branson is 73. The first billionaire in space! He’s the genius behind the Virgin empire.
Steve Forbes is 76. “Forbes” magazine.
Martha Reeves is 82. Leader of Martha & the Vandellas. Biggest Hits: “Heatwave“, “Dancing in the Streets“ and “Nowhere to Run“.
Joe Torre is 83. Former New York Yankees and L.A. Dodgers manager, and all-around class act.
James Brolin is 83. Barbra Streisand’s husband, the dad in “The Amityville Horror“, and father of Marvel star Josh Brolin . . . who’s both Thanos and Cable.
Dion Di Mucci is 84. Better known as simply, Dion. Biggest hit: 1960’s “Runaround Sue“. Second biggest hit: 1960’s “The Wanderer“.
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013) Former South African president and international hero.
John Glenn (1921 – 2016) The first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth.
In 1998, Senator Glenn also became the oldest person ever launched into space, at 77. He held that record until October of 2021 when William Shatner broke his record and reached the final frontier at age 90.
Hunter S. Thompson (1937 – 2005) Johnny Depp’s favorite author. He wrote “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas“ and “The Rum Diary“.
Hume Cronyn (1911 – 2003) “Cocoon“ and “*batteries not included“. He was married to his co-star Jessica Tandy.
Glenn Hughes (1950 – 2001) The original Biker in The Village People. He was buried in his delicious Leatherman outfit.
• Today is World Listening Day. It’s also National Sour Candy Day.
• It’s 45 days until Labor Day Weekend
July 18th On This Day in History
Originally posted on July 18th, 2023
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