Willow Smith is 23.

Danielle Rose Russell is 24.  Hope Mikaelson on the “Vampire Diaries” spin-off “Legacies”.

Sydney Park is 26.  Caitlyn on “Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists” and Cyndie on “The Walking Dead”.

Letitia Wright is 30.  T’Challa’s sister Shuri in the “Black Panther” movies.

Eddie Kaye Thomas is 43.  Toby on “Scorpion” and Finch in “American Pie”.

Piper Perabo is 47.  Annie Walker on “Covert Affairs”.

Linn Berggren from Ace of Base is 53.  “The Sign“, “All That She Wants“, and “Don’t Turn Around“.

NolanNorth is 53.  Spencer’s dad on “Pretty Little Liars”.  He does quite a few voices for cartoons and video games to include Nathan Drake in the “Uncharted” series, Desmond in the “Assassin’s Creed” games, and Ghost in “Destiny 2”.

Vanilla Ice is 56.  “Ice Ice Baby“.

Adam Horovitz is 57.  King Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys.  Biggest hit:  “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)“.

Annabella Lwin is 57.  Bow Wow Wow singer.  “I Want Candy“.

Mike O’Malley is 57.  Kurt’s dad on “Glee” and Jim Kazinsky on “Parenthood”.

Darryl Worley is 59.  Country singer.  “Have You Forgotten?“

Rob Schneider is 60.  He IS comedy.  Elle King is his daughter.

Stupid One-Liner:  Rob Schneider turns 60 today.  He’ll spend the day like every other . . . riding on Adam Sandler’s coattails.

Dermot Mulroney is 60.  “My Best Friend’s Wedding” with Julia Roberts AND “The Wedding Date” with Debra Messing, and the dad in “Insidious 3”.

Mikkey Dee is 60.  Drummer from Motörhead and the Scorpions.

Peter Jackson is 62.  Unkempt director of the “Lord of the Rings” movies, and the “King Kong” remake.  He also directed the three “Hobbit” movies.

Xavier Roberts is 68.  He made a fortune inventing Cabbage Patch Kids.  Each doll is either hand signed or has his signature stamped on the left buttock.

Dan Rather is 92.

Michael Collins  (1930 – 2021)  During Apollo 11, he stayed in the ship while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.

David Ogden Stiers  (1942 – 2018)  Major Charles Emerson Winchester the Third on “M*A*S*H”.

Michael Landon  (1936 – 1991)  Little Joe Cartwright on “Bonanza”, Charles Ingalls on “Little House on the Prairie”, Jonathan on “Highway to Heaven”, and star of the 1957 horror movie “I Was a Teenage Werewolf”.

John Candy  (1950 – 1994)  Chubby comedy genius from “Spaceballs”, “Stripes”, “Splash”, “Cool Runnings”, and “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles”.

Dick Gautier  (1931 – 2017)  Hymie the Robot on “Get Smart”.

Barbara Bel Geddes  (1922 – 2005)  Miss Ellie on “Dallas”.

Bernard Edwards  (1952 – 1996)  Bassist in Chic.  Remember “Le Freak“?

Dale Evans  (1912 – 2001)  Roy Rogers’ co-star, and wife.  She wrote Roy’s theme song “Happy Trails to You” . . . and “The Bible Tells Me So“.

Brian Piccolo  (1943 – 1970)  Chicago Bears running back who died of cancer in the middle of his career.  The movie “Brian’s Song” made grown men cry and starred Billy Dee Williams as Gale Sayers, Brian Piccolo’s roommate.

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Originally posted on October 31st, 2023