Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (10/12/26)

Darci Lynne Farmer is 22. Ventriloquist / singer who won “America’s Got Talent” when she was 12.  Here she is singing for “Ellen” a couple years ago.

Josh Hutcherson is 34. Peeta in “The Hunger Games”, and Mike Schmidt in the “Five Nights at Freddy’s” movies.

Calum Scott is 38.  “You Are the Reason“ and “Dancing on My Own“.

Tyler Blackburn is 40.  Caleb on “Pretty Little Liars” and its spin-off “Ravenswood”.  He’s also in the CW’s “Roswell” remake.

Tony Cavalero is 43.  He got Jack Black’s role in the “School of Rock” TV series.

Marko Jaric is 48.  Serbian ex-NBA player who used to date Adriana Lima.  Clearly she wasn’t good enough for him.

Marion Jones is 51.  Track & field athlete . . . and admitted steroid injector. She returned the five medals she “won” at the Sydney Olympics in 2000.

Kirk Cameron is 56.  Mike Seaver on “Growing Pains”.

Martie Maguire is 57.  The (Dixie) Chicks and Court Yard Hounds.

Hugh Jackman is 58.  Is he appreciated more as Wolverine or for his musicals?

Carlos Bernard is 64.  Tony Almeida on “24”.

Hiroyuki Sanada is 66. Dogen on “Lost”, Musashi on “Westworld”, and Scorpion in the recent “Mortal Kombat” movie.

Lin Shaye is 83.  Elise in the “Insidious” movies.  Believe it or not, she was also Mary’s extremely tanned friend Magda in “There’s Something About Mary”.

Sam Moore  (1935 – 2025)  Hall of Famer, R&B legend, and the Sam of Sam & Dave.  They sang “Soul Man“ long before the Blues Brothers made it popular again.

Dick Gregory  (1932 – 2017)  Before Richard Pryor.  Before Eddie Murphy.  Before Martin Lawrence.  BeforeChris Rock.  Even before Cedric the Entertainer . . . there was Dick Gregory.

Luciano Pavarotti  (1935 – 2007)

• Today is Columbus Day . . . or National Native American Day . . . or Indigenous Peoples’ Day . . . or whatever the heck we’re calling it these days

• It’s also National Farmer’s Day.

• 19 days to Halloween

• 20 days until Daylight Saving Ends