Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (04/02/26)

Emma Myers is 24.  Enid on “Wednesday” and Natalie in “A Minecraft Movie”.

Zach Bryan is 30.  Country singer who recently spent $12 million for Kerouac’s “On the Road” scroll.

Quavo from Migos is 35.

Chris Janson is 40.  Country singer.

Jesse Plemons is 38.  “Bugonia” star who’s taking over the role of Plutarch Heavensbee in the upcoming “Hunger Games” movie “Sunrise on the Reaping”.  You might remember him as Landry Clarke on “Friday Night Lights”.

Lee DeWyze is 40.  “American Idol” winner from Season 9.

Bethany Joy Lenz is 45.  Haley on “One Tree Hill”.  She wrote “Halo”, one of her hits from the show, with former “American Idol” judge Kara DioGuardi. Bethany was also in the short-lived “Suits” spin-off “Pearson”.

Bobby Bones is 46.  “Dancing with the Stars” winner, “American Idol” mentor, and beloved star of the nationally syndicated “Bobby Bones Show”.

Michael Fassbender is 49.  Magneto in the “X-Men” movies . . . and the androids in “Prometheus” and its sequel, “Alien: Covenant”.  Now he stars on the Paramount+ spy thriller “The Agency”.

Pedro Pascal is 51.  He IS “The Mandalorian”.  He’s also the Fantastic Four’s Reed Richards in the MCU, Joel on “The Last of Us”, Oberyn Martell on “Game of Thrones” and DEA Agent Javier Pena on “Narcos”.

Roselyn Sanchez is 53.  Elena Roarke on the new “Fantasy Island”.  You also know her from “Without a Trace” and Lifetime’s “Devious Maids”.

Clark Gregg is 64.  Agent Phil Coulson on “Marvel’s Agents of “S.H.I.E.L.D.” and several of the MCU movies.

Billy Dean is 64.  Country singer and “Star Search” winner.

Keren Woodward is 65.  Bananarama.  Biggest hits: “Venus“, “Cruel Summer“, “I Heard a Rumor“, and “Robert DeNiro’s Waiting“.

Christopher Meloni is 65.  Detective Stabler on “Law & Order:  SVU” and its spin-off “Law & Order: Organized Crime”. You also know him from “True Blood”, and “Oz”, and as Hitman Nick Sax on “Happy!”

Emmylou Harris is 79.  Country legend.

Linda Hunt is 81.  Hetty, the tiny boss on “NCIS: Los Angeles”.  She was also a tiny judge on “The Practice”, the tiny principal in “Kindergarten Cop”, and the voice of Grandmother Willow in “Pocahontas”.

Marvin Gaye  (1939 – 1984)  Shot by his own father, the day before his 45th birthday.  His dad pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter and got probation.  Marvin was high on crack and PCP when his dad shot him.

Don Sutton  (1945 – 2021)  Hall of Fame pitcher turned Atlanta Braves broadcaster.

Leon Russell  (1942 – 2016)  White-bearded Southern rocker who jammed with everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis to the Rolling Stones.

If you’re into anti-war songs, he did one of the best . . . singing Bob Dylan’s “Masters of War“ to the tune of “The Star-Spangled Banner”.  Leon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.

Ron Palillo  (1949 – 2012)  Arnold Horshack on “Welcome Back, Kotter”.

Buddy Ebsen  (1908 – 2003)  Jed Clampett on “The Beverly Hillbillies” . . . and the star of “Barnaby Jones”.  He was supposed to play the Tin Man in “The Wizard of Oz” . . . but had to drop out because he was allergic to the makeup.  Jack Haley replaced him.

Leon Wilkeson  (1952 – 2001)  Lynyrd Skynyrd bassist.  He survived the 1977 plane crash that killed Ronnie Van Zant and two other Skynyrd members . . . but abused his body so much, he died in his sleep by age 49.

Sir Alec Guinness  (1914 – 2000)  Obi-Wan Kenobi.  Sadly, the elder Obi-Wan hated “Star Wars” AND the young Jedis who didn’t realize that he won an Oscar for 1957’s “Bridge on the River Kwai”.

Jack Webb  (1920 – 1982)  He IS Joe Friday on “Dragnet“.

Hans Christian Andersen  (1805 – 1875)  Danish shoemaker who wrote “The Little Mermaid”, “The Ugly Duckling”, “Thumbelina”, “The Princess and the Pea”, and “The Emperor’s New Clothes”.  Danny Kaye played him in the 1952 musical.

Giacomo Casanova  (1725 – 1798)  Writer [slash] soldier [slash] LOVER.  After preaching a sermon in church, the collection plate was filled with propositions from nubile Italian minxes.  Once, when he was turned down by a woman, Casanova said he began to die.

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