Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (05/07/26)
Jimbo's Birthday Wishes (05/07/26)
Minji from NewJeans is 22. The K-pop hits “Super Shy”, “Ditto”, “OMG”, and “Hype Boy”.
Jake Bonjiovi is 24. Millie Bobby Brown’s mantastic husband. He’s a model, but they’ll do a little acting together in this year’s “Enola Holmes 3”. Jake is Jon Bonjiovi’s son.
Mr. Beast is 28.
Alexander Ludwig is 34. Bjorn Ironside, Ragnar’s oldest son on “Vikings”. You may also know him from “The Hunger Games” and “Race to Witch Mountain”.
Earl Thomas is 37. Former Baltimore Ravens defensive back.
Aidy Bryant is 39. Former “SNL” star who played Vivian in “I Feel Pretty“.
Maya Erskine is 39. Donald Glover’s Jane in Amazon’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith”.
Morocco Omari is 51. Tariq on “Empire”.
Breckin Meyer is 52. “Clueless”, “Road Trip”, “Rat Race”, “Garfield”, “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”, and TNT’s “Franklin & Bash”.
Eagle-Eye Cherry is 58. Biggest hit: “Save Tonight“. He’s the half-brother of “Buffalo Stance“ singer Neneh Cherry.
Traci Lords is 58. One of the few people to make the transition from pornographic actress to actual actress. You might’ve seen her in “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” which is sort of bridging the gap in between.
Amy Heckerling is 72. Female director who headed up two movies that defined two different generations: “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” and “Clueless”. More recently she wrote and directed the vampire comedy “Vamps”. She also directed “Look Who’s Talking” and “Look Who’s Talking Too”, plus “Johnny Dangerously” and “European Vacation”.
Randall “Tex” Cobb is 76. Former professional boxer. The beating he took in his title fight versus heavyweight champ Larry Holmes disgusted Howard Cosell so much that Cosell never called a boxing match again. Cobb went on to a fine acting career . . . starring as Leonard Smalls in “Raising Arizona”, “Dog Owner” in “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” AND Ernest’s cell mate in “Ernest Goes to Jail”.
Bill Kreutzmann is 80. Grateful Dead drummer. He played in every single one of the band’s 2,300 shows.
Jimmy Ruffin (1936 – 2014) Biggest hit: “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?“ He’s the older brother of Temptations lead singer David Ruffin.
Owen Hart (1965 – 1999) He’s the pro wrestler who plunged 80 feet to his death during a WWF pay-per-view in Kansas City.
His harness gave out as he was attempting to make an entrance from high above the ring as his masked character, The Blue Blazer. He hit his head on a turnbuckle, causing it to snap back and break his neck.
Robert Hegyes (1951 – 2012) Juan Luis Pedro Phillipo de Huevos Epstein on “Welcome Back Kotter”. He was also Jon Bon Jovi’s cousin.
Tim Russert (1950 – 2008) “Meet the Press” host.
Johnny Unitas (1933 – 2002) Football legend.
Gary Cooper (1901 – 1961) Hollywood legend who starred in more than 100 films . . . most of them Westerns . . . during his 35-year career.
Eva Peron (1919 – 1952) The first lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952 . . . and the inspiration for the musical “Evita”. When “Evita” was made into a movie in 1996, Eva Peron was played by Madonna.
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