Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (07/23/26)

Danielle Bradbery is 30.  Country singer who got her start by winning Season Four of “The Voice” when she was just 16. Biggest hit:  “The Heart of Dixie“.

Lili Simmons is 33.  New Clementine on “Westworld”, Rebecca Bowman on “Banshee”, and the adult Selina Kyle in the “Gotham” series finale.

Neil Perry from The Band Perry is 36.  Biggest hit: “If I Die Young“.

Daniel Radcliffe is 37.  His “Harry Potter” character’s birthday is July 31st.

Tom Mison is 44.  Ichabod Crane on “Sleepy Hollow” and the Mr. Phillips clones on HBO’s “Watchmen” series.

Paul Wesley is 44.  James T. Kirk on “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”, and Stefan Salvatore on “The Vampire Diaries”.

Michelle Williams from Destiny’s Child is 47.  Her biggest solo hit is “Say Yes“, which is kind of a cheat since she still got help from Beyoncé and Kelly Rowland.

Monica Lewinsky is 53.  She’s made an amazing comeback as an anti-bullying activist for “Vanity Fair”.

Nomar Garciaparra is 53.  The only player in MLB history with the last name “Garciaparra”.  He’s one of only 13 players to have ever scored two grand slams in the same game.  He’s retired now and analyzing games for SportsNet

Kathryn Hahn is 53.  Agatha Harkness on “Agatha All Along” and “WandaVision”.  She’s also Maya Mason on “The Studio”, Rabbi Raquel Fein on “Transparent”, Carla in the “Bad Moms” movies, and Lily on “Crossing Jordan”.

Marlon Wayans is 54.  Shorty Meeks in the “Scary Movie” franchise and FBI agent Marcus Copeland in “White Chicks”.  He’ll be back for “White Chicks 2”, which is still in development.

Alison Krauss is 55.  She’s one of the Top Grammy Winners of All Time.  Alison is one of only five women to ever win Album of the Year twice. She did it in 2001 with the “O Brother Where Art Thou?” soundtrack and again in 2008 with her Robert Plant duet album “Raising Sand”.  She has 27 total Grammy wins.  Her hits include “Let Me Touch You for Awhile“, “When You Say Nothing At All“, “The Lucky One“, “Baby Mine“, “Please Read the Letter“, “Gone Gone Gone“.

Charisma Carpenter is 56.  Cordelia Chase . . . first on “Buffy”, then on “Angel”.

Gary Payton is 58.  Retired NBA Hall of Famer known as “The Glove”.  That’s his nickname because of his mad defensive skills.  In 2006, he helped the Miami Heat win their first-ever championship.

Stephanie Seymour is 58.  Legendary Victoria’s Secret and Sports Illustrated model.  She dated Axl Rose and is the bride in GnR’s “November Rain“ video.

Slash is 61.  Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver.  Classic Guns hits:  “Sweet Child O’ Mine“, “Paradise City“, “Welcome to the Jungle“.

Eriq La Salle is 64.  Dr. Peter Benton on “ER”, and Will Munson in “Logan”.

Woody Harrelson is 65.

Martin Gore is 65.  Depeche Mode genius.  Biggest hits:  “People Are People“, “Enjoy the Silence“, “Policy of Truth“, and “Personal Jesus“.

Larry Manetti is 79.  Tom Selleck’s buddy Rick on “Magnum P.I.”

David Essex is 79.  “Rock On“.

Edie McClurg is 81.  Mr. Rooney’s secretary in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”, Mrs. Poole on “The Hogan Family”, and Minny the lost tourist in the “Cars” movies.

Ronny Cox is 88.  Captain Bogomil in the “Beverly Hills Cop” movies.  Some of you may also remember him as Drew in “Deliverance”.

Don Imus  (1940 – 2019)

Philip Seymour Hoffman  (1967 – 2014)  Brilliant actor.  He died from taking heroin, cocaine, and prescription medicines.

Calvert DeForest  (1921 – 2007)  Larry “Bud” Melman on “Letterman”.

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