Jimbo’s Birthday Wishes (10/15/26)

Tito Jackson would have been 73. (1953 – 2024)  THE “Jackson” in The Jackson 5.  Tito’s hits include “ABC“, “I Want You Back“, and “I’ll Be There“.

Bailee Madison is 27.  Imogen Adams on “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin”, Grace on “The Good Witch”, and young Snow White on “Once Upon a Time”.

Paul Walter Hauser is 40. Stingray on “Cobra Kai”, Mole Man in “Fantastic Four: First Steps”, and the voice of Embarrassment in “Inside Out 2”.

Keyshia Cole is 45.  R&B singer.  Remember “Heaven Sent“?

Ginuwine is 56.  Biggest hits: “Differences“ and “Pony“.

Kimberly Schlapman from Little Big Town is 57.  Biggest hit:  “Girl Crush“.

Dominic West is 57.  Prince Charles on Season 5 and 6 of “The Crown”. He was also Guy Dexter in the last two “Downton Abbey” movies, Detective Jimmy McNulty on “The Wire”, and Noah on Showtime’s “The Affair”.

Paige Davis is 57.  “Trading Spaces”.

Vanessa Marcil is 58.  Gina Kincaid on “Beverly Hills 90210”, Sam Marquez on “Las Vegas”, and Brenda Barrett on “General Hospital”.

Brenda K. Starr is 60.  Remember “I Still Believe“?

Brenda discovered Mariah Carey in the ’80s.  Mariah was her backup singer when Brenda sent Mariah’s demo to Sony’s Tommy Mottola.  Tommy later married and made a star out of Mariah . . . and Brenda drifted off to obscurity.

Eric Benét is 60.  R&B singer who used to be Mr. Halle Berry until he admitted to cheating on her repeatedly.  Biggest hit: “Spend My Life with You“.

Sarah, Duchess of York is 67.  Fergie used to be married to Prince Andrew . . . then spent time pimping for Weight Watchers.  Her daughters are 9th and 12th in line for the throne, with her granddaughters Sienna and Athena between them.

Emeril Lagasse is 67.  Celebrity chef.  Bam!

Larry Miller is 73.  Funny.  He was the dad in “10 Things I Hate About You”, Dean Richmond in Eddie Murphy’s “Nutty Professor” movies, and Edwin Poole, the crazy partner from Crane Poole & Schmidt on “Boston Legal”.

Chris De Burgh is 78.  “Lady in Red“ genius who now claims to have healing hands that can reduce the pain of people with injuries.  He doesn’t think he’s special, though.  He believes we ALL have the power to heal.

Richard Carpenter from The Carpenters is 80.  Their classics include “Rainy Days and Mondays“, “Only Yesterday“, “Superstar“, “Close to You“, “We’ve Only Just Begun“, “Top of the World“, and their cover of “Please Mr. Postman“.

Tanya Roberts  (1949 – 2021)  Donna’s mother Midge Pinciotti on “That ’70s Show”, and redheaded Julie Rogers on “Charlie’s Angels”.  She was also “Sheena“, and Bond girl Stacey Sutton in “A View to Kill”.

Penny Marshall  (1943 – 2018)  Laverne DeFazio on “Laverne & Shirley“.  She went on to direct Tom Hanks in “Big” and “A League of Their Own”, Denzel and Whitney in “The Preacher’s Wife”, and Whoopi in “Jumpin’ Jack Flash”.

Lee Iacocca  (1924 – 2019)  Former Chrysler chairman.

Mario Puzo  (1920 – 1999)  Author of “The Godfather”.

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