Willie Mays
() -- Alive. Born May 6, 1931. Great baseball player, mostly for the Giants, won Golden Gloves 12 times, MVP twice, and inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Kate Jackson (actress) -- Alive. Born October 29, 1948. Dark Shadows, The Rookies, Charlie's Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, breast cancer survivor. IMDb
Lee Majors (actor) -- Alive. Born April 23, 1939. Six Million Dollar Man, The Fall Guy, ex-husband of Farrah Fawcett. IMDb
Jaclyn Smith
(actress/designer) -- Alive. Born October 26, 1945. Charlie's Angels, played Jacqueline Onassis in a made-for-TV movie, designed clothing for K-Mart, breast cancer survivor.
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Adam Arkin (actor/director) -- Alive. Born August 19, 1957. Life, Chicago Hope, The Doctor. IBDB IMDb
Tex Cobb (actor/wrestler) -- Alive. Born May 7, 1950. Bit parts in movies like Raising Arizona, WBC Heavyweight champ in the early '80s and earned a college degree in his 50s. IMDb
John Cullum
(Broadway actor) -- Alive. Born March 2, 1930. Powerfully-voiced theater actor, on Broadway since 1960, won a Tony for Shenandoah, did two Broadway plays simultaneously in late 2008, played Marc Green's father on ER.
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Hugh Martin
(songwriter/pianist) -- Alive. Born August 11, 1914. Wrote the music for shows like Meet me in St. Louis (including the classic "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas") and Best Foot Forward, inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1983.
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Margaret Whiting
(singer) -- Alive. Born July 22, 1924. Known for "That Old Black Magic" and "Moonlight in Vermont", married for fifteen years to Jack Wrangler.
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John Ford Coley
(singer) -- Alive. Born October 14, 1948. Part of the duo England Dan and John Ford Coley, best-known for "Nights Are Forever Without You".
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Liam Neeson (actor) -- Alive. Born June 7, 1952. Brilliant as Oskar in Schindler's List, he was also great in Kinsey and The Bounty, was married to Natasha Richardson for nearly 15 years. IBDB IMDb
Yvonne Craig
(actress) -- Alive. Born May 16, 1937. Batgirl, first wife of Jimmy Boyd.
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Richard Schaal (actor) -- Alive. Born May 5, 1928. Lots of bit parts, including Slaughterhouse Five, Phyllis and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, first husband of Valerie Harper. IBDB IMDb
Nedra Talley Ross
(singer) -- Alive. Born January 27, 1946. One of The Ronnettes ("Walkin' in th Rain").
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Harry Anderson (actor/comic/magician) -- Alive. Born October 14, 1952. The Judge on Night Court, Dave on Dave's World. IMDb
John Larroquette (actor) -- Alive. Born November 25, 1947. The Assistant DA in Night Court (for which he won four consecutive Emmys), John in the John Larroquette Show, Carl in Boston Legal. IMDb
Richard Moll (actor) -- Alive. Born January 14, 1943. The Bailiff on Night Court, has mostly been doing cartoon voices in the years since. IMDb
Markie Post (actress) -- Alive. Born November 4, 1950. The Public Defender on Night Court, Elliott's mom on Scrubs. IMDb
Charles Robinson (actor) -- Alive. Born November 9, 1945. Probably best-remembered as Mac in Night Court, he's done bit parts on over 60 different TV shows. IMDb
Marsha Warfield (actress/comic) -- Alive. Born March 5, 1954. Roz on Night Court. IMDb
James Brady
(activist/presidential press secretary) -- Alive. Born August 29, 1940. Worked in the Reagan administration until Reagan's would-be assassin shot him; he and his wife Sarah became advocates for hand gun control.
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Sarah Brady
(activist) -- Alive. Born February 6, 1942. Became a tireless advocate for hand gun control after her husband James was shot by Reagan's would-be assassin.
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Alec Baldwin
(actor) -- Alive. Born April 3, 1958. 30 Rock, frequent host of Saturday Night Live, was married to Kim Basinger.
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Kim Basinger (actress) -- Alive. Born December 8, 1953. 9 1/2 Weeks, the 1989 version of Batman, made a brief comeback with L.A. Confidential, was married to Alec Baldwin. IMDb
Forrest Bird
(inventor/pilot) -- Alive. Born June 9, 1921. Invented an early medical respirator in the '50s.
Danny Boyle (director) -- Alive. Born October 20, 1956. Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting, Millions. IMDb
Kate Capshaw (actress) -- Alive. Born November 3, 1953. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, The Love Letter, married to Steven Spielberg. IMDb
Mickey Rourke
(actor/wrestler) -- Alive. Born September 16, 1956. Diner, 9 1/2 Weeks, almost completely disappeared into drugs and boxing, made a huge comeback in 2008 with The Wrestler.
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Steven Spielberg (director/producer) -- Alive. Born December 18, 1946. Directed blockbusters like Jaws and ET and brilliant movies like Schindler's List, founded DreamWorks, started the Shoah Foundation, married to Kate Capshaw. IMDb
Jamie Wyeth
(artist) -- Alive. Born July 6, 1946. Artist who did sketches from the Watergate trials, did work for NASA, the Olympics and for presidents.
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Peter Duchin
(pianist/bandleader) -- Alive. Born July 28, 1937. New York-based bandleader, currently separated from Brooke Hayward.
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Michael Gough (actor) -- Alive. Born November 23, 1913. Alfred in the Batman movies of the '80s and '90s, many bit parts on British TV. IBDB IMDb Obituary
Brooke Hayward
(writer/actress) -- Alive. Born July 5, 1937. Bit-part actress, she wrote a best-selling book (Haywire) about her family, daughter of Margaret Sullavan, an ex-wife of Dennis Hopper, currently separated from Peter Duchin.
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Michael Jayston
(actor) -- Alive. Born October 29, 1935. Nicholas and Alexandra, was the only person to play 007 (on a radio show) and "Dr. Who" (Valeyard, a possible "evil" incarnation), very active on British TV shows.
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Nelson Mandela
(politician/activist) -- Alive. Born July 18, 1918. For many years, the world's most famous political prisoner, later elected as the first black president of South Africa after the fall of apartheid and won a Nobel Peace Prize.
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Trevor Nunn
(director) -- Alive. Born January 14, 1940. Directed many Shakespearean plays (including Othello and Ian McKellen's King Lear, was married to Janet Suzman, currently married to Imogen Stubbs.
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Janet Suzman (actress/teacher) -- Alive. Born February 9, 1939. Active in the Royal Shakespeare Company, went on to star in Nicholas and Alexandra and A Dry White Season, niece of Helen Suzman, formerly married to Trevor Nunn. IMDb
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Harvey Milk
(businessman/politician) -- Dead. Assassination. Died November 27, 1978. Born May 22, 1930. First openly-gay poitician elected to office, assassinated by a disgruntled former city supervisor.
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George Moscone (politician) -- Dead. Assassination. Died November 27, 1978. Born November 24, 1929. Mayor of San Francisco, assassinated by a disgruntled employee. IMDb FindAGrave