R&B icons Patti LaBelle, Sarah Dash and Nona Hendryx perform at the Apollo Theatre in 2008.
Aug. 18: Movie director Roman Polanski is 80. Actor Robert Redford is 77. Actor Christopher Jones is 72. Singer Sarah Dash of LaBelle is 70. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 70. Comedian Elayne Boosler is 61. Country singer Steve Wilkinson of The Wilkinsons is 58. Comedian-actor Denis Leary is 56. Actress Madeleine Stowe is 55. Actor Craig Bierko is 49. Singer Zac Maloy of The Nixons is 45. Musician Everlast (House of Pain) is 44. Actor Christian Slater is 44. Rapper Masta Killa of Wu-Tang Clan is 44. Actor Edward Norton is 44. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 43. Actress Kaitlin Olson (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) is 38. Comedian Andy Samberg (“Saturday Night Live”) is 35. Actress Parker McKenna Posey (“My Wife and Kids”) is 18.
Aug. 19: Actor L.Q. Jones (“Casino”) is 86. Actress Diana Muldaur (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 75. Drummer Ginger Baker (Cream, Blind Faith) is 74. Singer Johnny Nash is 73. Actress Jill St. John is 73. Singer Billy J. Kramer is 70. Country singer-songwriter Eddy Raven is 69. Singer Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is 68. Actor Jim Carter (“Downton Abbey”) is 65. Actor Gerald McRaney is 65. Bassist John Deacon of Queen is 62. Actor Jonathan Frakes (“Star Trek: The Next Generation”) is 61. Actor Peter Gallagher is 58. Actor Adam Arkin is 57. Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 56. Actor Martin Donovan is 56. Singer Ivan Neville is 54. Actor Eric Lutes (“Caroline in the City”) is 51. Actor John Stamos is 50. Actress Kyra Sedgwick is 48. Actor Kevin Dillon (“Entourage”) is 48. Country singer Lee Ann Womack is 47. Former MTV reporter Tabitha Soren is 46. Country singer Clay Walker is 44. Actor Matthew Perry is 44. Rapper Fat Joe is 43. Actress Tracie Thoms is 38. Singer Karli Osborn (SHeDaisy) is 29. Rapper Romeo (formerly Lil’ Romeo) is 24.
Aug. 20: Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 66. Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 65. Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 61. Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 61. Actor-director Peter Horton (“thirtysomething”) is 60. “Today” show weatherman Al Roker is 59. Actress Joan Allen is 57. Actor James Marsters (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is 51. Rapper KRS-One is 48. Actor Billy Gardell (“Mike and Molly”) is 44. Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 43. Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 42. Actor Misha Collins (“Supernatural”) is 39. Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 38. Actor Ben Barnes (“Prince Caspian”) is 32. Actress Meghan Ory (“Once Upon a Time”) is 31. Singer-actress Demi Lovato is 21.
Aug. 21: Actor-filmmaker-writer Melvin Van Peebles is 81. Singer Kenny Rogers is 75. Actor Clarence Williams III (“The Mod Squad”) is 74. Singer Harold Reid of the Statler Brothers is 74. Singer Jackie DeShannon is 72. Singer Carl Giammarese of The Buckinghams is 66. Actress Loretta Devine (“Boston Public”) is 64. Singer Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Black Sabbath) is 61. Guitarist Nick Kane (The Mavericks) is 59. Actress Kim Cattrall is 57. Actress Cleo King (“Mike and Molly”) is 51. Singer Serj Tankian of System of a Down is 46. Actress Carrie-Anne Moss is 43. Musician Liam Howlett of Prodigy is 42. Actress Alicia Witt is 38. Singer Kelis is 34. TV personality Brody Jenner (“The Hills”) is 30. Actor Cody Kasch (“Desperate Housewives”) is 26. Country singer Kacey Musgraves is 25. Actress Hayden Panettiere is 24. Actor RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”) is 21.
Aug. 22: Actress Valerie Harper is 74. Actress Cindy Williams is 66. Country singer Holly Dunn is 56. Guitarist Vernon Reid (Living Colour) is 55. Country singer Collin Raye is 53. Actress Regina Taylor (“The Unit,” ”I’ll Fly Away”) is 53. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 52. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 52. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 51. Singer Tori Amos is 50. Country singer Mila Mason is 50. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 50. Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 47. Actor Ty Burrell is 46. Celebrity chef Giada DeLaurentiis is 43. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 41. Rapper Beenie Man is 40. Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 40. Comedian Kristen Wiig is 40. Actress Jenna Leigh Green (“Sabrina the Teenage Witch”) is 39. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 39. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 38. Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 35. Actor Brandon Adams (“The Mighty Ducks”) is 34.
Aug. 23: Actress Vera Miles is 83. Actress Barbara Eden is 82. Satirist Mark Russell is 81. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 66. Singer Linda Thompson is 66. Country fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 64. Actress Shelley Long is 64. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 64. Actor-producer Mark Hudson is 62. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 52. Actor Jay Mohr is 43. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 35. Actress Joanna Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”) is 33. Musician Sky Blu of LMFAO is 27.
Aug. 24: Actor Kenny Baker (R2-D2 in “Star Wars”) is 79. Guitarist Mason Williams is 75. Singer Marshall Thompson of The Chi-Lites is 71. Keyboardist Ken Hensley (Uriah Heep) is 68. Actress Ann Archer is 66. Actor Joe Regalbuto (“Murphy Brown”) is 64. Actor Steve Guttenberg is 55. Talk-show host Craig Kilborn is 51. Singer John Bush (Anthrax) is 50. Actress Marlee Matlin is 48. Newsman David Gregory (“Meet the Press”) is 43. Country singer Kristyn Osborn of SheDaisy is 43. Actor-comedian Dave Chappelle is 40. Actor Carmine Giovinazzo (“CSI: New York”) is 40. Actor Alex O’Loughlin (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 37. Actor Chad Michael Murray (“One Tree Hill,” ”A Cinderella Story”) is 32. Actor Rupert Grint is 25.
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