Dec. 22: Actor Hector Elizondo is 77. TV anchor Diane Sawyer is 68. Guitarist Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick is 67. Rapper Luther Campbell is 53. Guitarist Chuck Mead (BR549) is 53. Actor Ralph Fiennes is 51. Actress Lauralee Bell (“The Young and the Restless”) is 45. Actress Heather Donahue (“The Blair Witch Project”) is 40. Actor Chris Carmack (“The O.C.”) is 33. Singer Jordin Sparks (“American Idol”) is 24.
Dec. 23: Actor Frederic Forrest (“Lonesome Dove”) is 77. Actor James Stacy (“Lancer”) is 77. Guitarist Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna) is 73. Drummer Ron Bushy of Iron Butterfly is 72. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer (“The Simpsons”) is 70. Actress Susan Lucci (“All My Children”) is 67. Guitarist Dave Murray of Iron Maiden is 57. Singer Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is 49. Actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (“Hannah Montana,” ”Camp Rock”) is 23.
Dec. 24: Singer-bassist Lemmy of Motorhead is 68. Actor Clarence Gilyard (“Walker, Texas Ranger”) is 58. Actress Stephanie Hodge (“Unhappily Ever After”) is 57. Bassist-synthesizer player Ian Burden of Human League is 56. Actor Anil Kapoor (“Slumdog Millionaire”) is 54. Singer Mary Ramsey of 10,000 Maniacs is 50. Actor Mark Valley (“Boston Legal”) is 49. Actor Diedrich Bader (“The Drew Carey Show”) is 47. Singer Ricky Martin is 42. “Twilight” series author Stephenie Meyer is 40. “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest is 39. Actor Michael Raymond-James (“Once Upon a Time,” ”True Blood”) is 36. Singer Louis Tomlinson of One Direction is 22.
Dec. 25: Singer John Edwards of The Spinners is 69. Singer Jimmy Buffett is 67. Country singer Barbara Mandrell is 65. Actress Sissy Spacek is 64. Actress CCH Pounder is 61. Singer Annie Lennox is 59. Singer Steve Wariner is 59. Guitarist Robin Campbell of UB40 is 59. Singer Shane McGowan (The Popes, the Pogues) is 56. Guitarist Noel Hogan of The Cranberries is 42. Singer Dido is 42. Singer Mac Powell of Third Day is 41. Country singer Alecia Elliott is 31. Singer Jess and Lisa Origliasso of The Veronicas are 29.
Dec. 26: Actor Donald Moffat (“Clear and Present Danger”) is 83. Actor Caroll Spinney (Big Bird on “Sesame Street”) is 80. Singer Abdul “Duke” Fakir of The Four Tops is 78. Record producer Phil Spector is 74. “America’s Most Wanted” host John Walsh is 68. Keyboardist Bob Carpenter with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 67. Humorist David Sedaris is 57. Drummer James Kottak of Scorpions is 51. Country drummer Brian Westrum of Sons of the Desert is 51. Drummer Lars Ulrich of Metallica is 50. Country singer Audrey Wiggins is 46. Guitarist J (White Zombie) is 46. Guitarist Peter Klett of Candlebox is 44. Singer James Mercer of The Shins is 43. Actor Jared Leto is 42. Singer and “American Idol” finalist Chris Daughtry is 34. Actress Beth Behrs (“2 Broke Girls”) is 28. Actor Kit Harington (“Game of Thrones”) is 27.
Dec. 27: Actor John Amos is 74. News correspondent Cokie Roberts is 70. Guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner is 69. Singer Tracy Nelson is 69. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 65. Singer Karla Bonoff is 62. Actress Tovah Feldshuh (“Law and Order”) is 61. Guitarist David Knopfler of Dire Straits is 61. Drummer Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) is 51. Actor Ian Gomez (“Felicity,” ”The Drew Carey Show”) is 49. Actress Eva LaRue (“CSI: Miami”) is 47. Guitarist Matt Slocum of Sixpence None the Richer is 41. Actor Wilson Cruz (“My So-Called Life”) is 40. Actor Masi Oka (“Hawaii Five-O,” ”Heroes”) is 39. Actress Emilie de Ravin (“Once Upon a Time,” ”Lost”) is 32. Singer Hayley Williams of Paramore is 25.
Dec. 28: Comic book creator Stan Lee (“Spider-Man,” ”The Incredible Hulk”) is 91. Actor Martin Milner (“Adam 12,” ”Route 66″) is 82. Actress Nichelle Nichols (“Star Trek”) is 81. Actress Maggie Smith (“Harry Potter”) is 79. Saxophonist Charles Neville of the Neville Brothers is 75. Singer-keyboardist Edgar Winter is 67. Actor Denzel Washington is 59. Country singer Joe Diffie is 55. Drummer Mike McGuire of Shenandoah is 55. Country singer-guitarist Marty Roe of Diamond Rio is 53. Actor Malcolm Gets (“Caroline in the City”) is 49. Comedian Seth Meyers (“Saturday Night Live”) is 40. Actor Brendan Hines (“Lie to Me”) is 37. Actor Joe Manganiello (“True Blood”) is 37. Singer John Legend is 35. Actress Sienna Miller is 32. Actress Mackenzie Rosman (“7th Heaven”) is 24. “American Idol” runner-up David Archuleta is 23.