On this day in 1961, the late singer George Michael was born

Actor:

Linda Cardellini is 49 (“Freaks and Geeks”, “Avengers: Age of Ultron”)

Erica Gimpel is 60 (TV series “Fame”, “Veronica Mars”)

Angela Kinsey is 53 (“The Office”, “Your Family or Mine”)

Jason Lewis is 53 (“Sex and the City”, “Brothers & Sisters”)

June Lockhart is 99 (“Lassie”, “Lost”)

Busy Philipps is 45 (“Freaks and Geeks”, “Dawson Creek”, “Cougar Town”)

Jimmie Walker is 77 (“Good Times,” “Scrubs,” “Everybody Hates Chris”)

Musician:

Candyman is 56 (born Candell Manson)

Tim Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House) is 72

Sixpence None The Richer guitarist Sean Kelly is 53

Mike Kroeger from Nickelback is 52

Toto’s David Paich is 70

Richie Rich is 57

Carly Simon is 81

The late Allen Lanier (Blue Oyster Cult) (1946 – 2013)…he would have been 78

The late Ian McDonald (King Crimson, Foreigner) (1946 – 2022)…he would have been 78

The late George Michael (his real name was Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou) (1963 – 2016) … he would have been 61 years old

Plus:

Comedian (and occasional actor) Ricky Gervais is 63 (among other things, he co-wrote and co-directed the British version of “The Office”)

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is 70 years old (she is the 111th justice on the Court and the first justice of Hispanic descent, the third justice, and the 12th Roman Catholic justice).

Television personality, reality TV star and author La La Anthony is 42 (best known from MTV’s “TRL” and “La La’s Full Court Life.” Did you know her real name is Alani Nicole Anthony?)

The late chef, author and all-round great TV star Anthony Bourdain (1956 – 2018) … he would have been 68 years old

The late children’s book author Eric Carle (1929 – 2021) (He created the bestselling picture book “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” and “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” His “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” has been translated into more than 66 languages ​​and sold over 50 million copies.)

The late author George Orwell (1903-1950) (a prolific writer and satirist, best known for 1984 and Animal Farm – his real name? Eric Arthur Blair)

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