Celebrating Those We Recognize for Greatness!

Here are our famous contemporaries and their milestone ages!

It is fun to reminisce about how old we were when these famous people were making their mark in the world, isn’t it? Remembering who we were with when we went to a concert or saw a show. And to be encouraged that many of them are still making contributions to our culture! Our board secretary Nyrobi Wheeler enjoys collecting these for us! Thanks Nyrobi!

Happy Birthday!

July 1st
    Dan Aykroyd - Actor - 72
July 3rd
    Tom Cruise - Actor - 62
July 6th
    Slyvester Stallone - Actor/Director - 78
July 7th
    Ringo Starr - Singer/Songwriter - 84
    Shelley Duvall - Actress/Daughter of Actor Robert Duvall - 75
July 8th
    Kevin Bacon - Actor - 66
July 9th
    Tom Hanks - Actor - 68
July 12th
Richard Simmons - Fitness Guru - 76    
July 13th
    Harrison Ford - Actor - 82
    Richard “Cheech” Marin - Comedian/Cheech and Chong - 78
July 15th
    Forest Whitaker - Actor - 63
July 17th
    Donald Sutherland - Actor/Director - 89
July 22nd
    Danny Glover - Actor - 78
July 24th
    Linda Carter - Actress - 73
    Ruth Buzzi - Actress/Comedianne - 88
July 26th
    Mick Jagger - Singer/Songwriter - 81
July 27th
    Maya Rudolph - Actress/Comedianne/Daughter of Minnie Riperton - 52
July 28th
    Sally Struthers - Actress (All In The Family)  - 77
July 30th
    Arnold Schwarzenegger - Actor - 77
    Lawrence Fishburne - Actor - 63
    Vivica A. Fox - Actress - 60

Honoring and remembering those who have passed on -

• Marian Robinson - Mother of Michelle Obama - 5/31/2024

• Bill Walton - NBA Hall of Famer - 5/27/2024

• Dabney Coleman - Actor - 5/16/2024

• Sherman Hemsley - Actor (The Jeffersons) - 7/24/2012

• Andy Griffith - Actor (The Andy Griffith Show/Matlock) - 7/3/2012

• Isabell Sanford - Actress (The Jeffersons/Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner) - 7/9/2004

• Barry White - Singer/Songwriter - 7/4/2003

• Minnie Riperton - Singer/Songwriter - 7/12/1979

  Happy Heavenly Birthdays 
  Princess Diana  - 7/1/1961- 8/31/1997
  Walter Payton - NFL Player (Chicago Bears ) - 7/25/1953-11/1/1999
  Shirley Hemphill - Actress/Comedianne (What’s Happening!) - 7/1/1947-12/10/1999
  Richard Roundtree - Actor (Shaft - 1971) - 7/9/1942-10/24/2023
  Louise Fletcher - Actress (One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest) - 7/22/1934-9/23/2022
  Norman Lear - 1970s TV Producer (All In The Family) - 7/27/1922-12/5/2023