I used to wait all day for certain family members to remember my birthday, and then feel hurt when they forgot. What a waste of emotion. Now I just tell everybody and then, to make sure I get what I want, I ask for it. Since money is an issue, and I really don’t need [...]

April 24: Actress Shirley MacLaine is 72. Actress-singer-director Barbra Streisand is 64. Country singer Richard Sterban of the Oak Ridge Boys is 63. Drummer Doug Clifford (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 61. Actor Eric Bogosian is 53. Actor Michael O’Keefe (“Roseanne“) is 51. Bassist David J (Love and Rockets, Bauhaus) is 49. Bassist Billy Gould (Faith [...]

April 23: Actress Janet Blair is 85. Actor David Birney is 67. Actor Lee Majors (“Six Million Dollar Man“) is 67. Actress Blair Brown is 58. Actress Joyce DeWitt (“Three’s Company“) is 57. Actor James Russo is 53. Director Michael Moore is 52. Actress Judy Davis is 51. Actress Jan Hooks is 49. Actress Valerie [...]

TV producer Aaron Spelling is 83. Actress Charlotte Rae (“The Facts of Life“) is 80. Actress Estelle Harris (“Seinfeld“) is 74. Singer Glen Campbell is 70. Actor Jack Nicholson is 69. Singer Mel Carter is 63. Country singer Cleve Francis is 61. Director John Waters is 60. Singer Peter Frampton is 56. Singer Paul Carrack [...]

Actor Charles Grodin is 71. Singer Iggy Pop is 59. Singer Paul Davis is 58. Actress Patti LuPone is 57. Actor Tony Danza is 55. Actress Andie MacDowell is 48. Singer Robert Smith of The Cure is 47. Guitarist Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 47. Actor-director John Cameron Mitchell (“Hedwig and the Angry Inch”) [...]