Happy Birthday, Charlie Lane




Remember him? (If not, you're too young to be reading this site. Go to bed.)

He's 102(!) today. Best wishes to him, and others:


Actor Charles Lane is 102. Actress Anne Jeffreys is 84. Actor Paul Newman is 82. Actress Joan Leslie is 82. Cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 78. Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker is 72. Actor Scott Glenn is 68. Singer Jean Knight is 64. Activist Angela Davis is 63. Rock musician Corky Laing (Mountain) is 59. Actor David Strathairn is 58. Singer Lucinda Williams is 54. Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 52. Reggae musician Norman Hassan (UB40) is 49. Actress-comedian Ellen DeGeneres is 49. Hockey star Wayne Gretzky is 46. Musician Andrew Ridgeley is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jazzie B. (Soul II Soul) is 44. Actor Paul Johansson is 43. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 37. Actress Jennifer Crystal is 34. Rock musician Chris Hesse (Hoobastank) is 33. Actress Sarah Rue is 29. Country musician Michael Martin (Marshall Dyllon) is 24.


Paul Newman. Bob Uecker. Corky Laing! Lucinda Williams (cool). Eddie Van Halen. The Great One. And me.

Comments

Anonymous said…
Put another wrinkle on your birthday cake.
9:52 PM
Anonymous said…
Let's leave Ricky's wrinkles out of this. And birthday cake makes his gout act up.

Happy Birthday (a few days late).

Dan Patterson
7:11 AM
Anonymous said…
Happy Birthday!!! Here's to a UNC - KU division final. I'll root for the Heels right up to the tip-off of the Jayhawk game.

You're missed in Vegas.
11:25 PM
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