Sept. 30

• Singer Cissy Houston is 74. (Mother of Whitney Houston)
• Singer Johnny Mathis is 72.
• Actor Len Cariou is 68. (1408, Flags of Our Fathers, Secret Window)
• Singer-drummer Dewey Martin is 65. (Buffalo Springfield)
• Singer Marilyn McCoo is 64.
• Guitarist John Lombardo is 55. (10,000 Maniacs)
• Country singer Deborah Allen is 54.
• Singer Patrice Rushen is 53.
• Actor Barry Williams is 53. (Greg Brady of The Brady Bunch)
• Actress Fran Drescher is 50. (The Nanny)
• Guitarist extraordinaire Trey Anastasio  is 43. (Phish)
• Bassist Robby Takac is 43. (The Goo Goo Dolls)
• Actress Monica Bellucci is 39. (The Passion of the Christ, The Matrix Reloaded)
• Actor Tony Hale is 37. (Arrested Development)
• Actress Jenna Elfman is 36. (Dharma and Greg)
• Actress Lacey Chabert is 25. (Mean Girls, Party of Five)

Oct. 1

• Actor James Whitmore is 86. (The Shawshank Redemption, The Majestic)
• Actor Tom Bosley is 80. (Howard Cunningham of Happy Days)
• Actress and singer Julie Andrews is 72. (The Sound of Music, Mary Poppins)
• Actress Stella Stevens is 71. (Co-stared with Elvis in Girls! Girls! Girls!)
• Actor Stephen Collins is 60. (Rev. Eric Camden in Seventh Heaven)
• Actor Randy Quaid is 57. (Cousin Eddy of National Lampoon’s Vacation movies)
• Actor Esai Morales is 45. (NYPD Blue)
• Homerun hitter Mark McGuire is 44.
• Actor Christopher Titus is 43. (Titus)
• Model-actress Cindy Margolis is 42. (Fembot model in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery)
• Actor Ted King is 42. (General Hospital, Charmed)

Oct. 2

• Actor Avery Brooks is 59. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
• Musician Sting is 56.
• Actress Lorraine Bracco is 53. (The Sopranos)
• Singer Phil Oakey is 52. (Human League)
• Singer Freddie Jackson is 49.
• Hockey Player Glen Wesley is 39.
• Actress-talk show host Kelly Ripa is 37. (All My Children, Live With Regis and Kelly)
• Singer Tiffany is 36.
• Singer Lene Nystrom is 34. (Aqua)

Oct. 3

• Composer Steve Reich is 71.
• Singer Alan O’Day is 67.
• Singer Chubby Checker is 66.
• Actor Alan Rachins is 65. (Dharma and Greg)
• Magician Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy is 63.
• Singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham is 58. (Fleetwood Mac)
• Blues singer Keb’ Mo’ is 56.
• Reverend Al Sharpton is 53.
• Actor Peter Frechette is 51. (Profiler)
• Actor Jack Wagner is 48. (The Bold and the Beautiful, Melrose Place)
• Drummer Tommy Lee is 45. (Motley Crue)
• Actor Clive Owen is 43. (Children of Men, SinCity)
• Actress Janel Moloney is 38. (The West Wing)
• Singer Gwen Stefani is 38. (No Doubt)
• Singer Kevin Richardson is 36. (Backstreet Boys)
• Singer G. Love is 35.
• Actress Keiko Agena is 34. (Gilmore Girls)
• Actress Neve Campbell is 34. (Party of Five, all three Scream movies)
• Rapper Talib Kweli is 32.
• Actor Seann William Scott is 31. (Dukes of Hazzard, American Pie)
• Singer Ashlee Simpson is 23.

Oct. 4

• Actor Charlton Heston is 84. (Ben-Hur, The Ten Commandements)
• Actor Eddie Applegate is 72. (The Patty Duke Show)
• Author Anne Rice is 66.
• Actress Lori Saunders is 66. (Petticoat Junction)
• Actor Clifton Davis is 62. (Amen)
• Actress Susan Sarandon is 61. (Thelma and Louise)
• Actor Armand Assante is 58. (American Gangster)
• Actor Alan Rosenberg is 57. (The Guardian)
• Actor Liev Schreiber is 40. (The Manchurian Candidate, Scream 2)
• Actor Abraham Benrubi is 38. (Men In Trees, ER)
• Actress Alicia Silverstone is 31. (Clueless)
• Actress Rachael Leigh Cook is 28. (Josie and the Pussycats, She’s All That)

Oct 5.

• Comedian Bill Dana is 83.
• Actress Diane Cilento is 74. (Tom Jones)
• Singer Arlene Smith is 66. (Chantels)
• Singer Richard Street is 65. (The Temptations)
• Singer-guitarist Steve Miller is 64.
• Singer Brian Johnson is 60. (AC/DC)
• Actor Jeff Conaway is 57. (Taxi)
• Actress Karen Allen is 56. (Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark)
• Guitarist David Bryson is 53. (Counting Crows)
• Comedian-actor Bernie Mac is 50. (all three Ocean movies, The Bernie Mac Show)
• Actor Daniel Baldwin is 47. (Homicide: Life On The Streets)
• Guitarist Dave Dederer is 43. (Presidents of the United States of America)
• Hockey Player Mario Lemiex is 42.
• Actress Parminder Nagra is 32. (ER, Bend It Like Beckham)
• Actor Scott Weinger is 32. (Steve from Full House)
• Actress Kate Winslet is 32. (Titanic, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
• Guitarist James Valentine is 29. (Maroon 5)
• Bassist Paul Thomas is 27. (Good Charlotte)
• Socialite Nicky Hilton is 24.

Oct. 6

• Actress Britt Ekland is 65.
• Singer-guitarist Thomas McClary is 57. (the Commodores)
• Singer Kevin Cronin is 56. (REO Speedwagon)
• Guitarist David Hidalgo is 53. (Los Lobos)
• Actress Elisabeth Shue is 44. (Hollow Man, The Saint)
• Actress Jacqueline Obradors is 41. (NYPD Blue).
• Bassist Tommy Stinson is 41. (The Replacements, Guns N’ Roses)
• Former NFL star J.J. Stokes is 35.
• Former NFL star J.J. Stokes is 35.
• Actor Ioan Gruffudd is 34. (Fantastic Four, Horatio Hornblower)
• Actor Jeremy Sisto is 33. (Law and Order, Six Feet Under)