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Welsh actress Siân Phillips, who starred in the movie "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and the TV series "Claudius", is 90 today. Photo Credit: Mario Huet per Creative Commons license

American folk, blues, and jazz singer and social activist Barbara Dane is 96 today. Photo Credit: BLDP per Creative Commons license

Namibian president Sam Nujoma, who served his term from 1990 to 2005, is 94 today. Photo Credit: Marcello Casal Jr./ABr per Creative Commons license

American businessman Bernard Marcus, who co-founded The Home Depot, is 94 today. Photo Credit: Robert Huffstutter per Creative Commons license

American actress Marilyn Knowlden, who starred in the movies "Imitation of Life" and "Les Misérables" is 97 today.

American religious figure Louis Farrakhan, who is the leader of the Nation of Islam since 1978, is 90 today. Photo Credit: Tasnim News Agency per Creative Commons license

On this day 2 years ago, American politician Lester Wolff, who was a New York representative from 1965 to 1981, passed away at the age of 102.

On this day 2 years ago, American producer, director, and actor Norman Lloyd, who is known for the movies "Saboteur", "Dead Poet's Society", "Trainwreck", and the medical drama TV series "St. Elsewhere", passed away at the age of 106.

French motion picture director and screenwriter Jean Becker, who is known for "Conversations with My Gardener", is 90 today. Photo Credit: Georges Biard per Creative Commons license

American astronaut Vance D. Brand is 92 today.

American poet Gary Snyder, who is known for his book of poems called "Turtle Island", is 93 today. Photo Credit: Fett per Creative Commons license

Scottish actress Phyllida Law, who starred in the movie "The Winter Guest", is 91 today. Photo Credit: Caroline Bonarde Ucci per Creative Commons license

Tanzanian president Ali Hassan Mwinyi, who served his term from 1985 to 1995, is 98 today.

Canadian actor Alexander Ludwig, who played Seth in "Race to Witch Mountain", Stanton in "The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising", and Cato in "The Hunger Games", is 31 today.

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Don January is a hit for me this year, but he was on my list for January of this year because of his last name being the namesake of that month. Funny enough, his middle name Ray rhymes with the current month we are in now and the month he actually passed away in.

American baseball player and coach Willie Mays is 92 today.

America actor Will Hutchins, who played Tom "Sugarfoot" Brewster in the Western television series "Sugarfoot", is 93 today.

I was hoping Lou Carnesecca would make it to 98 and it actually came true. I also hope he surpasses Carl Reiner too.

On this day 1 year ago, American politician Norman Mineta, who was a California representative from 1975 to 1993 and the Secretary of Transportation from 2001 to 2006, passed away at the age of 90. Photo Credit: Miller Center per Creative Commons license

On this day 1 year ago, American paparazzo Ron Galella passed away at the age of 91. Photo Credit: Pepart Krzysztof Poluchowicz per Creative Commons License

Belgian Prime Minister Mark Eyskens is 90 today.

On this day 2 years ago, American astronaut Michael Collins, who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 moon mission, passed away at the age of 90.

German-born American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Arno Penzias is 90 today. Photo Credit: Kartik J per Creative Commons license

On this day 1 year ago, American politician Orrin Hatch, who served as a US senator in Utah from 1977 to 2009, passed away at the age of 88. He was also President pro tempore of the US Senate from 2015 to 2019.