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Actor Rod Taylor is 84. Actor Felix Silla (Cousin Itt on "The Addams Family," "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century") is 77. Director Joel Zwick ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") is 72. Country singer Naomi Judd is 68. Actress Phyllis Logan ("Downton Abbey") is 58. Guitarist Vicki Peterson of The Bangles is 56. Actress Kim Coles ("Living Single") is 52. Keyboardist Jim Bryson of MercyMe is 46. Guitarist Tom Dumont of No Doubt is 46. Singer Maxee Maxwell of Brownstone is 45. Singer Mary J. Blige is 43. Musician Tom Rowlands of The Chemical Brothers is 43. Actress Amanda Peet is 42.

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