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Composer Jerry Herman is 82. Singer Mavis Staples is 74. Actor Mills Watson ("B.J. and the Bear," "Lobo") is 73. Guitarist Jerry Miller of Moby Grape is 70. Actor Ron Glass ("Barney Miller") is 68. Actress Sue Lyon is 67. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 66. Bassist Dave Smalley of The Raspberries is 64. Singer Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys is 59. Banjo player Bela Fleck of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones is 55. Drummer Shaw Wilson of BR549 is 53. Guitarist Peter DiStefano of Porno for Pyros is 48. Actor Gale Harold ("Hellcats") is 44. Country singer Gary LeVox of Rascal Flatts is 43. Actress Sofia Vergara ("Modern Family") is 41. Actor Adrian Grenier ("Entourage," "Cecil B. DeMented") is 37. Actress Gwendoline Yeo ("Desperate Housewives") is 36. Actor Thomas Ian Nicholas ("American Pie") is 33. Singer Jessica Simpson is 33. Bassist John Spiker of Filter is 32. Actress Heather Hemmens ("Hellcats") is 29.

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