October 2nd Birthdays
If you were born on October 2nd, you share a celebrity birthday with these famous people:
Rex Reed is 84
American actor (Myra Breckinridge; Superman; Inchon), host & film critic of newspapers (New York Daily News; The New York Observer) & TV (At the Movies; The Mike Douglas Show; To Tell the Truth; The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson), born October 2, 1938. (Rex Reed 1970: 20th Century-Fox)
Don McLean is 77 (nee Donald McLean III)
Songwriter’s & Grammy Hall of Fame American singer and songwriter (American Pie; Vincent; Crying; Castles in the Air; And I Love You So; Wonderful Baby; Dreidel; Since I Don’t Have You; You Can’t Blame the Train; Superman’s Ghost), born October 2, 1945. (Don McLean 1976 Photo: Herbert S. Gart)
Eric Peterson is 76 (brother-in-law of Margot Kidder)
Gemini Award-winning Canadian actor of stage, movies & TV (Oscar Leroy on Corner Gas; Leon Robinovitch on Street Legal; This is Wonderland), playwright, screenwriter & star of the TV film Billy Bishop Goes to War, born October 2, 1946. (Eric Peterson 1993-1994 Street Legal Photo: by permission of Gail Harvey)
Avery Brooks is 74
American composer, director & actor of stage, television (Captain Sisko on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; Hawk on Spenser: For Hire & Spenser TV movies; A Man Called Hawk), and movies (American History X; The Big Hit; 15 Minutes), born October 2, 1948. (Avery Brooks 2008 Photo: JohnstonDJ)
Donna Karan is 74 (nee Donna Ivy Faske; “The Queen of Seventh Avenue“)
Coty Hall of Fame & Coty American Fashion Critics Award-winning fashion designer, creator of the “Essentials“, DKNY, and “Signature” clothing lines, fragrances, DKNY and Urban Zen brands, Womenswear Designer of the Year (1990 & 1996), born October 2, 1948. (Donna Karan 2011 Photo: Parriswells)
Annie Leibovitz is 73 (nee Anna-Lou Leibovitz; partner of Susan Sontag)
American celebrity portrait photographer (John Lennon & Yoko Ono; Demi Moore; The Rolling Stones / Mick Jagger; Queen Elizabeth II; Susan Sontag; Linda Ronstadt) for album covers, magazines (Rolling Stone; Vanity Fair; Vogue), born October 2, 1949. (Annie Liebovitz 2009 Photo: Anna)
Sting is 71 (nee Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner; married Trudie Styler)
Emmy & Grammy Award-winning Rock & Roll Hall of Fame English singer & songwriter (If You Love Somebody Set Them Free) with The Police (Every Breath You Take; Roxanne; Message in a Bottle; Every Little Thing She Does is Magic), born October 2, 1951. Ex of Frances Tomelty. (Sting 1984 The Police: A&M Records)
Lorraine Bracco is 68 (ex of Edward James Olmos; ex partner of Harvey Keitel)
American producer & actress of TV (Dr. Jennifer Melfi on The Sopranos; Angela Rizzoli on Rizzoli & Isles; Blue Bloods) and movies (Goodfellas; Someone to Watch Over Me; Sing; The Dream Team; Crazy for Love), born October 2, 1954. (Lorraine Bracco 2000 Photo: Patrick McMullan / Peabody Awards)
Freddie Jackson is 66 (nee Frederick Anthony Jackson)
American gospel, soul, and R&B singer (You Are My Lady; Love Survives [Irene Cara duet]; Rock Me Tonight [For Old Times Sake]; He’ll Never Love You [Like I Do]; Tasty Love; Have You Ever Loved Somebody; A Little Bit More; All I’ll Ever Ask), born October 2, 1956. (Freddie Jackson 2018 Sister Circle Live)
Glenn Anderson is 62
Hockey Hall of Fame NHL Canadian right winger (Edmonton Oilers – 5x Stanley Cups; Toronto Maple Leafs; New York Rangers – 1994 Stanley Cup; St. Louis Blues), 4-x NHL All-Star, & Team Canada 1984 & 1987 Canada Cup gold medalist, born October 2, 1960. (Glenn Anderson 2008 Photo: Horge)
Kelly Ripa is 52 (married Mark Consuelos)
American producer, actress and host of television (Hayley Vaughan Santos on All My Children; Faith Fairfield on Hope & Faith; Ed; Live with Regis and Kelly / Live with Kelly and Ryan; American Housewife) and films (Marvin’s Room; The Stand-In), born October 2, 1970. (Kelly Ripa 2006 Photo: Keith Willis)
(George “Spanky” McFarland 1935 | Sting 2009: George Shankbone)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on October 2nd!
Remember These October 2nd Famous Birthdays
Bud Abbott (nee William Alexander Abbott)
American comedian & actor of TV (The Abbott and Costello Show) and movies (Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein; Abbott and Costello Go to Mars; Hold That Ghost; Who Done It?; Dance with Me, Henry; Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy; Lost in Alaska; Buck Privates) (born Oct. 2, 1897 – died Apr. 24, 1974; age 76). Bud Abbott died of cancer. (Bud Abbott 1949 Africa Screams)
Groucho Marx (nee Julius Henry Marx; brother of Chico, Harpo, Gummo & Zeppo)
American comedian with The Marx Brothers, writer, host & actor of stage, TV (You Bet Your Life) & movies (Duck Soup; A Night at the Opera; Animal Crackers; Horse Feathers; Monkey Business; A Day at the Races; Go West; At The Circus) (born Oct. 2, 1890 – died Aug. 19, 1977; age 86). Groucho Marx had pneumonia before he died. (Groucho Marx 1951 You Bet Your Life: NBC Radio)
Graham Greene (nee Henry Graham Greene)
English screenwriter, fiction, mystery, & suspense-thriller novelist (The End of the Affair; The Heart of the Matter; The Third Man; The Human Factor; The Quiet American; Our Man in Havana; The Tenth Man; The Comedians; Travels With My Aunt; The Power and the Glory) (born Oct. 2, 1904 – died Apr. 3, 1991; age 86). Graham Greene died of leukemia. (Graham Green 1939 Photo: Bassano Ltd)
Charles Drake (nee Charles Ruppert)
American actor of TV (Rendezvous; Wagon Train) and movies (Harvey; Air Force; Winchester ’73; Winter Wonderland; Bonzo Goes to College; Tammy Tell Me True; Air Cadet; To Hell and Back; Jeanne Eagels; Gunsmoke; It Came From Outer Space) (born Oct. 2, 1917 – died Sept. 10, 1994; age 76). Cause of death for Charles Drake is unknown. (Charles Drake 1951 Air Cadet Movie)
Johnnie Cochran (nee Johnnie L. Cochran Jr.)
American L.A. County D.A. turned celebrity criminal defense attorney (Sean Combs, Michael Jackson; Todd Bridges; Jim Brown; Riddick Bowe; Marion Jones) who coined the phrase “If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit” (O.J. Simpson) (born Oct. 2, 1937 – died Mar. 29, 2005; age 67). Johnnie Cochran died of a brain tumor. (Johnnie Cochran 2001 Photo: Mark Winograd)
Moses Gunn
American actor of TV (Father Murphy; Little House on the Prairie; Good Times; The Cowboys; A Man Called Hawk), and movies (Aaron Loves Angela; Shaft; Shaft’s Big Score; Ragtime; Amazing Grace; Rollerball; The Hot Rock; The Iceman Cometh) (born Oct. 2, 1929 – died Dec. 16, 1993; age 64). Moses Gunn died of asthma complications. (Moses Gunn 1975 Cornbread, Earl and Me)
Spanky McFarland (nee George Robert Phillips McFarland)
American child actor of movies & shorts (O’Shaughnessy’s Boy; The Trail of the Lonesome Pine; General Spanky; Little Rascals: Best of Our Gang; Kentucky Kernels; Johnny Doughboy; I Escaped from the Gestapo; Day of Reckoning) (born Oct. 2, 1928 – died June 30, 1993; age 64). Spanky McFarland’s cause of death is unknown. (Spanky McFarland 1930s Photo: Insomnia Cured Here)
American actor of TV (Our Miss Brooks) and movies (Belle Le Grand; Bal Tabarin; Oh! Susanna; Pat and Mike; The Moonlighter; Never Wave at a W.A.C.; My World Dies Screaming; Michigan Kid; The Wild Blue Yonder; In a Lonely Place; Scared Stiff; Tall Man Riding) (born Oct. 2, 1913 – died July 1, 1989; age 75). William Ching died of congestive heart failure. (William Ching 1949 D.O.A.)
B. Reeves Eason (nee William Reeves Eason; aka Breezy Eason)
American director, screenwriter, & actor of TV, classic & silent films (The Adventures of Rex and Rinty; Law of the Wild; The Phantom; Spy Ship; The Desert Hawk; Murder in the Big House; Red River Valley; The Miracle Rider; The Last of the Mohicans; Sunset Trail; The Vanishing Legion; Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ) (born Oct. 2, 1886 – died June 9, 1956; age 69). Father of B. Reeves Eason Jr. (B. Reeves Eason 1923)
Indian model, 1965 Femina Miss India & Miss Photogenic, actress of TV (Academy Awards presenter) and films (Ilia in Star Trek: The Motion Picture; Nighthawks; The Wilby Conspiracy; Conduct Unbecoming; First Strike) (born Oct. 2, 1948 – died Aug. 18, 1998; age 49). Persis Khambatta was a chain smoker and diced of a heart attack. (Persis Khambatta 1979: AP AAA Wire Story)
Lani O’Grady (nee Lanita Rose Agrati)
American actress of TV movies & series (Mary Bradford on Eight is Enough; The Love Boat; Harry O; Days of Our Lives; Quincey M.E.; Cage Without a Key; The Kid With the Broken Halo) and films (Massacre at Central High), sister of Don Grady, and talent agent (born Oct. 2, 1954 – died Sept. 25, 2001; age 46). Lani O’Grady died of multiple-drug intoxication. (Lani O’Grady 1979: ABC-TV)
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