Famous & 65
Look Who’s Turning 65
January 1 – Gary Johnson
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Gary Johnson ran for president of the USA on the Libertarian ticket inward 2012 together with i time to a greater extent than inward 2016. He was the Republican Governor of New United Mexican States from 1995 to 2003, running on a low-tax, anti-crime platform. True to his word, he cutting annual 10% increase inward the state’s budget partly yesteryear using the gubernatorial veto 200 times inward his root half-dozen months inward office.
Johnson founded i of New Mexico’s largest structure companies. It began spell he was inward college, together with helped pay for classes yesteryear going door-to-door equally a handyman. Big J Enterprises started inward 1976 amongst Johnson equally the entirely employee.
When increase of the companionship began to explode, Johnson took a fourth dimension management course of education inward black schoolhouse to cope. Before he sold the companionship inward 1999, Big J had move a multimillion-dollar companionship amongst to a greater extent than than 1,000 employees.
After the 2016 presidential race, Johnson declared he would non run for populace usage again.
January 10 – Pat Benatar
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Pat Benatar dominated the airwaves inward the 1980s amongst hits similar “We Belong”, “Love Is a Battlefield”, together with “Hit Me amongst Your Best Shot”. She’s a four-time Grammy Award winner amongst xv Billboard Top xl singles together with 5 platinum albums.
Benatar sang her root solo at historic menstruum 8 inward an uncomplicated schoolhouse performance. She grew upwardly inward the Long Island hamlet of Lindenhurst. Benatar married her high schoolhouse sweetheart, Dennis Benatar, at historic menstruum 19. Born Patricia Mae Andrzejewski, it’s no surprise the vocalizer kept her root husband’s terminal cite after their divorce years later.
The vocalizer had plans to attend the Juilliard School, exactly opted for the nation academy instead. Benatar worked equally a banking firm teller spell her root hubby was stationed inward Fort Lee, Virginia amongst the Army. But she quit her project inward 1971 after getting inspiration from a Liza Minnelli concert, starting equally a singing waitress, hence got a gig singing inward the lounge band Coxon’s Army.
Benatar slow rose upwardly the ladder, performing at amateur nights together with singing at Catch a Rising Star when she moved dorsum to New York after her hubby was discharged. She was becoming famous when she divorced inward 1978 after signing amongst Chrysalis Records. Benatar is currently remarried amongst 2 children.
January xv – Randy White
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Randy White played defensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys from 1975 to 1988, earning a location inward the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His career began at Thomas McKean High School. Playing defensive cease together with linebacker, White is nonetheless considered the “Best All-Time Player” inward the history of Delaware high schoolhouse football.
White went to the University of Maryland together with played fullback his freshman year, where he did nil to stand upwardly out on a squad that finished amongst entirely 2 wins. But the side yesteryear side year, novel caput motorbus Jerry Claiborne moved him to defensive end. It was a bright fit, together with yesteryear his senior twelvemonth White won the Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award, together with Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year, equally good equally Most Valuable Player inward the team’s loss to Tennessee at the Liberty Bowl. In 1994, White was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.
White was the minute draft inward the root circular inward 1975, spending his entire career amongst the Dallas Cowboys. He played middle linebacker, together with hence constitute his jibe equally a defensive tackle. The twelvemonth he turned 25, he was named to his root All-Pro team, his root Pro Bowl together with was named co-MVP of Super Bowl XII amongst teammate Harvey Martin, i of entirely x defensive players e'er to live awarded that honor. White earned the nickname “The Manster”(half man, one-half monster).
White was the minute draft inward the root circular inward 1975, spending his entire career amongst the Dallas Cowboys. He played middle linebacker, together with hence constitute his jibe equally a defensive tackle. The twelvemonth he turned 25, he was named to his root All-Pro team, his root Pro Bowl together with was named co-MVP of Super Bowl XII amongst teammate Harvey Martin, i of entirely x defensive players e'er to live awarded that honor. White earned the nickname “The Manster”(half man, one-half monster).
January xix – Desi Arnaz Jr.
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The nascence of Desi Arnaz Jr. was the nearly publicized on T.V. inward 1953. He’s the boy of Desi Arnaz together with Lucille Ball, whose present I Love Lucy featured the pregnancy equally part of the storyline. Arnaz Jr. (as “Little Ricky”) together with his sis Lucie appeared inward the present equally the character’s children from 1968 to 1974.
Arnaz Jr. was a drummer inward a band at historic menstruum 12 amongst Dean Martin’s boy together with Billy Hinsche. They had 2 hits: “I’m a Fool” together with “Not the Lovin’ Kind”. He continued acting together with had many roles inward movies together with television set into the 1980s. In 1992, he had a starring usage playing his manly mortal raise inward The Mambo Kings, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
From 1998 to 2010, Arnaz Jr. toured amongst a novel iteration of his former band, performing master copy function together with novel material.
Now a billionaire, Newmark is nonetheless active inward Craigslist client service, outing spammers together with scammers. He’s also a devoted philanthropist, operating Craigconnects to bring out charitable organizations. Newmark has a exceptional involvement inward services for military machine veterans together with teachers.
Arnaz Jr. has a miss from an undisclosed relationship. He was married to Linda Purl, an actress, for a twelvemonth inward the early on 80s. In 1987 he married Amy Laura Bargiel. They lived inward Boulder City, Nevada, where they owned the Boulder Theatre. Bargiel died from cancer inward 2015 at the historic menstruum of 63.
January 28 – Debbie Steinbach
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Steinbach hitting the professional person tour inward 1975 after attention California State University at Fullerton. Her best complete was a T-5 inward the Florida Lady Citrus. She’s had a lasting acquit on equally an instructor, teaching to a greater extent than than 5,000 private lessons together with earning a “Top 50” from Golf for Women magazine.
She’s a founder together with CEO of Venus Golf hospital for women, together with authored Venus on the Fairway, a mass that highlights the dissimilar learning styles of men together with women on the fairway. Her broadcasting sense extends from local radio shows inward California close La Quinta to coloring commentary during national coverage for sports shows on NBC together with ESPN.
Source: Wikipedia
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