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Edwina Currie
Edwina Currie sat for South Derbyshire from 1983 to 1997, resigned as a health minister over salmonella in eggs, and wrote the diaries that named John Major.
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Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jean-Jacques Beineix, born in Paris on 8 October 1946, left medical school for film, made Diva and Betty Blue, founded Cargo Films, and died at 75 in 2022.
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Robert Wuhl
Robert Wuhl wrote Billy Crystal's Oscar jokes, played Alexander Knox in Batman, and spent seven HBO seasons as Arliss Michaels, the sports agent of Arli$$.
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Todd Snider
Todd Snider, the Portland-born writer of Alright Guy and East Nashville Skyline, died at 59 in November 2025. His road from Texas couches to Aimless Records.
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Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna, the Hindi film star born on 6 October 1946, left films for Rajneesh's commune in 1982, returned with Insaaf in 1987 and won Gurdaspur four times.
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Athan Kaliakmanis
Athan Kaliakmanis went from Minnesota and Rutgers to the last pick of Washington's 2026 draft, then debuted at quarterback in London after two injuries.
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Dakota Johnson
Dakota Johnson grew up in an acting family, broke out in Fifty Shades, co-founded TeaTime Pictures, and turned 37 the week Verity opened at No. 1.
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Daryl Hall
Daryl Hall sang six Hot 100 number ones with John Oates, started Live from Daryl's House in 2007, fought Oates in court, and reaches 80 after a transplant.
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John Prine
John Prine went from Army mechanic and Maywood mailman to a 1971 debut, founded Oh Boy Records in 1981, and is honored in Chicago on his 80th birthday.
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Bella Ramsey
Bella Ramsey was cast in Game of Thrones at 11, earned two Emmy nominations as Ellie in The Last of Us, and is the youngest player on The Celebrity Traitors.
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John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp went from Johnny Cougar to the Rock Hall writing about small-town Indiana. At 75 he has a 50-year songbook and a stage musical, Small Town.
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Martin Kemp
Martin Kemp played bass in Spandau Ballet, starred in The Krays and EastEnders, and turns 65 with a new thriller, Doctor Plague, and his Back to the 80s shows.
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