Aug. 9: Jazz drummer Jack DeJohnette is 82. Comedian David Steinberg is 82. Actor Sam Elliott is 80. Singer Barbara Mason is 77. Actor Melanie Griffith is 67. Rapper Kurtis Blow is 65. “Today” co-host Hoda Kotb is 60. Actor Gillian Anderson (“The X-Files”) is 56. Actor Eric Bana (“Star Trek,” ″The Hulk”) is 56.
Aug. 10: Actor James Reynolds (“Days of Our Lives”) is 78. Singer-flutist Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 77. Mandolin player Gene Johnson of Diamond Rio is 75. Singer Patti Austin is 74. Actor Rosanna Arquette is 65. Actor Antonio Banderas is 64. Drummer Jon Farriss of INXS is 63.
Aug. 11: Country singer John Conlee is 78. Singer Eric Carmen is 75. Wrestler-actor Hulk Hogan is 71. Singer Joe Jackson is 70. Actor Viola Davis (“How To Get Away With Murder,” ″The Help”) is 59. Actor-podcaster Joe Rogan (“Fear Factor,” ″NewsRadio”) is 57.. Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad (Lucy Pearl, A Tribe Called Quest) is 54. Actor Chris Hemsworth (“Tron,” ″The Avengers”) is 41.
Aug. 12: Actor George Hamilton is 85. Actor Jennifer Warren is 83. Singer-guitarist Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits is 75. Singer Kid Creole is 74. Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny is 70. Rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot is 61. Actor Rebecca Gayheart is 53. Actor Casey Affleck is 49.
Aug. 13: Actor (“Emergency,” ″Murder One”) is 77. Opera singer Kathleen Battle is 73. Actor Danny Bonaduce (“The Partridge Family”) is 65. Actor John Slattery (“Mad Men,” ″Desperate Housewives”) is 59. Actor Debi Mazar is 57.
Aug. 14: Country singer Connie Smith is 83. Actor-musician Steve Martin is 79. Actor Susan St. James is 78. Romance novelist Danielle Steel is 77. Cartoonist Gary Larson (“The Far Side”) is 74. Actor Jackee Harry (“Sister, Sister,” ″227″) is 68. Actor Halle Berry is 58.