Look who's turning 65 this month
Find out which celebrities are turning 65 this month!
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October 15 - Sarah, Duchess of York, aka Fergie
British royal Sarah Duchess of York, born Sarah Ferguson and also known as Fergie, turns 65 on October 15. She gained widespread attention after her marriage to Prince Andrew, the Duke of York, in 1986. They have two daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie.
Fergie was a popular figure during her marriage, known for her lively personality and charitable work. Later, though, her relationship with the royal family became strained, and she and Prince Andrew separated in 1992, officially divorcing in 1996. Since then, she’s garnered some notoriety on a couple of occasions. The Turkish government accused her of violating Turkish law in 2012 when she gathered documentary footage at an orphanage, and she was also caught on camera accepting a large bribe from an undercover agent in exchange for access to her ex-husband. Despite tumult, she’s generally thought of as a philanthropic British public figure.
Fergie has been involved in many charitable causes, founding Children in Crisis and Chances for Children in the early 1990s. At the start of the pandemic in 2020, she founded Sarah’s Trust to support healthcare workers and hospice staff in the UK and abroad.
She’s also authored several books, including children's books and memoirs. Active in film and television for years, Fergie is known as a documentary presenter and producer, and even had a short stint as a Today Show correspondent in 2008.
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October 23 - Ken Watanabe, actor
Hailing from rural Japan, Ken Watanabe is known to international audiences as a leading actor with gravitas, charisma, and strong James Bond vibes. He first gained prominence in his home country with his performance in the critically acclaimed film The Last Samurai (2003), where he played the role of Katsumoto, a Samurai leader. His portrayal earned him international recognition and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Watanabe appeared in several Hollywood films, including Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), directed by Clint Eastwood, and Inception (2010), directed by Christopher Nolan. In Inception, Watanabe played the role of Saito, a wealthy businessman. Recently, he’s also lent his voice to the supremely popular Transformers franchise and starred in the HBO series Tokyo Vice in 2022.
Over the years, Watanabe has been diagnosed with both leukemia and stomach cancer, and he has made a strong recovery each time.
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October 23 - “Weird Al” Yankovic, musician, parody artist, legend
I can’t say it better than Sam Anderson in his marvelous 2020 New York Times profile of Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic:
“Weird Al, for anyone reading this through a golden monocle, is the most renowned comedy musician in the history of the multiverse — a force of irrepressible wackiness who, back in the 1980s, built a preposterous career out of song parodies and then, somehow, never went away. After 40 years, Yankovic is now no longer a novelty, but an institution — a garish bright patch in the middle of America’s pop-cultural wallpaper, a completely ridiculous national treasure, an absurd living legend.”
The five-time Grammy-Award winning accordion player, singer, and songwriter defies categorization and explanation. His hits are parodies of other hits, but his energetic stage presence and relentless creativity are all his own. Consistently wholesome while never being anything less than deeply weird, Yankovic’s best-known songs include “Eat It” (a parody of Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”), “Like a Surgeon” (a parody of Madonna’s “Like a Virgin”), and “White and Nerdy” (a parody of “Ridin’” by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone). Speaking of Michael Jackson and Madonna, they’re the only two artists besides Weird Al who have had Billboard Top 100 hits every decade since the 1980s.
As he turns 65, Yankovic isn’t currently on tour, but he’s promised that new music is on the way. He may also still be recovering from all the press around the release of his characteristically unhinged 2022 “biopic,” Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
