Happy Birthday RIP “June Allyson”(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; “Joy Behar”(Josephina Occhiuto)–72 John Mellencamp–63 Judy Landers(Hamburg)–56 Simon Cowell–55 Dylan Baker–55 Dan Savage–50 Toni Braxton–48 Shawn Ashmore–35 ; 1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.