Happy Birthday RIP “June Allyson”(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; “Joy Behar”(Josephina Occhiuto)–75 John Mellencamp–66 Judy Landers(Hamburg)–59 Simon Cowell–58 Dylan Baker–58 Daniel Savage–53 Toni Braxton–50 Brandon Quinn Swierenga–40 Shawn Ashmore–38 ; 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.