Happy Birthday RIP “June Allyson”(Eleanor Geisman 1917–2006) ; “Joy Behar”(Josephina Occhiuto)–76 John Mellencamp–67 Judy Landers(Hamburg)–60 Simon Cowell–59 Dylan Baker–59 Daniel Savage–54 Toni Braxton–51 Brandon Quinn Swierenga–41 Shawn Ashmore–39 ; 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.