Where Are They Now - Friday, May 8, 2015

Hello fans,

This week we are catching up with actor Jared Rushton. Find out more about his career and what he is doing now.

Also, Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms out there!

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Dana Wynter - Actress best known for her starring role in the classic 1956 sci-fi movie "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"

Brian Dennehy - He has appeared in many movies, including "First Blood" (as the sheriff), "10" (as the bartender), "Cocoon" and "Presumed Innocent"

Daniela Bianchi - Played Tatiana Romanova in the James Bond movie "From Russia with Love", was Miss Italy in 1960

(Answer at the bottom)
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Jared Rushton
Learn More About Jared Rushton on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: March 3, 1974, Provo, Utah

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for his roles in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Big, and Overboard.

FAMILY LIFE: Sorry, no info found.

INFO: Rushton's career began at the age of 12 when he played Richie in an episode of Tales from the Darkside. He also appeared in the show Cagney & Lacey and in the television film Top Kids.

His first big film role was in 1987's Overboard as Kurt Russell's son Charlie Proffitt. In 1988, he starred as Tom Hanks' friend Billy in the movie Big. He was later chosen to play Ron Thompson in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

TRIVIA: His first acting job was as a rocker in a "Barbie and the Rockers" commercial.

Dyed his natural blonde hair red for the film Big.

WHERE IS HE NOW: Rushton left acting in 2000. He Sang and played the guitar in the independent band, "Withdrawal".

He played in currently plays guitar in the rock band Deal by Dusk.

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CREDITS:

2000 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (TV Series)...Seth Kesseling
- The Line (2000)

1999 Cracker: Mind Over Murder (TV Series)...Bill Lane
- Best Boys (1999)

1996 Dead Man's Walk (TV Mini-Series)...Wesley Buttons

1994 ER (TV Series)...Andy Bohlmeyer
- ER Confidential (1994)

1994 The Yarn Princess (TV Movie)...Peter Thomas

1994 Family Matters (TV Series)
- Presumed Urkel (1994)

1993 Northern Exposure (TV Series)...Phil
- Heal Thyself (1993)

1993 CBS Schoolbreak Special (TV Series)...Alex Raymond
- Other Mothers (1993)

1993 Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series)...Calvin Harding
- Bad Water (1993) ... Calvin Harding

1992 Life Goes On (TV Series)...Ziggy
- Babes in the Woods (1992)

1992 Camp Wilder (TV Series)
- The First Kiss (1992)

1992 Pet Sematary II...Clyde Parker

1990 ...Where's Rodney? (TV Movie)...Rodney Barnes

1990 A Cry in the Wild...Brian

1990 Midnight Caller (TV Series)...Sylver Jensen
- Planes (1990)

1989 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids...Ron Thompson

1988-1989 Roseanne (TV Series)...Chip Lang

1988 Murder, She Wrote (TV Series)...Travis Harmon
- Coal Miner's Slaughter (1988)

1988 Big...Billy

1988 Lady in White...Donald

1987 Overboard...Charlie

1987 Top Kids (TV Movie)

1986 Cagney & Lacey (TV Series)...Peter Wade
- The Marathon (1986)

1986 Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)...Richie
- A Serpent's Tooth (1986)

To see Then & Now pictures of Jared Rushton, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Dana Wynter - DEAD (Heart failure)
Born: 06/08/1931 Died: 05/05/2011

Brian Dennehy - ALIVE
Born: 07/09/1938

Daniela Bianchi - ALIVE
Born: 01/31/1942

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
5/5
Gerard Davison, 40s, Northern Irish Provisional IRA commander, shot.

5/4
Eva Aeppli, 90, Swiss artist.
Ellen Albertini Dow, 101, American actress (The Wedding Singer, Patch Adams, Wedding Crashers).
Marv Hubbard, 68, American football player (Oakland Raiders, Detroit Lions)
Andrew Lewis, 44, Guyanese boxer, traffic collision.
Joshua Ozersky, 47, American food writer.
Vicente Joaquim Zico, 88, Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Archbishop (1980-1990) and Archbishop of Belem do Para (1990-2004).

5/3
Abdul Wahid Aresar, 65, Pakistani politician.
Revaz Chkheidze, 88, Georgian film director (Father of a Soldier, The Saplings).
Danny Jones, 29, Welsh international rugby league player, heart attack.
Symphorian Thomas Keeprath, 84, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Jalandhar (1971-2007).
Lu Ping, 87, Chinese politician and diplomat, cancer.
Su Wenmao (zh), 86, Chinese xiangsheng actor.
Abdul Basit Usman, 40-41, Filipino fugitive, shot.

5/2
Stuart Archer, 100, British army colonel, recipient of the George Cross (1941).
Michael Blake, 69, American author and screenwriter (Dances with Wolves).
Sarah Correa, 22, Brazilian swimmer, South American Games champion (2010), traffic collision.
Dave Goldberg, 47, American executive (SurveyMonkey, LAUNCH Media), head trauma from treadmill fall.
Philip S. Goodman, 89, American director, screenwriter and producer (We Shall Return, Profiles in Courage).
Konstantyn K. Kuzminsky, 75, Russian performance poet.
Ryan McHenry, 27, Scottish film director and social media personality, osteosarcoma.
Maya Plisetskaya, 89, Russian ballet dancer, heart attack.
Ruth Rendell, 85, English crime novelist (Inspector Wexford), stroke.
Norman Thaddeus Vane, 86, American screenwriter and film director (Frightmare).

5/1
Stephen Milburn Anderson, 67, American film director,
writer and producer, throat cancer.
Jamie Bishop, 44, Welsh cricket player (Glamorgan).
Pete Brown, 80, American professional golfer.
Amitabha Chowdhury, 87, Indian journalist.
Blanche Cobb (fr), 114, American supercentenarian.
David Day, 63, Australian radio broadcaster (5KA, Triple M).
Geoff Duke, 92, British motorcycle racer, six-time Grand Prix world champion.
Harry Geisinger, 81, American politician, member of the Georgia House of Representatives (1969-1974, since 2005), leukemia.
Vafa Guluzade, 74, Azerbaijani diplomat and political scientist.
Leonard Haber, 82, American psychologist, politician and radio show host, Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida (1977-1979).
Amar Laskri, 73, Algerian film director.
María Elena Velasco, 74, Mexican actress, comedienne and film producer (La India María), stomach cancer.
Grace Lee Whitney, 85, American actress (Star Trek, Some Like It Hot, Irma la Douce).
Beth Whittall, 78, Canadian Olympic swimmer, double Pan American champion (1955).

4/30
Lennart Bodström, 87, Swedish politician, Minister for Foreign Affairs (1982-1985).
Steven Goldmann, 53, Canadian music video and film director, cancer.
Milap Chand Jain, 86, Indian judge and politician, Governor of Rajasthan (1990).
Ben E. King, 76, American soul and R&B singer ("Stand by Me", "Spanish Harlem"), coronary heart disease.
Gregory Mertens, 24, Belgian footballer, heart attack.
Patachou, 96, French singer and actress.
William Pfaff, 86, American author and columnist, heart attack.
Ronald Senator, 89, British composer, house fire.
Sky Classic, 28, Canadian Thoroughbred racehorse.
Nigel Terry, 69, British actor (The Lion in Winter, Excalibur, Troy), emphysema.

4/29
Charles Benton, 84, American public digital media promoter, CEO of the Benton Foundation, cancer.
Carlos Calderon Fajardo, 69, Peruvian journalist and novelist.
Giovanni Canestri, 96, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Cagliari (1984-1987) and Genoa (1987-1995).
Gopulu, 90, Indian cartoonist (Ananda Vikatan).
Nicholas Gruner, 72, Canadian Roman Catholic priest, promoter of the message of Our Lady of Fatima, heart attack.
John G. Heyburn II, 66, American federal judge, Chief District Court Judge for the Western District of Kentucky (2001-2008), liver cancer.
Paul Hudak, 62, American professor of computer science, leukemia.
Gary Liddell, 60, Scottish footballer (Grimsby Town, Heart of Midlothian).
Valmir Louruz, 71, Brazilian football manager (Juventude, Pelotas).
François Michelin, 88, French businessman, CEO of Michelin (1955-1999).
Vardan Militosyan, 64, Armenian weightlifter.
Jean Nidetch, 91, American businesswoman, founder of Weight Watchers.
Calvin Peete, 71, American golfer, Tournament Players champion (1985).
Dan Walker, 92, American politician, Governor of Illinois (1973-1977), heart failure.
Notable convicted drug traffickers executed by Indonesian firing squad:
Andrew Chan, 31, Australian (Bali Nine)
Rodrigo Gularte, 42, Brazilian
Myuran Sukumaran, 34, Australian (Bali Nine)