Where Are They Now - Friday, September 9, 2016

Hello fans,

Thank you for joining me this week! Today, we're catching up with actor Jason Lively. He is known for films such as National Lampoon's European Vacation and Night of the Creeps.

Let's see what Jason has been doing lately.

Take care,
Steve

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

Hugh Downs: TV announcer; "The Tonight Show" (1957-62) and host; "Concentration" (1958-69); "Today" (1962-71); "20/20" (1978-99).

Wayland Flowers: Puppeteer, voice of "Madame".

Willard Scott: Television performer; "Bozo the Clown" (Bozo, 1959-62), Ronald McDonald (1963-66), "Today" (himself, 1980-96).



(Answer at the bottom)
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Jason Lively
Click Here to Learn More About Jason Lively and See Then and Now Pictures on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: March 12, 1968

CLAIM TO FAME: Known for his roles in National Lampoon's European Vacation and Night of the Creeps.

FAMILY LIFE: Lively is married and has two sons with wife Lani.

INFO: Lively started his career by appearing in the pilot episode of The Dukes of Hazzard when he was 10 years old.

His first film appearance was four years later in the 1983 film Brainstorm. That same year he also had another appearance in The Dukes of Hazzard.

His most recognizable roles came later when he played Rusty Griswold in National Lampoon's European Vacation, and Chris in Night of the Creeps.

After that, he appeared in the films Ghost Chase and Maximum Force. In 1993, he appeared in the video game Return to Zork, along with his sisters, Robyn Lively and Lori Lively.

TRIVIA: Is the brother of actors Lori Lively (b. 1966), Robyn Lively (b. 1972) and half-brother of actors Eric Lively (b. 1981) and Blake Lively (b. 1987).

Is the son of talent manager Elaine Lively and her first husband Ronnie Lively.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: Reprized his role as Rusty Griswold in 2012 in a series of Old Navy holiday commercials featuring the Griswold family.

He lives with his family in Heber City, Utah, where he works for a computer company and is also owner and operator of Jimmy Crack Corn, a mobile roasted-corn business.

CREDITS:

1993 Return to Zork (Video Game)...Ben Fyshin

1992 Maximum Force...Rick Carver

1992 Gunsmoke: To the Last Man (TV Movie)...Rusty Dover

1991 Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever...Donovan

1990 Monday Morning...Chip Brooks

1989-1990 Mancuso, FBI (TV Series)...Justin Summers
- Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Part 2 (1990) ... Justin Summers
- Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die: Part 1 (1990) ... Justin Summers
- Classified (1989) ... Justin Summers

1987 Ghost Chase...Warren McCloud

1987 21 Jump Street (TV Series)...Davey Miller
- Next Generation (1987) ... Davey Miller

1986 Night of the Creeps...Chris

1985 European Vacation...Rusty Griswold

1979-1983 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV Series)...Rod Moffet / Rudy
- The Boar's Nest Bears (1983) ... Rod Moffet
- One Armed Bandits (1979) ... Rudy

1983 Brainstorm...Chris Brace

1982 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)...Johnny Rollins
- Daddy, I'm Their Mama Now (1982) ... Johnny Rollins

To see Then & Now pictures of Jason Lively, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Hugh Downs - ALIVE
Born: 2/14/1921

Wayland Flowers - DEAD (AIDS)
Born: 11/16/1939 Died: 10/11/1988

Willard Scott - ALIVE
Born: 3/7/1934

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
9/7
Emlyn Davies, 94, Welsh rugby union player (Swansea, Aberavon, national team).
Ken Higgs, 79, English cricketer.
Norbert Schemansky, 92, American weightlifter.
Farhang Sharif, 84-85, Iranian musician and tar player.
Alan Smith, 77, English footballer (Torquay).

9/6
Michael Ibru, 86, Nigerian businessman (Ibru Organization).
Alfredo Peña, 72, Venezuelan journalist and politician.
Darren Seals, 29, American activist (Black Lives Matter), shot.
Andrzej Szymczak, 67, Polish handball player, Olympic bronze medalist (1976).

9/5
Arif Beg, 81, Indian politician, Bharatiya Janta Party leader.
She'ar Yashuv Cohen, 88, Israeli chief rabbi of Haifa.
Lloyd Drake, 88, New Zealand sports physician.
Duane Graveline, 85, American astronaut.
Zvonko Ivezic, 67, Serbian footballer (Vojvodina, Sochaux, RC Paris).
Fred McFarlane, American songwriter ("Show Me Love", "Don't Wanna Go Home"), record producer and musician.
Max Murray, 80, Scottish footballer (Rangers, West Bromwich Albion).
Hugh O'Brian, 91, American actor (The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Shootist, Twins).
Rudolph T. Randa, 76, American judge, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (since 1992), brain cancer.
Donald Ranvaud, 62, Italian-born British journalist and film producer (The Constant Gardener, Central Station, City of God), heart attack.
Phyllis Schlafly, 92, American constitutional lawyer, conservative activist and author, cancer.
Karl Schlechta, 94, Austrian football player and coach.
Lindsay Tuckett, 97, South African Test cricketer.

9/4
Adam Bielanski, 103, Polish chemist and professor.
Bob Bissonnette (fr), 35, Canadian singer, ice hockey player (Hull Olympiques, Acadie-Bathurst Titan) and baseball team owner (Québec Capitales), helicopter crash.
David Jenkins, 91, English cleric and theologian, Bishop of Durham (1984-1994).
Novella Matveyeva, 81, Russian poet and singer-songwriter.
Richard Neville, 74, Australian writer and editor (Oz).
Isidore Okpewho, 74, Nigerian novelist and critic.
Cyril C. Perera, 93, Sri Lankan author.
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., 82, American politician, member of the New York State Assembly (1973-1995).
Zoran Sami, 67, Serbian politician.
Klaus Traube, 88, German mechanical engineer and anti-nuclear power activist.
Yang Jingnian, 107, Chinese economist.

9/3
Mir Quasem Ali, 63, Bangladeshi businessman, politician and war criminal, execution by hanging.
Maria Isabel Barreno, 77, Portuguese writer.
Kalthoum Bornaz, 71, Tunisian screenwriter, film editor and director.
Carlos Bulgheroni, 71, Argentine businessman, CEO of Bridas.
Claudio Olinto de Carvalho, 74, Brazilian football player and coach.
Anna Dewdney, 50, American children's author and illustrator, brain cancer.
John W. Drummond, 96, American politician, member of the South Carolina Senate (1966-2008).
Gary D., 52, German trance producer and DJ, pulmonary embolism.
Albert Hofstede, 75, American politician, mayor of Minneapolis (1974-1975, 1978-1979), respiratory illness.
Norman Kwong, 86, Canadian football player (Calgary Stampeders, Edmonton Eskimos) and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta (2005-2010).
Leslie H. Martinson, 101, American film and television director (Batman: The Movie, CHiPs, Fantasy Island).
Dabney Montgomery, 93, American pilot (Tuskegee Airmen), bodyguard of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Peter Oresick, 60, American poet.
Boyd Scully, 77, Australian boxer and administrator, cancer.
Vertamae Smart-Grosvenor, 79, American culinary anthropologist/griot, food writer and broadcaster on public media.
Jean-Christophe Yoccoz, 59, French mathematician.