Richard Bartlett "Ricky" Schroder, Jr.

Schroder debuted in the 1979 hit film The Champ, going on to become
a child star on the NBC sitcom Silver Spoons (1982-1986). He continued
acting as an adult, notably on the western Lonesome Dove and the ABC 
television crime drama NYPD Blue (1993- 2005).

Ricky Schroder, left, and Dennis Franz in NYPD Blue

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   Mickey Rooney (Joseph Yule, Jr.) (September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014)

According to reports,Rooney had been "in ill health for quite some time," 
and died Sunday. At the time of his death, he was working on a film called
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

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High School

 
Robert John Downey, Jr.

Robert made his screen debut at the age of five, appearing in his father
Robert Downey, Sr.‘s film Pound (1970). He appeared in Weird Science
(1985) and starred in Air America (1990), and Soapdish (1991). Downey
starred as Charlie Chaplin, the title character in the 1992 film Chaplin,
earning him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. He 
played the title character in Guy Ritchie‘s Sherlock Holmes (2009),
and again in 2011’s Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

Most recently, Robert Downey, Jr. played the role of Marvel superhero
Tony Stark / Iron Man in the live action film Iron Man (2008), a role he
reprised in Iron Man 2 (2010), and Iron Man 3 (2013).

The first issue of TV Guide, still the largest circulating weekly in the
U.S., featured Lucille Ball’s newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr. on the cover.

Desi Arnaz, Jr. turned 61 in January

 
Singer, dancer, and actress Jane Powell (Suzanne Lorraine Burce)

Powell was born the only child to Paul E. Burce (a Wonder Bread employee)
and Eileen Baker Burce (a housewife) in Portland, Oregon, At five, she was
on the KGW radio children’s talent program Stars of Tomorrow. She attended
Beaumont Grade School and Grant High School in Portland.

During the summer of 1943, Jane and her parents went on a vacation to
Hollywood. where she appeared on Janet Gaynor‘s radio show Hollywood
Showcase: Stars over Hollywood. It was a talent competition, and Powell
won and soon auditioned with Louis B. Mayer at MGM as well as David O.
Selznick. Without even taking a screen test, Powell was then signed to a
seven-year contract with MGM.

As of 2013, Powell lives with her fifth husband, former child star Dickie
Moore, in New York City and Connecticut, and is still active in television
and theater.

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