Happy New Year!

Author J.D. Salinger is 91. Singer-guitarist Country Joe McDonald of Country Joe and the Fish is 68. Comedian Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) is 67. Actor Rick Hurst (”The Dukes of Hazzard”) is 64. Country singer Steve Ripley of The Tractors is 60. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 52. Actress Ren Woods is 52. Actor Morris Chestnut (”The Brothers,” “The Best Man”) is 41. Actor Verne Troyer (”Austin Powers”) is 41.

−AP