AARP The Magazine - April/May 2012

BIG 5-Oh
Craig
Ferguson
BIRTHDAY: MAY 17
What other late-night host could
lip-sync “The Lonely Goatherd”
with a puppet one night, then con-
verse with Archbishop Desmond
Tutu another? Alcoholism, drugs,
and a near suicide once plagued
Scotland-born Craig Ferguson. But
he hasn’t had a drink in more than
20 years. He’s nuts about his wife,
Megan (wed in 2008), their baby
son, Liam, and his son Milo, 10, from
a previous marriage, who levies
fines when Dad curses around the
house. Ferguson’s not afraid of age:
“But I want to get George Carlin
old, or Pablo Picasso old,” he told
an interviewer. “That’s the way
to grow old.” —Bill Newcott

50
JEFF DUNHAM
April 18
At $22.5
million a year,
the ventriloquist
is America’s
top-paid comic.
50
INCREDIBLE HULK
May 1
When the artists
at Marvel
Comics first
drew the green
guy, he was gray.
50
GENIE FRANCIS
May 26
Her first kiss ever
was on TV, with
General Hospital
costar Kin
“Scotty” Shriner.
60
MARILU HENNER
April 6
The Taxi star’s
latest crusade:
visiting schools
to promote
healthier lunches.
60
MR. T
May 21
Post-Katrina, he
stopped wearing
bling, in respect
for those who
lost everything.
70
BARBRA
STREISAND
April 24
She gave $5 mil
to Cedars-Sinai
Women’s Heart
Center in L. A.

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