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Ron Faber, who appeared on Broadway in the 1970s alongside Henry Fonda in First Monday in October and with Irene Papas in Medea, died March 26 in New York after a two-month battle with lung cancer, a publicist announced. He was 90.

Faber shaved his head and received Obie and Drama Desk awards in 1972 for his turn as a political prisoner in And They Put Handcuffs on the Flowers, Fernando Arrabal’s harrowing drama about the Spanish Civil War.

In 1981, he was featured in Wallace Shawn’s The Hotel Play at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, which had a cast of 70 and was called “unassailable as a mad theatrical stunt” by Frank Rich in The New York Times.

Faber’s stage credits also included off-Broadway roles in Hamlet, Mary Stuart, Scenes From Everyday Life and Woyzeck at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre; Happy Days at the Cherry Lane Theatre; Troilus and Cressida at the Mitzi E.

Diana Ross says hello to 67 today. Born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross, the singer’s music has appeared in many films including Happy Gilmore, Why Do Fools Fall In Love and Slaves Of New York. The film Lady Sings The Blues kick-started her acting career. She later appeared in Mahogany, The Wiz, Out Of Darkness and Double Platinum.

Actor Keith Diamond welcomes 49. You’ve seen the New York native on Martin, The Cosby Show, Prison Break, Criminal Minds, Weeds, Charmed, NCIS, The Closer, Burn Notice and Bones.

Teddy Pendergrass would have been 61 today. The soulful singer, who sang with Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, made his acting debut as a night club singer in the movie Soup For One. His songs can be heard in films such as The Nutty Professor, Undercover Brother and Alfie.