47. Scott Wilson

47. Scott Wilson

Veteran actor Scott Wilson, who found his profile suddenly and unexpectedly boosted late in his career by his role on "The Walking Dead" passed away this past October. Wilson had worked on the big screen for many years, having kick started his career in the Oscar winning "In the Heat Of The Night" in 1967. Wilson was a big proponent of actors' rights, serving on the committee of the Screen Actor's Guild for almost his entire career.

He worked solidly throughout the eighties and nineties and has credits on "Pearl Harbor" and "Judge Dredd" among many others, but it was as farmer Hershel Greene that he finally caught on to the mainstream. The character was a "Walking Dead" mainstay for three seasons between 2011 and 2014. Fans of the show can look forward to seeing him one more time; before his death from cancer at the age of 76, he'd filmed scenes for the upcoming ninth season.

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Did You Know...

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Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.

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Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.

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Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.

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Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.

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