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Zale Parry, Aquatic Hollywood Star and Early Acid Tripper, Dies at 93 A diving feat landed her on the cover of Sports Illustrated and led to a film and TV career. She also took part in one of the first LSD studies.

For a little while, it looked as if maybe former child actors had shed the stigma, long understandably held, that Hollywood success at a young age would lead to tragedy later in life. Child stars from the 1970s and 1980s seemed particularly mistreated and/or self-destructive, whether born into dysfunctional Hollywood families, like Tatum O’Neal, or the result of more sui generis success, like Brad Renfro, River Phoenix, or Corey Haim. But as these cases became more notorious, they seemed to act as cautionary tales for a generation of stars that seemed – broadly speaking – to be receiving better guidance, whether from family, friends, or themselves.

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 23-29: Aug. 23: Actor Vera Miles is 96. Actor Barbara Eden is 95. Actor Richard Sanders (“WKRP In Cincinnati”) is 86. Country singer Rex Allen Jr. is 79. Actor David Robb (“Downton Abbey”) is 79. Singer Linda Thompson is 79. Actor Shelley Long is 77. Fiddler-singer Woody Paul of Riders in the Sky is 77. Singer-actor Rick Springfield is 77. Actor-producer Mark Hudson (The Hudson Brothers) is 75. Actor Skipp Sudduth (“The Good Wife”) is 70. Guitarist Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 65. Singer-bassist Ira Dean of Trick Pony is 57. Actor Jay Mohr is 56. Actor Ray Park (“X-Men,” ″The Phantom Menace”) is 52. Actor Scott Caan (“Hawaii Five-0”) is 50. Singer Julian Casablancas of The Strokes is 48. Actor Joanne Froggatt (“Downton Abbey”) is 46.

Following news of her death, friends, former co-stars and fellow celebrities shared emotional tributes to the actress on social media.