Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5
Aug. 30: Actor Elizabeth Ashley (鈥淓vening Shade鈥�) is 87. Actor John Kani (鈥淏lack Panther鈥�) is 84. Cartoonist R. Crumb is 83. Comedian Lewis Black (鈥淭he Daily Show鈥�) is 78. Actor Timothy Bottoms (film鈥檚 鈥淭he Last Picture Show,鈥� TV鈥檚 鈥淭he Paper Chase鈥�) is 75. Jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright is 69. Actor Michael Chiklis (鈥淭he Fantastic Four,鈥� 鈥砊he Shield鈥�) is 63. Actor Michael Michele (鈥淓R,鈥� 鈥矵omicide: Life on the Street鈥�) is 60. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 55. Guitarist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid is 55. Actor Cameron Diaz is 54. TV personality Lisa Ling (鈥淭he View鈥�) is 53. Singer-guitarist Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish is 52. Actor Raul Castillo (鈥淟ooking鈥�) is 49. Actor Michael Gladis (鈥淩eckless,鈥� 鈥淢ad Men鈥�) is 49. Drummer Matt Taul (Tantric, Days of the New) is 48. Singer Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive is 41. Guitarist Ryan Ross (Panic! At the Disco) is 40. Actor Johanna Braddy (鈥淨uantico鈥�) is 39.
Aug. 31: Singer Van Morrison is 81. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 81. Guitarist Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions is 78. Actor Richard Gere is 77. Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson (鈥淔ences,鈥� 鈥矼anchester by the Sea鈥�) is 77. Drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go鈥檚 is 69. Singer Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze is 69. Singer Tony DeFranco of The DeFranco Family is 67. Keyboardist Larry Waddell of Mint Condition is 63. Actor Jaime P. Gomez (鈥淣ash Bridges鈥�) is 61. Guitarist Jeff Russo of Tonic is 57. Singer Deborah Gibson is 56. Bassist Greg Richling of The Wallflowers is 56. Actor Zack Ward (鈥淎 Christmas Story,鈥� 鈥淭itus鈥�) is 56. Actor Chris Tucker (鈥淩ush Hour鈥�) is 54. Actor Sara Ramirez (鈥淕rey鈥檚 Anatomy鈥�) is 51. Singer Tamara of Trina and Tamara is 49.
Sept. 1: Comedian-actor Lily Tomlin is 87. Singer Archie Bell of Archie Bell and the Drells is 82. Singer Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees is 80. Drummer Greg Errico of Sly and the Family Stone is 78. Talk show host Dr. Phil is 76. Singer Gloria Estefan is 69. Jazz saxophonist Boney James is 65. Singer-guitarist Grant Lee Phillips (鈥淕ilmore Girls鈥�) is 63. Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison is 62. DJ Spigg Nice of Lost Boyz is 56. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira (鈥淒esperate Housewives鈥�) is 55. Actor Maury Sterling (鈥淗omeland鈥�) is 55. Actor Scott Speedman (鈥淔elicity鈥�) is 51. Singer Angaleena Presley of Pistol Annies is 50. Actor Boyd Holbrook (鈥淣arcos鈥�) is 45. Actor Zoe Lister-Jones (鈥淟ife in Pieces,鈥� 鈥淣ew Girl鈥�) is 44. Guitarist Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy is 42. Actor Aisling Loftus (鈥淢r. Selfridge鈥�) is 36.
Sept. 2: Singer Jimmy Clanton is 88. Singer Rosalind Ashford of Martha and the Vandellas is 83. Sportscaster Terry Bradshaw is 78. Actor Mark Harmon is 75. Actor Linda Purl (鈥淗appy Days,鈥� 鈥淢atlock鈥�) is 71. Drummer Jerry Augustyniak of 10,000 Maniacs is 68. Drummer Paul Deakin of The Mavericks is 67. Actor Keanu Reeves is 62. Actor Salma Hayek is 60. Actor Tuc Watkins (鈥淥ne Life to Live鈥�) is 60. Actor Cynthia Watros (鈥淟ost,鈥� 鈥淭itus鈥�) is 58. Singer K-Ci of K-Ci and JoJo is 57. Actor Nicholas Pinnock (鈥淔or Life鈥�) is 53. Comedian Katt Williams (鈥淣orbit鈥�) is 53. Actor Michael Lombardi (鈥淩escue Me鈥�) is 52. Actor Tiffany Hines (鈥淣ikita,鈥� 鈥淏ones鈥�) is 49. Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit is 49. Actor Jonathan Kite (鈥�2 Broke Girls鈥�) is 47. Actor Joshua Henry (鈥淗amilton鈥�) is 42. Actor Allison Miller (鈥淎 Million Little Things鈥�) is 41. Drummer Spencer Smith (Panic! At the Disco) is 39. DJ-music producer Zedd is 37.
Sept. 3: Singer-guitarist Al Jardine of The Beach Boys is 84. Drummer Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad is 78. Guitarist Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols is 71. Actor Steve Schirripa (鈥淭he Sopranos鈥�) is 69. Actor Holt McCallany (鈥淟ights Out,鈥� 鈥矯SI: Miami鈥�) is 62. Guitarist Todd Lewis of The Toadies is 61. Actor Costas Mandylor (鈥淧icket Fences鈥�) is 61. Actor Charlie Sheen is 61. Singer Jennifer Paige is 53. Musician Redfoo of LMFAO is 51. Actor Ashley Jones (鈥淭rue Blood鈥�) is 50. Actor Nichole Hiltz (鈥淚n Plain Sight鈥�) is 48. Actor Joel Johnstone (鈥淭he Marvelous Mrs. Maisel鈥�) is 48. Actor Nick Wechsler (鈥淩evenge,鈥� 鈥淩oswell鈥�) is 48. Guitarist Tomo Milicevic of 30 Seconds to Mars is 47. Actor Garrett Hedlund (鈥淭ron鈥�) is 42. Singer August Alsina is 34.
Sept. 4: Singer Sonny Charles of the Checkmates, Ltd. is 86. Actor Kenneth Kimmins (鈥淐oach鈥�) is 85. Singer Merald 鈥淏ubba鈥� Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 84. TV personality Dr. Jan (鈥淭he Incredible Dr. Pol鈥�) is 84. Actor Jennifer Salt (鈥淪oap鈥�) is 82. Actor Judith Ivey is 75. Drummer Martin Chambers of The Pretenders is 75. Actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (鈥淲elcome Back, Kotter鈥�) is 73. Actor Khandi Alexander (鈥淓R,鈥� 鈥砃ewsRadio鈥�) is 69. Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden is 66. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 66. Actor Richard Speight Jr. (鈥淭he Agency鈥�) is 57. Actor Noah Taylor (2005鈥瞫 鈥淐harlie and the Chocolate Factory,鈥� 鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥�) is 57. Actor Ione Skye is 56. DJ-music producer Mark Ronson is 51. Singer Richard Wingo of Jagged Edge is 51. Bassist Ian Grushka of New Found Glory is 49. Actor Wes Bentley (鈥淎merican Beauty鈥�) is 48. Actor Max Greenfield (鈥淭he Neighborhood,鈥� 鈥淣ew Girl鈥�) is 47. Country singer Granger Smith is 47. Singer Dan Miller of O-Town is 46. Singer Beyonc茅 is 45. Singer-guitarist Tom Gossin of Gloriana is 45. Actor Whitney Cummings (鈥淲hitney鈥�) is 44. Comedian Kyle Mooney (鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥�) is 42. Multi-instrumentalist Neyla Pekarek (The Lumineers) is 40. Singer James Bay is 36. Actor Trevor Gagnon (鈥淭he New Adventures of Old Christine鈥�) is 31.
Sept. 5: Broadway actor Carol Lawrence is 94. Actor Lucille Soong (鈥淔resh Off the Boat鈥�) is 91. Actor William Devane (鈥淛esse Stone,鈥� 鈥淜nots Landing鈥�) is 87. Actor George Lazenby is 87. Singer Al Stewart is 81. Actor-director Dennis Dugan (鈥淏ig Daddy,鈥� 鈥淗appy Gilmore鈥�) is 80. Singer Loudon Wainwright III is 80. Saxophonist Mel Collins of King Crimson and of Kokomo is 79. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite (鈥淐athy鈥�) is 76. Actor Michael Keaton is 75. Actor Debbie Turner (鈥淭he Sound of Music鈥�) is 70. Actor Kristian Alfonso (鈥淒ays of Our Lives鈥�) is 63. Singer Terry Ellis of En Vogue is 63. Drummer Brad Wilk of Rage Against the Machine (and of Audioslave) is 58. TV personality-musician Dweezil Zappa is 57. Actor Rose McGowan is 53. Actor Carice van Houten (鈥淕ame of Thrones鈥�) is 50. Keyboardist Kyle O鈥橯uin of Portugal. The Man is 41. Actor Andrew Ducote (鈥淒ave鈥檚 World鈥�) is 40. Actor-turned-political adviser Skandar Keynes (鈥淭he Chronicles of Narnia鈥�) is 35.
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