Celebrity Birthdays
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 7-13:
May 7: Singer Teresa Brewer is 75. Singer Jimmy Ruffin is 67. Singer Johnny Maestro of The Crests and Brooklyn Bridge is 67. Actress Robin Strasser ("Passions") is 61. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff of Starland Vocal Band is 60. Singer Thelma Houston is 60. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is 60. News correspondent Tim Russert ("Meet the Press") is 56. Actor Robert Hegyes ("Welcome Back, Kotter") is 55. Actor Michael E. Knight ("All My Children") is 47. Guitarist Phil Campbell of Motorhead is 45. Actress Traci Lords is 37. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 34. Actor Breckin Meyer ("Herbie: Fully Loaded," "Road Trip") is 32.
May 8: Comedian Don Rickles is 80. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 64. Singer Toni Tennille is 63. Singer Gary Glitter is 62. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads is 55. Singer Philip Bailey is 55. Country musician Billy Burnette is 53. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 53. Actor Stephen Furst ("St. Elsewhere," "Animal House") is 52. Actor David Keith is 52. Actress Melissa Gilbert is 42. Drummer Dave Rowntree of Blur is 42. Drummer Del Gray of Little Texas is 38. Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 34. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 31. Actress Julia Whelan ("Once and Again") is 21.
May 9: CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 88. Actor Albert Finney is 70. Actress Glenda Jackson is 70. Guitarist Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and The Crickets is 69. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 66. Singer Tommy Roe is 64. Singer-guitarist Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) is 62. Singer Clint Holmes is 60. Actress Candice Bergen is 60. Singer Billy Joel is 57. Bassist Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is 56. Actress Alley Mills ("The Wonder Years") is 55. Actor John Corbett ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Northern Exposure") is 45. Singer David Gahan of Depeche Mode is 44. Rapper Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan is 36. Singer Tamia is 31. Trombonist Dan Regan of Reel Big Fish is 29. Singer Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan is 27. Actress Rosario Dawson ("Rent," "Josie and the Pussycats") is 27.
May 10: Sports announcer Pat Summerall is 76. Singer Henry Fambrough of The Spinners is 68. Announcer Gary Owens ("Laugh-In") is 67. Singer Donovan is 60. Singer Dave Mason is 60. Singer Ron Banks of The Dramatics is 55. Singer Bono of U2 is 46. Model Linda Evangelista is 41. Bassist Krist Novoselic of Nirvana is 41. Rapper Young M-C is 39. Actor Erik Palladino ("ER") is 38. Actor Kenan Thompson ("Kenan and Kel") is 28. Singer Jason Dalyrimple of Soul for Real is 26. Singer Ashley Poole of Dream is 21.
May 11: Comedian Mort Sahl is 79. Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 65. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo ("24") is 54. Actor Boyd Gaines is 53. Drummer Mark Herndon of Alabama is 51. Former MTV VJ Martha Quinn is 47. Actress Natasha Richardson is 43. Country singer Tim Raybon of the Raybon Brothers is 43. Actor Coby Bell ("Third Watch") is 31. Actor Jonathan Jackson ("Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights," "Tuck Everlasting") is 24.
May 12: Composer Burt Bacharach is 78. Talk show host Tom Snyder is 70. Comedian George Carlin is 69. Country singer Billy Swan is 64. Actress Linda Dano ("Another World") is 63. Keyboardist Ian McLagen of Small Faces and The Faces is 61. Singer Steve Winwood is 58. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 58. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 56. Singer Billy Squier is 56. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 56. Country singer Kix Brooks of Brooks and Dunn is 51. Actor Ving Rhames is 45. Guitarist Billy Duffy of The Cult is 45. Actor Emilio Estevez is 44. Actress Vanessa Williams ("Soul Food," "Melrose Place" -- not the former Miss America) is 43. Country keyboardist Eddie Kilgallon (Ricochet) is 41. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 40. Actress Kim Fields is 37. Actress Jamie Luner ("Melrose Place," "Profiler") is 35. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 33. Actor Jason Biggs ("American Pie") is 28. Actor Malcolm David Kelley ("Lost") is 14. Actors Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten ("Everybody Loves Raymond") are 11.
May 13: Actress Bea Arthur is 84. Actor Buck Taylor ("Gunsmoke," "Gods and Generals") is 68. Actor Harvey Keitel is 67. Actor Franklin Ajaye is 57. Actress Zoe Wanamaker ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") is 57. Singer Stevie Wonder is 56. Actress Julianne Phillips ("Sisters") is 46. Actor Tom Verica ("American Dreams") is 42. Country singer Lari White is 41. Singer Darius Rucker of Hootie and the Blowfish is 40. Bassist Mickey Madden of Maroon 5 is 27.
