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June 14 Notable Birthdays

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Actress Marla Gibbs (Up Against the Wall, 227, The Jeffersons, The Meteor Man) is 81.

 

Drummer Alan White (Yes) is 63.

 

Actor Eddie Mekka (Edward Mekjian; Laverne and Shirley, Guiding Light) is 60.

 

Actor Will Patton (Fled, Copycat, Natural Causes, The Client, Midnight Edition, Dillinger, No Way Out, Desperately Seeking Susan, Silkwood) is 58.

 

Olympic speed skater Eric Heiden (5 gold medals, Lake Placid, NY, 1980) is 54.

 

Singer Boy George (George Alan O’Dowd; Culture Club) is 51.

 

Actress Yasmine Bleeth (Nash Bridges, Baywatch, Titans) is 44.

 

Tennis champion Steffi (Stefanie) Graf is 43.

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June 13 Notable Birthdays

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Artist Christo (Javacheff; Valley Curtain, Running Fence, The Umbrellas) is 77.

 

Actor Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, O Lucky Man, Blue Thunder, Caligula, Gulag) is 69.

 

Singer – guitarist Dennis Locorriere (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show) is 63.

 

Guitarist – keyboardist Howard Leese (Heart) is 61.

 

Actor Richard Thomas (The Waltons, Roots: The Next Generation, All Quiet on the Western Front) is 61.

 

Comedian – actor Tim Allen (Home Improvement, The Santa Clause, Toy Story, Toy Story 2) 59.

 

Singer Deniece Pearson (Five Star) is 44.

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June 12 Notable Birthdays

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President George Herbert Walker Bush (1989 – 1993; Vice-President 1981 – 1989) is 88.

 

Singer Vic Damone (Vito Rocco Farinola; On the Street Where You Live, An Affair to Remember, You Were Only Fooling) is 84.

 

Actor – singer Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., The Andy Griffith Show, The Jim Nabors Hour) is 82.

 

Sportscaster Marv Albert (Marv Philip Aufrichtig; NBC) is 71.

 

Jazz composer – musician Chick (Armando) Corea (No Mystery, The Leprechaun: Leprechaun’s Dream, Friends, Akoustic Band, Native Sense: Rhumbata) is 71.

 

Drummer Bun E. Carlos (Brad Carlson; Cheap Trick) is 61.

 

Actor Timothy Busfield (Thirtysomething, Byrds of Paradise, Little Big League, Field of Dreams) is 55.

 

Actress Jenilee Harrison (Three’s Company, Dallas, Fists of Iron, Prime Target) is 53.

 

Actress Paula Marshall (The Wonder Years, Snoops, Cupid, Spin City) is 48.

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June 11 Notable Birthdays

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Actor Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Producers, The Woman in Red, Silver Streak) is 79.

 

Actor Chad Everett (Medical Center, The Dakotas, The Singing Nun, Jigsaw Murders) is 76.

 

Actress Adrienne Barbeau (Swamp Thing, Maude, Cannonball Run, Silk Degrees) is 67.

 

Singer – guitarist Donnie Van Zant (Lynard Skynard, .38 Special) is 60.

 

Former professional football player Joe Montana (San Francisco 49ers quarterback: Super Bowl XVI, XIX, XXIII, XXIV: Super Bowl career records for yards gained, passes completed, touchdowns thrown and highest completion percentage) is 56.

 

Actress Pamela Gidley (C.S.I., The Pretender, Angel Street, Freefall) is 47.

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June 10 Notable Birthdays

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Defense attorney – author F. Lee Bailey is 79.

 

Singer Shirley Owens Alston (The Shirelles) is 71.

 

TV commentator Jeff Greenfield is 69.

 

Actor Andrew Stevens (Code Red, Dallas, Emerald Point N.A.S., Illicit Dreams, Scorned) is 57.

 

Actress Elizabeth Hurley (Christabel, Orchid House, Passenger 57) is 47.

 

Actor Doug McKeon (On Golden Pond, Turnaround, Breaking Home Ties, Mischief) is 46.

 

Figure skater Tara Lipinski (Olympic gold medalist, Nagano, Japan, 1998) is 30.

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June 9 Notable Birthdays

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Actor Joe Santos (The Rockford Files, The Panic in Needle Park, Shamus, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, Blue Thunder) is 81.

 

Comedian – actor Jackie Mason (Jacob Moshe Maza; Chicken Soup, The World According to Me, The Jerk) is 76.

 

Sportscaster and basketball analyst Dick Vitale (ABC, ESPN; author: Time Out, Baby!) is 73.

 

Author Patricia Cornwell (Kay Scarpetta series) is 56.

 

Actor Michael J. Fox (Back to the Future, The Secret of My Success, Bright Lights Big City, Doc Hollywood, Greedy, For Love or Money, Family Ties) is 51.

 

Actor Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean series, Arizona Dreams, Nick of Time, Dead Man, Ed Wood, Donnie Brasco, Don Juan DeMarco, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape) is 49.

 

Actress Gloria Reuben (ER, Timecop, Shaft) is 48.

 

Actress Natalie Portman (Mars Attacks!, The Prince of Egypt, Black Swan) is 31.

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June 8 Notable Birthdays

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Former  First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush is 87.

 

Actor – comedian Jerry Stiller (Seinfeld, The King of Queens, Hairspray, Tattingers) is 85.

 

Comedienne – author Joan Rivers (Joan Alexandra Molinsky) is 79.

 

Actor Bernie Casey (Roots: The Next Generation, The Bay City Blues, In the Mouth of Madness, Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Rent-A- Cop, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Backfire) is 73.

 

Singer Nancy Sinatra (These Boots Are Made For Walkin’, Sugar Town, Somethin’ Stupid) is 72.

 

Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 70.

 

Actor – musician Don Grady (Agrati; My Three Sons, Mickey Mouse Club) is 68.

 

Singer – songwriter – guitarist Boz (William) Scaggs (Lowdown, Lido Shuffle, Miss Sun, Look What You’ve Done to Me) is 68.

 

Writer Sara Paretsky (Burn Marks, Killing Orders) is 65.

 

Actress Kathy Baker (Picket Fences, Edward Scissorhands, Mad Dog and Glory, The Right Stuff) is 62.

 

Singer Bonnie Tyler (Total Eclipse of the Heart, It’s a Heartache) is 61.

 

Actor Griffin Dunne (The Android Affair, Quiz Show, Love Matters, Straight Talk, Big Blue) is 57.

 

Actor – writer – producer – director Keenan Ivory Wayans (In Living Color, A Low Down Dirty Shame, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka, Hollywood Shuffle) is 54.

 

Singer Mick ‘Red’ Hucknall (Simply Red) is 52.

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Keyboardist Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 50.

 

Actress Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife, ER, The Newton Boys) is 46.

 

Actor Dan Futterman (Judging Amy, The Fisher King, Big Girls Don’t Cry… They Get Even) is 45.

 

Actress Kelli Williams (The Practice, Zapped Again!, Switched at Birth) is 42.

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June 7 Notable Birthdays

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Singer Tom Jones (It’s Not Unusual, She’s a Lady, What’s New Pussycat?, I’ll Never Fall in Love Again, Without Love, Delilah, Love Me Tonight, Green Green Grass of Home, Sex Bomb) is 72.

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Poet Nikki Giovanni (The Women and the Men, My House) is 69.

 

Actor Ken Osmond (Leave It to Beaver, High School U.S.A.) is 69.

 

Actor Liam Neeson (Excalibur, The Dead Pool, Ethan Frome, Schindler’s List, Rob Roy) is 60.

 

Singer – songwriter – guitarist – music producer Prince (Prince Rogers Nelson; I Wanna be Your Lover, When Doves Cry, Let’s Go Crazy, Purple Rain, Raspberry Beret, Kiss) is 54.

 

Actress Gia Carides (Primary Colors, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, A Secret Affair) is 48.

 

Guitarist David M. Navarro (Jane’s Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 45.

 

Hockey player Mike Modano (Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars) is 42.

 

Tennis champion Anna Kournikova is 31.

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June 6 Notable Birthdays

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NASA astronaut David R. Scott (Gemini 8, Apollo 9 Command Module pilot, walked and drove first Lunar Rover on the moon as commander of Apollo 15) is 80.

 

Actress Billie Whitelaw (Frenzy, The Dressmaker, The Secret Garden, The Omen, Masterpiece Theatre) is 80.

 

Civil rights leader Roy Innis, National Chairman of Congress of Racial Equality [CORE], is 78.

 

Singer Gary “U.S.” Bonds (Quarter to Three, New Orleans, Rendezvous, Come on Let’s Go) is 73.

 

Bass guitarist – singer Peter Albin (Big Brother and The Holding Company) is 68.

 

Actor Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street series, Hustle, A Star is Born) is 65.

 

Actor – playwright Harvey Fierstein (Torch Song Trilogy; Mrs. Doubtfire, Bullets Over Broadway) is 60.

 

Actress – comedienne Sandra Bernhard (Roseanne, The Richard Pryor Show, Comedy Central: The A-List, The Late Shift, Hudson Hawk) is 57.

 

Tennis champion Bjorn Borg (French Open [1974-1975, 1978-1981], Wimbledon [1976-1980]) is 56.

 

Actress Amanda Pays (Exposure, Dead on the Money, Leviathan, Off Limits) is 53.

Guitarist Steve Vai (David Lee Roth Band) is 52.

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June 5 Notable Birthdays

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Actor – singer Bill Hayes (The Ballad of Davy Crockett; Days of Our Lives) is 87.

 

Journalist – author Bill Moyers (CBS News, PBS: Bill Moyers Journal) is 78.

 

Author Ken Follett (The Eye of the Needle, On Wings of Eagles) is 63.

 

Finance expert Suze Orman is 61.

 

Jazz musician Kenny G. is 56.

 

Actor Mark Wahlberg (Renaissance Man, Boogie Nights, The Basketball Diaries) is 41.

 

Actor Chad Allen (St. Elsewhere, Webster, Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman) is 38.

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