Category Archives: Birthdays

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Pat Summerall, TV sportscaster and former football player (New York Giants kicker), is 82.

Playwright Arthur L. Kopit (Hands of a Stranger, The Phantom of the Opera, Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-up) is 75.

Writer – director Jim Abrahams (Hot Shots! series, Big Business, Top Secret!, Police Squad) is 68.

Singer – songwriter – guitarist Dave Mason (Traffic, Jimi Hendrix) is 66.

Jazz guitarist Jimmy Ponder (Smokin’, Mama Roots, Infant Eyes) is 66.

Actress Meg Foster (Undercover, Lady in Waiting, To Catch a Killer, They Live, The Emerald Forest, Carny) is 64.

Singer Bono (U2; real name: Paul Hewson) is 52.

Actor Jason Brooks (Days of Our Lives, Baywatch) is 46.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Albert Finney (Tom Jones, Shoot the Moon, Annie, The Dresser, Murder on the Orient Express) is 76.

Actress Glenda Jackson (Women in Love, A Touch of Class) is 76.

Guitarist Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly & The Crickets; solo artist) is 75.

Writer – producer – director James L. Brooks (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, Terms of Endearment, I’ll Do Anything, Broadcast News) is 72.

Actress Candice Bergen (Murphy Brown, Starting Over, Boston Legal) is 66.

Singer – songwriter – piano player Billy Joel (Just the Way You Are, My Life, You May be Right, It’s Still Rock ’n’ Roll to Me, Allentown, Goodnight Saigon, Tell Her about It, Uptown Girl, Piano Man) is 63.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sFlBJ1Jk3w

Bass guitarist – singer Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 62.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Author – naturalist David Attenborough (Life on Earth, Trials of Life) is 86.

Comedian – actor Don Rickles (Kelly’s Heroes, CPO Sharkey, Beach Blanket Bingo) is 86.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SXE2iqbXxfk#t=16s

Author Thomas Pynchon (V., Slow Learner: Early Stories) is 75.

Singer Toni Tennille (Captain & Tenille) is 72.

Actor James Mitchum (In Harm’s Way, Code Name: Zebra, Hollywood Cop) is 71.

Drummer Alex Van Halen (Van Halen) is 59.

Actor David Keith (The Great Santini, Take This Job & Shove It, An Officer and a Gentleman) is 58.

Actress Melissa Gilbert (Little House on the Prairie, The Miracle Worker, Her Own Rules) is 48.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Writer – producer – director Amy Heckerling (Clueless, Look Who’s Talking series, National Lampoon’s European Vacation, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is 58.

Actor Michael E. Knight (All My Children, Hexed, Date with an Angel) is 53.

If May 6 was your birthday, “Happy Birthday!” and sorry I missed it.

Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays (NY Giants, SF Giants, NY Mets) is 81.

Singer – musician Bob Seger is 67.

Actor Ben Masters (Running Mates, Noble House, All that Jazz, Making Mr. Right) is 65.

Guitarist  Davey Johnstone (for Elton John) is 61.

Actor George Clooney (Bodies of Evidence, ER, From Dusk Till Dawn, Batman & Robin, The Peacemaker, The Thin Red Line) is 51.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Actor Michael Murphy (Clean Slate, Batman Returns, The Year of Living Dangerously, Salvador) is 74.

Actor Lance Henriksen (Powder, Felony, Dead Man, Baja) is 72.

Actor – comedian Michael Palin (Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Life of Brian, Brazil) is 69.

Actor Roger Rees (M.A.N.T.I.S., Cheers, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) is 68.

Drummer Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) is 64.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_6jagv_D4

Actor Richard E. Grant (Jack and Sarah, Cold Light of Day, The Age of Innocence, Bram Stoker’s Dracula) is 55.

Actress Tina Yothers (Family Ties, Laker Girls) is 39.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist George F. Will is 71.

Singer Jackie Jackson (The Jackson Five, The Jacksons) is 61.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRNkZS0oXHs

Singer Randy Travis (Forever and Ever Amen, On the Other Hand, Diggin’ Up Bones) is 53.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgJXbIP83A8

If May 3 was your birthday, “Happy Birthday!” and sorry I’m late.

Folk singer – songwriter Pete Seeger is 93.

Singer Frankie Valli (The Four Seasons) is 75.

Bass guitarist Pete Staples (The Troggs) is 68.

Sports announcer Greg Gumbel is 66.

Folk singer Mary Hopkin (Those Were the Days, Goodbye, Temma Harbour) is 62.

Singer – songwriter Christopher Cross (Arthur’s Theme (Best that You can Do), Sailing, Ride like the Wind) is 61.

Bass guitarist Bruce Hall (REO Speedwagon) is 59.

If today is your birthday, “Happy Birthday!”

Singer Engelbert Humperdinck (After the Lovin’, Release Me, There Goes My Everything, The Last Waltz) is 76.

Organist Goldy McJohn (Steppenwolf) is 67.

Singer Lesley Gore (It’s My Party, Judy’s Turn to Cry, She’s a Fool) is 66.

Singer Larry Gatlin (Gatlin Brothers) is 64.

Singer Lou Gramm (Black Sheep, Foreigner) is 62.