AP News, January 24th, 2008
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 27-Feb. 2:
Jan. 27: Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland is 78. Actor James Cromwell ("Babe") is 68. Drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is 63. Singer Nedra Talley of The Ronettes is 62. Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov is 60. Country singer Cheryl White of The Whites is 53. Actress Mimi Rogers is 52. Guitarist Janick Gers of Iron Maiden is 51. Singer Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 47. Keyboardist Gillian Gilbert (New Order) is 47. Actress Bridget Fonda is 44. Actor Alan Cumming ("Spy Kids") is 43. Singer Mike Patton (Faith No More) is 40. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 40. Rapper Tricky is 40. Actor Josh Randall ("Ed") is 36.
Jan. 28: Actor Nicholas Pryor ("Risky Business") is 73. Actor Alan Alda is 72. Actress Susan Howard ("Dallas") is 66. Marthe Keller ("Marathon Man") is 63. Actress Barbi Benton is 58. Guitarist Dave Sharp of The Alarm is 49. Singer Sam Phillips is 46. Guitarist Dan Spitz of Anthrax is 45. Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan is 40. Rap artist DJ Muggs with Cypress Hill is 40. Rapper Rakim is 40. Actress Kathryn Morris ("Cold Case") is 39. Singer Anthony Hamilton is 37. Keyboardist Brandon Bush of Train is 35. Singer Joey Fatone of 'N Sync is 31. Singer Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys is 28. Actor Elijah Wood ("The Lord of the Rings") is 27.
Jan. 29: Actor John Forsythe is 90. Actor-singer Noel Harrison is 74. Actress Katharine Ross is 68. Actor Tom Selleck is 63. Singer Bettye LaVette is 62. Actor Marc Singer is 60. Actress Ann Jillian is 58. Drummer Tommy Ramone of The Ramones is 56. Drummer Louie Perez of Los Lobos is 55. Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is 54. Actress Diane Delano ("The Ellen Show," "Northern Exposure") is 51. Actress Judy Norton Taylor ("The Waltons") is 50. Guitarist Johnny Spampinato of NRBQ is 49. Bassist Eddie Jackson of Queensryche is 47. Actor Nicholas Turturro ("NYPD Blue") is 46. Director-actor Ed Burns is 40. Actress Heather Graham is 38. Actor Sharif Atkins ("ER") is 33. Actress Sara Gilbert ("ER," "Roseanne") is 33. Actor Andrew Keegan ("Party of Five") is 29. Guitarist Jonny Lang is 27.
Jan. 30: Comedian Dick Martin is 86. Actor Gene Hackman is 78. Actress Tammy Grimes is 74. Actress Vanessa Redgrave is 71. Country singer Jeanne Pruett is 71. Singer Marty Balin of Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship is 66. Horn player William King of The Commodores is 59. Musician Phil Collins is 57. Actor Charles S. Dutton ("Roc") is 57. Comedian Brett Butler ("Grace Under Fire") is 50. Singer Jody Watley is 49. Country singer Tammy Cochran is 36. Actor Christian Bale is 34. Singer Josh Kelley is 28. Actor Wilmer Valderrama ("That '70s Show") is 28. Actor Jake Thomas ("Lizzie McGuire," "AI") is 18.
Jan. 31: Actress Carol Channing is 87. Actress Jean Simmons is 79. Actor Stuart Margolin ("The Rockford Files") is 68. Actress Jessica Walter ("Arrested Development") is 67. Singer Harry Wayne Casey of KC and the Sunshine Band is 57. Singer Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols is 52. Actor Anthony LaPaglia ("Without a Trace," "Murder One") is 49. Actress Kelly Lynch is 49. Singer-guitarist Lloyd Cole is 47. Actor John Dye ("Touched By An Angel") is 45. Guitarist Jeff Hanneman of Slayer is 44. Bassist Al Jaworski of Jesus Jones is 42. Actress Minnie Driver is 38. Actress Portia de Rossi ("Arrested Development," "Ally McBeal") is 35. Actress Kerry Washington ("Ray") is 31. Singer Justin Timberlake is 27.
Feb. 1: Actor Stuart Whitman is 80. Actor-comedian Garrett Morris is 71. Singer Don Everly of The Everly Brothers is 71. Singer Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show is 71. Actor Sherman Hemsley is 70. Jazz pianist Joe Sample is 69. Bluegrass singer Del McCoury is 69. Actor-writer-director Terry Jones (Monty Python) is 66. Guitarist Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 54. Country keyboardist Dwayne Dupuy of Ricochet is 43. Actress Sherilyn Fenn is 43. Singer Lisa Marie Presley is 40. Comedian Pauly Shore is 40. Drummer Patrick Wilson of Weezer is 39. Actor Michael C. Hall ("Dexter," "Six Feet Under") is 37. Rapper Big Boi of Outkast is 33.
Feb. 2: Actress Elaine Stritch is 82. Actor Robert Mandan ("Soap," "Three's A Crowd") is 76. Comedian Tom Smothers is 71. Singer Graham Nash is 66. Actor Bo Hopkins is 66. Singer Howard Bellamy of the Bellamy Brothers is 62. Actress Farrah Fawcett is 61. Actor Brent Spiner ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 59. Bassist Ross Valory of Journey is 59. Model Christie Brinkley is 54. Actor Michael Talbott ("Miami Vice") is 53. Actress Kim Zimmer ("Guiding Light") is 53. Bassist Robert DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots is 42. Drummer Ben Mize of Counting Crows is 37. Singer Shakira is 31.
