Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5
Aug. 30: Actor Elizabeth Ashley (“Evening Shade”) is 87. Actor John Kani (“Black Panther”) is 84. Cartoonist R. Crumb is 83. Comedian Lewis Black (“The Daily Show”) is 78. Actor Timothy Bottoms (film’s “The Last Picture Show,” TV’s “The Paper Chase”) is 75. Jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright is 69. Actor Michael Chiklis (“The Fantastic Four,” ″The Shield”) is 63. Actor Michael Michele (“ER,” ″Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 60. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 55. Guitarist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid is 55. Actor Cameron Diaz is 54. TV personality Lisa Ling (“The View”) is 53. Singer-guitarist Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish is 52. Actor Raul Castillo (“Looking”) is 49. Actor Michael Gladis (“Reckless,” “Mad Men”) 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 (“Quantico”) 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 (“Fences,” ″Manchester by the Sea”) is 77. Drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s 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 (“Nash Bridges”) 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 (“A Christmas Story,” “Titus”) is 56. Actor Chris Tucker (“Rush Hour”) is 54. Actor Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) 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 (“Gilmore Girls”) is 63. Country singer-songwriter Charlie Robison is 62. DJ Spigg Nice of Lost Boyz is 56. Actor Ricardo Antonio Chavira (“Desperate Housewives”) is 55. Actor Maury Sterling (“Homeland”) is 55. Actor Scott Speedman (“Felicity”) is 51. Singer Angaleena Presley of Pistol Annies is 50. Actor Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”) is 45. Actor Zoe Lister-Jones (“Life in Pieces,” “New Girl”) is 44. Guitarist Joe Trohman of Fall Out Boy is 42. Actor Aisling Loftus (“Mr. Selfridge”) 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 (“Happy Days,” “Matlock”) 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 (“One Life to Live”) is 60. Actor Cynthia Watros (“Lost,” “Titus”) is 58. Singer K-Ci of K-Ci and JoJo is 57. Actor Nicholas Pinnock (“For Life”) is 53. Comedian Katt Williams (“Norbit”) is 53. Actor Michael Lombardi (“Rescue Me”) is 52. Actor Tiffany Hines (“Nikita,” “Bones”) is 49. Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit is 49. Actor Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”) is 47. Actor Joshua Henry (“Hamilton”) is 42. Actor Allison Miller (“A Million Little Things”) 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 (“The Sopranos”) is 69. Actor Holt McCallany (“Lights Out,” ″CSI: Miami”) is 62. Guitarist Todd Lewis of The Toadies is 61. Actor Costas Mandylor (“Picket Fences”) is 61. Actor Charlie Sheen is 61. Singer Jennifer Paige is 53. Musician Redfoo of LMFAO is 51. Actor Ashley Jones (“True Blood”) is 50. Actor Nichole Hiltz (“In Plain Sight”) is 48. Actor Joel Johnstone (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) is 48. Actor Nick Wechsler (“Revenge,” “Roswell”) is 48. Guitarist Tomo Milicevic of 30 Seconds to Mars is 47. Actor Garrett Hedlund (“Tron”) is 42. Singer August Alsina is 34.
Sept. 4: Singer Sonny Charles of the Checkmates, Ltd. is 86. Actor Kenneth Kimmins (“Coach”) is 85. Singer Merald “Bubba” Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 84. TV personality Dr. Jan (“The Incredible Dr. Pol”) is 84. Actor Jennifer Salt (“Soap”) is 82. Actor Judith Ivey is 75. Drummer Martin Chambers of The Pretenders is 75. Actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (“Welcome Back, Kotter”) is 73. Actor Khandi Alexander (“ER,” ″NewsRadio”) is 69. Guitarist Kim Thayil of Soundgarden is 66. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 66. Actor Richard Speight Jr. (“The Agency”) is 57. Actor Noah Taylor (2005′s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Game of Thrones”) 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 (“American Beauty”) is 48. Actor Max Greenfield (“The Neighborhood,” “New Girl”) is 47. Country singer Granger Smith is 47. Singer Dan Miller of O-Town is 46. Singer Beyoncé is 45. Singer-guitarist Tom Gossin of Gloriana is 45. Actor Whitney Cummings (“Whitney”) is 44. Comedian Kyle Mooney (“Saturday Night Live”) is 42. Multi-instrumentalist Neyla Pekarek (The Lumineers) is 40. Singer James Bay is 36. Actor Trevor Gagnon (“The New Adventures of Old Christine”) is 31.
Sept. 5: Broadway actor Carol Lawrence is 94. Actor Lucille Soong (“Fresh Off the Boat”) is 91. Actor William Devane (“Jesse Stone,” “Knots Landing”) is 87. Actor George Lazenby is 87. Singer Al Stewart is 81. Actor-director Dennis Dugan (“Big Daddy,” “Happy Gilmore”) is 80. Singer Loudon Wainwright III is 80. Saxophonist Mel Collins of King Crimson and of Kokomo is 79. Cartoonist Cathy Guisewite (“Cathy”) is 76. Actor Michael Keaton is 75. Actor Debbie Turner (“The Sound of Music”) is 70. Actor Kristian Alfonso (“Days of Our Lives”) 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 (“Game of Thrones”) is 50. Keyboardist Kyle O’Quin of Portugal. The Man is 41. Actor Andrew Ducote (“Dave’s World”) is 40. Actor-turned-political adviser Skandar Keynes (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 35.
