Las Vegas Sun

April 15, 2024

Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 2-8:

Sept. 2: Actor Meinhardt Raabe (Munchkin coroner in "The Wizard of Oz") is 92. Dancer-actress Marge Champion is 88. Jazz pianist Horace Silver is 79. Singer Sam Gooden of the Impressions is 68. Singer Jimmy Clanton is 67. Singer-turned-minister Joe Simon is 64. Singer Rosalind Ashford of Martha and the Vandellas is 64. Sportscaster Terry Bradshaw is 59. Actor Mark Harmon is 56. Actress Linda Purl is 52. Drummer Jerry Augustyniak of 10,000 Maniacs is 49. Country drummer Paul Deakin of the Mavericks is 48. Actor Keanu Reeves is 43. Actress Salma Hayek is 41. Actress Cynthia Watros ("Lost," "Titus") is 39. Singer K-Ci of K-Ci and JoJo is 38. Bassist Sam Rivers of Limp Bizkit is 30. Drummer Spencer Smith of Panic! At The Disco is 20.

Sept. 3: Actress Helen Wagner ("As The World Turns") is 89. Country singer Hank Thompson is 82. Actress Anne Jackson is 81. Country singer Tompall Glaser is 74. Actress Pauline Collins is 67. Singer-guitarist Al Jardine (Beach Boys) is 65. Actress Valerie Perrine is 64. Drummer Donald Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad is 59. Guitarist Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols is 52. Actor Costas Mandylor ("Picket Fences") is 42. Actor Charlie Sheen is 42. Singer Jennifer Paige is 34. Actor Nick Wechsler ("Roswell") is 29.

Sept. 4: Radio personality Paul Harvey is 89. Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 76. Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 65. Actress Jennifer Salt ("Soap") is 63. Bassist Ronald LaPread (the Commodores) is 57. Actress Judith Ivey is 56. Drummer Martin Chambers of the Pretenders is 56. Actress Khandi Alexander ("ER," "NewsRadio") is 50. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 47. Guitarist Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) is 47. Actress Ione Skye is 36. Actor Wes Bentley ("American Beauty") is 29. Singer Beyonce Knowles (Destiny's Child) is 26. Actor Trevor Gagnon ("The New Adventures of Old Christine") is 12.

Sept. 5: Comedian-actor Bob Newhart is 78. Actor George Lazenby is 68. Actor William Devane is 68. Actress Raquel Welch is 67. Singer Al Stewart is 62. Drummer Buddy Miles is 61. Singer Loudon Wainwright III is 61. Actor Michael Keaton is 56. Drummer Jamie Oldaker of the Tractors is 56. Singer Terry Ellis of En Vogue is 41. Drummer Brad Wilk of Audioslave (and Rage Against the Machine) is 39. TV personality-musician Dweezil Zappa is 38. Actress Rose McGowan is 33. Actor Andrew Ducote ("Dave's World") is 21.

Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 70. Country singer David Allen Coe is 68. Country singer Mel McDaniel is 65. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 64. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 63. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 60. Country singer Buddy Miller is 55. Country drummer Joe Smyth of Sawyer Brown is 50. Actor-comedian Jeff Foxworthy is 49. Actor-comedian Michael Winslow ("Police Academy") is 49. Guitarist Pal Waaktaar of A-ha is 46. Country singer Mark Chesnutt is 44. Actress Rosie Perez is 43. Singer CeCe Peniston is 38. Singer Darryl Anthony of Az Yet is 38. Singer Macy Gray is 37. Singer Dolores O'Riordan (the Cranberries) is 36. Actor Justin Whalin ("Lois and Clark") is 33. Singer Nina Persson of the Cardigans is 33. Actress Naomie Harris ("Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest") is 31. Rapper Foxy Brown is 28.

Sept. 7: Pianist Arthur Ferrante is 86. Jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins is 77. Actor John Phillip Law is 70. Singer Alfa Anderson of Chic is 61. Singer Gloria Gaynor is 58. Singer Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders is 56. Actress Julie Kavner ("The Simpsons") is 56. Actor Corbin Bernsen is 53. Keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is 53. Pianist Michael Feinstein is 51. Singer Margot Chapman (Starland Vocal Band) is 50. Saxophonist Leroi Moore of the Dave Matthews Band is 46. Actor W. Earl Brown ("Deadwood") is 44. Model Angie Everhart is 38. Actor Tom Everett Scott ("ER," "That Thing You Do!") is 37. Drummer Chad Sexton of 311 is 37. Actress Shannon Elizabeth ("American Pie") is 34. Actor Devon Sawa ("Slackers," "Final Destination") is 29. Actress Evan Rachel Wood ("The Upside of Anger," "Thirteen") is 20.

Sept. 8: Comedian Sid Caesar is 85. Ventriloquist Willie Tyler (with Lester) is 67. Actor Alan Feinstein is 66. Actress Heather Thomas is 50. Singer Aimee Mann is 47. Bassist David Steele of Fine Young Cannibals is 47. Singer Neko Case is 37. Actor David Arquette is 36. Actor Henry Thomas ("E.T.") is 36. Actor Martin Freeman (BBC's "The Office," "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy") is 36. Drummer Richard Hughes of Keane is 32. Actor Larenz Tate is 32. Singer Pink is 28. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas ("Home Improvement") is 26.

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