Celebrity birthdays
Oct. 8: Actor Paul Hogan is 67. Singer Fred Cash of The Impressions is 66. Actor-comedian Chevy Chase is 63. Author R.L. Stine ("Goosebumps") is 63. Country singer Susan Raye is 62. TV personality Sarah Purcell is 58. Actress Sigourney Weaver is 57. Singer Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool and the Gang is 56. Singer-guitarist Ricky Lee Phelps (Brothers Phelps, Kentucky Headhunters) is 53. Actor Michael Dudikoff is 52. Comedian Darrell Hammond ("Saturday Night Live") is 51. Actress Stephanie Zimbalist is 50. Singer Steve Perry of Cherry Poppin' Daddies is 43. Singer CeCe Winans is 42. Bassist C.J. Ramone of The Ramones is 41. Singer Teddy Riley is 40. Actress Emily Procter ("CSI: Miami") is 38. Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 36. Singer Byron Reeder of Mista is 27. Actor Nick Cannon ("The Nick Cannon Show," "Drumline") is 26. Actor Angus T. Jones ("Two and a Half Men") is 13.
Oct. 9: Actor Fyvush Finkel ("Boston Public," "Picket Fences") is 84. Singer Jackson Browne is 58. Actor Robert Wuhl ("Arli$$") is 55. Manager-TV personality Sharon Osbourne ("The Osbournes") is 54. Actor Tony Shalhoub ("Monk," "Wings") is 53. Accordion player James Fearnley of The Pogues is 52. Actor Scott Bakula is 52. Actor John O'Hurley ("Dancing With The Stars," "Seinfeld") is 52. Actor Michael Pare ("Eddie and the Cruisers") is 47. Singer-guitarist Kurt Neumann of The BoDeans is 45. Country singer Gary Bennett (BR549) is 42. Singer P.J. Harvey is 37. Actor Steve Burns ("Blues Clues") is 33. Singer Sean Lennon is 31. Actor Zachery Ty Bryan ("Home Improvement") is 25. Actor Tyler James Williams ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 14.
Oct. 10: Actor Peter Coyote is 64. Actor Charles Dance is 60. Singer John Prine is 60. Actor-dancer Ben Vereen is 60. Singer Cyril Neville of The Neville Brothers is 58. Actress Jessica Harper is 57. Singer-guitarist Midge Ure is 53. Country singer Tanya Tucker is 48. Actress Julia Sweeney ("Saturday Night Live") is 47. Actor Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing") is 47. Bassist Martin Kemp (Spandau Ballet) is 45. Guitarist Jim Glennie of James is 43. Drummer Mike Malinin of the Goo Goo Dolls is 39. Actor Mario Lopez ("The Other Half," "Saved By The Bell") is 33. Actress Jodi Lyn O'Keefe ("She's All That," "Nash Bridges") is 28. Singer Mya is 27.
Oct. 11: Actor Ron Leibman is 69. Country singer Gene Watson is 63. Singer Daryl Hall of Hall and Oates is 57. Country singer Paulette Carlson is 53. Actor David Morse ("St. Elsewhere") is 53. Actor Stephen Spinella ("24") is 50. Actress Joan Cusak is 44. Actor-writer Michael J. Nelson ("Mystery Science Theater 3000") is 42. Actor Sean Patrick Flanery is 41. Actor Luke Perry is 40. Actor Jane Krakowski ("Ally McBeal") is 38. Rapper U-God of Wu-Tang Clan is 36. Rapper MC Lyte is 35. Singer NeeNa Lee is 31. Actress Michelle Trachtenberg ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Inspector Gadget") is 21.
Oct. 12: Blues singer Nappy Brown is 77. Comedian-activist Dick Gregory is 74. Singer Sam Moore of Sam and Dave is 71. Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti is 71. News correspondent Chris Wallace is 59. Actress-singer Susan Anton is 56. Singer-guitarist Pat DiNizio of The Smithereens is 51. Actor Carlos Bernard ("24") is 44. Singer Claude McKnight of Take 6 is 44. Actor Hugh Jackman ("The X-Men") is 38. Actor Adam Rich ("Eight Is Enough") is 38. Singer Garfield Bright of Shai is 37. Fiddler Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks is 37. Actor Kirk Cameron is 36.
Oct. 13: Actress Melinda Dillon ("A Christmas Story") is 67. Musician Paul Simon is 65. Actress Pamela Tiffin is 64. Keyboardist Robert Lamm of Chicago is 62. Actor Demond Wilson ("Sanford and Son") is 60. Singer Sammy Hagar is 59. Actor John Lone ("Rush Hour 2") is 54. Model Beverly Johnson is 54. Singer-actress Marie Osmond is 47. Singer Joey Belladonna of Anthrax is 46. Actress T'Keyah Crystal Keymah ("That's So Raven") is 44. Actress Kelly Preston is 44. Country singer John Wiggins is 44. Actress Kate Walsh ("Grey's Anatomy") is 39. Actress Tisha Campbell-Martin ("My Wife and Kids," "Martin") is 38. Singer Carlos Martin of Il Divo is 38. Country singer Rhett Akins is 37. Actor Sacha Baron Cohen ("Da Ali G Show") is 35. Guitarist Jan Van Sichem Junior of K's Choice is 34. Singers Brandon and Brian Casey of Jagged Edge are 31. Singer Ashanti is 26.
Oct. 14: Actor Roger Moore is 79. Country singer Melba Montgomery is 68. Singer Cliff Richard is 66. Singer Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues is 60. Actor Harry Anderson is 54. Actor Greg Evigan ("My Two Dads," "B.J. and the Bear") is 53. Singer Thomas Dolby is 48. Singer Karyn White is 41. Actor Jon Seda ("Homicide: Life On The Street") is 36. Country bassist Doug Virden (Sons of the Desert) is 36. Country singer Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks is 32. Singer Shaznay Lewis of All Saints is 31. Singer Usher is 28.
