Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 3-9

By The Associated Press

July 3: Jazz clarinetist Pete Fountain is 86. Actor Michael Cole (“The Mod Squad”) is 76. Singer Judith Durham of The Seekers is 73. Actor Kurtwood Smith (“That 70s Show”) is 73. Country singer Johnny Lee is 70. Writer Dave Barry is 69. Actress Betty Buckley is 69. Guitarist-singer Paul Barrere of Little Feat is 68. Talk-show host Montel Williams is 60. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 58. Actor Tom Cruise is 54. Actor Thomas Gibson is 54. Actress Hunter Tylo is 54. Actress Connie Nielsen is 52. Actress Yeardley Smith (“The Simpsons”) is 52. TV chef Sandra Lee is 50. Singer Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler of Digable Planets is 47. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 47. Actress-singer Audra McDonald is 46. Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 41. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 37. Actress Olivia Munn is 36. Singer Elle King is 27. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer (“Oliver Beene”) is 25. Actress Kelsey Batelaan (“Nip/Tuck”) is 21.

July 4: Actress Eva Marie Saint is 92. Actress Gina Lollobrigida is 89. Singer Bill Withers is 78. TV talk-show host Geraldo Rivera is 73. Percussionist Ralph Johnson of Earth, Wind and Fire is 65. Percussionist Domingo Ortiz of Widespread Panic is 64. Singer John Waite is 61. Guitarist Kirk Pengilly of INXS is 58. Steel guitarist Teddy Carr (Ricochet) is 56. DJ Zonka (Big Audio Dynamite) is 54. Singer Michael Sweet of Stryper is 53. Bassist Matt Malley (Counting Crows) is 53. Actor Tracy Letts is 51. Actor-comedian Al Madrigal (“Gary Unmarried,” ”The Daily Show”) is 45. Actor John Lloyd Young (“Jersey Boys”) is 41. Singer Stephen “Ste” McNally of BBMak is 38. Reality star Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino (“Jersey Shore”) is 34. Singer Melanie Fiona is 33.

July 5: Actress Katherine Helmond (“Who’s the Boss,” ”Soap”) is 87. Actress Shirley Knight is 80. Musician Robbie Robertson is 73. Singer Huey Lewis is 66. Actress Edie Falco is 53. Actress Kathryn Erbe (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent”) is 51. Rapper RZA is 47. Singer Joe is 43. Drummer Bengt Lagerberg of The Cardigans is 43. Rapper Bizarre of D12 is 40. Singer Jason Wade of Lifehouse is 36. Musician Dave Haywood of Lady Antebellum is 34. Bassist Nick O’Malley of Arctic Monkeys is 31.

July 6: Actress-singer Della Reese is 85. Actor Ned Beatty is 79. Singer Gene Chandler is 76. Actor Burt Ward (“Batman”) is 71. Actor Fred Dryer is 70. Actor Sylvester Stallone is 70. Actor Geoffrey Rush is 65. Actor Grant Goodeve (“Eight is Enough”) is 64. Singer Nanci Griffith is 63. Actress Jennifer Saunders (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is 58. Drummer John Keeble of Spandau Ballet is 57. Actor Brian Posehn (“Just Shoot Me”) is 50. Rapper Inspectah Deck of Wu-Tang Clan is 46. Rapper 50 Cent is 41. Actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry are 38. Comedian Kevin Hart is 37. Drummer Chris Wood of Bastille is 31. Actor Jeremy Suarez (“Bernie Mac”) is 26.

July 7: Bandleader Doc Severinsen is 89. Drummer Ringo Starr is 76. Singer-guitarist Warren Entner of the Grass Roots is 73. Actor Joe Spano is 70. Singer David Hodo (the construction worker) of The Village People is 69. Country singer Linda Williams is 69. Actress Shelley Duvall is 67. Actress Roz Ryan (“Amen”) is 65. Actor Billy Campbell is 57. Bassist Mark White of the Spin Doctors is 54. Comedian Jim Gaffigan is 50. Bassist Ricky Kinchen of Mint Condition is 50. Actress Amy Carlson (“Blue Bloods”) is 48. Actress Jorja Fox (“CSI”) is 48. Actor Hamish Linklater is 40. Rapper Cassidy is 34. Drummer Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds to Summer) is 22. Country singer Maddie Marlow of Maddie and Tae is 21.

July 8: Singer Steve Lawrence is 81. Actor Jeffrey Tambor is 72. Children’s singer Raffi is 68. Actress Anjelica Huston is 65. Actor Kevin Bacon is 58. Country singer Toby Keith is 55. Guitarist Graham Jones of Haircut 100 is 55. Keyboardist Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode is 55. Singer Joan Osborne is 54. Actor Rocky Carroll (“NCIS”) is 53. Actor Billy Crudup is 48. Actor Michael Weatherly is 48. Singer Beck is 46. Country singer Drew Womack of Sons of the Desert is 46. Guitarist Stephen Mason of Jars of Clay is 41. Actor Milo Ventimiglia is 39. Actress Sophia Bush is 34. Guitarist Jamie Cook of Arctic Monkeys is 31. Actor Jaden Smith (“The Pursuit of Happyness”) is 18.

July 9: Singer-actor Ed Ames of The Ames Brothers is 89. Actor Brian Dennehy is 78. Actor Richard Roundtree is 74. Actor Chris Cooper is 65. Singer Debbie Sledge of Sister Sledge is 62. Actor Jimmy Smits is 61. Actor Tom Hanks is 60. Singer Marc Almond of Soft Cell is 59. Actress Kelly McGillis is 59. Singer Jim Kerr of Simple Minds is 57. Singer Courtney Love is 52. Bassist Frank Bello of Anthrax is 51. Drummer Xavier Muriel of Buckcherry is 48. Musician Jack White is 41. Musician Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse) is 41. Actor Fred Savage is 40. Singer Dan Estrin of Hoobastank is 40. Singer-actress Kiely Williams of 3LW (“Cheetah Girls” films) is 30. Actor Mitchel Musso (“Hannah Montana”) is 25. Actress Georgie Henley (“The Chronicles of Narnia”) is 21.

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