Celebrity Birthdays for July 6:
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 90.
Singer Gene Chandler is 88.
Country singer Jeannie Seely is 85.
Actor Burt Ward ("Batman") is 80.
Richard Elswit, guitarist with Dr. Hook, is 80.
Former NFL player-turned actor-director Fred Dryer is 79.
Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 79.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush is 79.
Actress Shelley Hack is 78.
Actress Nathalie Baye is 78.
Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Brad Park is 77.
Former CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge is 77.
Actress Allyce Beasley ("Moonlighting") is 74.
Actor Geoffrey Rush is 74.
Actor Grant Goodeve ("Eight is Enough") is 73.
Jazz trumpeter Rick Braun is 70.
Actor Casey Sander is 69.
Country musician John Jorgenson is 69.
Actress Jennifer Saunders ("Absolutely Fabulous") is 67.
Drummer John Keeble of Spandau Ballet is 66.
Actor Brian Posehn is 59.
Actor Robb Derringer ("Days of Our Lives") is 58.
"CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson is 57.
Actor Brian Van Holt is 56.
Rapper Inspectah Deck of Wu-Tang Clan is 55.
NBC Sports correspondent and former "Good Morning America" host Josh Elliott is 54.
Pop singer Isabelle Boulay is 53.
Rapper 50 Cent (born Curtis Jackson) is 50.
Actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry ("Sister, Sister") are 47.
Comedian-actor Kevin Hart is 46.
Singer Nic Chester (Jet) is 46.
Actress Eva Green is 45.
Actor Gregory Smith is 42.
Drummer Chris Wood of Bastille is 40.
Rock singer Kate Nash is 38.
Actor Jeremy Suarez ("Bernie Mac") is 35.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1910, lyric soprano Dorothy Kirsten. (Nov. 18, 1992)
In 1911, singer Laverne Andrews (The Andrews Sisters). (May 8, 1967)
In 1921, former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan. (March 6, 2016)
In 1922, actor William Schallert ("The Patty Duke Show"). (May 8, 2016)
In 1924, big band drummer Louie Bellson. (Feb. 14, 2009)
In 1925, singer Bill Haley. (Feb. 9, 1981)
In 1925, TV host/singer Merv Griffin. (Aug. 12, 2007)
In 1927, actress Janet Leigh. (Oct. 3, 2004)
In 1927, comedian Pat Paulsen. (April 24, 1997)
In 1927, musician-composer Delores Claman ("The Hockey Theme"). (July 17, 2021)
In 1930, Hockey Hall-of-Famer George Armstrong. (Jan. 24, 2021)
In 1931, actress-gospel singer Della Reese. (Nov. 19, 2017)
In 1936, Irish comedian Dave Allen. (March 10, 2005)
In 1937, actor Ned Beatty. (June 13, 2021)
In 1942, singer Izora Rhodes Armstead (The Weather Girls). (Sept. 16, 2004)
In 1949, jazz and R&B singer Phyllis Hyman. (June 30, 1995)
In 1953, singer Nanci Griffith. (Aug. 13, 2021)
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