These celebrities have birthdays this week.
Dec. 5
Author Calvin Trillin is 89. Opera singer Jose Carreras is 78. Musician Jim Messina is 77. Golf Hall of Famer Lanny Wadkins is 75. Football Hall of Famer Art Monk is 67. Country singer Gary Allan is 57.
Dec. 6
Actor JoBeth Williams is 76. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is 72. Actor Tom Hulce is 71. Comedian Steven Wright is 69. Rock musician Peter Buck (R.E.M.) is 68. Animator Nick Park is 66.
Dec. 7
Linguist and political philosopher Noam Chomsky is 96. Actor Ellen Burstyn is 92. Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench is 77. Singer-songwriter Tom Waits is 75. Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) is 72. Basketball Hall of Famer Larry Bird is 68. Actor Jeffrey Wright is 59. Actor C. Thomas Howell is 58.
Dec. 8
Singer Jerry Butler is 85. Actor Mary Woronov (“Eating Raoul,” “The Munsters” films) is 81. Actor Kim Basinger is 71. Actor Teri Hatcher is 60.
Dec. 9
Actor Judi Dench is 90. Actor Beau Bridges is 82. Actor Michael Nouri is 79. Singer Joan Armatrading is 74. Actor John Malkovich is 71. Singer Donny Osmond is 67. Actor Felicity Huffman (“Desperate Housewives,” ″Sports Night”) is 62.
Dec. 10
Actor Fionnula Flanagan (“Waking Ned Devine”) is 83. Actor-singer Gloria Loring is 78. Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 73. Actor Susan Dey is 72. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is 64. TV chef Bobby Flay is 60. Singer-guitarist J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. is 59. Drummer Meg White of The White Stripes is 50.
Dec. 11
Actor Rita Moreno is 93. Actor Donna Mills (“Knots Landing”) is 84. Actor Lynda Day George (TV’s “Mission: Impossible”) is 80. Singer Brenda Lee is 80. Actor Bess Armstrong is 71. Bassist Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue is 66. Bassist David Schools of Widespread Panic is 60.
