These celebrities have birthdays this week:
Feb. 6
Actor Mike Farrell is 86. Former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is 85. Singer Fabian is 82. Filmmaker Jim Sheridan is 76. Actor-director Robert Townsend is 68. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) is 63. Singer Rick Astley is 59.
Feb. 7
Author Gay Talese is 93. Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., is 73. Actor James Spader is 65. Country singer Garth Brooks is 63. Actor-comedian Eddie Izzard is 63. Actor-comedian Chris Rock is 60.
Feb. 8
Composer-conductor John Williams is 93. Broadcast journalist Ted Koppel is 85. Actor Nick Nolte is 84. Comedian Robert Klein is 83. Actor Mary Steenburgen is 72. Author John Grisham is 70. Rock singer Vince Neil (Mötley Crüe) is 64.
Feb. 9
Actor Janet Suzman is 86. Actor-turned-politician Sheila James Kuehl (“The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”) is 84. Singer Carole King is 83. Singer Barbara Lewis is 82. Actor Joe Pesci is 82. Author Alice Walker (“The Color Purple”) is 81. Actor Mia Farrow is 80. Country singer Travis Tritt is 62.
Feb. 10
Opera singer Leontyne Price is 98. Actor Robert Wagner is 95. Singer Roberta Flack is 88. World Golf Hall of Famer Greg Norman is 70. George Stephanopoulos is 64. Political commentator Glenn Beck is 61. Actor Laura Dern is 58. Actor Elizabeth Banks is 51.
Feb. 11
Singer Jimmy Carter of The Blind Boys of Alabama is 93. Actor Tina Louise (“Gilligan’s Island”) is 91. Actor Philip Anglim (“The Thorn Birds”) is 73. Singer Sheryl Crow is 63. Actor Jennifer Aniston is 56.
Feb. 12
Actor Joe Don Baker is 89. Author Judy Blume is 87. Country singer Moe Bandy is 81. Guitarist Steve Hackett (Genesis) is 75. Actor Michael Ironside is 75. Singer Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers) is 73. Actor-talk show host Arsenio Hall is 69.
