These celebrities have birthdays this week:
May 8
Singer Toni Tennille is 85. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 83. Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett is 80. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club is 74. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 72. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 50. Singer Joe Bonamassa is 48.
May 9
Producer-director James L. Brooks is 88. Guitarist Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and The Crickets is 88. Singer Tommy Roe is 83. Singer-guitarist Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) is 81. Actor Candice Bergen is 79. Musician Billy Joel is 76.
May 10
Actor David Clennon (“thirtysomething”) is 82. Singer Donovan is 79. Singer Dave Mason is 79. Sports anchor Chris Berman is 70. Singer Bono of U2 is 65. Actor Kenan Thompson (“Saturday Night Live,” ″Kenan and Kel”) is 47.
May 11
Singer Eric Burdon (The Animals, War) is 84. Actor Pam Ferris (“Call the Midwife”) is 77. Actor Frances Fisher (“Resurrection,” ″Titanic”) is 73. Former MTV VJ Martha Quinn is 66. Actor Tim Blake Nelson (“Lincoln,” ″O Brother, Where Art Thou?”) is 61.
May 12
Actor Millie Perkins (“Knots Landing”) is 89. Singer Jayotis Washington of The Persuasions is 84. Singer Steve Winwood is 77. Singer Billy Squier is 75. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 75. Actor Ving Rhames is 66. Actor Emilio Estevez is 63.
May 13
Actor Buck Taylor (“Gunsmoke,” ″Gods and Generals”) is 87. Actor Harvey Keitel is 86. Musician Stevie Wonder is 75. Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 59. Actor Robert Pattinson is 39.
May 14
Guitarist Gene Cornish of The Rascals is 81. Movie director-producer George Lucas is 81. Actor Meg Foster (“Cagney and Lacey”) is 78. Director Robert Zemeckis (“Forrest Gump,” ″Back to the Future”) is 74. Musician David Byrne (Talking Heads) is 73. Actor Cate Blanchett is 56.
