Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5
Aug. 30: Actor Elizabeth Ashley (“Evening Shade”) is 87. Actor John Kani (“Black Panther”) is 84. Cartoonist R. Crumb is 83. Comedian Lewis Black (“The Daily Show”) is 78. Actor Timothy Bottoms (film’s “The Last Picture Show,” TV’s “The Paper Chase”) is 75. Jazz saxophonist Gerald Albright is 69. Actor Michael Chiklis (“The Fantastic Four,” ″The Shield”) is 63. Actor Michael Michele (“ER,” ″Homicide: Life on the Street”) is 60. Country singer Sherrie Austin is 55. Guitarist Lars Frederiksen of Rancid is 55. Actor Cameron Diaz is 54. TV personality Lisa Ling (“The View”) is 53. Singer-guitarist Aaron Barrett of Reel Big Fish is 52. Actor Raul Castillo (“Looking”) is 49. Actor Michael Gladis (“Reckless,” “Mad Men”) is 49. Drummer Matt Taul (Tantric, Days of the New) is 48. Singer Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive is 41. Guitarist Ryan Ross (Panic! At the Disco) is 40. Actor Johanna Braddy (“Quantico”) is 39.
Aug. 31: Singer Van Morrison is 81. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 81. Guitarist Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions is 78. Actor Richard Gere is 77. Actor Stephen McKinley Henderson (“Fences,” ″Manchester by the Sea”) is 77. Drummer Gina Schock of The Go-Go’s is 69. Singer Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze is 69. Singer Tony DeFranco of The DeFranco Family is 67. Keyboardist Larry Waddell of Mint Condition is 63. Actor Jaime P. Gomez (“Nash Bridges”) is 61. Guitarist Jeff Russo of Tonic is 57. Singer Deborah Gibson is 56. Bassist Greg Richling of The Wallflowers is 56. Actor Zack Ward (“A Christmas Story,” “Titus”) is 56. Actor Chris Tucker (“Rush Hour”) is 54. Actor Sara Ramirez (“Grey’s Anatomy”) is 51. Singer Tamara of Trina and Tamara is 49.
