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Celebrity-Birthdays-Aug20

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 20: Boxing promoter Don King is 93. Jazz drummer Terry Clarke is 80. News anchor Connie Chung is 78. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 77. Actor Ray Wise ("Reaper," ''Twin Peaks") is 77.

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 20:

Boxing promoter Don King is 93.

Jazz drummer Terry Clarke is 80.

News anchor Connie Chung is 78.

Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 77.

Actor Ray Wise ("Reaper," ''Twin Peaks") is 77.

Actor John Noble ("Lord of the Rings" films) is 76.

Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 76.

Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 72.

Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 72.

Actor-director Peter Horton ("thirtysomething") is 71.

TV weatherman Al Roker is 70.

Actor Jay Acovone is 69.

Actress Joan Allen is 68.

Movie director David O. Russell is 66.

Film director and screenwriter Patricia Rozema is 66.

TV personality Asha Blake is 63.

Actor James Marsters ("Angel," ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 62.

Rapper KRS-One is 59.

Actor Colin Cunningham is 58.

Actor Billy Gardell ("Mike and Molly") is 55.

Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 54.

Actor Jonathan Ke Quan ("Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom") is 53.

Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 53.

Actor Misha Collins ("Supernatural") is 50.

Actress Amy Adams is 50.

Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 49.

Jazz/pop singer-pianist Jamie Cullum is 45.

Actor Ben Barnes ("Westworld," ''Prince Caspian") is 43.

Actress Meghan Ory ("One Upon A Time") is 42.

Actor Andrew Garfield ("The Amazing Spider-Man") is 41.

Actor Brant Daugherty ("Pretty Little Liars") is 39.

Singer-actress Demi Lovato is 32.

Mezzo-soprano singer Aria Tesolin is 31.

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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1905, Saskatchewan painter Illingworth Kerr. (Jan. 6, 1989)

In 1907, voice actor Alan Reed (Fred Flintstone). (June 14, 1977)

In 1918, author Jacqueline Susann. (Sept. 21, 1974)

In 1919, writer-producer-director Walter Bernstein. (Jan. 23, 2021)

In 1923, country star Jim Reeves. (July 31, 1964)

In 1923, screenwriter Sheldon Keller. (Sept. 1, 2008)

In 1930, Mario Bernardi, pianist and first conductor of the National Arts Centre. (June 2, 2013)

In 1935, country singer Justin Tubb. (Jan. 24, 1998)

In 1941, former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic. (March 11, 2006)

In 1942, singer, songwriter and musician Isaac Hayes. (Aug. 20, 2008)

In 1949, bassist Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy). (Jan. 4, 1986)

In 1952, singer Doug Fieger of The Knack. (Feb. 14, 2010)

In 1966, guitarist Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan). (Dec. 8, 2004)

In 1974, rapper Big Moe (real name Kenneth Moore). (Oct. 14, 2007)

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