Celebrity Birthdays for July 6:
The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is 89.
Singer Gene Chandler is 87.
Country singer Jeannie Seely is 84.
Actor Burt Ward ("Batman") is 79.
Richard Elswit, guitarist with Dr. Hook, is 79.
Former NFL player-turned actor-director Fred Dryer is 78.
Actor-director Sylvester Stallone is 78.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush is 78.
Actress Shelley Hack is 77.
Actress Nathalie Baye is 77.
Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Brad Park is 76.
Former CBC News anchor Peter Mansbridge is 76.
Actress Allyce Beasley ("Moonlighting") is 73.
Actor Geoffrey Rush is 73.
Actor Grant Goodeve ("Eight is Enough") is 72.
Jazz trumpeter Rick Braun is 69.
Actor Casey Sander is 68.
Country musician John Jorgenson is 68.
Actress Jennifer Saunders ("Absolutely Fabulous") is 66.
Drummer John Keeble of Spandau Ballet is 65.
Actor Brian Posehn is 58.
Actor Robb Derringer ("Days of Our Lives") is 57.
"CBS This Morning" co-host John Dickerson is 56.
Actor Brian Van Holt is 55.
Rapper Inspectah Deck of Wu-Tang Clan is 54.
NBC Sports correspondent and former "Good Morning America" host Josh Elliott is 53.
Pop singer Isabelle Boulay is 52.
Rapper 50 Cent (born Curtis Jackson) is 49.
Actresses Tia and Tamera Mowry ("Sister, Sister") are 46.
Comedian-actor Kevin Hart is 45.
Singer Nic Chester (Jet) is 45.
Actress Eva Green is 44.
Actor Gregory Smith is 41.
Drummer Chris Wood of Bastille is 39.
Rock singer Kate Nash is 37.
Actor Jeremy Suarez ("Bernie Mac") is 34.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1910, lyric soprano Dorothy Kirsten. (Nov. 18, 1992)
In 1911, singer Laverne Andrews (The Andrews Sisters). (May 8, 1967)
In 1921, former U.S. first lady Nancy Reagan. (March 6, 2016)
In 1922, actor William Schallert ("The Patty Duke Show"). (May 8, 2016)
In 1924, big band drummer Louie Bellson. (Feb. 14, 2009)
In 1925, singer Bill Haley. (Feb. 9, 1981)
In 1925, TV host/singer Merv Griffin. (Aug. 12, 2007)
In 1927, actress Janet Leigh. (Oct. 3, 2004)
In 1927, comedian Pat Paulsen. (April 24, 1997)
In 1927, musician-composer Delores Claman ("The Hockey Theme"). (July 17, 2021)
In 1930, Hockey Hall-of-Famer George Armstrong. (Jan. 24, 2021)
In 1931, actress-gospel singer Della Reese. (Nov. 19, 2017)
In 1936, Irish comedian Dave Allen. (March 10, 2005)
In 1937, actor Ned Beatty. (June 13, 2021)
In 1942, singer Izora Rhodes Armstead (The Weather Girls). (Sept. 16, 2004)
In 1949, jazz and R&B singer Phyllis Hyman. (June 30, 1995)
In 1953, singer Nanci Griffith. (Aug. 13, 2021)
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