Celebrity Birthdays for June 25:
Actress June Lockhart is 99.
Singer Eddie Floyd is 87.
Actress Barbara Montgomery ("Amen," ''The Women of Brewster Place") is 85.
Actress Mary Beth Peil ("The Good Wife," ''Dawson's Creek") is 84.
Film director Denys Arcand is 83.
Playwright Michel Tremblay is 82.
Pop singer Robert Charlebois is 80.
Singer Carly Simon is 79.
Retired Canadian senator and former Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire is 78.
Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 77.
Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 76.
Novelist Barbara Gowdy is 74.
Singer Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House is 72.
Keyboardist David Paich of Toto is 70.
Actor Michael Sabatino ("NYPD Blue") is 69.
Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 63.
Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 61.
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Doug Gilmour is 61.
Author Yann Martel is 61.
Actress Erica Gimpel (TV's "Fame," ''Profiler") is 60.
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dikembe Mutombo is 58.
Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 57.
Rapper Candyman is 56.
Actress Angela Kinsey ("The Office") is 53.
Rock musician Mario Calire is 50.
Actress Linda Cardellini (“Freaks and Geeks,” "ER”) is 49.
Actress Busy Philipps ("ER," ''Dawson's Creek") is 45.
Jazz pianist Joey Alexander is 21.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1899, singer Arthur Tracy. (Oct. 5, 1997)
In 1903, English novelist George Orwell. (Jan. 21, 1950)
In 1924, movie director Sidney Lumet. (April 9, 2011)
In 1925, Clifton Chenier, the king of zydeco music. (Dec. 12, 1987)
In 1929, Jerry Goodis, a founding member of the Canadian folk music group "The Travellers." (Nov. 8, 2002)
In 1935, author-activist Larry Kramer. (May 27, 2020)
In 1939, singer Harold Melvin. (March 24, 1997)
In 1940, bassist Clint Warwick (The Moody Blues). (May 15, 2005)
In 1942, basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed. (Mar. 21, 2023)
In 1944, writer-producer-director Gary David Goldberg. (June 23, 2013)
In 1946, keyboardist Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult. (Aug. 14, 2013)
In 1946, keyboardist-saxophonist Ian McDonald of Foreigner and King Crimson. (Feb. 9, 2022)
In 1949, TV personality Phyllis George. (May 14, 2020)
In 1952, rock producer-songwriter-artist Brian "Too Loud" McLeod (Chilliwack, Headpins). (April 25, 1992)
In 1956, TV chef Anthony Bourdain. (June 8, 2018)
In 1963, singer George Michael. (Dec. 25, 2016)
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