Celebrity Birthdays for June 29:
Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 85.
Actor Gary Busey is 81.
Drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple is 77.
Actor-turned-Congressman-turned-radio host Fred Grandy is 77.
Dervin and Lincoln Gordon of the British pop group The Equals, are 77.
Pro Football Hall-of-Famer/broadcaster Dan Dierdorf is 76.
Singer Don Dokken of Dokken is 72.
Singer Colin Hay (Men at Work) is 72.
Actress Maria Conchita Alonso is 70.
Actress Sharon Lawrence ("Fired Up," ''NYPD Blue") is 64.
Actress Kimberlin Brown (TV: "The Bold and the Beautiful") is 64.
Actress Amanda Donohoe is 63.
Actress Judith Hoag ("Nashville") is 62.
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is 62.
Singer Stedman Pearson of Five Star is 61.
Actress Kathleen Wilhoite is 61.
Producer-writer Matthew Weiner is 60.
Actress Melora Hardin ("The Office") is 58.
Musician Murray Foster (Moxy Fruvous, Great Big Sea) is 58.
Actor Brian D'Arcy James is 57.
Retired NHL All-Star Theoren Fleury is 57.
Actress Christina Chang ("The Good Doctor") is 54.
Singer-songwriter Matthew Good is 54.
DJ Shadow is 53.
Drummer Flo Mounier is 51.
Singer-actor Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) is 49.
Actor-dancer Will Kemp is 48.
Actress Zuleikha Robinson is 48.
Singer Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls) is 47.
Singer Katherine Jenkins is 45.
Comedian Colin Jost ("Saturday Night Live") is 43.
Actress Lily Rabe ("American Horror Story") is 43.
Singer Aundrea Fimbres of Danity Kane is 42.
Actress Camila Mendes ("Riverdale") is 31.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1901, singer Nelson Eddy. (March 6, 1967)
In 1915, actress Ruth Warwick. (Jan. 15, 2005)
In 1919, actor Slim Pickens. (Dec. 8, 1983)
In 1919, theatre director/actor Lloyd Richards. (June 29, 2006)
In 1919, actor Slim Pickens. (Dec. 8, 1983)
In 1920, movie producer Robert Evans. (Oct. 26, 2019)
In 1929, Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci. (Sept. 15, 2006)
In 1930, actress/former senator Viola Leger. (Jan. 28, 2023)
In 1934, actor Corey Allen. (June 27, 2010)
In 1935, singer Johnnie Louise Richardson (Johnnie and Joe). (Oct, 25, 1988)
In 1936, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Harmon Killebrew. (May 17, 2011)
In 1943, singer Little Eva. (April 10, 2003)
In 1947, comedian Richard Lewis. (Feb. 27, 2024)
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