Celebrity Birthdays for June 29:
Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 84.
Actor Gary Busey is 80.
Drummer Ian Paice of Deep Purple is 76.
Actor-turned-Congressman-turned-radio host Fred Grandy is 76.
Dervin and Lincoln Gordon of the British pop group The Equals, are 76.
Pro Football Hall-of-Famer/broadcaster Dan Dierdorf is 75.
Singer Don Dokken of Dokken is 71.
Singer Colin Hay (Men at Work) is 71.
Actress Maria Conchita Alonso is 69.
Actress Sharon Lawrence ("Fired Up," ''NYPD Blue") is 63.
Actress Kimberlin Brown (TV: "The Bold and the Beautiful") is 63.
Actress Amanda Donohoe is 62.
Actress Judith Hoag ("Nashville") is 61.
Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is 61.
Singer Stedman Pearson of Five Star is 60.
Actress Kathleen Wilhoite is 60.
Producer-writer Matthew Weiner is 59.
Actress Melora Hardin ("The Office") is 57.
Musician Murray Foster (Moxy Fruvous, Great Big Sea) is 57.
Actor Brian D'Arcy James is 56.
Retired NHL All-Star Theoren Fleury is 56.
Actress Christina Chang ("The Good Doctor") is 53.
Singer-songwriter Matthew Good is 53.
DJ Shadow is 52.
Drummer Flo Mounier is 50.
Singer-actor Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) is 48.
Actor-dancer Will Kemp is 47.
Actress Zuleikha Robinson is 47.
Singer Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls) is 46.
Singer Katherine Jenkins is 44.
Comedian Colin Jost ("Saturday Night Live") is 42.
Actress Lily Rabe ("American Horror Story") is 42.
Singer Aundrea Fimbres of Danity Kane is 41.
Actress Camila Mendes ("Riverdale") is 30.
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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