Celebrity Birthdays for July 27:
TV producer Norman Lear is 96.
Guitarist Tony Romandini is 90.
Sportscaster Irv Cross is 79.
Actor John Pleshette ("Knots Landing") is 76.
Acadian folksinger-songwriter Edith Butler is 76.
Actress-director Betty Thomas ("Hill Street Blues") is 71.
Olympic gold medal figure skater Peggy Fleming is 70.
Singer Maureen McGovern is 69.
Actress Janet Eilber is 67.
Drummer Tris Imboden (Chicago) is 67.
Actress Roxanne Hart ("The Good Girl," ''Chicago Hope") is 64.
Guitarist Duncan Cameron (Sawyer Brown) is 62.
Comedian Carol Leifer is 62.
Comedian Bill Engvall is 61.
Jazz singer Karrin Allyson is 56.
Country singer Stacy Dean Campbell is 51.
Singer Juliana Hatfield is 51.
Actor Julian McMahon ("Profiler") is 50.
Pro wrestler Triple H (born Paul Levesque) is 49.
Actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ("Game of Thrones") is 48.
Comedian Maya Rudolph is 46.
Drummer Abe Cunningham of Deftones is 45.
Singer Pete Yorn is 44.
MLB All-Star-turned broadcaster Alex Rodriguez is 43.
Actor Seamus Dever is 42.
Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers ("The Tudors") is 41.
Comedian Heidi Gardner ("Saturday Night Live") is 35.
Actor Blair Redford is 35.
Actress Taylor Schilling ("Orange is the New Black") is 34.
MLB All-Star pitcher Max Scherzer is 34.
Actress Charlotte Arnold is 29.
Singer Cheyenne Kimball of Gloriana is 28.
Golfer Jordan Spieth is 25.
Actress Alyvia Alyn Lind ("Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors") is 11.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1858, Canadian golfer George Lyon. (May 11, 1938)
In 1878, Canadian soprano Beatrice LaPalme. (Jan. 8, 1921)
In 1905, Baseball Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher. (Oct. 7, 1991)
In 1920, country singer Henry D. Haynes (Homer and Jethro). (Aug. 7, 1971)
In 1922, record producer Bob Thiele. (Jan. 30, 1996)
In 1931, actor Jerry Van Dyke ("Coach"). (Jan. 5, 2018)
In 1932, Canadian playwright George Ryga. (Nov. 18, 1987)
In 1933, folk singer Nick Reynolds (The Kingston Trio). (Oct. 1, 2008)
In 1937, actor Don Galloway. (Jan. 8, 2009)
In 1938, co-creator of "Dungeons & Dragons," Gary Gygax. (March 4, 2008)
In 1949, Canadian character actor Maury Chaykin. (July 27, 2010)
In 1963, bassist Karl Mueller (Soul Asylum). (June 17, 2005)
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