Celebrity Birthdays for July 3:
Actor Tim O'Connor is 88.
Jazz musician Pete Fountain is 85.
Playwright Tom Stoppard is 78.
Writer-producer Jay Tarses is 76.
Quebec pop singer Renee Claude is 76.
Actor Michael Cole ("The Mod Squad") is 75.
Civil rights attorney Gloria Allred is 74.
Singer Judith Durham of The Seekers is 72.
Actor Kurtwood Smith ("That 70s Show") is 72.
Country singer Johnny Lee is 69.
Jazz saxophonist John Klemmer is 69.
Humorist Dave Barry is 68.
Actress Betty Buckley is 68.
Guitarist-singer Paul Barrere of Little Feat is 67.
Actress Jan Smithers ("WKRP In Cincinnati") is 66.
John Verity, guitarist-vocalist with Argent, is 66.
Actor Bruce Altman is 60.
Talk show host Montel Williams is 59.
Stephen Pearcy, lead singer of the hard rock band Ratt, is 59.
Country singer Aaron Tippin is 57.
Canadian-born writer David Shore is 56.
Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 55.
Actor Tom Cruise is 53.
Actor Thomas Gibson ("Dharma and Greg") is 53.
Actress Hunter Tylo is 53.
Actress Connie Nielsen ("Gladiator") is 51.
Actress Yeardley Smith ("The Simpsons") is 51.
Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 46.
Actress Shawnee Smith ("Saw," ''Becker") is 46.
Singer Ishmael Butler is 46.
Actress-singer Audra McDonald is 45.
Actor Patrick Wilson is 42.
Country singer Trent Tomlinson is 40.
Actress Andrea Barber is 39.
Singer Shane Lynch (Boyzone) is 39.
Actor Ian Anthony Dale is 37.
Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 36.
Actress Elizabeth Hendrickson is 36.
Country singer-songwriter Sarah Buxton is 35.
Actress Olivia Munn is 35.
Actress Shoshannah Stern is 35.
Actor Brandon Jay McLaren is 34.
Actor Grant Rosenmeyer ("Oliver Beene") is 24.
Actress Kelsey Batelaan ("Nip/Tuck") is 20.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1870, R.B.Bennett, Canada's prime minister from 1930 to '35. (June 26, 1947)
In 1883, Czech writer Franz Kafka. (June 3, 1924)
In 1903, Hockey Hall of Fame forward Ace Bailey. (April 7, 1992)
In 1927, British movie director Ken Russell. (Nov. 27, 2011)
In 1930, Canadian jazz composer and conductor Ron Collier. (Oct. 22, 2003)
In 1940, singer Fontella Bass. (Dec. 26, 2012)
In 1952, rock bass guitarist Andy Fraser ("Free"). (March 16, 2015)
In 1957, singer Laura Brannigan. (Aug. 26, 2004)
In 1957, Canadian comedian Tommy Sexton. (Dec. 13, 1993)
In 1976, NHL player Wade Belak. (Aug. 31, 2011)
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