Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 9:
Classical record producer Eleanor Koldofsky is 97.
Actress Sylvia Miles ("Midnight Cowboy") is 83.
Actor Topol ("Fiddler on the Roof") is 82.
Singer Luther Simmons (The Main Ingredient) is 75.
Singer Inez Fox is 75.
Singer Dee Dee Sharp is 72.
Singer-keyboardist Doug Ingle (Iron Butterfly) is 71.
Country singer Freddy Weller (also of Paul Revere and the Raiders) is 70.
Former NFL/CFL quarterback and football analyst Joe Theismann is 68.
Guitarist John McFee of The Doobie Brothers is 67.
Actor Tom Wopat is 66.
Musician-producer Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) is 65.
Actress Angela Cartwright ("The Danny Thomas Show," ''Lost In Space") is 65.
Actor Hugh Grant is 57.
Actor Charles Esten ("Nashville") is 52.
Actress Constance Marie ("George Lopez") is 52.
Actor-comedian Adam Sandler is 51.
Actor David Bennent is 51.
Actor Akshay Kumar is 50.
Rock singer Paul Durham (Black Lab) is 49.
Actress Julia Sawalha is 49.
Model Rachel Hunter is 48.
Actor Eric Stonestreet ("Modern Family") is 46.
Actor Henry Thomas ("E.T.") is 46.
Actor Goran Visnjic ("ER") is 45.
R&B singer Divine Brown is 43.
Jazz singer Michael Buble is 42.
Latin singer Maria Rita is 40.
Actress Michelle Williams ("Brokeback Mountain," ''Dawson's Creek") is 37.
Actress Julie Gonzalo is 36.
Singer Paul Janeway of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 34.
Actress Zoe Kazan is 34.
Author-motivational speaker-businessman Farrah Gray is 33.
Contemporary Christian singer Lauren Daigle is 26.
Country singer Hunter Hayes is 26.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1754, William Bligh, captain of HMS Bounty. (Dec. 7, 1817)
In 1890, Kentucky Fried Chicken king Colonel Harland Sanders. (Dec. 16, 1980)
In 1918, sports commentator Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder. (April 21, 1996)
In 1920, Canadian pianist, composer and conductor Neil Chotem. (Feb. 21, 2008)
In 1923, actor Cliff Robertson. (Sept. 10, 2011)
In 1924, actress Jane Greer. (Aug. 24, 2001)
In 1927, jazz drummer Elvin Jones. (May 18, 2004)
In 1935, Canadian flugelhornist and composer Fred Stone. (Dec. 10, 1986)
In 1941, R&B singer Otis Redding. (Dec. 10, 1967)
In 1946, Canadian musician Bruce Palmer (Buffalo Springfield). (Oct. 1, 2004)
In 1962, singer Mark Linkous (Sparklehorse). (March 6, 2010)
In 1975, country singer Joey Martin (Joey + Rory). (March 4, 2016)
In 1977, rapper Soulja Slim (real name James Adarryl Tapp, Jr.) (Nov. 26, 2003).
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