Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 6:
Comedy performer David Ossman is 88.
Actor Patrick Bauchau is 86.
'60s pop singer Steve Alaimo is 85.
Country singer Helen Cornelius is 83.
Actor James Naughton is 79.
Jazz bassist Miroslav Vitous is 77.
Actress JoBeth Williams is 76.
Playwright Tomson Highway is 73.
Actor Tom Hulce is 71.
Actor Kin Shriner is 71.
Talk show host Wil Shriner is 71.
Actor Miles Chapin is 70.
Drummer Rick Buckler of The Jam is 69.
Singer Tish Hinojosa is 69.
Country singer Bill Lloyd of Foster and Lloyd is 69.
Comedian Steven Wright is 69.
Guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. is 68.
Drummer David Lovering of The Pixies is 63.
R&B singer Eugene Wilde is 63.
Guitarist Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl is 62.
Actress Janine Turner ("Strong Medicine," ''Northern Exposure") is 62.
Writer-director Judd Apatow ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," ''Knocked Up") is 57.
Actress Torri Higginson is 55.
Keyboardist Ulf (Buddha) Ekberg of Ace of Base is 54.
Writer-director Craig Brewer is 53.
Actress Colleen Haskell is 48.
Actress Lindsay Price is 48.
Pro cyclist Alberto Contador is 42.
Actress Ashley Madekwe is 41.
Actress Nora Kirkpatrick is 40.
Tennis player CoCo Vandeweghe is 33.
NBA player Giannis Antetokounmpo is 30.
Actress Stefanie Scott is 28.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1803, Canadian author Susanna Moodie. (April 8, 1885)
In 1888, Canadian pianist and composer Willie Eckstein. (Sept. 23, 1963)
In 1896, Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Ira Gershwin. (Aug. 17, 1983)
In 1900, actress Agnes Moorehead. (April 30, 1974)
In 1903, Hugh Farr of "The Sons of the Pioneers." (March 17, 1980)
In 1907, Canadian painter R. York Wilson. (Feb. 10, 1984)
In 1908, bank robber Baby Face Nelson. (Nov. 27, 1934)
In 1917, Baskin-Robbins co-founder Irvine Robbins. (May 5, 2008)
In 1920, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. (Dec. 5, 2012)
In 1921, Canadian WWII flying ace Buzz Beurling. (May 20, 1948)
In 1921, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Otto Graham. (Dec. 17, 2003)
In 1925, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Andy Robustelli. (May 31, 2011)
In 1933, Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki. (Nov. 12, 2010)
In 1943, Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five. (Feb. 28, 2008)
In 1946, singer Frankie Beverly of Maze. (Sept. 10, 2024)
In 1949, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Linda Creed. (April 10, 1986)
In 1956, guitarist Randy Rhoads. (March 19, 1982)
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