Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 8:
Entertainment reporter Rona Barrett is 88.
Actor Paul Hogan is 85.
Singer Fred Cash of The Impressions is 84.
Civil rights activist Rev. Jesse Jackson is 83.
Actor-comedian Chevy Chase is 81.
Author R.L. Stine ("Goosebumps") is 81.
Country singer Susan Raye is 80.
Actor Dale Dye is 80.
TV personality Sarah Purcell ("Real People") is 76.
Actress Sigourney Weaver is 75.
Hamish Stuart, lead singer and guitarist with Average White Band, is 75.
Singer Robert "Kool" Bell of Kool and the Gang is 74.
Academy Award winning producer-director Edward Zwick is 72.
Actor Michael Dudikoff is 70.
Actress Stephanie Zimbalist is 68.
Entrepreneur Arlene Dickinson (TV: "Dragons' Den") is 68.
Actress Kim Wayans ("In The House," ''In Living Color") is 63.
Singer CeCe Winans is 60.
Bassist C.J. Ramone of The Ramones is 59.
Actress Karyn Parsons ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air") is 58.
Singer Teddy Riley is 58.
Actress Emily Procter ("CSI: Miami") is 56.
Actor Dylan Neal is 55.
Actor-screenwriter Matt Damon is 54.
Actor Nick Cannon is 44.
Singer-songwriter-producer Bruno Mars (born Peter Hernandez) is 39.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1887, Canadian actor Huntely Gordon. (Dec. 7, 1956)
In 1910, actor Kirk Alyn ("Superman"). (Macrh 14, 1999)
In 1910, Canadian Olympian Ray Lewis. (Nov. 15, 2003)
In 1929, ballet dancer Lois Smith. (Jan. 22, 2011)
In 1932, steel guitarist Pete Drake. (July 29, 1988)
In 1934, Doc Green, baritone singer with the Ben E. King-led Drifters from 1959 on. (March 10, 1989)
In 1983, Walter Gretzky, father of NHL great Wayne Gretzky. (Mar. 4, 2021)
In 1948, guitarist Johnny Ramone. (Sept. 15, 2004)
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