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Celebrity-Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for Feb. 6:


Actress Mamie Van Doren is 91.

Actor Mike Farrell is 83.

Former NBC news anchorman Tom Brokaw is 82.

Actress Gayle Hunnicutt is 79.

Singer Fabian is 79.

Actor Michael Tucker ("L.A. Law") is 77.

Producer-director-writer Jim Sheridan is 73.

Actor Jon Walmsley ("The Waltons") is 66.

Actor-director Robert Townsend ("The Parent 'Hood") is 65.

Actress Kathy Najimy ("Veronica's Closet," ''King of the Hill") is 65.

Drummer Simon Phillips of Toto is 65.

Actor Barry Miller ("Saturday Night Fever," ''Fame") is 64.

Actress Megan Gallagher ("Millennium") is 62.

Country singer Richie McDonald of Lonestar is 60.

Rock singer Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses is 60.

Singer Rick Astley is 56.

Country singer Anita Cochran is 55.

Actor Brian Stepanek is 51.

TV host Amy Robach ("Good Morning America") is 49.

Actor Josh Stewart ("Criminal Minds," ''Third Watch") is 45.

Actor Ben Lawson ("Designated Survivor") is 42.

Actress Alice Eve ("She's Out of My League") is 40.

Actor Brandon Hammond is 38.

Actress Crystal Reed ("Teen Wolf") is 37.

Actress Alice Greczyn is 36.

Actress Anna Diop ("24: Legacy") is 34.

Singer Tinashe is 29.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1886, Chilean composer and conductor Alberto Guerrero. (Nov. 7, 1959)

In 1895, Baseball Hall-of-Famer Babe Ruth. (Aug. 16, 1948)

In 1903, classical pianist Claudio Arrau. (June 9, 1991)

In 1911, 40th U.S. president Ronald Reagan. (June 5, 2005)

In 1917, actress Zsa Zsa Gabor. (Dec. 18, 2016)

In 1922, actor Patrick MacNee ("The Avengers"). (June 25, 2015)

In 1922, cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler (Film: "Medium Cool"). (Dec. 27, 2015)

In 1930, Canadian filmmaker Allan King. (June 15, 2009)

In 1931, actor Rip Torn. (July 9, 2019)

In 1935, Canadian jazz singer Anne Marie Moss. (Feb. 29, 2012)

In 1936, rockabilly singer Donnie Brooks. (Feb. 23, 2007)

In 1945, reggae legend Bob Marley. (May 11, 1981)

In 1946, Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle. (Jan. 18, 2010)

In 1946, drummer Richie Hayward (Little Feat). (Aug. 12, 2010)

In 1950, singer Natalie Cole. (Dec. 31, 2015)

In 1964, singer-songwriter Gord Downie (The Tragically Hip). (Oct. 17, 2017)


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