Celebrity Birthdays for April 8:
Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh is 88.
Original Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is 84.
Singer Peggy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 84.
Songwriter-producer Leon Huff of Gamble and Huff is 83.
Rock singer Roger Chapman is 83.
Actor Stuart Pankin is 79.
Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes (and of Asia) is 78.
Movie director John Madden is 76.
Bass-baritone Ingemar Korjus is 75.
Bassist Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 74.
Singer-actor John Schneider ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 65.
Country singer Jamie Warren is 64.
Guitarist Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses) is 63.
Singer-guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 is 62.
Singer Julian Lennon is 62.
Actor Dean Norris ("Breaking Bad," ''Under the Dome") is 62.
Actress Robin Wright is 59.
Actress Patricia Arquette is 57.
Actor JR Bourne (TV's "Teen Wolf," ''Revenge") is 55.
Drummer Darren Jessee of Ben Folds Five is 54.
Actress Emma Caulfield ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 52.
Actress Katee Sackhoff is 45.
Actor Taylor Kitsch is 44.
Singer-guitarist Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend is 41.
Actor Taran Noah Smith ("Home Improvement") is 41.
Actress Kirsten Storms is 41.
Trinidadian soccer player Elton John is 38.
Singer Matthew Healy (The 1975) is 36.
Guitarist Jamie Sierota (Echosmith) is 32.
Actress Sadie Calvano ("Mom") is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1892, Canadian-born actress Mary Pickford. (May 29, 1979)
In 1906, French-Canadian tenor Raoul Jobin. (Jan. 13, 1974)
In 1912, figure skater Sonja Henie. (Oct. 12, 1969)
In 1914, editor and publisher Robert Giroux. (Sept. 5, 2008)
In 1918, former U.S. first lady Betty Ford. (July 8, 2011)
In 1920, jazz singer Carmen McRae. (Nov. 10, 1994)
In 1923, opera singer Franco Corelli. (Oct. 29, 2003)
In 1923, country singer Jimmie Osborne. (Dec. 26, 1957)
In 1926, comedian Shecky Greene. (Dec. 31, 2023)
In 1928, Canadian organist Lucien Hetu. (Jan. 10, 1990)
In 1931, actor-turned-diplomat John Gavin. (Feb. 9, 2018)
In 1933, Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb. (Sept. 11, 2004)
In 1940, Basketball Hall-of-Famer John Havlicek. (April 25, 2019)
In 1941, radio and TV personality J.J. Jackson. (March 17, 2004)
In 1944, actor Hywel Bennett. (July 25, 2017)
In 1946, pitcher Jim "Catfish" Hunter. (Sept, 9, 1999)
In 1947, contemporary Christian music pioneer Larry Norman. (Feb. 24, 2008)
In 1954, Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter. (Feb. 16, 2012)
In 1964, rapper Biz Markie (born Marcel Hall). (July 16, 2021)
In 1972, bassist Paul Gray (Slipknot). (May 24, 2010)
In 1979, Finnish guitarist Alexi Laiho (Children Of Bodom). (Dec. 29, 2020)
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