Yahoo Sports Celebrity-Birthdays-May26
Celebrity Birthdays for May 26:
Opera singer Teresa Stratas is 86.
Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 85.
Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 79.
Singer Stevie Nicks is 76.
Actor Philip Michael Thomas ("Miami Vice") is 75.
Actress Pam Grier is 75.
Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 75.
Actress Margaret Colin is 66.
Singer Dave Robbins (BlackHawk) is 65.
Actor Doug Hutchison ("The Green Mile") is 64.
Actress Genie Francis ("General Hospital") is 62.
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 62.
Singer Lenny Kravitz is 60.
Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 58.
Distance runner Zola Budd is 58.
Drummer Phillip Rhodes of The Gin Blossoms is 56.
Actor Joseph Fiennes ("Shakespeare in Love," “The Handmaid’s Tale”) is 54.
Singer Joey Kibble of Take 6 is 53.
"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone is 53.
Singer Lauryn Hill is 49.
Singer Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack) is 48.
Bassist Nathan Cochran of MercyMe is 46.
Actress Elisabeth Harnois ("CSI") is 45.
Actor Hrach Titizian ("Homeland") is 45.
Reality star Scott Disick (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”) is 41.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1886, actor-comedian-singer Al Jolson. (Oct. 23, 1950)
In 1907, actor John Wayne. (June 11, 1979)
In 1912, Canadian actor Jay Silverheels (Tonto). (March 5, 1980)
In 1913, actor Peter Cushing. (Aug. 11, 1994)
In 1914, dancer Frankie Manning (Lindy Hop). (April 27, 2009)
In 1920, singer Peggy Lee. (Jan. 21, 2002)
In 1923, actor James Arness. (June 3, 2011)
In 1925, actor Alec McCowen. (Feb. 6, 2017)
In 1926, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. (Sept. 28, 1991)
In 1928, pathologist and assisted suicide activist Jack Kevorkian. (June 3, 2011)
In 1929, composer and conductor Alfred Kunz. (Jan. 16, 2019)
In 1934, journalist Richard Gwyn. (Aug. 15, 2020)
In 1940, singer-drummer Levon Helm of The Band. (April 19, 2012)
In 1944, steel guitar player Gates Nichols of Confederate Railroad. (Aug. 14, 2009)
In 1946, guitarist Mick Ronson. (April 29, 1993)
In 1951, astronaut Sally K. Ride. (July 23, 2012)
In 1967, bassist Kristen Pfaff (Hole). (June 16, 1994)
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