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    Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 22-28

    Jan. 22: Actress Piper Laurie is 80. Actor Seymour Cassel is 77. Actor John Hurt is 72. Singer Steve Perry (Journey) is 63. Bassist Teddy Gentry of Alabama is 60. Actress Linda Blair is 53. Actress Diane Lane is 47. Country singer Regina Nicks of Regina Regina is 47. Rap DJ-actor Jazzy Jeff is 47. Singer Marc Gay of Shai is 43. Actor Balthazar Getty is 37. Actor Christopher Kennedy Masterson ("Malcolm in the Middle") is 32. Singer Willa Ford is 31. Actress Beverley Mitchell ("Seventh Heaven") is 31. Guitarist Ben Moody of The Fallen (and Evanescence) is 31. Actress Sami Gayle ("Blue Bloods") is 16.

    Jan. 23: Actress Chita Rivera is 79. Actor Gil Gerard is 69. Actor Rutger Hauer is 68. Singer Anita Pointer of the Pointer Sisters is 64. Bassist-keyboardist Bill Cunningham of The Box Tops is 62. Actor Richard Dean Anderson ("MacGyver") is 62. Singer-guitarist Robin Zander of Cheap Trick is 59. Singer Anita Baker is 54. Bassist Earl Falconer of UB40 is 53. Actress Gail O'Grady ("American Dreams," ''NYPD Blue") is 49. Actress Mariska Hargitay is 48. Singer Marc Nelson (Az Yet) is 41. Actress Tiffani Thiessen is 38. Bassist Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie is 37.

    Jan. 24: Actor Ernest Borgnine is 95. Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw is 76. Singer Ray Stevens is 73. Singer Aaron Neville is 71. Singer Neil Diamond is 71. Actor Michael Ontkean ("Twin Peaks") is 66. Country singer-songwriter Becky Hobbs is 62. Comedian Yakov Smirnoff is 61. Keyboardist Jools Holland (Squeeze) is 54. Actress Nastassja Kinski is 53. Drummer Keech Rainwater of Lonestar is 49. Singer Sleepy Brown of Society of Soul is 42. Actress Matthew Lillard ("Scooby Doo," ''She's All That") is 42. Actress Merrilee McCommas ("Family Law") is 41. Actor Ed Helms ("The Office") is 37. Actress Tatyana Ali ("The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air") is 33. Guitarist Mitchell Marlow of Filter is 33. Actress Mischa Barton ("The O.C.") is 26.

    Jan. 25: Actor Dean Jones is 81. Country singer Claude Gray is 80. Actress Leigh Taylor-Young ("Peyton Place," ''Soylent Green") is 67. Actress Jenifer Lewis ("The Preacher's Wife," ''The PJ's") is 55. Actress Dinah Manoff ("Empty Nest") is 54. Country drummer Mike Burch of River Road is 46. Singer Kina (Brownstone) is 43. Actress Ana Ortiz ("Ugly Betty") is 41. Guitarist Matt Odmark of Jars of Clay is 38. Singer Alicia Keys is 31. Actor Michael Trevino ("The Vampire Diaries") is 27.

    Jan. 26: Actress Anne Jeffreys ("Topper," ''General Hospital") is 89. Sports announcer-actor Bob Uecker is 77. Actor Scott Glenn is 73. Singer Jean Knight is 69. Drummer Corky Laing of Mountain is 64. Actor David Strathairn is 63. Singer Lucinda Williams is 59. Guitarist Eddie Van Halen is 57. Percussionist Norman Hassan of UB40 is 54. Comedian Ellen DeGeneres is 54. Guitarist Andrew Ridgeley (Wham!) is 49. Singer Jazzie B. of Soul II Soul is 49. Actor Paul Johansson ("One Tree Hill") is 48. Gospel singer Kirk Franklin is 42. Drummer Chris Hesse of Hoobastank is 38. Actress Sara Rue ("Less Than Perfect") is 34. Guitarist Michael Martin of Marshall Dyllon is 29.

    Jan. 27: Singer Bobby "Blue" Bland is 82. Actor James Cromwell ("Babe") is 72. Drummer Nick Mason of Pink Floyd is 67. Singer Nedra Talley of The Ronettes is 66. Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov is 64. Country singer Cheryl White of The Whites is 57. Guitarist Richard Young of The Kentucky Headhunters is 57. Actress Mimi Rogers is 56. Guitarist Janick Gers of Iron Maiden is 55. TV commentator Keith Olbermann is 53. Singer Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies is 51. Keyboardist Gillian Gilbert (New Order) is 51. Actress Bridget Fonda is 48. Actor Alan Cumming ("Spy Kids") is 47. Singer Mike Patton (Faith No More) is 44. Country singer Tracy Lawrence is 44. Rapper Tricky is 44. Guitarist Michael Kulas of James is 43. Comedian Patton Oswalt ("King of Queens") is 43. Actor Josh Randall ("Ed") is 40.

    Jan. 28: Actor Nicholas Pryor ("Risky Business") is 77. Actor Alan Alda is 76. Actress Susan Howard ("Dallas") is 70. Marthe Keller ("Marathon Man") is 67. Actress Barbi Benton is 62. Guitarist Dave Sharp of The Alarm is 53. Singer Sam Phillips is 50. Guitarist Dan Spitz (Anthrax) is 49. Bassist Greg Cook of Ricochet is 47. Singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan is 44. Rap artist DJ Muggs with Cypress Hill is 44. Rapper Rakim is 44. Actress Kathryn Morris ("Cold Case") is 43. Singer Anthony Hamilton is 41. Keyboardist Brandon Bush (Train) is 39. Singer Joey Fatone of 'N Sync is 35. Singer Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys is 32. Actor Elijah Wood ("The Lord of the Rings") is 31. Rapper J. Cole is 27. Actress Ariel Winter ("Modern Family") is 14.

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