Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 6-12:

April 6: Country singer Merle Haggard is 71. Actor Billy Dee Williams is 71. Actor Roy Thinnes ("The Invaders") is 70. Actor John Ratzenberger ("Cheers") is 61. Actress Marilu Henner ("Taxi," "Evening Shade") is 56. Singer-guitarist Frank Black of The Pixies is 43. Actress Ari Meyers ("Kate & Ally") is 39. Actor Paul Rudd is 39. Actor Jason Hervey ("The Wonder Years") is 36. Bassist Markku Lappalainen of Hoobastank is 35. Actor Zach Braff ("Scrubs") is 33. Actress Candace Cameron Bure ("Full House") is 32.

April 7: Actor R.G. Armstrong ("Gunsmoke") is 91. Sitar player Ravi Shankar is 88. Actor James Garner is 80. Country singer Cal Smith is 76. Actor Wayne Rogers ("MASH") is 75. Country singer Bobby Bare is 73. Singer Charlie Thomas of The Drifters is 71. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 69. Television personality David Frost is 69. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 61. Singer John Oates of Hall and Oates is 59. Drummer John Dittrich of Restless Heart is 57. Singer Janis Ian is 57. Actor Jackie Chan is 54. Actor Russell Crowe is 44. Singer Mark Kibble of Take 6 is 44. Actor Bill Bellamy ("Last Comic Standing," "Fastlane") is 43. Actor Conner Rayburn ("According to Jim") is 9.

April 8: Comedian Shecky Greene is 82. Original Mouseketeer Darlene Gillespie is 67. Singer J.J. Jackson is 67. Singer Peggy Lennon of the Lennon Sisters is 67. Songwriter Leon Huff of Gamble and Huff is 66. Guitarist Steve Howe of Yes is 61. Bassist Mel Schacher of Grand Funk Railroad is 57. Singer-actor John Schneider is 48. Guitarist Izzy Stradlin (Guns N' Roses) is 46. Singer-guitarist Donita Sparks of L7 is 45. Singer Julian Lennon is 45. Rapper Biz Markie is 44. Actress Robin Wright Penn is 42. Actress Patricia Arquette is 40. Singer Craig Honeycutt of Everything is 38. Drummer Darren Jessee (Ben Folds Five) is 37. Actor Taran Noah Smith ("Home Improvement") is 24.

April 9: Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner is 82. Naturalist Jim Fowler ("Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom") is 76. Actress Michael Learned ("The Waltons") is 69. Country singer Margo Smith is 66. Country singer Hal Ketchum is 55. Actor Dennis Quaid is 54. Humorist Jimmy Tingle ("60 Minutes II") is 53. Country guitarist Dave Innis of Restless Heart is 49. Actress-model Paulina Porizkova is 43. Actress Cynthia Nixon ("Sex and the City") is 42. Singer Kevin Martin of Candlebox is 39. Singer Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance is 31. Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam ("The Cosby Show") is 29. Guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. of The Strokes is 28. Singer-actor Jesse McCartney ("Summerland") is 21. Actress Kristen Stewart ("Panic Room") is 18. Actress Elle Fanning ("Because of Winn-Dixie") is 10.

April 10: Actor Harry Morgan ("Dragnet," "MASH") is 93. Actor Max von Sydow is 79. Actress Liz Sheridan ("Seinfeld") is 79. Actor Omar Sharif is 76. Sportscaster John Madden is 72. Singer Bobbie Smith of The Spinners is 72. Sportscaster Don Meredith is 70. Reggae artist Bunny Wailer is 61. Actor Steven Seagal is 57. Singer Terre Roche of The Roches is 55. Actor Peter MacNicol ("Numb3rs," "Ally McBeal") is 54. Bassist Steven Gustafson of 10,000 Maniacs is 51. Singer-producer Babyface is 50. Musician Brian Setzer is 49. Rapper Afrika Bambaataa is 48. Singer Katrina Leskanich of Katrina and the Waves is 48. Drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander of Primus is 43. Comedian Orlando Jones is 40. Singer Kenny Lattimore is 38. Rapper Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest is 38. Blues singer Shemekia Copeland is 29. Actress Chyler Leigh ("Grey's Anatomy") is 26. Actor Ryan Merriman ("The Pretender") is 25. Singer-actress Mandy Moore is 24. Actor Haley Joel Osment ("The Sixth Sense") is 20.

April 11: Actor Joel Grey is 76. Actress Louise Lasser is 69. Actor Peter Riegart is 61. Actor Meshach Taylor ("Designing Women," "Dave's World") is 61. Actor Bill Irwin is 58. Country singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale is 51. Country singer Steve Azar is 44. Singer Lisa Stansfield is 42. Bassist Dylan Keefe of Marcy Playground is 38. Singer Joss Stone is 21.

April 12: Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 68. Musician John Kay of Steppenwolf is 64. Actor Ed O'Neill ("Married...With Children") is 62. Actor Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years") is 61. Talk show host David Letterman is 61. Singer-actor David Cassidy is 58. Singer J.D. Nicholas of The Commodores is 56. Singer Pat Travers is 54. Actor Andy Garcia is 52. Country singer Vince Gill is 51. Guitarist Will Sergeant of Echo and the Bunnymen is 50. Singer Art Alexakis of Everclear is 46. Singer Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls is 44. Singer Nick Hexum of 311 is 38. Actor Nicholas Brendon ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 37. Actress Shannen Doherty is 37. Bassist Guy Berryman of Coldplay is 30. Actress Claire Danes is 29. Actress Jennifer Morrison ("House") is 29. Singer-guitarist Brendon Urie of Panic At The Disco is 21.

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