Happy Birthday

Singer Dame Vera Lynn (We’ll Meet Again, The White Cliffs of Dover, Bless ‘Em All) is 100 today.

Director-comedian Carl Reiner (The Steve Allen Show) and bandleader Larry Elgart are 95.

Actor Hal Linden (Barney Miller) is 86.

Canadian country singer-TV host Tommy Hunter is 80.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is 78.

Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley is 72.

Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Bobby Orr is 69.

Actor William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) is 67.

Director Spike Lee (Malcolm X, Do The Right Thing) is 60.

Drummer Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats (She’s Sexy + 17, Rock This Town) is 56.

Actor Robb Wells (Ricky on Trailer Park Boys) is 46.