Today’s birthdays:

Dancer- actor Marge Champion, 101. Former Sen. Alan K. Simpson, R- Wyo., 89. Former United States Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth, 83. Singer Jimmy Clanton, 82. Rhythm- and- blues singer Sam Gooden ( The Impressions), 81. Rhythm- and- blues singer Rosalind Ashford ( Martha & the Vandellas), 77. Singer Joe Simon, 77. Former Steelers quarterback and Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Terry Bradshaw, 72. Basketball Hall of Famer Nate Archibald, 72. Actor Mark Harmon, 69. Former Sen. Jim DeMint, R- S. C., 69. International Tennis Hall of Famer Jimmy Connors, 68. Actor Linda Purl, 65. Rock musician Jerry Augustyniak ( 10,000 Maniacs), 62. Country musician Paul Deakin ( The Mavericks), 61. Pro Football Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson, 60. Actor Keanu Reeves, 56. International Boxing Hall of Famer Lennox Lewis, 55. Actor Salma Hayek, 54. Actor Tuc Watkins, 54. Actor Kristen Cloke, 52. Actor Cynthia Watros, 52. Rhythm- and- blues singer K- Ci, 51. Actorcomedian Katt Williams, 47. Actor Michael Lombardi, 46. Actor Tiffany Hines, 43. Rock musician Sam Rivers ( Limp Bizkit), 43. Actor Jonathan Kite, 41. Actor Joshua Henry, 36. Actor Allison Miller, 35. Rock musician Spencer Smith, 33. Electronic music DJ/ producer Zedd, 31.

Thought for today: “If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that.”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, dramatist and author ( 1749- 1832)