Birthdays
April 1: Actress Debbie Reynolds is 80. Country singer Jim Ed Brown is 78. Actress Ali Macgraw is 74. Singer Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers) is 73. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 64. Keyboardist Billy Currie of Ultravox is 62. Actress Annette O’toole (“Smallville”) is 60. Country singer Woody Lee is 44. Rapper-actor Method Man is 41. Filmmakers Albert and Allen Hughes (“Menace II Society,” “Dead Presidents”) are 40. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is 39. Actor Sam Huntington (“Superman Returns,” “Jungle 2 Jungle”) is 30. Actor Matt Lanter (“90210”) is 29.
April 2: Singer Leon Russell is 70. Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell is 69. Actress Linda Hunt is 67. Singer Emmylou Harris is 65. Actor Ron Palillo (“Welcome Back, Kotter”) is 63. Actress Pamela Reed is 63. Drummer Dave Robinson of The Cars is 59. Country singer Buddy Jewell is 51. Actor Christopher Meloni is 51. Singer Keren Woodward of Bananarama is 51.
April 3: Actress-singer Doris Day is 89. Actress Marsha Mason is 70. Singer Wayne Newton is 70. Singer Billy Joe Royal is 70. Singer Tony Orlando is 68. Singer Richard Thompson is 63. Bassist Curtis Stone of Highway 101 is 62. Guitarist Mick Mars of Motley Crue is 56. Actor Alec Baldwin is 54. Actor David Hyde Pierce (“Frasier”) is 53. Comedian-actor Eddie Murphy is 51.
April 4: Author-poet Maya Angelou is 84. Bandleader Hugh Masekela is 73. Actor Craig T. Nelson (“Coach”) is 68. Actress Christine Lahti is 62. Singer Steve Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 61. Actress Mary-margaret Humes (“Dawson’s Creek,” “History of the World Part 1”) is 58. Writer-producer David E. Kelley is 56.
April 5: Country singer Tommy Cash is 72. Actor Michael Moriarty (“Law and Order”) is 71. Singer Allan Clarke of The Hollies is 70. Actor Max Gail (“Sons and Daughters,” “Barney Miller”) is 69. Actress Jane Asher is 66. Singer Agnetha Faltskog of Abba is 62. Actor Mitch Pileggi (“The X Files”) is 60. Guitarist Mike Mccready of Pearl Jam is 46.
April 6: Country singer Merle Haggard is 75. Actor Billy Dee Williams is 75. Actor Roy Thinnes is 74. Actor John Ratzenberger (“Cheers”) is 65. Actress Marilu Henner is 60. Singer-guitarist Frank Black of The Pixies is 47. Actor Paul Rudd is 43. Actor Jason Hervey (“The Wonder Years”) is 40. Bassist Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 39. Actor Zach Braff (”Scrubs”) is 37. Actress Candace Cameron Bure (”Full House”) is 36.
April 7: Sitar player Ravi Shankar is 92. Actor James Garner is 84. Country singer Cal Smith is 80. Actor Wayne Rogers is 79. Country singer Bobby Bare is 77. Singer Charlie Thomas of The Drifters is 75. Movie director Francis Ford Coppola is 73. Television personality David Frost is 73. Singer Patricia Bennett of The Chiffons is 65. Singer-guitarist John Oates of Hall and Oates is 63.