TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Critic Rex Reed is 83. Singer Don McLean is 76. Country singer Jo-el Sonnier is 75. Actor Avery Brooks

(“Star Trek: Deep Space Nine”) is 73. Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics is 71. Musician Sting is 70. Actor Robin Riker

(“General Hospital,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”) is 69. Actor Lorraine Bracco

(“The Sopranos”) is 67. Guitarist Greg Jennings of Restless Heart is 67. Singer Phil Oakey of Human League is 66. Singer Freddie Jackson is 65. Singer-producer Robbie Nevil is 63. Drummer Bud Gaugh of Sublime and Long Beach Dub All-Stars is 54. Musician Gillian Welch is 54. Actor Joey Slotnick (“Boston Public,” “The Single

Guy”) is 53. Country singer Kelly Willis is 53. Singer Dion Allen of Az Yet is 51. Actor-talk show host Kelly Ripa (“Live With Kelly and Michael,” “All My Children”) is 51. Guitarist Jim Root of Slipknot is 50. Singer Tiffany is 50. Singer LaTocha Scott of Xscape is 49. Singer Lene Nystrom (Aqua) is 48. Actor Efren Ramirez (“Napoleon Dynamite”) is 48. Gospel singer and former “American Idol” contestant Mandisa is 45. Bassist Mike Rodden of Hinder is 39. Actor Christopher Larkin (“The 100”) is 34. Singer Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes is 33. Actor Samantha Barks (“Les Miserables is 31. Actor Elizabeth McLaughlin (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 28.