Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 7:
Danish pianist Bent Fabric is 93.
Bluegrass singer Bobby Osborne of the Osborne Brothers is 86.
Actress Ellen Burstyn is 85.
Country singer Hugh X. Lewis is 85.
Soprano Heather Thomson is 77.
Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Gerry Cheevers is 77.
Broadcast journalist Carole Simpson is 76.
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench is 70.
Actor-director-producer James Keach is 70.
Country singer Gary Morris is 69.
Singer-songwriter Tom Waits is 68.
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird is 61.
Actress Priscilla Barnes ("Three's Company") is 60.
Announcer Edd Hall ("The Tonight Show With Jay Leno") is 59.
Bassist Tim Butler of Psychedelic Furs is 59.
Actor Patrick Fabian is 53.
Actor Jeffrey Wright ("Westworld") is 52.
Actor C. Thomas Howell is 51.
Guitarist Gem Archer ("Oasis," "Beady Eye") is 51.
Actress Kimberly Hebert Gregory ("Kevin (Probably) Saves The World") is 45.
Producer-director Jason Winer is 45.
Rapper Kon Artis of D12 is 43.
Singer Nicole Appleton of All Saints is 42.
Latin singer Frankie J is 42.
Country singer Sunny Sweeney is 41.
Actor/writer/director Mark Duplass is 41.
Actress Shiri Appleby ("Roswell") is 39.
TV/radio personality Arisa Cox is 39.
Singer Sara Bareilles is 38.
Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 38.
Actor Jack Huston is 35.
Singer Aaron Carter is 30.
Actor Nicholas Hoult is 28.
MLB outfielder Yasiel Puig is 27.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1910, trumpeter-singer-bandleader Louis Prima. (Aug. 24, 1978)
In 1910, Canadian-born actor Rod Cameron. (Dec. 21, 1983)
In 1915, actor Eli Wallach. (June 24, 2014)
In 1916, French-Canadian fiddler Ti-Jean Carignan. (Feb. 16, 1988)
In 1923, actor Ted Knight (The Mary Tyler Moore Show). (Aug. 26, 1986)
In 1925, Canadian soprano Elizabeth Benson Guy. (July 8, 2010)
In 1927, Canadian dance great Grant Strate. (Feb. 9, 2015)
In 1942, singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. (July 16, 1981)
In 1950, singer Ron Hynes. (Nov. 19, 2015)
In 1958, pro wrestler "Ravishing" Rick Rude. (April 20, 1999)
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