Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 18:
Sportscaster Keith Jackson is 89.
Actress Dawn Wells ("Gilligan's Island") is 79.
Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka is 78.
Singer Russ Giguere of The Association is 74.
Award-winning film composer Howard Shore is 71.
Actor Joe Morton is 70.
Actress Pam Dawber is 67.
Author Terry McMillan is 66.
Writer-producer Chuck Lorre ("Two and a Half Men," Big Bang Theory") is 65.
Gospel singer Vickie Winans is 64.
Director-screenwriter David Twohy is 62.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Martina Navratilova is 61.
International Hall of Fame boxer Thomas "Hitman" Hearns is 59.
Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 57.
Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 56.
Actor Vincent Spano is 55.
Bassist Tim Cross (Sponge) is 51.
Singer Nonchalant is 44.
Race car driver Alex Tagliani is 44.
Actress Joy Bryant ("Parenthood") is 43.
Guitarist Peter Svensson of The Cardigans is 43.
Actor Wesley Jonathan is 39.
Singer Ne-Yo is 38.
Country singer and "American Idol" contestant Josh Gracin is 37.
Country musician Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) is 36.
Actress Freida Pinto ("Slumdog Millionaire") is 33.
Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding is 33.
Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn is 33.
Actress-model Freida Pinto is 33.
Actor Zac Efron ("High School Musical," ''Hairspray") is 30.
Actress Joy Lauren ("Desperate Housewives") is 28.
Actor Tyler Posey is 26.
Actor Toby Regbo is 26.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1898, actress Lotte Lenya. (Nov. 27, 1981)
In 1918, actor-singer Bobby Troup. (Feb 7, 1999)
In 1919, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau. (Sept. 28, 2000)
In 1919, jazz singer Anita O'Day. (Nov. 23, 2006)
In 1919, opera singer Camilla Williams. (Jan. 29, 2012)
In 1920, broadcaster Willis Conover. (May 17, 1996)
In 1924, Emmy-winning composer Allyn Ferguson. (June 23, 2010)
In 1924, fiddler Buddy MacMaster. (Aug. 20, 2014)
In 1926, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Chuck Berry. (March 18, 2017)
In 1927, actor George C. Scott. (Sept. 22, 1999)
In 1935, actor Peter Boyle. (Dec. 12, 2006)
In 1938, singer Ronnie Bright (The Coasters). (Nov. 26, 2015)
In 1947, singer and songwriter Laura Nyro. (April 8, 1997)
In 1949, Gary Richrath, guitarist with REO Speedwagon. (Sept. 13, 2015)
In 1960, actress Erin Moran ("Happy Days"). (April 22, 2017)
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