Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 2:
Singer-guitarist Leon Rausch of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys is 90.
Retired MLB All-Star Maury Wills is 85.
Critic Rex Reed is 79.
Singer Don McLean is 72.
Country singer Jo-el Sonnier is 71.
Actor Eric Peterson ("Corner Gas") is 71.
Actor Avery Brooks ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine") is 69.
Fashion designer Donna Karan is 69.
Photographer Annie Leibovitz is 68.
Punk rocker Richard Hell (born Richard Myers) is 68.
Guitarist Mike Rutherford of Genesis and Mike and the Mechanics is 67.
Musician Sting (born Gordon Sumner) is 66.
Actress Robin Riker ("General Hospital," ''The Bold and the Beautiful") is 65.
British rock performer John Otway is 65.
Actress Lorraine Bracco ("The Sopranos") is 63.
Guitarist Greg Jennings of Restless Heart is 63.
Singer Phil Oakey of Human League is 62.
Singer Freddie Jackson is 61.
Dave Faulkner, lead singer of the Hoodoo Gurus is 60.
Kate St. John of The Dream Academy is 60.
Singer-producer Robbie Nevil is 59.
NFL head coach Chuck Pagano is 57.
Retro-soul singer James Hunter is 55.
Drummer Bud Gaugh of Sublime and Long Beach Dub All-Stars is 50.
Country singer Gillian Welch is 50.
Actor Joey Slotnick ("Boston Public," ''The Single Guy") is 49.
Country singer Kelly Willis is 49.
Singer Dion Allen of Az Yet is 47.
Actress-talk show host Kelly Ripa ("Live With Kelly and Michael," ''All My Children") is 47.
Singer Tiffany is 46.
Guitarist Jim Root ("Slipknot") is 46.
Singer Lene Nystrom (Aqua) is 44.
Actor Efren Ramirez ("Napoleon Dynamite") is 44.
Singer LaTocha Scott of Xscape is 44.
Rock singer-songwriter Sam Roberts is 43.
Gospel singer and former "American Idol" contestant Mandisa is 41.
Actress Brianna Brown is 38.
Bassist Mike Rodden of Hinder is 35.
Singer George Pettit (Alexisonfire) is 35.
Tennis player Marion Bartoli is 33.
Actress Camilla Belle is 31.
Actor Christopher Larkin is 30.
NHL All-Star Phil Kessel is 30.
Singer Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes is 29.
Actress Samantha Barks ("Les Miserables") is 27.
Actress Elizabeth McLaughlin is 24.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, the architect of India's independence. (Jan. 30, 1948)
In 1890, comedian Groucho Marx. (Aug. 19, 1977)
In 1895, comedian Bud Abbott. (April 24, 1974)
In 1911, author Jack Finney. (Nov. 14, 1995)
In 1928, actor George "Spanky" McFarland. (June 30, 1993)
In 1929, Canadian business tycoon Peter Bronfman. (Dec. 1, 1996)
In 1933, Dave Somerville of the '50s vocal group The Diamonds. (July 15, 2015)
In 1937, flamboyant U-S lawyer Johnnie Cochran. (March 29, 2005)
In 1948, rodeo champ-country singer Chris LeDoux. (March 9, 2005)
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