Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 4:
Hockey Hall of Fame centre Alex Delvecchio is 93.
Game show host Wink Martindale is 91.
Singer Freddy (Boom Boom) Cannon is 88.
Actor-producer-director Max Baer Jr. ("The Beverly Hillbillies") is 87.
Bassist Bob Mosley of Moby Grape is 82.
Actress Gemma Jones is 82.
Singer-bassist Chris Hillman (The Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers) is 80.
Folksinger and songwriter Anna McGarrigle is 80.
Roberta Bondar, first Canadian woman astronaut in space, is 79.
Musician Terry Woods (The Pogues) is 77.
Singer Southside Johnny Lyon of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes is 76.
Actor Jeff Bridges is 75.
Actress Patricia Wettig is 73.
Drummer Brian Prout of Diamond Rio is 69.
Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is 69.
Singer Vinnie Dombroski of Sponge is 62.
Actress Chelsea Noble ("Growing Pains," ''Kirk") is 60.
Actress Marisa Tomei is 60.
Comedian Fred Armisen ("Portlandia," ''Saturday Night Live") is 58.
Rapper Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter) is 55.
Actor Kevin Sussman ("Ugly Betty") is 54.
Model Tyra Banks is 51.
Country singer Lila McCann is 43.
Actress Lindsay Felton is 40.
Actor Orlando Brown is 37.
Actress Scarlett Estevez (TV: "Lucifer") is 17.
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Also born on this date:
In 1835, Canadian politician Sir Richard John Cartwright. He died Sept. 24, 1912.
In 1892, Spain's General Francisco Franco. He died Nov. 20, 1975.
In 1910, movie composer Alex North. He died Sept. 8, 1991.
In 1913, Canadian film director Mark Robson. He died June 20, 1978.
In 1915, jazz pianist Eddie Heywood. He died Jan. 2, 1989.
In 1918, cryonics pioneer Robert Ettinger. He died July 23, 2011.
In 1921, actress-singer Deanna Durbin. She died April 20, 2013.
In 1923, actress Joan Orenstein. She died Oct. 10, 2009.
In 1930, actor-comedian Ronnie Corbett (TV: "The Two Ronnies"). (March 31, 2016)
In 1934, actor Victor French. He died June 15, 1989.
In 1937, actor Donnelly Rhodes. (Jan. 8, 2018)
In 1944, Dennis Wilson, drummer and vocalist with "The Beach Boys." He died Dec. 28, 1983.
In 1951, guitarist Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington Collins Band). (Mar. 5, 2023)
In 1954, actor Tony Todd. (Nov. 6, 2024)
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