Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 17:
Singer LaMonte McLemore of the Fifth Dimension is 89.
Basketball Hall of Fame coach Phil Jackson is 79.
Singer Fee Waybill of The Tubes is 74.
Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, is 74.
Actress Cassandra Peterson (a.k.a. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) is 73.
Comedian Rita Rudner is 71.
Puppeteer Kevin Clash (Elmo on "Sesame Street") is 64.
Actor/director Paul Feig is 62.
Director Baz Luhrmann ("Moulin Rouge") is 62.
Singer BeBe Winans is 62.
Actor Kyle Chandler ("Early Edition") is 59.
Director-producer Bryan Singer is 59.
Rapper Doug E. Fresh is 58.
Actor Malik Yoba ("New York Undercover") is 57.
Singer Anastacia is 56.
Actor Matthew Settle ("Gossip Girl") is 55.
Rapper Vinnie a.k.a. Vin Rock of Naughty By Nature is 54.
Actor Bobby Lee ("MADtv," ''Harold and Kumar" films) is 53.
Actor Felix Solis is 53.
Singer-actor Constantine Maroulis is 49.
NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson is 49.
Pop singer Maile Misajon (Eden's Crush) is 48.
Country singer-songwriter Stephen Cochran is 45.
Rock musician Jon Walker is 39.
NHL All-Star Alexander Ovechkin is 39.
Actress Allie MacDonald is 36.
Actress Danielle Brooks ("Orange Is The New Black") is 35.
Singer Scott Hoying (Pentatonix) is 33.
Actress Denyse Tontz ("All My Children," ''Big Time Rush") is 30.
NHL forward Auston Matthews is 27.
Actress Mia Talerico (TV:"Good Luck Charlie") is 16.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1923, country music legend Hank Williams. (Jan. 1, 1953)
In 1926, jazz organist Brother Jack McDuff, whose real name is Eugene McDuffy. (Jan. 23, 2001)
In 1926, bassist Bill Black. (Oct. 21, 1965)
In 1927, Pro Football Hall of Famer George Blanda. (Sept. 27, 2010)
In 1928, actor Roddy McDowall. (Oct. 3, 1998)
In 1930, actor David Huddleston. (Aug. 2, 2016)
In 1931, actress Anne Bancroft. (June 6, 2005)
In 1932, crime novelist Robert B. Parker. (Jan. 18, 2010)
In 1932, Canadian tenor Pierre Duval. (May 31, 2004)
In 1933, actress Dorothy Loudon. (Nov. 15, 2003)
In 1935, author Ken Kesey ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"). (Nov. 10, 2001)
In 1944, Les Emmerson, lead singer of the Five Man Electrical Band. (Dec. 10, 2021)
In 1948, actor John Ritter. (Sept. 11, 2003)
In 1952, singer Steve Sanders (Oak Ridge Boys). (June 10, 1998)
In 1960, Canadian singer-songwriter John Bottomley. (April 6, 2011)
In 1969, vocalist Keith Flint of Prodigy. (March 4, 2019)
In 1979, actor Billy Miller ("General Hospital," ''The Young and the Restless"). (Sept. 15, 2023)
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