Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 6:
Comedy performer David Ossman is 81.
Actor Patrick Bauchau is 79.
'60s pop singer Steve Alaimo is 78.
Country singer Helen Cornelius is 76.
Actor James Naughton is 72.
Singer Frank Beverly of Maze is 71.
Actress JoBeth Williams is 69.
Playwright Tomson Highway is 66.
Actor Tom Hulce is 64.
Actor Kin Shriner is 64.
Talk show host Wil Shriner is 64.
Actor Miles Chapin is 63.
Drummer Rick Buckler of The Jam is 62.
Singer Tish Hinojosa is 62.
Country singer Bill Lloyd of Foster and Lloyd is 62.
Comedian Steven Wright is 62.
Guitarist Peter Buck of R.E.M. is 61.
Drummer David Lovering of The Pixies is 56.
R&B singer Eugene Wilde is 56.
Guitarist Ben Watt of Everything But The Girl is 55.
Actress Janine Turner ("Strong Medicine," ''Northern Exposure") is 55.
Writer-director Judd Apatow ("The 40-Year-Old Virgin," ''Knocked Up") is 50.
Actress Torri Higginson is 48.
Keyboardist Ulf (Buddha) Ekberg of Ace of Base is 47.
Writer-director Craig Brewer is 46.
Actress Colleen Haskell is 41.
Actress Lindsay Price is 41.
Pro cyclist Alberto Contador is 35.
Actress Ashley Madekwe is 34.
Actress Nora Kirkpatrick is 33.
Tennis player CoCo Vandeweghe is 26.
Actress Stefanie Scott is 21.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1803, Canadian author Susanna Moodie. (April 8, 1885)
In 1888, Canadian pianist and composer Willie Eckstein. (Sept. 23, 1963)
In 1896, Pulitzer Prize-winning lyricist Ira Gershwin. (Aug. 17, 1983)
In 1900, actress Agnes Moorehead. (April 30, 1974)
In 1903, Hugh Farr of "The Sons of the Pioneers." (March 17, 1980)
In 1907, Canadian painter R. York Wilson. (Feb. 10, 1984)
In 1908, bank robber Baby Face Nelson. (Nov. 27, 1934)
In 1917, Baskin-Robbins co-founder Irvine Robbins. (May 5, 2008)
In 1920, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck. (Dec. 5, 2012)
In 1921, Canadian WWII flying ace Buzz Beurling. (May 20, 1948)
In 1921, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Otto Graham. (Dec. 17, 2003)
In 1925, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Andy Robustelli. (May 31, 2011)
In 1933, Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki. (Nov. 12, 2010)
In 1943, Mike Smith of the Dave Clark Five. (Feb. 28, 2008)
In 1949, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Linda Creed. (April 10, 1986)
In 1956, guitarist Randy Rhoads. (March 19, 1982)
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