Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 9:
Actor Kirk Douglas is 101.
Actor-writer Buck Henry is 87.
Country singer-songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler is 85.
Actress Dame Judi Dench is 83.
Actor Beau Bridges is 76.
Singer Sammy Strain (Little Anthony and the Imperials, The O'Jays) is 76.
Football player-turned-actor Dick Butkus is 75.
Comedian-songwriter Neil Innes is 73.
Actor Michael Nouri is 72.
World Golf Hall-of-Famer Tom Kite is 68.
Singer Joan Armatrading is 67.
Actor Michael Dorn ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") is 65.
Actor John Malkovich is 64.
Country singer Sylvia is 61.
Singer Donny Osmond is 60.
Bassist Nick Seymour of Crowded House is 59.
Comedian Mario Cantone ("Sex and the City") is 58.
Actor Joe Lando ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 56.
Actor David Anthony Higgins is 56.
Actress Felicity Huffman ("Desperate Housewives," ''Sports Night") is 55.
Crown Princess Masako of Japan is 54.
Keyboardist Jerry Hughes of Yankee Grey is 52.
Singer-guitarist Thomas Flowers of Oleander is 50.
Guitarist Brian Bell of Weezer is 49.
Singer-guitarist Jakob Dylan of The Wallflowers is 48.
Businesswoman and TV personality Lori Greiner ("Shark Tank") is 48.
Actress Allison Smith ("The West Wing," ''Kate and Allie") is 48.
Songwriter and former "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi is 47.
Country singer David Kersh is 47.
Actress Reiko Aylesworth ("24") is 45.
Drummer Tre Cool of Green Day is 45.
Rapper Canibus (born Germaine Williams) is 43.
Singer Emjay (Marie-Josee Riel) is 43.
Singer Damhnait Doyle is 42.
Actor Kevin Daniels is 41.
Singer Imogen Heap is 40.
Actor Jesse Metcalfe ("Desperate Housewives") is 39.
Actor Simon Helberg ("The Big Bang Theory") is 37.
Actress Jolene Purdy ("Under the Dome," ''Donnie Darko") is 34.
Actor Joshua Sasse ("Galavant") is 30.
Actress Ashleigh Brewer ("The Bold and the Beautiful") is 27.
Pro snowboarder Mark McMorris is 24.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1608, the great English poet John Milton. (Nov. 8, 1674)
In 1858, composer Henry Herbert Godfrey ("The Land of the Maple"). (Jan. 18, 1908)
In 1902, actress Margaret Hamilton. (May 16, 1985)
In 1922, comedian Redd Foxx. (Oct. 11, 1991)
In 1928, actor Dick Van Patten ("Eight Is Enough"). (June 23, 2015)
In 1932, trumpeter Donald Byrd. (Feb. 4, 2013)
In 1934, bluesman Junior Wells. ( Jan. 15, 1998)
In 1935, singer David Houston. (Nov. 30, 1993)
In 1938, Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Deacon Jones. (June 3, 2013).
In 1941, singer Dan Hicks is 74. (Feb. 6, 2016)
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