Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 28:
Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. is 88.
Gary Troxel of the '50s pop group The Fleetwoods is 78.
Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel is 77.
Singer Randy Newman is 74.
Movie director Joe Dante is 71.
Beeb Birtles, guitarist with Australia's Little River Band, is 69.
Musician Paul Shaffer ("Late Show With David Letterman") is 68.
Actor Ed Harris is 67.
Actress S. Epatha Merkerson ("Law and Order") is 65.
Country singer Kristine Arnold of Sweethearts of the Rodeo is 61.
Actor Judd Nelson is 58.
Movie director Alfonso Cuaron is 56.
Drummer Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden) is 55.
Comedian Jon Stewart ("The Daily Show") is 55.
Actress Jane Sibbett is 55.
Actress Garcelle Beauvais ("NYPD Blue," ''The Jamie Foxx Show") is 51.
Actor-comedian Stephnie Weir is 50.
Singer Dawn Robinson (En Vogue, Lucy Pearl) is 49.
Actress Gina Tognoni ("The Young and the Restless") is 44.
Hip-hop artist apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas is 43.
Actor Malcolm Goodwin ("iZombie") is 42.
Actor Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") is 41.
Actress Aimee Garcia is 39.
Rapper Chamillionaire is 38.
Actor Daniel Henney is 38.
Keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend) is 34.
Singer-keyboardist Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees is 34.
Singer Trey Songz (born Tremaine Neverson) is 33.
Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead is 33.
NHL goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is 33.
Actress Scarlett Pomers is 29.
Actor-rapper Bryshere Gray ("Empire") is 24.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1757, English poet William Blake. (Aug. 12, 1827)
In 1851, former Gov. Gen. Albert Henry George Grey. (Aug. 29, 1917)
In 1914, New York Yankee great Joe DiMaggio. (March 8, 1999)
In 1932, jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri. (April 2, 2016)
In 1933, actrees Hope Lange. (Dec. 19, 2003)
In 1940, singer Clem Curtis (The Foundations). (March 27, 2017)
In 1943, '60s pop singer R.B. Greaves. (Sept. 27, 2012)
In 1947, French composer Michel Berger. (Aug. 2, 1992)
In 1967, actress Anna Nicole Smith. (Feb. 8, 2007)
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