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Celebrity-Birthdays-Aug20

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 20: Boxing promoter Don King is 94. Jazz drummer Terry Clarke is 81. News anchor Connie Chung is 79. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 78. Actor Ray Wise ("Reaper," ''Twin Peaks") is 78.

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 20:

Boxing promoter Don King is 94.

Jazz drummer Terry Clarke is 81.

News anchor Connie Chung is 79.

Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 78.

Actor Ray Wise ("Reaper," ''Twin Peaks") is 78.

Actor John Noble ("Lord of the Rings" films) is 77.

Singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 77.

Singer Rudy Gatlin of the Gatlin Brothers is 73.

Singer-songwriter John Hiatt is 73.

Actor-director Peter Horton ("thirtysomething") is 72.

TV weatherman Al Roker is 71.

Actor Jay Acovone is 70.

Actress Joan Allen is 69.

Movie director David O. Russell is 67.

Film director and screenwriter Patricia Rozema is 67.

TV personality Asha Blake is 64.

Actor James Marsters ("Angel," ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer") is 63.

Rapper KRS-One is 60.

Actor Colin Cunningham is 59.

Actor Billy Gardell ("Mike and Molly") is 56.

Singer Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit is 55.

Actor Jonathan Ke Quan ("Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom") is 54.

Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 54.

Actor Misha Collins ("Supernatural") is 51.

Actress Amy Adams is 51.

Singer Monique Powell of Save Ferris is 50.

Jazz/pop singer-pianist Jamie Cullum is 46.

Actor Ben Barnes ("Westworld," ''Prince Caspian") is 44.

Actress Meghan Ory ("One Upon A Time") is 43.

Actor Andrew Garfield ("The Amazing Spider-Man") is 42.

Actor Brant Daugherty ("Pretty Little Liars") is 40.

Singer-actress Demi Lovato is 33.

Mezzo-soprano singer Aria Tesolin is 32.

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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1905, Saskatchewan painter Illingworth Kerr. (Jan. 6, 1989)

In 1907, voice actor Alan Reed (Fred Flintstone). (June 14, 1977)

In 1918, author Jacqueline Susann. (Sept. 21, 1974)

In 1919, writer-producer-director Walter Bernstein. (Jan. 23, 2021)

In 1923, country star Jim Reeves. (July 31, 1964)

In 1923, screenwriter Sheldon Keller. (Sept. 1, 2008)

In 1930, Mario Bernardi, pianist and first conductor of the National Arts Centre. (June 2, 2013)

In 1935, country singer Justin Tubb. (Jan. 24, 1998)

In 1941, former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic. (March 11, 2006)

In 1942, singer, songwriter and musician Isaac Hayes. (Aug. 20, 2008)

In 1949, bassist Phil Lynott (Thin Lizzy). (Jan. 4, 1986)

In 1952, singer Doug Fieger of The Knack. (Feb. 14, 2010)

In 1966, guitarist Dimebag Darrell (Pantera, Damageplan). (Dec. 8, 2004)

In 1974, rapper Big Moe (real name Kenneth Moore). (Oct. 14, 2007)

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