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Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 22: Broadcast journalist Morton Dean is 90. Author Annie Proulx is 90. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 86. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells is 84. Correspondent Steve Kroft ("60 Minutes") is 80.

Celebrity birthdays for Aug. 22:

Broadcast journalist Morton Dean is 90.

Author Annie Proulx is 90.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yastrzemski is 86.

Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells is 84.

Correspondent Steve Kroft ("60 Minutes") is 80.

Writer-producer David Chase is 80.

Singer Ron Dante, lead vocalist for the cartoon group The Archies, is 80.

Donna Godchaux, former vocalist with the Grateful Dead, is 78.

Guitarist David Marks of The Beach Boys is 77.

International Swimming Hall-of-Famer Diana Nyad is 76.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Paul Molitor is 69.

Actor Colm Feore is 68.

Guitarist Vernon Reid of Living Colour is 67.

Country singer Ricky Lynn Gregg is 66.

Country singer Collin Raye is 65.

Actress Regina Taylor ("The Unit," ''I'll Fly Away") is 65.

Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 64.

Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 64.

Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 63.

Singer Tori Amos is 62.

Country singer Mila Mason is 62.

Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 62.

International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Mats Wilander is 61.

Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 59.

Actress Brooke Dillman is 59.

Actor Ty Burrell ("Modern Family") is 58.

Actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is 58.

Celebrity chef Giada DeLaurentiis is 55.

Country singer George Canyon is 55.

Actor Rick Yune is 54.

Rapper Beenie Man is 52.

Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 52.

Comedian-actress Kristen Wiig ("Bridesmaids," ''Saturday Night Live") is 52.

Actress Melinda Page Hamilton ("Devious Maids," ''Mad Men,") is 51.

Actress Jenna Leigh Green ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") is 51.

Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 51.

Former "The Late Late Show" host James Corden is 47.

Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 47.

Actor Brandon Adams ("The Mighty Ducks") is 46.

Country music singer Tim Hicks is 46.

Actress Aya Sumika ("Numb3rs") is 45.

Actor Dakota Goyo is 26.

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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1827, industrialist Ezra Butler Eddy. (Feb. 10, 1906)

In 1862, French composer Claude Debussy. (March 25, 1918)

In 1878, Canadian tenor Edward Johnson. (April 20, 1959)

In 1902, German filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl. (Sept. 8, 2003)

In 1909, Hollywood screenwriter Julius J. Epstein, who co-wrote the script for "Casablanca," (Dec. 30, 2000)

In 1917, bluesman John Lee Hooker. (June 21, 2001)

In 1920, science fiction and fantasy author Ray Bradbury. (June 5, 2012)

In 1926, Bob Flanagan, lead singer of The Four Freshmen. (May 15, 2011)

In 1928, German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. (Dec. 5, 2007)

In 1934, U.S. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. (Dec. 27, 2012)

In 1936, rockabilly singer-songwriter Dale Hawkins. (Feb. 13, 2010)

In 1939, Fred Milano of the '50s and '60s group The Belmonts. (Jan. 1, 2012)

In 1939, actress Valerie Harper. (August 30, 2020)

In 1947, actress Cindy Williams ("Laverne and Shirley"). (Jan. 25, 2023)

In 1957, country singer Holly Dunn. (Nov. 14, 2016)

In 1958, Bay City Rollers guitarist Ian Mitchell. (Sep. 1, 2020)

In 1967, singer Layne Staley (Alice in Chains). (April 5, 2002)

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