Celebrity Birthdays for June 15:
Singer Ruby Nash Garnett of Ruby and the Romantics is 91.
Muff Winwood, bass player with the Spencer Davis Group, is 82.
Funk guitarist Leo Nocentelli of The Meters is 79.
Singer Noddy Holder (Slade) is 79.
Actor Simon Callow ("Amadeus," ''Shakespeare in Love") is 76.
Singer Russell Hitchcock of Air Supply is 76.
Singer Steve Walsh (Kansas) is 74.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is 72.
Country singer Terri Gibbs is 71.
Actor Jim Belushi is 71.
Actress Julie Hagerty ("Airplane") is 70.
Actress Polly Draper ("thirtysomething") is 70.
Guitarist Brad Gillis of Night Ranger is 68.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Wade Boggs is 67.
Actress Eileen Davidson is 66.
British comedian-director Chris Morris is 63.
Drummer Scott Rockenfield of Queensryche is 62.
Actress Helen Hunt is 62.
Actress Courteney Cox ("Friends") is 61.
Guitarist Michael Britt of Lonestar is 59.
Rapper-actor Ice Cube (born O'Shea Jackson) is 56.
Actress Leah Remini ("King of Queens") is 55.
Actor Jake Busey ("Starship Troopers") is 54.
Rock singer Bif Naked is 54.
Actor Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother," ''Doogie Howser, M.D.") is 52.
Actor Greg Vaughan is 52.
Actress Elizabeth Reaser ("Twilight") is 50.
Actor Denzel Whitaker is 35.
Actress Sterling Jerins is 21.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1910, orchestra leader-composer David Rose. (Aug. 23, 1990)
In 1917, actor Lash La Rue. (May 21, 1996)
In 1917, country singer Leon Payne. (Sept. 11, 1969)
In 1920, Canadian record retailer Sam Sniderman. (Sept. 23, 2012)
In 1921, jazz pianist Erroll Garner. (Jan. 2, 1977)
In 1922, jazz pianist Jaki Byard. (Feb.11, 1999)
In 1929, Lotfi Mansouri, former general director of the Canadian Opera Company. (Aug. 30, 2013)
In 1930, Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Marcel Pronovost. (April 26, 2015)
In 1937, country music outlaw Waylon Jennings. (Feb. 13, 2002)
In 1937, rock journalist Ray Coleman. (Sept. 10, 1996)
In 1940, actor Aron Kincaid. (Jan 6, 2011)
In 1941, singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. (Jan. 15, 1994)
In 1942, bassist Lee Dorman of Iron Butterfly. (Dec. 21, 2012)
In 1943, singer-actor Johnny Hallyday. (Dec. 6, 2017)
In 1949, actor Jim Varney (Feb. 10, 2000)
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