Celebrity Birthdays for June 25:
Actress June Lockhart is 100.
Singer Eddie Floyd is 88.
Actress Barbara Montgomery ("Amen," ''The Women of Brewster Place") is 86.
Actress Mary Beth Peil ("The Good Wife," ''Dawson's Creek") is 85.
Film director Denys Arcand is 84.
Playwright Michel Tremblay is 83.
Pop singer Robert Charlebois is 81.
Singer Carly Simon is 80.
Retired Canadian senator and former Lt. Gen. Romeo Dallaire is 79.
Actor-comedian Jimmie Walker is 78.
Actor-director Michael Lembeck is 77.
Novelist Barbara Gowdy is 75.
Singer Tim Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House is 73.
Keyboardist David Paich of Toto is 71.
Actor Michael Sabatino ("NYPD Blue") is 70.
Actor-writer-director Ricky Gervais is 64.
Actor John Benjamin Hickey is 62.
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Doug Gilmour is 62.
Author Yann Martel is 62.
Actress Erica Gimpel (TV's "Fame," ''Profiler") is 61.
Rapper-producer Richie Rich is 58.
Rapper Candyman is 57.
Actress Angela Kinsey ("The Office") is 54.
Rock musician Mario Calire is 51.
Actress Linda Cardellini (“Freaks and Geeks,” "ER”) is 50.
Actress Busy Philipps ("ER," ''Dawson's Creek") is 46.
Jazz pianist Joey Alexander is 22.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1899, singer Arthur Tracy. (Oct. 5, 1997)
In 1903, English novelist George Orwell. (Jan. 21, 1950)
In 1924, movie director Sidney Lumet. (April 9, 2011)
In 1925, Clifton Chenier, the king of zydeco music. (Dec. 12, 1987)
In 1929, Jerry Goodis, a founding member of the Canadian folk music group "The Travellers." (Nov. 8, 2002)
In 1935, author-activist Larry Kramer. (May 27, 2020)
In 1939, singer Harold Melvin. (March 24, 1997)
In 1940, bassist Clint Warwick (The Moody Blues). (May 15, 2005)
In 1942, basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed. (Mar. 21, 2023)
In 1944, writer-producer-director Gary David Goldberg. (June 23, 2013)
In 1946, keyboardist Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult. (Aug. 14, 2013)
In 1946, keyboardist-saxophonist Ian McDonald of Foreigner and King Crimson. (Feb. 9, 2022)
In 1949, TV personality Phyllis George. (May 14, 2020)
In 1952, rock producer-songwriter-artist Brian "Too Loud" McLeod (Chilliwack, Headpins). (April 25, 1992)
In 1956, TV chef Anthony Bourdain. (June 8, 2018)
In 1963, singer George Michael. (Dec. 25, 2016)
In 1966, Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dikembe Mutombo. (Sept. 30, 2024)
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