Celebrity Birthdays for May 26:
Opera singer Teresa Stratas is 87.
Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 86.
Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 80.
Singer Stevie Nicks is 77.
Actor Philip Michael Thomas ("Miami Vice") is 76.
Actress Pam Grier is 76.
Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 76.
Actress Margaret Colin is 67.
Singer Dave Robbins (BlackHawk) is 66.
Actor Doug Hutchison ("The Green Mile") is 65.
Actress Genie Francis ("General Hospital") is 63.
Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 63.
Singer Lenny Kravitz is 61.
Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 59.
Distance runner Zola Budd is 59.
Drummer Phillip Rhodes of The Gin Blossoms is 57.
Actor Joseph Fiennes ("Shakespeare in Love," “The Handmaid’s Tale”) is 55.
Singer Joey Kibble of Take 6 is 54.
"South Park" co-creator Matt Stone is 54.
Singer Lauryn Hill is 50.
Singer Justin Pierre (Motion City Soundtrack) is 49.
Bassist Nathan Cochran of MercyMe is 47.
Actress Elisabeth Harnois ("CSI") is 46.
Actor Hrach Titizian ("Homeland") is 46.
Reality star Scott Disick (“Keeping Up With the Kardashians”) is 42.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1886, actor-comedian-singer Al Jolson. (Oct. 23, 1950)
In 1907, actor John Wayne. (June 11, 1979)
In 1912, Canadian actor Jay Silverheels (Tonto). (March 5, 1980)
In 1913, actor Peter Cushing. (Aug. 11, 1994)
In 1914, dancer Frankie Manning (Lindy Hop). (April 27, 2009)
In 1920, singer Peggy Lee. (Jan. 21, 2002)
In 1923, actor James Arness. (June 3, 2011)
In 1925, actor Alec McCowen. (Feb. 6, 2017)
In 1926, jazz trumpeter Miles Davis. (Sept. 28, 1991)
In 1928, pathologist and assisted suicide activist Jack Kevorkian. (June 3, 2011)
In 1929, composer and conductor Alfred Kunz. (Jan. 16, 2019)
In 1934, journalist Richard Gwyn. (Aug. 15, 2020)
In 1940, singer-drummer Levon Helm of The Band. (April 19, 2012)
In 1944, steel guitar player Gates Nichols of Confederate Railroad. (Aug. 14, 2009)
In 1946, guitarist Mick Ronson. (April 29, 1993)
In 1951, astronaut Sally K. Ride. (July 23, 2012)
In 1967, bassist Kristen Pfaff (Hole). (June 16, 1994)
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