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Bobby Orr is 70 today

Celebrity birthdays for march 20
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(AP) — Celebrity birthdays for March 20:

Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Bobby Orr is 70.

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is 79.

Actor William Hurt is 68.

Director Spike Lee is 61.

Actress Holly Hunter is 60.

Actor Robb Wells (Trailer Park Boys) is 47.

Comedian Mikey Day (Saturday Night Live) is 38.

Actress Ruby Rose (Orange is the New Black) is 32.

Singer Dame Vera Lynn is 101.

Producer-director-comedian Carl Reiner is 96.

Actor Hal Linden is 87.

Canadian country singer Tommy Hunter is 81.

Country singer Don Edwards is 79.

Vito Picone, lead singer with The Elegants, is 77.

TV producer Paul Junger Witt is 75.

Basketball Hall of Fame coach Pat Riley is 73.

Canadian author and broadcaster Dr. Jay Ingram is 73.

Country singer-guitarist Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky is 72.

Blues musician Marcia Ball is 69.

Drummer Carl Palmer (Asia Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 68.

Guitarist Jimmie Vaughan (Fabulous Thunderbirds) is 67.

Guitarist Jimmy Seales of Shenandoah is 64.

Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway is 61.

Actress Theresa Russell is 61.

Actress Amy Aquino is 61.

Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway is 61.

Retired pro wrestler Sting (born Steve Borden) is 59.

Guitarist Richard Drummie (Go West) is 59.

Drummer Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) is 57.

Model Kathy Ireland is 55.

Actor David Thewlis (“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”) is 55.

Guitarist Adrian Oxaal of James is 53.

Actress Jessica Lundy (“Party of Five,” “Hope and Gloria”) is 52.

Actress Liza Snyder (“Yes, Dear”) is 50.

Olympic sprint kayaker medallist Caroline Brunet is 49.

Actor Michael Rapaport (“Boston Public”) is 48.

Actor Alexander Chaplin (“Spin City”) is 47.

Actor Cedric Yarbrough (“Speechless,” “Reno 911!”) is 45.

Actress Paula Garces (“Harold and Kumar” films) is 44.

Actor Michael Genadry (“Ed”) is 40.

Actress Bianca Lawson (“Pretty Little Liars”) is 39.

Actor Nick Blood (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) is 36.

Guitarist Nick Wheeler of All-American Rejects is 36.

Contemporary Christian singer Chris August is 36.

Actor Michael Cassidy is 35.

Actress Christy Carlson Romano (“Even Stevens,” “Kim Possible”) is 34.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1828, Norwegian poet and playwright Henrik Ibsen. (May 23, 1906.)

In 1903, actor Edward Buchanan. (April 4, 1979)

In 1906, entertainer Ozzie Nelson. (June 3, 1975)

In 1907, Canadian novelist Hugh MacLennan. (Nov. 7, 1990)

In 1908, actor Sir Michael Redgrave. (March 21, 1985)

In 1909, acclaimed Canadian abstract painter Jack Bush. (Jan. 24, 1977)

In 1915, world-renowned pianist Sviatoslav Richter. (Aug. 1, 1997)

In 1918, TV game show host Jack Barry. (May 2, 1984)

In 1920, French film director Eric Rohmer. (Jan. 11, 2010)

In 1921, big band leader and jazz saxophonist Jimmy Coe. (Feb. 26, 2004)

In 1922, bandleader Larry Elgart. (Aug. 29, 2017)

In 1927, Louisiana fiddler Dewey Balfa. (June 17, 1992)

In 1928, Fred Rogers, host of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” (Feb. 27, 2003)

In 1937, country singer-songwriter Jerry Reed. (Sept. 1, 2008)

In 1948, blues singer Marva Wright. (March 23, 2010)

In 1976, singer Chester Bennington of Linkin Park. (July 20, 2017)