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Celebrity birthdays for March 9
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(AP) — Celebrity birthdays for March 9:

Rapper Bow Wow is 31.

Singer John Cale (The Velvet Underground) is 76.

Guitarist Jimmie Fadden of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is 70.

Drummer Shannon Leto of 30 Seconds To Mars is 48.

TV personality Ben Mulroney is 42.

Actor Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) is 39.

Rapper YG is 28.

Singer Lloyd Price is 85.

Actress Joyce Van Patten is 84.

Canadian and World Gold Hall-of-Famer Marlene Stewart Streit is 84.

Country singer Mickey Gilley is 82.

NHL colour commentator Harry Neale is 81.

Actress Trish Van Devere is 77.

Singer Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders is 76.

TV anchor Charles Gibson is 75.

Guitarist Robin Trower (Procol Harum) is 73.

Singer Jeffrey Osborne is 70.

Actress Jaime Lyn Bauer is 69.

Magazine editor Michael Kinsley is 67.

TV newscaster Faith Daniels is 61.

Actress Linda Fiorentino (“Men In Black”) is 60.

Singer Martin Fry, of the ’80s British pop group ABC, is 60.

Actor Tom Amandes (“Eli Stone,” “Parenthood”) is 59.

Actor-director Lonny Price is 59.

Guitarist Rusty Hendrix of Confederate Railroad is 58.

Actress Juliette Binoche (“Chocolat,” “The English Patient”) is 54.

Bassist Robert Sledge of Ben Folds Five is 50.

Quebec singer-songwriter Stefie Shock is 49.

Actor Emmanuel Lewis (“Webster”) is 47.

Actress Jean Louisa Kelly (“Yes, Dear,” “Mr. Holland’s Opus”) is 46.

Actor Kerr Smith (“Life Unexpected,” “Dawson’s Creek”) is 46.

Comedian Jordan Klepper (“The Daily Show”) is 39.

Rapper Chingy is 38.

Actor Matthew Gray Gubler (“Criminal Minds”) is 38.

Guitarist Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory is 37.

Keyboardist Ben Tanner of Alabama Shakes is 35.

Actress Brittany Snow (“American Dreams,” “Hairspray”) is 32.

Actor Luis Armand Garcia (“George Lopez”) is 26.

Actress Cierra Ramirez (“The Fosters”) is 23.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1902, actor Will Geer. (April 22, 1978)

In 1918, crime author Mickey Spillane. (July 17, 2006)

In 1920, country steel guitarist Jerry Byrd. (April 11, 2005)

In 1921, television writer/producer Don Brinkley. (July 14, 2012)

In 1926, radio and TV host Joe Franklin. (Jan. 24, 2015)

In 1928, singer-actress Keely Smith. (Dec. 16, 2017)

In 1929, 1950s pop singer Joe Valino. (Dec. 26, 1996)

In 1930, jazz musician Ornette Coleman. (June 11, 2015)

In 1934, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. (March 27, 1968)

In 1936, actor-comedian Marty Ingels. (Oct. 21, 2015)

In 1940, actor Raul Julia. (Oct. 24, 1994)

In 1943, chess master Bobby Fischer. (Jan. 17, 2008)

In 1944, Canadian blues-rock singer and harmonica player King Biscuit Boy (real name Richard Newell). (Jan. 5, 2003)

In 1950, Toronto Blue Jay Doug Ault (hit the team’s first home run). (Dec. 22, 2004)