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Celebrity Birthdays for June 28: Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 98. Comedian-impressionist John Byner is 86. Actor Bruce Davison is 78. Actress Kathy Bates is 76. Actress Alice Krige is 70. Playwright Brad Fraser is 65.

Celebrity Birthdays for June 28:


Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 98.

Comedian-impressionist John Byner is 86.

Actor Bruce Davison is 78.

Actress Kathy Bates is 76.

Actress Alice Krige is 70.

Playwright Brad Fraser is 65.

Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway is 64.

Jazz singer Tierney Sutton is 61.

Actress Jessica Hecht ("Friends," ''The Single Guy") is 59.

Guitarist-violinist Saul Davies of James is 59.

Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is 58.

Actor John Cusack is 58.

Actor Gil Bellows ("Ally McBeal") is 57.

Actress-songwriter Danielle Brisebois ("All in the Family") is 55.

Actress Tichina Arnold ("Everybody Hates Chris") is 55.

Jazz saxophonist Jimmy Sommers is 55.

Actor Steve Burton ("The Young and the Restless") is 54.

Entrepreneur Elon Musk is 53.

Actor Alessandro Nivola is 52.

Bassist Tim Nordwind of OK Go is 48.

Actress Camille Guaty is 48.

Bassist Mark Stoermer of The Killers is 47.

Soprano Measha Brueggergosman is 47.

Country singer and former "American Idol" contestant Kellie Pickler is 38.

Actress Shadia Simmons ("Life With Derek") is 38.

Actress-singer Jasmine Richards is 34.


Also born on this date (death in parentheses):


In 1491, King Henry VIII. (Jan. 28, 1547)

In 1577, painter Peter Paul Rubens. (May 30, 1640)

In 1703, English preacher John Wesley. (March 2, 1791)

In 1902, composer Richard Rodgers. (Dec. 30, 1979)

In 1914, bluegrass musician and singer Lester Flatt. (May 11, 1979)

In 1915, blues singer-musician David "Honeyboy" Edwards. (Aug. 29, 2011)

In 1924, George Morgan, one of country music's earliest crooners. (July 7, 1975)

In 1932, actor Pat Morita. (Nov. 24, 2005)

In 1936, '50s pop singer Cathy Carr. (Nov. 22, 1988)

In 1937, Canadian golfer George Knudson. (Jan. 24, 1989)

In 1937, Major League umpire Ron Luciano. (Jan. 18, 1995)

In 1940, Canadian politician Laurence Decore. (Nov. 6, 1999)

In 1946, actress-comedian Gilda Radner. (May 20, 1989)

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