July 5th Birthdays
If you were born on July 5th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Robbie Robertson is 77 (nee Jaime Royal Robertson)
Canadian composer, singer & songwriter with Rock and Roll Hall of Fame group The Band (The Weight; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; Somewhere Down the Crazy River; Up on Cripple Creek; Fallen Angel), born July 5, 1943. (Robbie Robertson 1971 Photo: Capitol Records | Billboard)
Huey Lewis is 70 (nee Hugh Anthony Cregg III)
American singer-songwriter of Huey Lewis and the News (Do You Believe in Love; Heart and Soul; I Want a New Drug; The Heart of Rock & Roll; If This Is It; The Power of Love; Back in Time), actor (Back to the Future; Duets; Hot in Cleveland; Short Cuts), born July 5, 1950. (Huey Lewis 2006 Photo: Carl Lender)
“Goose” Gossage is 69 (nee Richard Michael Gossage)
Baseball Hall of Fame retired American professional baseball player, 9-time All-Star MLB relief pitcher (New York Yankees – 1978 World Series champions; San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics), and senior born July 5, 1951. (Richard “Goose” Gossage 2007 Photo: Phil Konstanti)
Don Stark is 66 (nee Donald Stark)
American character & voice over actor of TV (Bob Pinciotti on That ’70s Show; Ripley on General Hospital; Hit the Floor; Timecop; Bless This House; The Streets of San Francisco) and movies (Star Trek: First Contact; Feds; Earth Minus Zero; Night of the Running Man), born July 5, 1954. (Don Stark 1981 Evilspeak Trailer)
Patsy Pease is 64 (nee Patricia Ann Pease)
American actress of TV (Kimberley Brady Donovan on Days of Our Lives; Cissy Mitchell on Search for Tomorrow; Patricia Fennell on The Young and the Restless; The Bay) & movies (Space Raiders; He Knows You’re Alone; Two Shades of Blue), born July 5, 1956. (Patsy Pease 1988 Days of Our Lives Promo: NBC)
Doug Wilson is 63 (nee Douglas Frederick Wilson)
Canadian retired professional hockey player, NHL defenceman (Chicago Blackhawks, San Jose Sharks), 1982 James Norris Memorial Trophy (top defenceman), 8x NHL All-Star, San Jose Sharks GM since 2003, born July 5, 1957. (Doug Wilson 1977 Photo: Chicago Blackhawks / NHL)
Marc Cohn is 61
Grammy Award-winning American folk-rock musician (keyboards, guitar), songwriter & singer (Walking in Memphis; Silver Thunderbird; True Companion; Walk Through the World; Ghost Train; Turn on Your Radio), born July 5, 1959. (Marc Cohn 2016 Photo: Thoughtmatters)
Edie Falco is 57 (nee Edith Falco)
Emmy Award-winning American actress of stage, TV (Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos; Nurse Jackie; Oz; Homicide: Life on the Street; Horace and Pete; Law & Order True Crime; 30 Rock), and movies (Cop Land; Random Hearts; Freedomland), born July 5, 1963. (Edie Falco 2007 Photo: David Shankbone)
Maylasian-American retailer (Armani Wells), actress of movies (Back to the Future; Still Waters Burn; Alien Armageddon; Starship: Rising; Vitals) and TV (Herbie, the Love Bug; Fast Times; Off the Rack; Family; Rise and Shine; Trapper John, M.D.), born July 5, 1966. (Claudia Wells 1984 Anatomy of an Illness)
(Baby Deer/ Fawn Photo: Nicomiot Photographies via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on July 5th!
And remembering
Shirley Knight (aka Shirley Knight Hopkins)
American Tony And Emmy Award-winning actress of TV (Hawaiian Eye; Desperate Housewives; Buckskin; Surfside 6; The Virginian), movies (Sweet Bird of Youth; Petulia; Endless Love; As Good As It Gets; The Dark at the Top of the Stairs), born July 5, 1936. – died Apr. 22, 2020; age 83). Shirley Knight died of natural causes. (Shirley Knight 1963 Photo: Frank Driggs Collection)
Katherine Helmond
American actress of TV (Mona Robinson on Who’s The Boss?; Jessica Tate on Soap & Benson; Everybody Loves Raymond; Coach) and movies (The Hindenburg; Family Plot; Baby Blue Marine; Frank and Ava) (born July 5, 1929 – died Feb. 23, 2019; age 89). Katherine Helmond died of Alzheimer’s Disease complications. (Katherine Helmond 1989 Photo: Alan Light)
Warren Oates
American actor of TV (Stoney Burke; Gunsmoke; East of Eden) and movies (The Wild Bunch; Chandler; Tom Sawyer; Dillinger; Badlands; Stripes; Return of the Magnificent Seven; In the Heat of the Night; The Brinks Job; Race with the Devil) (born July 5, 1928 – died Apr. 3, 1982; age 53). Warren Oates had COPD and died of a heart attack. (Warren Oates 1973 Dillinger Trailer)
Milburn Stone (nee Hugh Milburn Stone)
Emmy Award-winning American character actor of TV (Doc Galen Adams on Gunsmoke) and movies (Swing It Professor; The 13th Man; Mystery Plane; The Great Plane Robbery; The Frozen Ghost; Smoke Signal; White Feather; The Master Key) (born July 5, 1904 – died June 12, 1980; age 75). Cause of death for Milburn Stone was a heart attack. (Milburn Stone 1959 Gunsmoke Photo: CBS)
John Wood
British character actor of stage, TV, and movies (WarGames; One More Time; Which Way to the Front?; Nicholas and Alexandra; Slaughterhouse-Five; Somebody Killed Her Husband; The Purple Rose of Cairo; Ladyhawke; Lady Jane; Heartburn; Sabrina; Jumpin’ Jack Flash) (born July 5, 1930 – died Aug. 6, 2011; age 81). John Wood died of brain cancer. (John Wood 1974 Photo)
Curt Blefary (nee Curtis Leroy Blefary; “Clank“)
American pro baseball player, MLB left fielder (Baltimore Orioles – 1966 World Series Champions; Houston Astros; New York Yankees; Oakland Athletics), 1965 American League Rookie of the Year (born July 5, 1943 – died Sept. 10, 2001; age 57). Curt Blefary died of a chronic pancreatitis. (Curt Blefary 1965 Photo: Baltimore Orioles / Barkin, Herman and Associates)
American actor of Broadway stages (Tortilla Flat; Zeppelin; Speak Easy) and feature films (The Public Enemy; Local Boy Makes Good; They Never Came Back; Hot Saturday; Bondage; Dinner at Eight; Marriage on Approval, Fighting Lady; Navy Blues; Shadows Over Shanghai; Mothers Cry) (born July 5, 1903 – died Oct. 8, 1989; age 86). (Edward Woods 1933 Tarzan the Fearless)
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