June 5th Birthdays
If you were born on June 5th you share a birthday with these famous people:
Bill Hayes is 95 (nee William Foster Hayes III)
American singer (Davy Crockett), actor of daytime TV soap opera Days of Our Lives for 45+ years (Doug Williams from 1972-2018), stage, primetime TV (Your Show of Shows), and movies (The Cardinal; Stop, You’re Killing Me; Wrestling With God), (born June 5, 1925). (Bill Hayes 1960s Photo)
John Carlos is 75
Retired American track and field athlete, bronze medal-winning Olympic sprinter (1968 Mexico City), civil rights activist (Olympic Project for Human Rights), CFL pro football player, and septuagenarian born June 5, 1945. (John Carlos 1968 Olympic Games Photo: Angelo Cozzi, Mondadori Publishers)
Ken Follett is 71 (nee Kenneth Martin Follett)
Edgar Award-winning, best-selling Welsh spy thriller and historical fiction novelist (The Key to Rebecca; Eye of the Needle; World Without End; Pillars of the Earth; Fall of Giants; A Dangerous Fortune; Edge of Eternity; Lie Down With Lions; Triple; Winter of the World), born June 5, 1949. (Ken Follett Photo: Olivier Favre / Ken Follett)
Suze Orman is 69 (nee Susan Lynn Orman)
American financial advisor & writer (Money Matters; The Philadelphia Enquirer), motivational speaker, CNBC TV host (The Suze Orman Show), and author (The Road to Wealth; The Nine Steps to Financial Freedom) born June 5, 1951. (Suze Orman 2014 Photo: Jacqueline Zaccor / linkedineditors)
Kathleen Kennedy is 67
American television & film producer (E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial; Jurassic Park; Poltergeist; The Bridges of Madison County; The Sixth Sense; Seabiscuit; The Goonies; Back to the Future; The Color Purple; Schindler’s List; War Horse; Always), born June 5, 1953. (Kathleen Kennedy 2015 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Nancy Stafford is 66
American model & actress of TV (Michelle Thomas on Matlock; Joan Halloran on St. Elsewhere; Sidekicks; Main Floor; Scandal; Judging Amy), movies (The Wager; A Mermaid’s Tale; Heritage Falls; I’m Not Ashamed), and Miss Florida 1976, born June 5, 1954. (Nancy Stafford c 1990 Photo: Bob Finch)
Kenny G. is 64 (nee Kenneth Bruce Gorelick)
American best-selling instrumental musician and jazz saxophonist (Songbird; Auld Lang Syne; Every Time I Close My Eyes; Don’t Make Me Wait For Love; Forever in Love; Love Power; All the Man That I Need; Voices That Care; Missing You Now), born June 5, 1956. (Kenny G 2013 Photo: Angela George)
Rick Riordan is 56 (nee Richard Russell Riordan Jr.)
American writer, creator of the Tres Navarre detective fiction series novels (Big Red Tequila), mythology & fantasy young adult series Percy Jackson & The Olympians, and The Heroes of Olympus (The Lightning Thief; The Last Olympian), born June 5, 1964. (Rick Riordan 2010 Photo: Dave & Margie Hill / Kleerup)
Ron Livingston is 53 (nee Ronald Joseph Livingston)
American actor of stage, TV (The Practice; Band of Brothers; Sex and the City; Boardwalk Empire; Standoff; Defying Gravity) and movies (Office Space; Little Black Book; Relative Strangers; The Time Traveler’s Wife; Shimmer Lake; Swingers), born June 5, 1967. (Ron Livingston 2010 Photo: Ian Smith)
American musician, singer & songwriter (Back at One; Love is [Vanessa Williams duet]; One Last Cry; The Way Love Goes; On the Down Low), producer, actor & host of stage and TV (Sister, Sister; The Brian McKnight Show), born June 5th, 1969. (Brian McKnight 2017 Photo: Gage Skidmore)
Martin Gélinas is 50 (“The Eliminator“)
Canadian former professional hockey player, 1987-1988 CHL Rookie of the Year, NHL forward (Edmonton Oilers – 1990 Stanley Cup; Vancouver Canucks; Carolina Hurricanes; Calgary Flames), and NHL Assistant Coach (Calgary Flames), born June 5th, 1970. (Martin Gélinas 2014 Photo: Resolute)
(Tiger Photo: Jack Merlin via Unsplash)
Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating their birthday on June 5th!
And remembering
Peggy Stewart (nee Peggy O’Rourke)
American actress of TV (The Cisco Kid; Gunsmoke; Quincy M.E.; Emergency!) and movies (Son of Zorro; Alias Billy the Kid; Silver City Kid; Oregon Trail; Tucson Raiders; Little Tough Guy; Back Street; Firebrands of Arizona; Conquest of Cheyenne;) (born June 5, 1923 – died May 29, 2019; age 95). Cause of death for Peggy Stewart is unknown. (Peggy Stewart 1947 Vigilantes of Boomtown)
Robert Lansing (nee Robert Howell Brown)
American actor of TV (Frank Savage on 12 O’Clock High; Peter Brooks on Young Dr. Malone; Steve Carella on 87th Precinct; The Man Who Never Was; Gunsmoke; The Equalizer; Kung Fu: The Legend Continues; Mannix; The Virginian) & film (The Pusher; A Gathering of Eagles) (born June 5, 1928 – died Oct. 23, 1994; age 66). Robert Lansing died of cancer. (Robert Lansing 1965 Daniel Boone)
American actor of TV (Dr. Kildare; Perry Mason; Alfred Hitchcock Presents) and movies (Two For the Seesaw; Tora! Tora! Tora!; Topaz; Banning; The Americanization of Emily; A House Is Not A Home; A Global Affair; Good Day for a Hanging; Mystery Street) (born June 5, 1905 – died Aug. 4, 1984; age 79). Cause of death for Edmon Ryan is unknown. (Edmon Ryan 1961 Thriller)
Gregg Barton (nee Harold Wilson Barker)
American actor of movies & TV (Death Valley Days; The Gene Autry Show; The Adventures of Kit Carson; 26 Men; Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok; The Lone Ranger; The Roy Rogers Show; Annie Oakley; The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp; Laramie; Buffalo Bill, Jr.) (born June 5, 1912 – died Nov. 28, 2000; age 88). Cause of death for Gregg Barton is unknown. (Gregg Barton 1960 Bonanza)
Herb Vigran (nee Herbert Vigran)
American character actor of movies (Blackbeard’s Ghost) and TV (Gunsmoke; The Jack Benny Program; Dragnet; Bewitched; The Lucy Show; Bachelor Father; The Brady Bunch; The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; The Dick Van Dyke Show; McHale’s Navy; The Life of Riley) (born June 5, 1910 – died Nov. 29, 1986; age 76). Herb Vigran died of cancer complications. (Herb Vigran 1960 Bonanza)
Franklyn Farnum (nee William Smith)
American actor of stage (Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic), silent film star (Romance of the Rockies; Billy the Kid; Battling Brewster), extra in movies & TV (Sunset Boulevard; Around the World in 80 Days; The Bad and the Beautiful; The Story of Seabiscuit; Tombstone Territory) (born June 5, 1878 – died July 4, 1961; age 83). Franklyn Farnum died of cancer. (Franklyn Farnum 1924 Photo)
Richard Scarry
American Little Golden Books illustrator & author, creator of the Busytown children’s books (Busy Town, Busy People; Great Steamboat Mystery; First Book Ever; Tinker and Tanker; Just For Fun; The Bunny Book; Best Word Book Ever; What Do People Do All Day?) (born June 5, 1919 – died Apr. 30, 1994; age 74). Richard Scarry died of a heart attack.
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