Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 7:
Academic and activist Noam Chomsky is 96.
Actress Ellen Burstyn is 92.
Soprano Heather Thomson is 84.
Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Gerry Cheevers is 84.
Broadcast journalist Carole Simpson is 83.
Baseball Hall of Fame catcher Johnny Bench is 77.
Actor-director-producer James Keach is 77.
Country singer Gary Morris is 76.
Singer-songwriter Tom Waits is 75.
Actress Priscilla Barnes ("Three's Company") is 69.
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Larry Bird is 68.
Announcer Edd Hall ("The Tonight Show With Jay Leno") is 66.
Bassist Tim Butler of Psychedelic Furs is 66.
Actor Patrick Fabian is 60.
Actor Jeffrey Wright ("Westworld") is 59.
Actor C. Thomas Howell is 58.
Guitarist Gem Archer ("Oasis," "Beady Eye") is 58.
Actress Kimberly Hebert Gregory ("Kevin (Probably) Saves The World") is 52.
Producer-director Jason Winer is 52.
Singer Nicole Appleton of All Saints is 50.
Latin singer Frankie J is 49.
Country singer Sunny Sweeney is 48.
Actor/writer/director Mark Duplass is 48.
Actress Shiri Appleby ("Roswell") is 46.
TV and radio personality Arisa Cox is 46.
Singer Sara Bareilles is 45.
Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 45.
Actor Jack Huston is 42.
Actor Nicholas Hoult is 35.
MLB outfielder Yasiel Puig is 34.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1910, trumpeter-singer-bandleader Louis Prima. (Aug. 24, 1978)
In 1910, Canadian-born actor Rod Cameron. (Dec. 21, 1983)
In 1915, actor Eli Wallach. (June 24, 2014)
In 1916, French-Canadian fiddler Ti-Jean Carignan. (Feb. 16, 1988)
In 1923, actor Ted Knight (The Mary Tyler Moore Show). (Aug. 26, 1986)
In 1925, Canadian soprano Elizabeth Benson Guy. (July 8, 2010)
In 1927, Canadian dance great Grant Strate. (Feb. 9, 2015)
In 1924, Danish pianist Bent Fabric. (July 28, 2020)
In 1931, bluegrass singer Bobby Osborne of the Osborne Brothers. (June 27, 2023)
In 1942, singer-songwriter Harry Chapin. (July 16, 1981)
In 1950, singer Ron Hynes. (Nov. 19, 2015)
In 1958, pro wrestler "Ravishing" Rick Rude. (April 20, 1999)
In 1969, comedian Patrice O'Neal. (Nov. 29, 2011)
In 1987, singer Aaron Carter. (Nov. 5, 2022)
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