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Celebrity March Birthdays!
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March 17th, Gary Sinise, 69, stage and screen actor (Forrest Gump), Chicago, IL, 1955. Photo courtesy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
1 – Roger Daltrey, 80, singer (The Who), London, U.K., 1944.
2 – Chris Martin, 47, singer (Coldplay), Exeter, Devon, U.K., 1977.
3, Jessica Biel, 42, actress (7th Heaven), Ely, Minn., 1982.
4- Steven Weber, 63, Wings actor, Queens, N.Y., 1961.
5 – Paul Sand, 80, Tony-winning actor (Paul Sills’ Story Theatre), Los Angeles, Calif., 1944.
6 – Connie Britton, 80, singer (Spin City), Boston, Mass., 1968.
7 – Taylor Dayne, 62, singer, born Leslie Wunderman, Long Island, N.Y., 1962.
8 – Freddie Prinze, Jr., 48, actor (Scooby-Doo), Albuquerque, N.M., 1976.
9 – Suga, 31, rapper, born Min Yoon-gi, Daegu, South Korea, 1993,
10 – Shannon Tweed, 67, actress (Pacific Blue), St. John’s, N.F., Canada, 1957.
11 – Jerry Zucker, 74, writer, producer, Milwaukee, Wisc., 1950.
12 – Barbara Feldon, 83, actress (Get Smart), Pittsburgh, Penn., 1941.
13 – Adam Clayton, 64, musician (U2), Dublin, Ireland, 1960.
14 – Michael Caine, 91, Oscar-winning actor (Hannah and Her Sisters), London, U.K., 1933.
15 – Dee Snider, 69, singer and songwriter (Twisted Sister), Massapequa, N.Y., 1955.
16 – Kate Nelligan, 73, actress, The Prince of Tides, London, ON, Canada, 1951.
17 – Gary Sinise, 69, stage and screen actor (Forrest Gump), Chicago Ill., 1955.
18 – Queen Latifah, 54, born Dana Owens, rap artist, actress (Beauty Shop), East Orange, N.J., 1970.
19 – Glenn Close, 77, actress (Fatal Attraction), Greenwich, Conn., 1947.
20 – Ruby Rose, 38, actress (Batwoman), born Ruby Rose Langenheim, Melbourne, Australia, 1986.
21 – Keven Federline, 46, dancer, Fresno City, Calif., 1978.
22 – Constance Wu, 42, actress (Hustlers), Richmond, Va., 1982.
23 – Richard Grieco, 59, actor (Blackheart), Watertown, N.Y., 1965.
24 – Star Jones, 62, television personality (The View), Badin, N.C., 1962.
25 – Marcia Cross, 62, actress (Desperate Housewives), Marlborough, Mass., 1962.
26 – Bob Woodward, 81, journalist and author (All the President’s Men), Geneva, Ill., 1943.
27 – Mariah Carey, 54, singer, Long Island, N.Y., 1970.
28 – Dianne Wiest, 76, Oscar-winning actress (Bullets Over Broadway), Kansas City, Mo., 1948.
29 – Elle Macpherson, 60, model, Sydney, Australia, 1964.
30 – Celine Dion, 56, Grammy-winning pop singer, Charlemagne, Canada, 1968.
31 – Rhea Perlman, 76, actress (Cheers), Brooklyn, N.Y., 1948.
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