Celebrity Birthdays for April 25:
Actor Al Pacino is 84.
Singer Michael Kennedy (born Michael Kogel) (Los Bravos) is 80.
Bassist Stu Cook of Creedence Clearwater Revisited is 79.
Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus of ABBA is 79.
Actress Talia Shire is 79.
Soprano Rosemarie Landry is 78.
Actor Jeffrey DeMunn ("The Green Mile") is 77.
Drummer Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 74.
Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Vladislav Tretiak is 72.
Country singer-songwriter Rob Crosby is 70.
Rock vocalist Fish (born Derek William Dick), formerly of Marillion, is 66.
Actor Hank Azaria ("The Simpsons") is 60.
Singer Andy Bell of Erasure is 60.
Bassist Eric Avery (Jane's Addiction) is 59.
Guitarist Rory Feek of Joey and Rory is 59.
Former "Early Show" host Jane Clayson Johnson is 57.
Actress Gina Torres ("I Think I Love My Wife") is 55.
Sportscaster Joe Buck is 55.
Actress Renee Zellweger is 55.
Actor Jason Lee ("My Name Is Earl," ''Almost Famous") is 54.
Actor Jason Wiles ("Third Watch") is 54.
Actress Emily Bergl ("Southland") is 49.
Actor Jonathan Angel is 47.
Actress Marguerite Moreau is 47.
Singer Jacob Underwood (O-Town) is 44.
Race care driver Felipe Massa is 43.
Actress Melonie Diaz is 40.
Actress Sara Paxton is 36.
Actress Allisyn Ashley Arm ("Sonny With A Chance") is 28.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1599, Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England. (Sept. 3, 1658)
In 1874, Italian inventor Guglielmo Marconi. (July 20, 1937)
In 1908, legendary U.S. broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow. (April 27, 1965)
In 1913, R&B saxophonist Earl Bostic. (Oct. 28, 1965)
In 1915, Canadian conductor and pianist John Avison. (Nov. 30, 1983)
In 1917, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald. (June 15, 1996)
In 1918, Canadian film producer Tom Daly. (Sept. 18, 2011)
In 1923, blues singer and guitarist Albert King. (Dec. 21, 1992)
In 1923, Canadian ballerina Melissa Hayden. (Aug. 9, 2006)
In 1927, Canadian theatre actress Frances Hyland. (July 11, 2004)
In 1928, country fiddler Vassar Clements. (Aug. 16. 2005)
In 1930, movie director-writer Paul Mazursky. (June 30, 2014)
In 1932, Harlem Globetrotter Meadow "Meadowlark" Lemon. (Dec. 27, 2015)
In 1933, songwriter Jerry Leiber. (Aug. 22, 2011)
In 1944, "Dancing With The Stars" judge Len Goodman. (Apr. 22, 2023)
In 1947, Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff. (March 24, 2016)
In 1949, keyboardist Michael Brown ("The Left Banke"). (March 19, 2015)
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