Celebrity Birthdays for May 18:
Actress Priscilla Pointer ("Dallas," ''Carrie," ''Blue Velvet") is 100.
Actress Candice Azzara ("In Her Shoes," ''Caroline in the City," ''Rhoda") is 83.
Bluegrass singer-guitarist Rodney Dillard of The Dillards is 82.
'70s pop singer Albert Hammond is 80.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is 78.
Country singer Joe Bonsall of the Oak Ridge Boys is 76.
Keyboardist Rick Wakeman of Yes is 75.
Singer Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) is 74.
Actor James Stephens is 73.
Country singer George Strait is 72.
Actor Chow Yun-Fat ("Anna and the King," ''The Replacement Killers") is 69.
Singer-guitarist Page Hamilton of Helmet is 64.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Yannick Noah is 64.
Hockey Hall-of-Famer Jari Kurri is 64.
Rapper Rob Base is 57.
Singer-actress Martika ("Wiseguy") is 55.
Comedian-writer Tina Fey ("30 Rock," ''Saturday Night Live") is 54.
Singer-songwriter Chantal Kreviazuk is 50.
Musician Jack Johnson is 49.
Country singer David Nail is 45.
Singer Darryl Allen of Mista is 44.
Actor Matt Long is 44.
Actor Allen Leech ("Downton Abbey") is 43.
Christian singer Francesca Battistelli is 39.
Actor Spencer Breslin is 32.
Actress Hala Finley is 15.
Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1894, Canadian jazz and ragtime pianist Lou Hooper. (Sept. 17, 1977)
In 1897, Oscar-winning director Frank Capra. (Sept. 3, 1991)
In 1909, tennis player Fred Perry. (Feb. 2, 1995)
In 1911, musician Big Joe Turner. (Nov. 24, 1985)
In 1912, singer Perry Como. (May 12, 2001)
In 1913, singer-songwriter Charles Trenet. (Feb. 19, 2001)
In 1914, bass Boris Christoff. (June 28, 1993)
In 1920, Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla). (April 2, 2005)
In 1922, actor Bill Macy ("Maude"). (Oct. 17, 2019)
In 1922, Danish jazz trombonist Kai Winding. (May 6, 1983)
In 1924, Hall of Fame sportscaster Jack Whitaker. (Aug. 18, 2019)
In 1928, actor Pernell Roberts. (Jan. 24, 2010)
In 1929, Canadian composer Roger Matton. (June 7, 2004)
In 1931, actor Robert Morse. (Apr. 20, 2022)
In 1934, actor Dwayne Hickman ("The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis"). (Jan. 9, 2022)
In 1937, baseball Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson. (Sept. 26, 2023)
In 1945, musician Richard "Scar" Lopez (Cannibal and the Headhunters). (July 30, 2010)
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