Today's celebrity birthdays - July 3

July 3: Singer Fontella Bass is 72. Actor Michael Cole ("The Mod Squad") is 67. Country singer Johnny Lee is 66. Writer Dave Barry is 65. Actress Betty Buckley is 65. Guitarist-singer Paul Barrere of Little Feat is 64. Actress Jan Smithers ("WKRP in Cincinnati") is 63. Talk-show host Montel Williams is 56. Country singer Aaron Tippin is 54. Synthesizer player Vince Clarke of Erasure is 52. Actor Tom Cruise is 50. Actor Thomas Gibson is 50. Actress Hunter Tylo is 50. Actress Connie Nielsen ("Gladiator") is 48. Actress Yeardley Smith ("The Simpsons") is 48. Keyboardist-guitarist Kevin Hearn of Barenaked Ladies is 43. Actress Shawnee Smith ("Saw," 'Becker") is 43. Singer Tonia Tash of Divine is 33. Actor Grant Rosenmeyer ("Oliver Beene") is 21.

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