Actor Kenan Thompson (“Saturday Night Live,” ″Kenan and Kel”) is 45. Bassist Jesse Vest of Tantric and of Days of the New is 46. Actor Todd Lowe (“True Blood,” ″Gilmore Girls”) is 51. Actor Leslie Stefanson (“The Hunted,” ″The General’s Daughter”) is 52. Actor Dallas Roberts (“Dallas Buyers Club,” ″The Good Wife”) is 53. Actor Lenny Venito (“Kevin Can Wait”) is 54. Actor Victoria Rowell (“The Young and the Restless”) is 64. Filmmaker Jim Abrahams (“The Naked Gun,” “Airplane!”) is 79. Actor David Clennon (“thirtysomething”) is 80. May 10: Singer Henry Fambrough of The Spinners is 85. Actor Grace Gummer (“American Horror Story,” ″The Newsroom”) is 37. TV personality Audrina Patridge (“The Hills”) is 38. Actor Rachel Boston (“Witches of East End,” ″In Plain Sight,” ″American Dreams”) is 41. Singer Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan is 44. Trombonist Dan Regan of Reel Big Fish is 46. Actor Chris Diamantopoulos (“Episodes,” ″24″) is 48. Guitarist Mike Myerson of Heartland is 52. Rapper Ghostface Killah of Wu-Tang Clan is 53. Actor Sonja Sohn (“Body of Proof,” ″The Wire”) is 59. Singer David Gahan of Depeche Mode is 61. Actor John Corbett (“My Big Fat Greek Wedding,” ″Northern Exposure”) is 62. Actor Alley Mills (“The Bold and the Beautiful,” “The Wonder Years”) is 72. Bassist Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick is 73. Actor Anthony Higgins (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”) is 76.

Singer-guitarist Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield, Poco) is 79. Guitarist Sonny Curtis of Buddy Holly and The Crickets is 86. May 9: Actor-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 87.

Actor Julia Whelan (“Once and Again”) is 39. Drummer Patrick Meese of Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats is 40. Actor Domhnall Gleason (“Peter Rabbit,” ″Unbroken”) is 40. Actor Matt Davis (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 45. Singer Darren Hayes (Savage Garden) is 51. “The NFL Today” commentator and former NFL coach Bill Cowher is 66. Actor Raoul Max Trujillo (“Mayans M.C.”) is 68. Drummer Alex Van Halen of Van Halen is 70. Singer Philip Bailey (solo and with Earth, Wind and Fire) is 72. Drummer Chris Frantz of Talking Heads and of Tom Tom Club is 72. Actor Mark Blankfield (“Robin Hood: Men in Tights,” ″The Incredible Shrinking Woman”) is 75. Actor Dylan Gelula (“Jennifer Falls,” “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”) is 29. Actor Alexander Ludwig (“Vikings,” “The Hunger Games”) is 31. Comedian Aidy Bryant (“Saturday Night Live”) is 36. Drummer Matt Helders of Arctic Monkeys is 37. Actor Breckin Meyer (“Herbie: Fully Loaded,” “Road Trip”) is 49. Guitarist Phil Campbell of Motorhead is 62. Director Amy Heckerling (“Clueless,” “Fast Times At Ridgemont High”) is 71. Drummer Prairie Prince (The Tubes) is 73. Drummer Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead is 77. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 77. Actor Robin Strasser (“One Life To Live,” “Passions”) is 78. Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 7-13

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