Celebrity Birthdays for Dec. 10:
Actress Fionnula Flanagan is 83.
Actress-singer Gloria Loring is 78.
Pop-funk musician Walter (Clyde) Orange (The Commodores) is 78.
Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 73.
Actress Susan Dey is 72.
Singer Jack Hues of Wang Chung is 70.
Singer Geoff Deane (Modern Romance) is 70.
Jazz musician Paul Hardcastle is 67.
Actor John J. York (TV: "General Hospital") is 66.
Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is 64.
Actress Nia Peeples is 63.
Tim Vesely, bass guitarist and vocalist with the Canadian rock group Rheostatics, is 61.
TV chef Bobby Flay is 60.
Rock singer-musician J Mascis is 59.
Actress-screenwriter Stephanie Morgenstern (co-creator of "Flashpoint") is 59.
Hockey Hall of Fame defenceman Rob Blake is 55.
Actress-comedian Arden Myrin is 51.
Drummer Meg White (The White Stripes) is 50.
Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui is 49.
Actor Gavin Houston is 47.
Violinist Sarah Chang is 44.
Singer Massari is 44.
Actor Patrick John Flueger is 41.
Country singer Meghan Linsey is 39.
Actress Raven-Symone is 39.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1827, Canadian brewer Eugene O'Keefe. (Oct. 1, 1913)
In 1830, poet Emily Dickinson. (May 15, 1886)
In 1851, Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey Decimal System of library classification. (Dec. 26, 1931)
In 1908, renowned French composer Olivier Messiaen. (April 27, 1992)
In 1911, TV newscaster Chet Huntley. (March 20, 1974)
In 1913, award-winning composer and conductor Morton Gould. (Feb. 21, 1996)
In 1914, actress Dorothy Lamour. (Sept. 22, 1996)
In 1919, Emmy-winning composer Alexander "Sandy" Courage. (May 15, 2008)
In 1923, actor Harold Gould. (Sept. 11, 2010)
In 1927, soap opera creator Agnes Nixon. (Sept. 28, 2016)
In 1928, Canadian actor John Colicos. (March 6, 2000)
In 1928, actor Dan Blocker. (May 13, 1972)
In 1941, actor Tommy Kirk. (Sept. 28, 2021)
In 1941, R&B singer Ralph Tavares. (Dec. 8, 2021)
In 1941, pop singer Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy). (Dec. 20, 2020)
In 1943, choreographer Jacqui Landrum. (Aug. 29, 2008)
In 1948, singer Jessica Cleaves of Friends of Distinction. (May 2, 2014)
In 1957, actor Michael Clarke Duncan. (Sept. 3, 2012)
In 1970, country singer Kevin Sharp. (April 19, 2014)
In 1972, Singer Ewanya (Puff) Johnson. (June 24, 2013)
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