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Celebrity Birthdays for May 6: Singer Bob Seger is 80. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 80. Singer and comedian Lulu Roman ("Hee Haw") is 79. Actor Alan Dale ("Lost," ''Ugly Betty") is 78. Actor Richard Cox ("Alpha House," ''American Tragedy") is 77.

Celebrity Birthdays for May 6:

Singer Bob Seger is 80.

Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 80.

Singer and comedian Lulu Roman ("Hee Haw") is 79.

Actor Alan Dale ("Lost," ''Ugly Betty") is 78.

Actor Richard Cox ("Alpha House," ''American Tragedy") is 77.

Singer Mary MacGregor is 77.

Actor Gregg Henry is 73.

Actress Lynn Whitfield is 73.

Host Tom Bergeron ("Dancing with the Stars," new "Hollywood Squares") is 70.

Singer John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants is 65.

Actress Julianne Phillips is 65.

Actress Roma Downey ("Touched by an Angel") is 65.

Actor-director George Clooney is 64.

Singer-bassist Tony Scalzo of Fastball is 61.

Actress Leslie Hope is 60.

Guitarist Mark Bryan of Hootie and the Blowfish is 58.

Actor Kavan Smith is 55.

Guitarist Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters is 54.

Actress Geneva Carr ("Bull") is 54.

Retired NHL goalie Martin Brodeur is 53.

Actress Stacey Oristano ("Bunheads," ''Friday Night Lights") is 46.

Model/TV personality Tiffany Coyne is 43.

Actress Adrianne Palicki ("Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.") is 42.

Actress Gabourey Sidibe ("Precious") is 42.

NBA All-Star Chris Paul is 40.

Comedian Sasheer Zamata ("Saturday Night Live") is 39.

Actor Tyler Hynes is 39.

Rapper Meek Mill is 38.

Singer-songwriter Bobby Bazini is 36.

NBA player Jonas Valanciunas is 33.

Actress-singer Naomi Scott is 32.

Actor-singer Noah Galvin is 31.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1856, Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. (Sept. 23, 1939)

In 1895, actor Rudolph Valentino. (Aug. 23, 1926)

In 1904, actor Raymond Bailey. (April 15, 1980)

In 1913, pianist and bandleader Carmen Cavallaro. (Oct. 12, 1989)

In 1915, actor-director-writer Orson Welles. (Oct. 10, 1985)

In 1917, lyricist Kal Mann (Elvis Presley's "Teddy Bear"). (Nov. 28, 2001)

In 1918, Canadian composer and teacher Godfrey Ridout. (Nov. 24, 1984)

In 1931, baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays. (June 18, 2024)

In 1937, former boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. (April 20, 2014)

In 1947, actor Ben Masters ("Passions"). (Jan. 11, 2023)

In 1950, drummer Robbie McIntosh (The Average White Band). (Sept. 23, 1974)

In 1964, actress Dana Hill. (July 15, 1996)

The Canadian Press