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Celebrity Birthdays for March 11: Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 94. Former ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 91. Accordionist Flaco Jimenez of Texas Tornadoes is 86. Folksinger and songwriter David Wiffen is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for March 11:

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is 94.

Former ABC News correspondent Sam Donaldson is 91.

Accordionist Flaco Jimenez of Texas Tornadoes is 86.

Folksinger and songwriter David Wiffen is 83.

Actress Tricia O'Neil (``Genghis Khan'') is 80.

Rock guitarist Harvey Mandel is 80.

Actor Mark Metcalf (``Animal House'') is 79.

Singer Mark Stein of Vanilla Fudge is 78.

George Kooymans, guitarist and vocalist with Golden Earring, is 77.

Singer Bobby McFerrin is 75.

Movie director Jerry Zucker (``Airplane!'' ''Ghost``) is 75.

Singer Cheryl Lynn is 74.

Actress Susan Richardson (``Eight is Enough'') is 73.

Recording executive Jimmy Iovine (``American Idol'') is 72.

Country singer Jimmy Fortune of The Statler Brothers is 70.

Singer Nina Hagen is 70.

Canadian-born guitarist Bruce Watson (Big Country) is 64.

Actor Elias Koteas (``Chicago P.D.'') is 64.

Actor Peter Berg (``Chicago Hope'') is 63.

Actor Jeffrey Nordling (``Desperate Housewives'') is 63.

Actress Alex Kingston (``ER'') is 62.

Actor Wallace Langham (``CSI'') is 60.

Actor John Barrowman is 58.

Singer Lisa Loeb is 57.

Keyboardist Al Gamble of St. Paul and the Broken Bones is 56.

Singer Pete Droge is 56.

Actor Terrence Howard (``Empire'') is 56.

Rock musician Rami Jaffee is 56.

Actor Johnny Knoxville is 54.

Actor David Anders (``iZombie,'' ''The Vampire Diaries``) is 44.

Singer LeToya Luckett (Destiny's Child) is 44.

Actress Thora Birch (``Ghost World,'' ''American Beauty``) is 43.

TV personality Melissa Rycroft is 42.

NBA player Anthony Davis is 32.

Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1895, actor Shemp Howard (TV: ``The Three Stooges''). (Nov. 22, 1955)

In 1903, bandleader Lawrence Welk. (May 17, 1992)

In 1908, blues singer and harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson. (May 25, 1965)

In 1913, Canadian composer John Weinzweig, (Aug. 24, 2006)

In 1916, author Ezra Keats. (May 6, 1983)

In 1919, bandleader Mercer Ellington. (Feb. 8, 1996)

In 1921, tango composer Astor Piazzolla. (July 4, 1992)

In 1923, actor Terence Alexander. (May 28, 2009)

In 1930, Quebec actor, film director and writer Claude Jutra. (Nov. 5, 1986)

In 1938, Academy Award-winning songwriter (``You Light Up My Life'') Joseph Brooks. (May 22, 2011)

In 1945, MLB pitcher Doc Ellis. (Dec. 19, 2008)

In 1952, British author Douglas Adams. (May 11, 2001)

In 1964, Drummer Vinnie Paul. (June 22, 2018)

In 1989, actor Anton Yelchin. (June 19, 2016)

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