Celebrity Birthdays for Oct. 18:
Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka is 85.
Singer Russ Giguere of The Association is 81.
Award-winning Canadian film composer Howard Shore is 78.
Actor Joe Morton is 77.
Actress Pam Dawber is 73.
Author Terry McMillan is 73.
Writer-producer Chuck Lorre ("Two and a Half Men," Big Bang Theory") is 72.
Gospel singer Vickie Winans is 71.
International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Martina Navratilova is 68.
International Hall of Fame boxer Thomas "Hitman" Hearns is 66.
Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 64.
Jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis is 63.
Actor Vincent Spano is 62.
Singer Nonchalant is 54.
Race car driver Alex Tagliani is 51.
Actress Joy Bryant ("Parenthood") is 50.
Guitarist Peter Svensson of The Cardigans is 50.
Actor Wesley Jonathan is 46.
Singer Ne-Yo is 45.
Country singer and "American Idol" contestant Josh Gracin is 44.
Country musician Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) is 43.
Actress Freida Pinto ("Slumdog Millionaire") is 40.
Jazz musician Esperanza Spalding is 40.
Olympic gold medal skier Lindsey Vonn is 40.
Actor Zac Efron is 37.
Actress Joy Lauren ("Desperate Housewives") is 35.
Actor Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf) is 33.
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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):
In 1898, actress Lotte Lenya. (Nov. 27, 1981)
In 1918, actor-singer Bobby Troup. (Feb 7, 1999)
In 1919, former prime minister Pierre Trudeau. (Sept. 28, 2000)
In 1919, jazz singer Anita O'Day. (Nov. 23, 2006)
In 1919, opera singer Camilla Williams. (Jan. 29, 2012)
In 1920, broadcaster Willis Conover. (May 17, 1996)
In 1924, Emmy-winning composer Allyn Ferguson. (June 23, 2010)
In 1924, fiddler Buddy MacMaster. (Aug. 20, 2014)
In 1926, Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Chuck Berry. (March 18, 2017)
In 1927, actor George C. Scott. (Sept. 22, 1999)
In 1935, actor Peter Boyle. (Dec. 12, 2006)
In 1938, singer Ronnie Bright (The Coasters). (Nov. 26, 2015)
In 1938, actress Dawn Wells ("Gilligan's Island"). (Dec. 30, 2020)
In 1947, singer and songwriter Laura Nyro. (April 8, 1997)
In 1949, Gary Richrath, guitarist with REO Speedwagon. (Sept. 13, 2015)
In 1960, actress Erin Moran ("Happy Days"). (April 22, 2017)
In 1973, journalist James Foley. (Aug. 19, 2014)
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