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Actress Valerie Harper is 74. Actress Cindy Williams is 66. Country singer Holly Dunn is 56. Guitarist Vernon Reid (Living Colour) is 55. Country singer Collin Raye is 53. Actress Regina Taylor ("The Unit," "I'll Fly Away") is 53. Singer Roland Orzabal of Tears for Fears is 52. Drummer Debbi Peterson of The Bangles is 52. Guitarist Gary Lee Conner of Screaming Trees is 51. Singer Tori Amos is 50. Country singer Mila Mason is 50. Keyboardist James DeBarge of DeBarge is 50. Rapper GZA (Wu-Tang Clan) is 47. Actor Ty Burrell is 46. Celebrity chef Giada DeLaurentiis is 43. Guitarist Paul Doucette of Matchbox Twenty is 41. Rapper Beenie Man is 40. Singer Howie Dorough of the Backstreet Boys is 40. Comedian Kristen Wiig is 40. Actress Jenna Leigh Green ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch") is 39. Keyboardist Bo Koster of My Morning Jacket is 39. Bassist Dean Back of Theory of a Deadman is 38. Guitarist Jeff Stinco of Simple Plan is 35. Actor Brandon Adams ("The Mighty Ducks") is 34. ASSOCIATED PRESS

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