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Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 28: Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. is 95. Gary Troxel of the '50s pop group The Fleetwoods is 85. Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel is 84. Singer Randy Newman is 81. Movie director Joe Dante is 78.

Celebrity Birthdays for Nov. 28:

Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr. is 95.

Gary Troxel of the '50s pop group The Fleetwoods is 85.

Singer-songwriter Bruce Channel is 84.

Singer Randy Newman is 81.

Movie director Joe Dante is 78.

Beeb Birtles, guitarist with Australia's Little River Band, is 76.

Musician Paul Shaffer ("Late Show With David Letterman") is 75.

Actor Ed Harris is 74.

Actress S. Epatha Merkerson ("Law and Order") is 72.

Country singer Kristine Arnold of Sweethearts of the Rodeo is 68.

Actor Judd Nelson is 65.

Movie director Alfonso Cuaron is 63.

Drummer Matt Cameron (Pearl Jam, Soundgarden) is 62.

Comedian Jon Stewart ("The Daily Show") is 62.

Actress Jane Sibbett is 62.

Writer and director Armando Iannucci ("Veep", "The Death of Stalin") is 61.

Actress Garcelle Beauvais ("NYPD Blue," ''The Jamie Foxx Show") is 58.

Actor-comedian Stephnie Weir is 57.

Actress Gina Tognoni ("The Young and the Restless") is 51.

Hip-hop artist apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas is 50.

Actor Malcolm Goodwin ("iZombie") is 49.

Actor Ryan Kwanten ("True Blood") is 48.

Actress Aimee Garcia is 46.

Rapper Chamillionaire is 45.

Actor Daniel Henney is 45.

Keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend) is 41.

Singer-keyboardist Tyler Glenn of Neon Trees is 41.

Singer Trey Songz (born Tremaine Neverson) is 40.

Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead is 40.

NHL goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is 40.

Actress Scarlett Pomers is 36.

Actor-rapper Bryshere Gray ("Empire") is 31.

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Also born on this date (death in parentheses):

In 1757, English poet William Blake. (Aug. 12, 1827)

In 1851, former Gov. Gen. Albert Henry George Grey. (Aug. 29, 1917)

In 1914, New York Yankee great Joe DiMaggio. (March 8, 1999)

In 1932, jazz saxophonist Gato Barbieri. (April 2, 2016)

In 1933, actress Hope Lange. (Dec. 19, 2003)

In 1940, singer Clem Curtis (The Foundations). (March 27, 2017)

In 1943, '60s pop singer R.B. Greaves. (Sept. 27, 2012)

In 1947, French composer Michel Berger. (Aug. 2, 1992)

In 1967, actress Anna Nicole Smith. (Feb. 8, 2007)

The Canadian Press