Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 30: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett is 95. Actress Elizabeth Ashley is 86. Actor-turned-politician Ben Jones ("The Dukes of Hazzard") is 84. Cartoonist Robert Crumb is 82.

Today in Music History for Aug. 30: In 1919, "The Queen of Country Music" Kitty Wells was born Ellen Muriel Deason in Nashville. She took her stage name from an old folk song, "Sweet Kitty Wells.

Today in History for Aug. 30: On this date: In 30 B.C., Cleopatra, the celebrated queen of Egypt, committed suicide. In 1463, King Louis XI died after ruling France for 22 years.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 2: Jazz saxophonist Lee Gagnon is 91. Former baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth is 88. Singer Jimmy Clanton is 87. Singer Rosalind Ashford of Martha and the Vandellas is 82.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 3: Actress Pauline Collins is 85. Singer-guitarist Al Jardine of The Beach Boys is 83. Actress Valerie Perrine is 82. George Biondo, bass guitarist with Steppenwolf, is 80.

Celebrity Birthdays for Aug. 31: Actor Jack Thompson is 85. Singer Van Morrison is 80. Violinist Itzhak Perlman is 80. Guitarist Rudolf Schenker of Scorpions is 77. Actor Richard Gere is 76.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 4: Actor Kenneth Kimmins ("Coach") is 84. Singer Merald "Bubba" Knight of Gladys Knight and the Pips is 83. TV personality Dr. Jan Pol ("The Incredible Dr. Pol") is 83. World Golf Hall-of-Famer Raymond Floyd is 83.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 6: Comedian JoAnne Worley is 90. Country singer David Allan Coe is 86. Singer-bassist Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) is 82. Actress Swoosie Kurtz is 81. Comedian-actress Jane Curtin is 78. Country singer Buddy Miller is 73.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 1: Attorney and law professor Alan Dershowitz is 87. Comedian-actress Lily Tomlin is 86. Actor Don Stroud is 82. Singer Archie Bell of Archie Bell and the Drells is 81. Conductor Leonard Slatkin is 81.

Celebrity Birthdays for Sept. 5: Actress-singer Carol Lawrence is 93. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Bill Mazeroski is 89. Actor George Lazenby is 86. Actor William Devane is 86. Movie director Werner Herzog is 83.