This week’s celebrity birthdays include Actor-Comedian Eddie Murphy, who celebrates his 50th on Tuesday, renowned poet Maya Angelou turns 83 on Wednesday, Four-Star General and former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be 74 on Thursday, as will legendary actor Billy Dee Williams on Friday. and Seretary of the United Nations, Kofi Annan will be 73 on Sunday. Among the famous names no longer with us having birthdays this week, the legendary singer Marvin Gaye, founder of Tuskeegee Institute, Mr. Booker T. Washington, and the incomparable Blues guitarist Muddy Waters.
