SHORT TAKES: Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008

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Published: November 25, 2008

BIRTHDAYS

→Actor Ricardo Montalban, 88.

→Actress Kathryn Crosby, 75.

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→Singer Percy Sledge, 68.

→Singer Bob Lind, 64.

→Actor-game show host Ben Stein, 64.

→Actor John Larroquette, 61.

→Singer Amy Grant, 48.

→Singer Tim Armstrong (Rancid), 43.

→Singer Stacy Lattisaw, 42.

→Actress Jill Hennessy ("Crossing Jordan”), 39.

→Actress Christina Applegate, 37.

→Actor Eddie Steeples ("My Name Is Earl”), 35.

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Winona Ryder takes ill, briefly hospitalized

LONDON — Actress Winona Ryder was briefly hospitalized last week after falling ill on a flight to London’s Heathrow Airport, her publicist said.

Mara Buxbaum said the 37-year-old was taken Nov. 19 to a west London hospital "as a precaution” and had been released.

"She’s fine now,” Buxbaum said. She declined to go into details of Ryder’s illness.

British Airways said a flight from Los Angeles to Heathrow requested priority landing after a female passenger "required medical attention” and was taken for treatment to a local hospital.

Ryder, who began her film career as a teenager in 1986, earned back-to-back Oscar nominations in the 1990s for "Little Women” and the "The Age of Innocence.”

She’s also known for youthful roles in films including "Heathers,” "Edward Scissorhands” and "Girl, Interrupted.”

The Associated Press

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