Happy Birthday to everyone celebrating today, August 25th, including:

1921 – Monty Hall, game show host
1930 – Sean Connery, actor
1931 – Regis Philbin, talk show host
1933 – Tom Skerritt, actor
1949 – John Savage, actor
1949 – Gene Simmons, musician
1951 – Rob Halford, musician
1954 – Elvis Costello, musician
1958 – Tim Burton, filmmaker
1958 – Christian LeBlanc, actor
1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, musician
1964 – Blair Underwood, actor
1964 – Joanne Whalley, actress
1968 – Rachel Ray, celebrity chef
1970 – Jo Dee Messina, musician
1970 – Claudia Schiffer, model
1976 – Jensen Atwood, actor
1976 – Alexander Skarsgard, actor
1981 – Rachel Bilson, actress
1987 – Blake Lively, actress
1988 – Alexandra Burke, singer

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Veteran talk show host Regis Philbin announced his retirement during his morning program Live with Regis and Kelly. The TV veteran has been a part of the Live with Regis franchise for nearly 25 years.

Kelly Ripa will continue on with the show with a new cohost as Disney intends to keep the format going. Philbin himself went through a very famous change on that show, when Kathie Lee Gifford left.

The 79 year-old host said he will be taping his last episode segment in the summer but no specific date has been given for his departure.

The end of an era.

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“How many years do I have to wait?”

� Regis Philbin, on getting overlooked for PEOPLE’s Sexiest Man Alive

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