Today Prince Philip is 97, Bill Burr is 50, DJ Qualls is 40, and Bria Vinaite is 25. Today is also the birthday of Gina Gershon, Elizabeth Hurley, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kate Flannery, Jürgen Prochnow, Ben Daniels, Laura Silverman, Tzi Ma, Jeremy Saulnier, Dustin Lance Black, Gina Prince-Bythewood, Andrew Niccol, Timothy Van Patten, Faith Evans, Kate Upton, Sasha Obama, John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Bobby Jindal, and the late Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Kevin Corcoran, Sessue Hayakawa, and Maurice Sendak. Spencer Tracy died 51 years ago in 1967 at age 67. Rainer Werner Fassbinder died 36 years ago in 1982 at age 37. Jo Van Fleet died 22 years ago in 1996 at age 80. Ray Charles died 14 years ago in 2004 at age 73.
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