Today D.A. Pennebaker is 93, Joe Turkel is 91, Eddie Griffin is 50, and Greg Sestero is 40. Today is also the birthday of Linda Ronstadt, Forest Whitaker, Diane Kruger, Brigitte Nielsen, Travis Fimmel, Larry Cohen, Jesse Ventura, Terry O’Quinn, Scott Foley, Celia Imrie, Brian Austin Green, Laura Benanti, Adam Savage, Patrick Wayne, Jim Rash, Tony Hendra, Arianna Huffington, Gabriel Iglesias, Beth Stern, and the late Rembrandt, Ian Curtis, Alex Karras, William Dieterle, and Bill Gunn. Anton Chekhov died 114 years ago in 1904 at age 44. Dana Hill died 22 years ago in 1996 at age 32. Gianni Versace was murdered 21 years ago in 1997 at age 50. Celeste Holm died six years ago in 2012 at age 95. Martin Landau died one year ago in 2017 at age 89.
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