Today Jane Powell is 90, Ali MacGraw is 80, and Rob Bottin is 60. Today is also the birthday of David Oyelowo, Asa Butterfield, Method Man, Rachel Maddow, Mackenzie Davis, Taran Killam, Jane Adams, Bijou Phillips, Barry Sonnenfeld, Tomas Alfredson, Albert and Allen Hughes, Chang-dong Lee, Annette O’Toole, Susan Boyle, Richard Christy, and the late Debbie Reynolds, Toshirô Mifune, Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Otto von Bismarck, Grace Lee Whitney, Gordon Jump, and Harry Lewis. Noah Beery died 73 years ago in 1946 at age 64 on the birthday his brother, Wallace Beery. Marvin Gaye was murdered 35 years ago in 1984 at age 44, one day before his birthday. Leslie Cheung committed suicide sixteen years ago in 2003 at age 46. Steven Bochco died one year ago in 2018 at age 74.
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