Today Pam Grier and Hank Williams Jr. are 70. Today is also the birthday of Helena Bonham Carter, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Nicks, Bobcat Goldthwait, Matt Stone, Lauryn Hill, Alex Garland, Tarsem Singh, and the late John Wayne, Peter Cushing, Al Jolson, James Arness, Peggy Lee, Jay Silverheels, Robert Morley, and John Dahl. Eddie Albert died fourteen years ago in 2005 at age 99. Sydney Pollack died eleven years ago in 2008 at age 73. Art Linklater died nine years ago in 2010 at age 97.
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