Today Prince Philip is 98, Timothy Van Patten and Eliot Spitzer are 60, and Gina Prince-Bythewood is 50. Today is also the birthday of Gina Gershon, Elizabeth Hurley, Bill Burr, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Kate Flannery, DJ Qualls, Jürgen Prochnow, Ben Daniels, Laura Silverman, Tzi Ma, Jeremy Saulnier, Dustin Lance Black, Andrew Niccol, Bria Vinaite, Faith Evans, Kate Upton, Sasha Obama, John Edwards, Bobby Jindal, and the late Judy Garland, Hattie McDaniel, Kevin Corcoran, Sessue Hayakawa, and Maurice Sendak. Spencer Tracy died 52 years ago in 1967 at age 67. Rainer Werner Fassbinder died 37 years ago in 1982 at age 37. Jo Van Fleet died 23 years ago in 1996 at age 80. Ray Charles died fifteen years ago in 2004 at age 73.
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