Today is the birthday of Mark Strong, James Gunn, Janet McTeer, John Saxon, Loni Anderson, Jesse Williams, Maureen McCormick, Scott William Winters, John Jarratt, Ja’net DuBois, Billie Hayes, and the late John Huston, Neil Armstrong, Robert Taylor, Adam Yauch, Joan Hickson, Reginald Owen, Guy de Maupassant, Bob Clark, Pete Burns, who would be 60, and Joseph Merrick. Carmen Miranda died 64 years ago in 1955 at age 46. Marilyn Monroe died 57 years ago in 1962 at age 36. Richard Burton died 35 years ago in 1984 at age 58. Ralph Meeker died 31 years ago in 1988 at age 67. Alec Guinness died nineteen years ago in 2000 at age 86. Charlotte Rae died one year ago in 2018 at age 92.
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