Today Robert Towne is 85, and James Toback and Joe Eszterhas are 75. Today is also the birthday of Vincent Cassel, Franco Nero, Miley Cyrus, Robin Roberts, Brennan Brown, Bruce Vilanch, Chris Hardwick, Destin Daniel Cretton, Danny Hoch, Chuck Schumer, Sara Karloff, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, and the late Boris Karloff, Harpo Marx, Michael Gough, Robert Easton, Paula Raymond, Steve Landesberg, Elmarie Wendel, Run Run Shaw, Pierre Étaix, Bess Flowers, and Franklin Pierce. Klaus Kinski died 28 years ago in 1991 at age 65. Louis Malle died 24 years ago in 1995 at age 63. Larry Hagman died seven years ago in 2012 at age 81. Nicolas Roeg died one year ago in 2018 at age 90.
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