Today Russ Tamblyn is 85, Tracey Ullman is 60, and Dave England is 50. Today is also the birthday of Patti Smith, Fred Ward, Michael Nesmith, Tyrese Gibson, Lucy Punch, Betty Aberlin, LeBron James, Sandy Koufax, Tiger Woods, Bennett Miller, Lloyd Kaufman, Lav Diaz, Pedro Costa, Kelli Maroney, George Newbern, Sheryl Lee, Ralph, Ellen Sandweiss, Jeff Lynne, Meredith Vieira, James Burrows, Andrew Fleming, Matt Lauer, Sean Hannity, and the late Rudyard Kipling, Bo Diddley, Jack Lord, Davy Jones, Jack Riley, Carol Reed, Jeanette Nolan, and Joseph Bologna. Lew Ayres died 23 years ago in 1996 at age 88. Luise Rainer died five years ago in 2014 at age 104.
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