Today is the birthday of Margaret O’Brien, Andrea Martin, Regina King, Chad Lowe, James Nesbitt, Mario Van Peebles, Phyllis Coates, Joanne Linville, Jamie Clayton, Kellita Smith, Skrillex, DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jeffrey A. Townes), and the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who would be 90, Lloyd Bridges, Ronnie Van Zant, Maria Schell, Marjorie Bennett, Kirin Kiki, Patricia Blair, Ernest Thesiger, Ivor Novello, and Rex Ingram. Ray Bolger died 33 years ago in 1987 at age 83. Brad Renfro died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 25. Nagisa Ôshima died seven years ago in 2013 at age 80. Dan Haggerty died four years ago in 2016 at age 73. Carol Channing died one year ago in 2019 at age 97.
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