Today Cybil Shepherd is 70, Greta Scacchi is 60, and Regina Spektor is 40. Today is also the birthday of John Travolta, Matt Dillon, Yoko Ono, Molly Ringwald, Dr. Dre, Ike Barinholtz, Vanna White, Logan Miller, László Nemes, Jeff Orlowski, and the late John Hughes, who would be 70, Toni Morrison, Milos Forman, George Kennedy, Jack Palance, Mary Ure, Adolphe Menjou, Allan Melvin, Edward Arnold, Bill Cullen, who would be 100, and Nikos Kazantzakis. Martin Luther died 474 years ago in 1546 at age 62. Michelangelo died 456 years ago in 1564 at age 88. Andy Devine died 43 years ago in 1977 at age 71. Harry Caray died 22 years ago in 1998 at age 83. Dale Earnhardt died nineteen years ago in 2001 at age 49. Jean Rouch died sixteen years ago in 2004 at age 86.
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