Today James Caan and Nancy Pelosi are 80, Martin Short is 70, Jennifer Grey is 60, Martin McDonagh is 50, and Carly Chaikin is 30. Today is also the birthday of Alan Arkin, Diana Ross, Keira Knightley, Steven Tyler, Leslie Mann, Vicki Lawrence, Jonathan Groff, T.R. Knight, Amy Smart, Michael Imperioli, Todd Barry, Johnny Crawford, Natasha Leggero, Francis Lawrence, Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Glazer, Tinto Brass, Bob Woodward, and the late Tennessee Williams, Robert Frost, Leonard Nimoy, Sterling Hayden, Strother Martin, Bob Elliott, Will Wright, and Luke Askew. Ludwig van Beethoven died 193 years ago in 1827 at age 56. Eazy-E died 25 years ago in 1995 at age 31.
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