Today James Brolin is 80, Richard Branson is 70, Ann-Marie Johnson is 60, and Kristen Bell is 40. Today is also the birthday of Vin Diesel, Margo Martindale, Elizabeth McGovern, Paul Verhoeven, Wendy Williams, Kelly Reilly, Michiel Huisman, Andre Royo, James Faulkner, Priyanka Chopra, Chace Crawford, Hampton Fancher, Grant Bowler, Audrey Landers, Lee Arenberg, Jared Hess, and the late Nelson Mandela, Red Skelton, Hunter S. Thompson, Hume Cronyn, Chill Wills, John Glenn, Richard Dix, Gene Lockhart, Harriet Nelson, Lupe Velez, Burt Kwouk, and William Makepeace Thackeray. Jane Austen died 203 years ago in 1817 at age 41. Nico died 32 years ago in 1988 at age 49. Alex Rocco died five years ago in 2015 at age 79.
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