Today Bob Dole is 97, and Alex Trebek is 80. Today is also the birthday of Willem Dafoe, Albert Brooks, Danny Glover, Terence Stamp, John Leguizamo, Louise Fletcher, Paul Schrader, David Spade, Selena Gomez, Rhys Ifans, Alan Menken, Jaime Camil, Adam Godley, Peter Jason, Skyler Gisondo, Olivier Gourmet, and the late James Whale, Dan Rowan, and Orson Bean. Ulrich Mühe died thirteen years ago in 2007 at age 54. Estelle Getty died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 84. Dennis Farina died seven years ago in 2013 at age 69.
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