Today Thomas Lennon and Chris Cuomo are 50, and Bill Skarsgård is 30. Today is also the birthday of Sam Elliott, Melanie Griffith, Anna Kendrick, Eric Bana, Gillian Anderson, Audrey Tautou, David Steinberg, Kevin McKidd, Burton Gilliam, Toni Servillo, Amanda Bearse, Kenya Barris, McG, Hoda Kotb, and the late Whitney Houston, Robert Shaw, Robert Aldrich, P.L. Travers, Leo Genn, John Stephenson, Nat Pendleton, and Allen ‘Farina’ Hoskins, who would be 100. Sharon Tate was murdered 51 years ago in 1969 at age 26. Jerry Garcia died 25 years ago in 1995 at age 53. Gregory Hines died seventeen years ago in 2003 at age 57. Matthew McGrory died fifteen years ago in 2005 at age 32. Bernie Mac died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 50.
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