Today Ken Jenkins is 80, and Alana Thompson (Honey Boo Boo) is 15. Today is also the birthday of Jack Black, Armie Hammer, David Fincher, Jennifer Coolidge, Luis Guzmán, Daniel Stern, Ai Weiwei, Billy Boyd, Brian Thompson, David Soul, Florence Welch, Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, Quvenzhane Wallis, Sheryl Sandberg, and the late Donald O’Connor, Charles Boyer, Ben Gazzara, Leo Tolstoy, Charles Rocket, Nancy Kulp, Simon Oakland, Roxie Roker, Jack Kirby, and James Wong Howe. Emmett Till died 65 years ago in 1955 at age 14. Ruth Gordon died 35 years ago in 1985 at age 88. John Huston died 33 years ago in 1987 at age 81.
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