Today Bruce Spence is 75, Narendra Modi is 70, Kevin Clash is 60, and Mark Osborne is 50. Today is also the birthday of Kyle Chandler, Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark), Baz Luhrmann, Bryan Singer, Paul Feig, Neill Blomkamp, Bobby Lee, Rita Rudner, Matthew Settle, Pat Crowley, Sam Esmail, Nate Berkus, and the late Hank Williams, Anne Bancroft, John Ritter, Roddy McDowall, Lupe Ontiveros, David Huddleston, Ken Kesey, Paul Benedict, Dolores Costello, Jerry Colonna, Harold Bennett, George Cleveland, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Richard Basehart died 36 years ago in 1984 at age 70. Grady Sutton died 25 years ago in 1995 at age 89. Red Skelton died 23 years ago in 1997 at age 84.
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