Today Paul Petersen is 75. Today is also the birthday of Bruce Springsteen, Jason Alexander, Anthony Mackie, Julio Iglesias, Mary Kay Place, Skylar Astin, Kip Pardue, Rosalind Chao, Chi McBride, Hasan Minhaj, Karl Pilkington, Alex Proyas, Joshua Oppenheimer, Christopher Miller, and the late Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Mickey Rooney, who would be 100, Walter Pidgeon, Romy Schneider, Elizabeth Peña, and Tom Lester. Billy Gilbert died 49 years ago in 1971 at age 77. Bob Fosse died 33 years ago in 1987 at age 60. Shirley Clarke died 23 years ago in 1997 at age 77.
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