Today is the birthday of Guillermo del Toro, Tony Shalhoub, Sharon Osbourne, Brandon Routh, Scott Bakula, Nick Swardson, Chris O’Dowd, Steve McQueen, John O’Hurley, Michael Paré, Robert Wuhl, Lorna Raver, Brian Blessed, Tyler James Williams, Jodelle Ferland, Steve Burns, Melissa Villaseñor, Peter Docter, Sean Lennon, and the late John Lennon, who would be 80, Jacques Tati, Alastair Sim, Fyvush Finkel, Edward Andrews, Lila Kedrova, Hank Patterson, Jason Wingreen, who would be 100, and Donald Sinden. Miriam Hopkins died 48 years ago in 1972 at age 69. Andrzej Wajda died four years ago in 2016 at age 90. Jean Rochefort died three years ago in 2017 at age 87.
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