Today Terence Davies is 75, and Neil Gaiman is 60. Today is also the birthday of Taron Egerton, Tracy Morgan, Walton Goggins, Ellen Pompeo, Hugh Bonneville, Chris Lilley, Heather Matarazzo, Miranda Lambert, Eve, Diplo, Sinbad, Tommy Davidson, Michael Schultz, Kieran Shipka, Josh Peck, Zoey Deutch, Stephen Herek, Michael Jai White, Roland Emmerich, Sylvain Chomet, Tim Rice, Lou Ferrigno Jr., Daniel Waters, and the late Richard Burton, Claude Rains, Roy Scheider, Ennio Morricone, Mabel Normand, Martin Luther, Brittany Murphy, François Périer, Russell Means, Russell Johnson, Harry Andrews, Debra Hill, Steven Geray, Esther Dale, and Leo White. Abel Gance died 39 years ago in 1981 at age 92. Jackie Vernon died 33 years ago in 1987 at age 63. Chuck Connors died 28 years ago in 1992 at age 71. Jack Palance died fourteen years ago in 2006 at age 87. Norman Mailer died thirteen years ago in 2007 at age 84.
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