Today Naomi Judd is 75, and Mary J. Blige is 50. Today is also the birthday of Amanda Peet, Mitchell Ryan, Marc Blucas, Phyllis Logan, Alfonso Arau, Devin Ratray, Rockmond Dunbar, Kyle Richards, Malcolm D. Lee, Joel Zwick, Felix Silla, Diana Gabaldon, and the late Rod Taylor, Lionel Stander, George Zucco, Christine Kaufmann, Don ‘Red’ Barry, Kathleen Byron, who would be 100, Veda Ann Borg, Angela Paton, Grant Tinker, Peter Baldwin, Chester Conklin, and Alexander Hamilton. Jack Soo died 42 years ago in 1979 at age 61. Sheldon Leonard died 24 years ago in 1997 at age 89. Maurice Pialat died eighteen years ago in 2003 at age 77. Éric Rohmer died eleven years ago in 2010 at age 89. David Nelson died ten years ago in 2011 at age 74. Anita Ekberg died six years ago in 2015 at age 83.
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