Today Betty White is 99, James Earl Jones is 90, and Kid Rock is 50. Today is also the birthday of Jim Carrey, Michelle Obama, Zooey Deschanel, Steve Harvey, Maury Povich, Denis O’Hare, Freddy Rodriguez, Naveen Andrews, Kang-ho Song, Kelly Marie Tran, Joanna David, Robert Kennedy Jr., Leigh Whannell, Joshua Malina, Susanna Hoffs, Steve Earle, Genndy Tartakovsky, Lukas Moodysson, Kevin Reynolds, Brian Helgeland, Sebastian Junger, and the late Andy Kaufman, Muhammad Ali, Benjamin Franklin, Al Capone, Eartha Kitt, Mack Sennett, Sheree North, Noah Beery, and Keith Chegwin. Doodles Weaver died 38 years ago in 1983 at age 71. Emil Sitka died 23 years ago in 1998 at age 83. Richard Crenna died eighteen years ago in 2003 at age 76. Virginia Mayo died sixteen years ago in 2005 at age 84.
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