Today is the birthday of Ellen DeGeneres, Scott Glenn, David Strathairn, Angela Davis, Bryan Callen, Bob Uecker, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Mimi Leder, Henry Jaglom, and the late Paul Newman, Eddie Van Halen, Joan Leslie, Gene Siskel, William Hopper, Anne Jeffreys, Roger Vadmin, Maria von Trapp, Charles Lane, and Vito Scotti. Edward G. Robinson died 48 years ago in 1973 at age 79. José Ferrer died 29 years ago in 1992 at age 80. Abe Vigoda died five years ago in 2016 at age 94. Kobe Bryant died one year ago in 2020 at age 41.
