Today Jon Hamm is 50. Today is also the birthday of Sharon Stone, Olivia Wilde, Chuck Norris, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Middleditch, Shannon Tweed Simmons, Edi Gathegi, Robin Thicke, Emily Osment, Rick Rubin, Rafe Spall, Paget Brewster, Aloma Wright, Danny Pudi, Richard Gant, Paul Haggis, Luc Dardenne, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and the late Barry Fitzgerald, Sam Jaffe, Richard Haydn, Joe Viterelli, Gregory La Cava, Dolores Fuller, Barbara Marx, and Osama bin Laden. Ray Milland died 35 years ago in 1986 at age 79. Lloyd Bridges died 23 years ago in 1998 at age 85. Richard Jeni died fourteen years ago in 2007 at age 49. Corey Haim died eleven years ago in 2010 at age 38.
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