Today Mel Brooks is 95, Bruce Davison is 75, Aileen Quinn and Elon Musk are 50, and Jon Watts is 40. Today is also the birthday of Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Mary Stuart Masterson, Felicia Day, Alice Krige, Mike White, Alessandro Nivola, John Byner, Ayelet Zurer, Kellie Pickler, and the late Gilda Radner, Pat Morita, Richard Rodgers, Henry VIII of England, Richard Bright, and John Inman. Frank Sutton died 47 years ago in 1974 at age 50. Rod Serling died 46 years ago in 1975 at age 50. GG Allin died 28 years ago in 1993 at age 36. Jack Carter died six years ago in 2015 at age 93. Harlan Ellison died three years ago in 2018 at age 84.
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