Today Abel Ferrara is 70, and Lisa Lampanelli, Campbell Scott, and Hideo Nakata are 60. Today is also the birthday of Benedict Cumberbatch, Anthony Edwards, Jim Norton, Brian May, Jared Padalecki, Vinessa Shaw, Kaitlin Doubleday, Mark Holton, Nancy Carell, Saïd Taghmaoui, George Dzundza, Josh Fadem, Atom Egoyan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Juan José Campanella, Tommy McLoughlin, Matthew Libatique, Shane Dawson, and the late Pat Hingle, Richard Jordan, Max Fleischer, George McGovern, and Lizzie Borden. Joe Flynn died 47 years ago in 1974 at age 49. Jack Warden died fifteen years ago in 2006 at age 85. Mel Smith died eight years ago in 2013 at age 60. James Garner died seven years ago in 2014 at age 86. Garry Marshall died five years ago in 2016 at age 81. Rutger Hauer died two years ago in 2019 at age 75.
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