Today Barry Van Dyke is 70. Today is also the birthday of Wesley Snipes, J.K. Rowling, Geraldine Chaplin, Don Murray, Pat Cooper, Michael Biehn, Ben Chaplin, B.J. Novak, Dean Cain, Wunmi Mosaku, Mark Cuban, Emilia Fox, France Nuyen, Jessica Williams, Rico Rodriguez, Paul Provenza, Dirk Blocker, Al Sapienza, Alan Autry, Cassi Davis, and the late Mario Bava, Richard Griffiths, Geoffrey Lewis, Ted Cassidy, Louis de Funès, Percy Herbert, and Paul ‘Mousie’ Garner. Gore Vidal died nine years ago in 2012 at age 86. Roddy Piper died six years ago in 2015 at age 61. Jeanne Moreau died four years ago in 2017 at age 89. Alan Parker died one year ago in 2020 at age 76.
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