Today John Jarratt is 70, Janet McTeer is 60, and Jesse Williams is 40. Today is also the birthday of Mark Strong, James Gunn, Loni Anderson, Maureen McCormick, Scott William Winters, and the late John Huston, Neil Armstrong, Robert Taylor, John Saxon, Adam Yauch, Joan Hickson, Billie Hayes, Ja’net DuBois, Reginald Owen, Guy de Maupassant, Bob Clark, Pete Burns, and Joseph Merrick. Carmen Miranda died 66 years ago in 1955 at age 46. Marilyn Monroe died 59 years ago in 1962 at age 36. Richard Burton died 37 years ago in 1984 at age 58. Ralph Meeker died 33 years ago in 1988 at age 67. Alec Guinness died 21 years ago in 2000 at age 86. Charlotte Rae died three years ago in 2018 at age 92. Toni Morrison died two years ago in 2019 at age 88.
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