Today Cassandra Peterson (Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) is 70, and Nate Berkus is 50. Today is also the birthday of Kyle Chandler, Baz Luhrmann, Bryan Singer, Paul Feig, Neill Blomkamp, Bobby Lee, Rita Rudner, Matthew Settle, Bruce Spence, Pat Crowley, Sam Esmail, Kevin Clash, Mark Osborne, Narendra Modi, and the late Hank Williams, Anne Bancroft, John Ritter, Roddy McDowall, Lupe Ontiveros, David Huddleston, Ken Kesey, Paul Benedict, Dolores Costello, Jerry Colonna, Harold Bennett, George Cleveland, and Edgar G. Ulmer. Richard Basehart died 37 years ago in 1984 at age 70. Grady Sutton died 26 years ago in 1995 at age 89. Red Skelton died 24 years ago in 1997 at age 84.
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