Today Franco Nero is 80, and Chris Hardwick is 50. Today is also the birthday of Vincent Cassel, Robert Towne, Miley Cyrus, Robin Roberts, James Toback, Brennan Brown, Bruce Vilanch, Oded Fehr, Joe Eszterhas, Destin Daniel Cretton, Danny Hoch, Chuck Schumer, Sara Karloff, Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, and the late Boris Karloff, Harpo Marx, Michael Gough, Robert Easton, Paula Raymond, Steve Landesberg, Elmarie Wendel, Run Run Shaw, Pierre Étaix, Bess Flowers, and Franklin Pierce. Merle Oberon died 42 years ago in 1979 at age 68. Roald Dahl died 31 years ago in 1990 at age 74. Klaus Kinski died thirty years ago in 1991 at age 65. Louis Malle died 26 years ago in 1995 at age 63. Larry Hagman died nine years ago in 2012 at age 81. Nicolas Roeg died three years ago in 2018 at age 90.
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