Author: jonathanhwinchell

Today Pattie Boyd is 75, Patrick Duffy is 70, and Stormy Daniels is 40. Today is also the birthday of Kurt Russell, Rob Lowe, Gary Sinise, John Boyega, Lesley-Anne Down, Mark Boone Junior, Natalie Zea, Mia Hamm, Hozier, Grimes, Katie Morgan, and the late Nat King Cole, who would be 100, Brigitte Helm, Frank DeKova, Alexander McQueen, who would be 50, and John Wayne Gacy. Luchino Visconti died 43 years ago in 1976 at age 69. Helen Hayes died 26 years ago in 1993 at age 92.

Today Victor Garber and Erik Estrada are 70, Flavor Flav is 60, and Judah Friedlander is 50. Today is also the birthday of Isabelle Huppert, Lauren Graham, Nancy Wilson, Paul Schneider, Jerome Flynn, Alan Tudyk, Brooke Burns, Kate Nelligan, Gore Verbinski, Clifton Powell, and the late Jerry Lewis, Mercedes McCambridge, Henny Youngman, Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert Rossen, James Madison, Irwin Keyes, Victor Maddern, Henry B. Walthall, and Pat Nixon. Bebe Daniels died 48 years ago in 1971 at age 70. Arthur Godfrey died 36 years ago in 1983 at age 79. Ivan Dixon died eleven years ago in 2008 at age 76.

Today Fabio and Renny Harlin are 60, and Kim Raver and Monica Dolan are 50. Today is also the birthday of Judd Hirsch, Mike Love, Eva Longoria Baston, David Cronenberg, Dee Snider, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Joaquim de Almeida, Jai Courtney, Brian Tee, Mark McGrath, Bret Michaels, will.i.am, Greg Nicotero, Khosrow Vaziri (The Iron Sheik), Jimmy Swaggart, and the late Lawrence Tierney, who would be 100, Joe. E. Ross, Andrew Jackson, George Brent, Macdonald Carey, J. Pat O’Malley, Walter Gotell, and Philippe de Broca. H. P. Lovecraft died 82 years ago in 1937 at age 46. Ann Southern died eighteen years in 2001 at age 92. David Brenner died five years ago in 2014 at age 78.

Today Raymond J. Barry is 80, Chris Klein is 40, and Ansel Elgort is 25. Today is also the birthday of Michael Caine, Billy Crystal, Quincy Jones, Jamie Bell, Corey Stoll, Meredith Salenger, Betsy Brandt, Gary Dell’Abate, Stephen Curry, Wolfgang Petersen, Kevin Williamson, Gary Anthony Williams, Bruno Dumont, Sasha Grey, and the late Albert Einstein and Diane Arbus. Susan Hayward died 44 years ago in 1975 at age 57. Busby Berkeley died 43 years ago in 1976 at age 80. Howard Ashman died 28 years ago in 1991 at age 40. Fred Zinnemann died 22 years ago in 1997 at age 89. Peter Graves died nine years ago in 2010 at age 83.

Today Neil Sedaka is 80. Today is also the birthday of William H. Macy, Common, Emile Hirsch, Adam Clayton, Dana Delany, Danny Masterson, Charo, Annabeth Gish, André Téchiné, and the late L. Rob Hubbard, Douglas Rain, Glenne Headly, Paul Fix, Joseph Mascolo, Paul Stewart, and Henry Hathaway. Krzysztof Kieslowski and Lucio Fulci both died 23 years ago in 1996. Kieslowski was 54. Fulci was 68.

Today Rob Cohen is 70, Luenell is 60, and Jake Tapper is 50. Today is also the birthday of Liza Minnelli, James Taylor, Aaron Eckhart, Barbara Feldon, Lesley Manville, Courtney B. Vance, Mitt Romney, Ron Jeremy, Titus Welliver, Jason Beghe, Jaimie Alexander, Samm Levine, Dave Eggers, Frank Welker, Marlon Jackson, Jim Sharman, Tammy Duckworth, and the late Edward Albee, Jack Kerouac, Takashi Shimura, and Billie ‘Buckwheat’ Thomas. Charlie Parker died 64 years ago in 1955 at age 34. John Cazale died 41 years ago in 1978 at age 41.

Today Nina Hartley is 60, and Terrence Howard is 50. Today is also the birthday of Johnny Knoxville, Jerry Zucker, Elias Koteas, Peter Berg, Thora Birch, Mircea Monroe, Alex Kingston, Mark Metcalf, David Anders, Simon Curtis, Rob Paulsen, Joey Buttafuoco, Rupert Murdoch, and the late Anton Yelchin, who would be thirty, Shemp Howard, Raoul Walsh, Dorothy Gish, Lawrence Welk, Douglas Adams, Timothy Carey, and Eric S. Lynch aka Eric the Actor from The Howard Stern Show. F.W. Murnau died in a car accident 88 years ago in 1931 at age 42. Richard Brooks died 27 years ago in 1992 at age 79. Betty Hutton died twelve years ago in 2007 at age 86. 

Today Richard Grant is 75, Paget Brewster is 50, and Edi Gathegi and Danny Pudi are 40. Today is also the birthday of Sharon Stone, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Chuck Norris, Carrie Underwood, Thomas Middleditch, Shannon Tweed Simmons, Robin Thicke, Emily Osment, Rick Rubin, Rafe Spall, Aloma Wright, Paul Haggis, Luc Dardenne, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and the late Barry Fitzgerald, Sam Jaffe, Richard Haydn, Joe Viterelli, Gregory La Cava, Dolores Fuller, Barbara Marx, and Osama bin Laden. Ray Milland died 33 years ago in 1986 at age 79. Lloyd Bridges died 21 years ago in 1998 at age 85. Richard Jeni committed suicide twelve years ago at age 49. Corey Haim died nine years ago in 2010 at age 38.

Today Joyce Van Patten is 85, Rodney A. Grant is 60, and Oscar Isaac and Jordan Klepper are 40. Today is also the birthday of Juliette Binoche, Brittany Snow, Linda Fiorentino, Emmanuel Lewis, Shad Moss (aka Bow Wow), Jean Louisa Kelly, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jean-Marc Vallée, Masahiro Shinoda, Richard Quest, Steve Wilkos, and the late Raul Julia, Will Geer, Bobby Fischer, Marty Ingels, Joe Franklin, and Keely Smith. George Burns died 23 years ago in 1996 at age 100. Christopher Wallace (aka The Notorious B.I.G.) died 22 years ago in 1997 at age 24. Stan Brakhage died sixteen years ago in 2003 at age 70. George Martin died three years ago in 2016 at age 90.