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Today Armin Mueller-Stahl is 90, and Ernie Hudson and Chris Mathews are 75. Today is also the birthday of Eugene Levy, Sarah Paulson, Bill Pullman, Milla Jovovich, Giovanni Ribisi, Pope Francis, Wes Studi, Laurie Holden, Bernard Hill, Nat Wolff, Rian Johnson, Peter Farrelly, Tommy Steele, Shannon Woodward, Steve Zissis, Gregg Araki, Ari Folman, Manny Pacquiao, Jack Rebney (Winnebago Man), Chelsea Manning, and the late Richard Long, George Lindsey, Patrice Wymore, Katina Paxinou, James Booker, and Sally Menke. Dana Andrews died 28 years ago in 1992 at age 83. Jennifer Jones died eleven years ago in 2009 at age 90. Captain Beefhart (Don Van Vliet) died ten years ago in 2010 at age 69. Penny Marshall died two years ago in 2018 at age 75.

Today is the birthday of Liv Ullmann, J.B. Smoove, Krysten Ritter, Miranda Otto, Billy Gibbons, Anna Popplewell, Benjamin Bratt, Joyce Bulifant, Stephan James, Theo James, Xander Berkeley, Jon Tenney, James Mangold, Shane Black, Sam Robards, Lesley Stahl, Paul and Peter Allen Vogt, Jeff Kanew, Flo Rida, and the late Ludwig van Beethoven, who would be 250, Jane Austen, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, Noël Coward, Bill Hicks, Ben Cross, Max Linder, Steven Bochco, Patti Deutsch, Margaret Mead, N!xau, and Robert Kerman. Thelma Todd died 85 years ago in 1935 at age 29. Harland Sanders died forty years ago in 1980 at age 90. Lee Van Cleef died 31 years ago in 1989 at age 64. John Spencer died fifteen years ago in 2005 at age 58.

Today is the birthday of Don Johnson, Michelle Dockery, Adam Brody, Charlie Cox, Ralph Ineson, Alex Cox, Julie Taymor, P.J. Byrne, Camilla Luddington, Maude Apatow, John Lee Hancock, Reginald Hudlin, Walon Green, and the late Tim Conway, Jeff Chandler, Kasey Rogers, Jack Gwillim, Gordon Douglas, and Jean Paul Getty. Fats Waller died 77 years ago in 1943 at age 39. Glenn Miller died 76 years ago in 1944 at age 40. Charles Laughton died 58 years ago in 1962 at age 63. Walt Disney died 54 years ago in 1966 at age 65. Chill Wills died 42 years ago in 1978 at age 76. Blake Edwards died ten years ago in 2010 at age 88. Christopher Hitchens died nine years ago in 2011 at age 62. Joan Fontaine died seven years ago in 2013 at age 96.

Today James Comey is 60. Today is also the birthday of Dee Wallace, Michaela Watkins, Miranda Hart, Hal Williams, Celia Weston, Jane Birkin, Vanessa Hudgens, Natascha McElhone, Tammy Blanchard, Lynne Marie Stewart, Lucrecia Martel, Ted Raimi, Dino Stamatopoulos, and the late Patty Duke, Lee Remick, Frances Bavier, Morey Amsterdam, King George VI, Raj Kapoor, Lewis Arquette, George Furth, Lillian Randolph, Dan Dailey, and Shirley Jackson. Dinah Washington died 57 years ago in 1963 at age 39. William Bendix died 56 years ago in 1964 at age 58. Myrna Loy died 27 years ago in 1993 at age 88. Norman Fell died 22 years ago in 1998 at age 74. Peter O’Toole died seven years ago in 2013 at age 81. Anna Karina died one year ago in 2019 at age 79.

Today Dick Van Dyke is 95, Wendie Malick is 70, and Rusty Cundieff is 60. Today is also the birthday of Christopher Plummer, Steve Buscemi, Jamie Foxx, Taylor Swift, Tony Curran, Lou Adler, Ted Nugent, Tatsuya Nakadai, NeNe Leakes, Amy Lee, and the late Robert Prosky, Van Heflin, Curd Jürgens, John Hart, Mark Stevens, Don Taylor, who would be 100, Larry Parks, and Darlene Cates. Tim Moore died 62 years ago in 1958 at age 71. Spencer Williams died 51 years ago in 1969 at age 76. Alan Thicke died four years ago in 2016 at age 69.

Today Bob Barker is 97, Dionne Warwick is 80, Jennifer Connelly, Regina Hall, and Mädchen Amick are 50. Today is also the birthday of Bill Nighy, Mayim Bialik, Lucas Hedges, Connie Francis, Gianni Russo, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Sheree J. Wilson, Sarah Douglas, Maren Ade, Brandon Maggart, Steve Binder, and the late Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Yasujirô Ozu, who died on his birthday 57 years ago in 1963 at age 60, Buck Jones, Mayor Ed Koch, and Anne V. Coates. Douglas Fairbanks died 81 years ago in 1939 at age 56. Tallulah Bankhead died 52 years ago in 1968 at age 66. Jack Cassidy died 44 years ago in 1976 at age 49. Anne Baxter died 35 years ago in 1985 at age 62. Joseph Heller died 21 years ago in 1999 at age 76. Peter Boyle died fourteen years ago in 2006 at age 71. Ike Turner died thirteen years ago in 2007 at age 76. Van Johnson died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 92. Tom Laughlin died seven years ago in 2013 at age 82. Danny Aiello died one year ago in 2019 at age 86.

Today Dilip Kumar is 98, Jean-Louis Trintignant is 90, and Donna Mills is 80. Today is also the birthday of Rita Moreno, Teri Garr, Hailee Steinfeld, Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def), Mo’Nique, John Kerry, Nikki Sixx, Max Martini, Xosha Roquemore, Lynda Day George, Brenda Lee, Rider Strong, Jon Brion, Tom Shadyac, Margaret Hoover, and the late Jean Marais, Maila Nurmi (aka Vampira), Ron Carey, Liz Smith, Gilbert Roland, Marie Windsor, Betsy Blair, Elizabeth Baur, Manoel de Oliveira, and Carlo Ponti. Sam Cooke and Percy Kilbride died 56 years ago in 1964. Cooke was 33. Kilbride was 76. Bettie Page died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 85. Ravi Shankar died eight years ago in 2012 at age 92.

Today Kenneth Branagh is 60. Today is also the birthday of Michael Snow, Raven-Symoné, Tommy Kirk, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nia Peeples, Xavier Samuel, Patrick John Flueger, Susan Dey, Fionnula Flanagan, Bobby Flay, and the late Emily Dickinson, Dorothy Lamour, Michael Clarke Duncan, Dan Blocker, Mako, Barbara Nichols, Harold Gould, Douglas Kenney, Tommy Rettig, Ray Collins, Una Merkel, Victor McLaglen, John Colicos, and Greg Giraldo. Otis Redding died 53 years ago in 1967 at age 26. Ed Wood died 42 years ago in 1978 at age 54. Richard Pryor died fifteen years ago in 2005 at age 65.

Today Michael Nouri is 75, and Simon Helberg is 40. Today is also the birthday of Judi Dench, John Malkovich, Beau Bridges, Felicity Huffman, Donny Osmond, Toby Huss, Michael Dorn, Mario Cantone, John Paragon, Kurt Angle, Kirsten Gillibrand, and the late Kirk Douglas, John Cassavetes, Redd Foxx, Broderick Crawford, Margaret Hamilton, Buck Henry, Hermione Gingold, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Dalton Trumbo, Dick Van Patten, Emmett Kelly, Neil Innes, and John Milton. Joey Forman died 38 years ago in 1982 at age 53. Mike Mazurki died thirty years ago in 1990 at age 82. Vincent Gardenia died 28 years ago in 1992 at age 72. Jenni Rivera died eight years ago in 2012 at age 43.

Today Rick Baker is 70, and Juliette Danielle is 40. Today is also the birthday of Kim Basinger, Teri Hatcher, Matthias Schoenaerts, Sinéad O’Connor, Nicki Minaj, Wendell Pierce, AnnaSophia Robb, David Harewood, Ian Somerhalder, Dominic Monaghan, Nancy Meyers, Deborra-Lee Furness, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg), Tyler Mane, Ann Coulter, and the late Sammy Davis Jr., Maximilian Schell, Jim Morrison, Gregg Allman, David Carradine, Flip Wilson, Sam Kinison, Georges Méliès, Lee J. Cobb, Mary, Queen of Scots, James MacArthur, Frank Faylen, John Qualen, James Thurber, Jean Porter, Dewey Martin, Richard Fleischer, and Ernest Lehman. Gladys George died 66 years ago in 1954 at age 54. John Lennon died forty years ago in 1980 at age 40. Slim Pickens died 37 years ago in 1983 at age 64. Martin Ritt died thirty years ago in 1990 at age 76. Robert Prosky died twelve years ago in 2008 at age 77. Rene Auberjonois and Caroll Spinney died one year ago in 2019. Auberjonois was 79. Spinney was 85.