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Today Phil Donahue is 85, and Jeffrey Katzenberg is 70. Today is also the birthday of Jane Fonda, Samuel L. Jackson, Kiefer Sutherland, Ray Romano, Julie Delpy, Andy Dick, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Yeun, Emmanuel Macron, Rutina Wesley, Michael Horse, Josh Mostel, Fabiana Udenio, Kaitlyn Dever, Dennis Boutsikaris, Steven Mnuchin, and the late Frank Zappa, who would be 80, Paul Winchell, John G. Avildsen, Jack Nance, Ulli Lommel, Ed Nelson, Carl Wilson, and Joe Paterno. Ted Healy died 83 years ago in 1937 at age 41. F. Scott Fitzgerald died eighty years ago in 1940 at age 44. Stella Adler died 28 years ago in 1992 at age 91. Billie Whitelaw died six years ago in 2014 at age 82.

Today Peter Criss is 75, and Todd Phillips is 50. Today is also the birthday of Jonah Hill, Michael Badalucco, Jenny Agutter, Ramon Rodriguez, Brian O’Halloran, Joe Cornish, Dick Wolf, Terry George, Uri Geller, Eduardo Sánchez, and the late Irene Dunne, Dennis Morgan, George Roy Hill, Audrey Totter, John Spencer, Charlie Callas, Kathryn Joosten, Ki-duk Kim, who would be 60, John Hillerman, Mala Powers, Charley Grapewin, and Albert Dekker. John Steinbeck died 52 years ago in 1968 at age 66. Bobby Darin died 47 years ago in 1973 at age 37. Carl Sagan died 24 years ago in 1996 at age 62. Foster Brooks died nineteen years ago in 2001 at age 89. Brittany Murphy and Arnold Stang died eleven years ago in 2009. Murphy was 32. Stang was 91.

Today Cicely Tyson is 96, Jack Fisk is 75, Mike Lookinland is 60, and Jake Gyllenhaal is 40. Today is also the birthday of Jennifer Beals, Ronan Farrow, Alyssa Milano, Kristy Swanson, Béatrice Dalle, Ken Marino, Criss Angel, Til Schweiger, Richard Hammond, Paul Rhys, Tim Reid, Robert MacNaughton, Jill Talley, and the late Edith Piaf, Jean Genet, Ralph Richardson, Maurice White, Robert Urich, Gordon Jackson, Paul Brinegar, and Robert B. Sherman. Marcello Mastroiani died 24 years ago in 1996 at age 72. Hope Lange died seventeen years ago in 2003 at age 70.

Today Leonard Maltin is 70, and Christina Aguilera is 40. Today is also the birthday of Brad Pitt, Steven Spielberg, Ray Liotta, Katie Holmes, Keith Richards, Casper Van Dien, Sia, Ashley Benson, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Ron White, Rachel Griffiths, Jason Mantzoukas, Koyuki, Alan Rudolph, Ravi Patel, and the late Betty Grable, Ossie Davis, Gladys Cooper, Roger Smith, George Stevens, Jules Dassin, Peggy Cummins, and Joseph Stalin. Chris Farley died 23 years ago in 1997 at age 33. Robert Bresson died 21 years ago in 1999 at age 98. Joseph Barbera died fourteen years ago in 2006 at age 95. Zsa Zsa Gabor died four years ago in 2016 at age 99.

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.