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"Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit drinking." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit smoking." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit amphetamines." "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue." (Lloyd Bridges as Steve McCroskey in the film "Airplane!", 1980)

Steve Carlson, American ice hockey forward well known as one of the enthusiastically aggressive Hanson Brothers in the hockey film "Slap Shot", is 67 today. Mark Snow, American composer who works for film and television best known for the iconic theme music for sci-fi television series "The X-Files", is 76 today. Snow also composed music for the series "Blue Bloods", "Millennium", "One Tree Hill", "Smallville" and "The Guardian". His wife, Mary Glynn Daly, is the sister of actors Tim and Tyne Daly.

Frederick Forsyth, British novelist famous for best-sellers such as "The Day of the Jackal", "The Odessa File", "The Fourth Protocol", "The Veteran", "The Dogs of War" and "The Fist of God", among others, is 84 today. Forsyth has sold more than 70 million books. Hugh Hudson, British film director, producer and screenwriter who directed the distinguished and remarkable film "Chariots of Fire" who won four Oscars, including Best Picture; is 86 today.

Rupert Grint, British film and television actor who rose to prominence for his role as Harry Potter's best friend Ron Weasley in the film series based on J.K. Rowling's books, is 34 today.  Harry M. Markowitz, American author, economist and educator who received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contribution to the field of financial economics, is 95 today.

In my opinion, "Sense and Sensibility" was better than "Braveheart", too.

Yes, I really liked her role. You have good taste.

Shelley Long, American film and television actress popular for films such as "Night Shift", "Irreconcilable Differences", "The Money Pit" and "Troop Beverly Hills" and for her performance as Diane Chambers in the NBC sitcom "Cheers", is 73 today.  Queen Noor of Jordan, American activist and philanthropist who was the fourth wife of King Hussein of Jordan from 1978 until his death in 1999, is 71 today.

Barbara Eden, American film/stage/television actress and singer particularly remembered for her starring role in the sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie", is 91 today.  Robert M. Solow, American economist, founding father of neoclassical growth theory, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1987, is 98 today.

Vera Miles... a hit for your future pools.

Congratulations, @arghton! 1922 Mildred T. Stahlman / Ronald Blythe 1923 Judith Hemmendinger / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / Johnny Lujack 1926 Gudrun Ure / David Frankham 1927 Barbara Rush / Harry Belafonte 1928 Ruth Westheimer / Jayanta Mahapatra 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Barbara Barrie / Hal Linden

Shalom Cohen a hit for @Summer in Transylvania. Congratulations. https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-shalom-cohen-spiritual-leader-of-the-shas-party-passes-away-at-91/ next round: 1922 Mildred T. Stahlman / Ronald Blythe 1923 Judith Hemmendinger / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / Johnny Lujack 1926 Gudrun Ure / David Frankham 1927 Barbara Rush / Harry Belafonte 1928 Ruth Westheimer / Jayanta Mahapatra 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Barbara Barrie / Hal Linden

E. Annie Proulx, American journalist, novelist and short story writer who won the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for her second novel "The Shipping News", is 87 today. Proulx is the author of the short story "Brokeback Mountain", which originally appeared in The New Yorker.  Mats Wilander, the talented Swedish tennis player winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles and remembered for his efficiency from the baseline and his speed, is 58 today.

Congratulations, @DoorSlammer! 1922 Mildred T. Stahlman / Ronald Blythe 1923 Judith Hemmendinger / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / Johnny Lujack 1926 Gudrun Ure / David Frankham 1927 Barbara Rush / Harry Belafonte 1928 Ruth Westheimer / Jayanta Mahapatra 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Barbara Barrie / Hal Linden

Megan Montaner, Spanish film/television actress and former model who first made her name for her role as Pepa Aguirre in the popular Spanish soap opera "El Secreto de Puente Viejo" for 382 episodes, is 35 today. Peter Weir, the versatile Australian film director and screenwriter, one of the most talented filmmakers of his generation, with critically acclaimed and box office hit films, including "Gallipoli", "The Year of Living Dangerously", "Witness", "Dead Poets Society", "Green Card", "The Truman Show", "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" and "The Way Back", is 78 today.

Thank you, @Yvonne. The same to you. I wish you all the best!

Duplicate picks:

Joan Allen, American film, stage and television actress known for films as "The Ice Storm", "Face/Off", "The Contender", "The Notebook" and "The Upside of Anger", among others, is 66 today. Ray Wise, American film and television actor probably best known for his role as Leland Palmer in "Twin Peaks" and the prequel film "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me", is 75 today.

Congratulations, @Grimgrass! 1922 Mildred T. Stahlman / Ronald Blythe 1923 Judith Hemmendinger / Bob Barker 1924 Countess Marianne Bernadotte of Wisborg / Leslie Phillips 1925 Ruth Slenczynska / Johnny Lujack 1926 Gudrun Ure / David Frankham 1927 Barbara Rush / Harry Belafonte 1928 Ruth Westheimer / Jayanta Mahapatra 1929 Joan Plowright / Don January 1930 Sandra Day O'Connor / Thomas Patten Stafford 1931 Barbara Barrie / Hal Linden

John Deacon, the famous musician well known for being the bass guitarist of the legendary British rock band Queen who left the music business in 1997 to live a very private life with his family, is 71 today. Debra Paget, American actress remembered for her roles in 1950s films as "Broken Arrow", "Princess of the Nile", "Demetrius and the Gladiators", "The Ten Commandments", "Love Me Tender" (Elvis Presley's first film), or for her snake-dance scene in "The Indian Tomb", is 89 today.

Felipe Calderón, the Mexican politician who served as the President of Mexico from 2006 to 2012, succeeding Vicente Fox and preceding Enrique Peña Nieto, is 60 today. Rosalynn Carter, the wife of President Jimmy Carter, is 95 today.

Julian Fellowes, the talented British novelist and screenwriter known for creating, producing and writing the critically acclaimed television series "Downton Abbey", is 73 today. He wrote romance novels under the pseudonym of Rebecca Greville. Julian Fellowes won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "Gosford Park". Jiang Zemin, the Chinese politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002 and as the President of the People's Republic of China from 1993 to 2003, is 96 today.

James Cameron, the Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter of a number of famous and successful films with several awards and box office records, including "Aliens", "Avatar", "Terminator" and "Titanic", is 68 today. Spoiler alert, if you haven't seen "Jaws: The Revenge". Lorraine Gary, American film and television actress best remembered for her role as Ellen Brody, the wife and later widow of Sheriff Martin Brody, in "Jaws", "Jaws 2" and "Jaws: The Revenge", is 85 today.

Bobby Caldwell, the American contemporary jazz singer and songwriter best known for his 1978 hit single "What You Won't Do For Love", is 71 today. Jim Dale, the British actor, director, lyricist, narrator of the Harry Potter audiobooks and the television series "Pushing Daisies" and singer, is 87 today.

@Bibliogryphon... Bill Pitman, as it was posted here, died on Thursday night at the age of 102: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bill-pitman-dies-wrecking-crew-175313167.html

Estrella Morente, Spanish flamenco singer, daughter of legendary singer Enrique Morente and dancer Aurora Carbonell, who belongs to one best known dynasty of flamenco dancers and singers of Spain, is 42 today. Estrella Morente is the most important name of her generation. Her first album, composed of flamenco songs, was platinum and the second, composed of Christmas songs, was gold. Morente was the voice behind Penelope Cruz's flamenco song in "Volver", the 2006 Spanish film written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. Susan Olsen, American film/television actress, radio host and singer known for her role as Cindy Brady in the famous and popular 1970s sitcom "The Brady Bunch" from 1969 to 1974, is 61 today. Her brother Christopher, remembered for his role as the kidnapped boy in "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), was also a child actor.