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Sylvia Syms, the sensational film, stage and television actress who began her professional acting career in 1953, whose first film was "My Teenage Daughter" in 1956, and was born in Woolwich, London, England, is 89 today.

 

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Eddie Redmayne is 41 today

 

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Two retired English professional  footballers celebrate milestone birthdays today. 

 

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Former  England manager and football player Terry Venables celebrates his 80th birthday today. :birthday:

 

 

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 West Hams Ronnie Boyce also celebrates his 80th birthday today. :birthday:

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American actor Jeremy Renner, who is best known for playing Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and also known for starring in the movies "The Hurt Locker", "Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol", "The Town", "Dahmer", "28 Weeks Later", and "The Bourne Legacy", is 52 today.

 

I'm praying for him to recover after he was involved in a snow plow accident.

 

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore per Creative Commons license

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Terry Moore is 94 today

 

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David Caruso, American film and television actor who was a television star thanks to his starring roles as Detective John Kelly on "NYPD Blue", and Lieutenant Horatio Caine on "CSI: Miami", is 67 today.

 

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John Ernest Walker, the prominent chemist who was one of the co-recipients, with his colleagues Paul Delos Boyer and Jens Christian Skou, of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1997, and was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, is 82 today.

 

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Camille Yarbrough is 85.

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You might not recognize her name, but you'll probably recognize her most well-known song (specifically the opening lyrics):

 

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Today marks the birthdays of several major figures and some death pooling favourites of the last century or so. 

 

William Hartnell (115 years ago)

Larry Storch (100 years ago)

Ron Moody (99 years ago)

Roy Kinnear (89 years ago)

Elvis Presley (88 years ago)

Burly Chassis/Shirley Bassey (86 years ago)

Junichiro Koizumi (81 years ago)

Stephen Hawking (81 years ago)

David Bowie (76 years ago)

R. Kelly (56 years ago)

Kim Jong-un (40 or so years ago)

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John McTiernan, American film director, producer and screenwriter who is best known for directing the films "Nomads", "Predator", "Die Hard", "The Hunt for Red October", "Medicine Man", "Last Action Hero", "The Thomas Crown Affair", and "Basic", is 72 today.

 

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David Civera, the stupendous Spanish singer, the king of summer hit songs for several years, who rose to fame thanks to the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Copenhagen, Denmark; reaching the sixth position, is 44 today.
 

 

The Eurovision Song Contest was a turning point in David Civera's career, and the famed singer recorded his first full-length album who was a huge success on the charts.

 

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The one and only Shirley Bassey celebrates her birthday today. The iconic and legendary Welsh singer turns 86.:birthday:

 

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Venezuelan American fashion designer Caroline Herrera, who has dressed amongst others American First ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Jacqueline Onassis, celebrates her 84th birthday today. :birthday:

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Rigoberta Menchú, the indigenous Guatemalan activist and politician, a noted voice defending the rights of the Guatemalan indigenous population, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992, the youngest person to receive the award at the time, is 64 today.

 

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Imelda Staunton, the excellent film, stage and television actress and singer who began her versatile career in repertory theatre in the 1970s, whose first film was "Comrades" in 1986, and was born in Archway, London, England, is 67 today.

 

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American  singer songwriter Joan Baez celebrates her 82nd birthday today  :birthday:

 

 

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Much praised american character actor J.K.Simmons celebrates his 68th birthday today. 

He has starred in over 200 films. :birthday:

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Jimmy Page is 79 today.

 

 

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^ Of all the Rod Stewart songs you could’ve chosen you really had to choose that one, huh?

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George Foreman, the incredible American former professional boxer, better known by the ring name "Big George", who won the World Heavyweight title in 1973 and 1994, and an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, is 74 today.

 

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Walter Hill, the stupendous American film and television director, producer and screenwriter with a formidable reputation, who made his directorial debut with "Hard Times" in 1975, and whose excellent filmography includes "The Driver", "The Warriors", "The Long Riders", "Southern Comfort", "48 Hrs.", "Streets of Fire", "Crossroads", "Extreme Prejudice", "Red Heat", "Johnny Handsome", "Another 48 Hrs.", "Geronimo: An American Legend", and "Last Man Standing", is 81 today.

 

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Jared Kushner is 42 today

 

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American singer songwriter Mary J.Blige  celebrates turning 52 today.:birthday:

 

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Former British trade unionist  Arthur Scargill who famously went toe to toe in political battle against Margaret Thatchers government in the 1980s,  celebrates turning 85 today. :birthday:

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