I love Don McClean's song about Vincent and Starry Night.
1930 John Astin - Actor (The Addams Family, The Three Penny Opera, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Evil Roy Slade) He also portrayed Riddler #2 in the Batman episodes Batman's Anniversary and A Riddling Controversy
I have an autographed photo of him as the Riddler. He's 93 and still going strong.
1945 Eric Clapton - British rock singer and guitarist with the groups John Mayall's Blues Breakers, Yardbirds and Cream, and as a solo artist (For Your Love, Layla, Tears from Heaven, I Shot the Sheriff, Lay Down Sally, Promises, I Can't Stand It, Wonderful Tonight)
He's proof that fame and fortune don't bring happiness. Among other things, Tears From Heaven is about the tragic death of his three year old son.
1950 Robbie Coltrane - Scottish actor and comedian (Cracker, Krull, Blackadder's Christmas Carol, Nuns on the Run, Alive and Kicking, Goldeneye, The World is Not Enough, Harry Potter movies)
And Ocean's Twelve and Thirteen. He just died less than a year ago. I liked him in everything I saw him in.
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