It’s the birthday

… of author John Updike. “[O]ne of the chief glories of postwar American literature” is 73.

… of Grammy award winner Charley Pride. He’s 67.

… of Wilson Pickett. The singer of “some of the most incendiary soul music of the Sixties” is 64.

… of Brad Dourif. Deadwood’s Doc Cochran is 55.

… of Jazz guitar great Bill Frisell. He’s 54.

… of the first African-American Miss America. Vanessa Williams is 42.

… of Oscar nominee — for best supporting actress in Chicago — Queen Latifah. She’s 35.

Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, was born on this date in 1837.