Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, was born 102 years ago today. He died, at age 64, in January 1973.
William Least Heat-Moon was born as William Trogdon 71 years ago today. He’s the author, among other works, of Blue Highways, an excellent travel memoir published in 1982. (The roads in blue on highway maps go to the out-of-way places Least Heat-Moon wrote about.)
Daryl Dragon, the Captain of the Captain and Tennille, is 68 today.
Once-upon-a-time sex kitten Tuesday Weld is 67. According to IMDb, “At nine years of age she suffered a nervous breakdown, at ten she started heavy drinking. One year later she began to have affairs, and at the age of twelve she tried to commit suicide.” Weld turned down the role of Lolita and of Bonnie in Bonnie and Clyde.
Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Herman, is 58.
Chandra Wilson of Grey’s Anatomy is 41.