Ben Gazzara is not the biggest name who shares a birthday with this guy that I could find, but if I posted this guy
it wouldn't have caught your eye so hooked.
(I loved the The Deptford Trilogy. I cannot emphasize enough how important to my still hot love affair with novels it is that thirty-four years ago when I was seventeen a girl I loved made me read The Deptford Trilogy.)
This guy (well, on the old calendar)
and this guy
share the day too, though I've read much of only the Russian.
O!!! sad news for the three of you who read here who need to know (though you might know already): Michael R died Thursday. I saw him in June, he looked good, said he was better, then the cancer got fast and serious. Good guy.