Picture of the Day and Birthdays for July 24

Posted July 24, 2008, 6:14 am by Growing Bolder

Today is Thursday, July 24, the 206th day of 2008. There are 160 days left in the year.

Todays Birthdays:
Movie director Peter Yates is 79. Actress Jacqueline Brookes is 78. Actor John Aniston (TV: "Days of Our Lives") is 75. Political cartoonist Pat Oliphant is 73. Comedian Ruth Buzzi is 72. Actor Mark Goddard ("Lost in Space") is 72. Actor Dan Hedaya is 68. Actor Chris Sarandon is 66. Comedian Gallagher is 62. Actor Robert Hays ("Airplane") is 61. Actor Michael Richards ("Seinfeld") is 59. Actress Lynda Carter is 57. Movie director Gus Van Sant is 56. Country singer Pam Tillis is 51. Actor Kadeem Hardison is 43. Actress-singer Jennifer Lopez is 40. Actress Laura Leighton is 40. Actor John P. Navin Jr. is 40.

Picture of the Day: Audrey Hepburn with her Yorhshire Terrier, "Mr. Famous." Set. In 1999, Hepburn was ranked as the third greatest female star of all time by the American Film Institute. (Katharine Hepburn (no relation) was #1 and Bette Davis was #2.) She also served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Hepburn died of colon cancer at the age of 63. Have you stepped inside the inflatable colon?