Happy Birthday RIP David Llewelyn Wark Griffith(1875–1948) Samuel Cooke(1931–1964) Wilfred “Bill” Bixby III(1934–1993) ; “Piper Laurie”(Rosetta Jacobs)–83 Seymour Cassel–80 John Hurt–75 Stephen “Steve” Perry–66 Linda Blair–56 Diane Lane–50 Gabriel Macht–43 Paul Balthazar Getty–40 Nicholas Simmons–26 ; 1968 – “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” premiered on NBC. ; 1973 – the Supreme Court handed down its Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion.