Happy Birthday RIP Laura “Janet” Gainor(1906–1984) “Carole Lombard”(Jane Peters 1908–1942) ; Britt-Marie Eklund–80 Kevin Cronin–71 Elisabeth Shue–59 Ioan Gruffudd–49 Jeremy Sisto–48 Wesley Ramsey–45 Olivia Thirlby–36 ; 1927 – The era of talking motion pictures began with the opening of “The Jazz Singer” starring Al Jolson, the first prominent talking movie