DATE OF BIRTH

03.28.1940

BEST KNOWN FOR

WRITER OF FICTION AND POETRY NOTABLE FOR HIS WORK ON CONTINENTAL DRIFT, RULE OF THE BONE, CLOUDSPLITTER, THE SWEET HEREAFTER, AND AFFLICTION

OTHER LIVING 80 YEAR OLDS

mario andretti

scott glenn

sam waterston

frankie avalon

lance henriksen

NOTABLE DEATHS AT 80

walter brennan

jose ferrer

mary tyler moore

alex trebek

joel schumacher

richard farnsworth