2004 Death Mercedes McCambridge, actress, The Exorcist, dies at 85 1991 Death Gina Petrushka, actress (Exorcist, Sybil), dies 1973 Event "Exorcist," starring Linda Blair and rated X, premieres 1972 Birthday Gabriel Mann, born in Middlebury, Vermont, actor, fashion model, appeared in films, 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist' 1959 Birthday Linda Blair, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actress, Exorcist, Chained Heat, Savage St 1950 Birthday Rick Baker, Binghamton, New York, special effects makeup artist, Exorcist 1939 Birthday William Friedkin, Chicago, dir, Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection 1939 Birthday Jason Miller, born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, actor and writer, Exorcist, Light of Day 1933 Birthday John Boorman, producer/dir, Exorcist II, Deliverance, Zardoz 1932 Birthday Ellen Burstyn, born in Detroit, actress, Exorcist, Alice Doesn't Live Here 1931 Birthday James Earl Jones, Mississippi, actor, Darth Vader, Exorcist II, Soul Man 1929 Birthday Max Von Sydow, born in Lund, Sweden, actor, Hawaii, Exorcist, Dune, Dreamscape 1928 Birthday William Peter Blatty, New York City, author/director, The Exorcist 1918 Birthday Jack MacGowran, Dublin Ireland, actor, King Lear, Exorcist
