2012 Event In an attempt to encourage people to buy from their local bookstores, novelist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo boycotts e-books 1964 Birthday Erminia Russo, Kelowna BC, volleyball player 1996 Olympics 1959 Birthday Carmen Russo, Genoa Italy, Miss Teenage Italy, 1972 1954 Birthday Rene Russo, born in Burbank, California, Renee Marie Russo, television, film actress, model, breakthrough role as Lorna Cole in 'Lethal Weapon 3' and 'Lethal Weapon 4', appeared in 'The Thomas Crown Affair' with Pierce Brosnan 1953 Birthday James Russo, born in New York City, actor, My Own Private Idaho, China Girl 1949 Birthday Richard Russo, American Novelist 1944 Birthday Marty Russo, born in Chicago, Illinois, Representative-D-Illinois 1975 - 1993 1928 Birthday William Joseph Russo, composer