Most physicists have never read them, fwiw, as interesting as they may be for their historical role. Most classic papers go unread, and it’s not a bad thing pedagogically. How things get sorted out is usually a huge mess and following the real history can be an enormous distraction (and can confuse and misdirect students).
While that is true, I would highly encourage everyone to read the original EPR (Einstein Podolski Rosen) it is so amazingly clear in its writing and can be understood even by laymen.
