Newest Stiffs:
Val Kilmer · 65
December 31st, 1959 — April 1st, 2025
No longer your huckleberry.
Gene Hackman · 95
January 30th, 1930 — February 17th, 2025
This dude's body of work was massive, so a funny obit should be easy. But we are STILL trying to figure out what happened to him in that mud room.
Jimmy Carter · 100
October 1st, 1924 — December 29th, 2024
Aw, nuts.
Greg Gumbel · 78
May 3rd, 1946 — December 27th, 2024
His brother was a sports announcer.
Rickey Henderson · 65
December 25th, 1958 — December 20th, 2024
They called him "The greatest Oakland A of all time". Impressive, eh?
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Michael Lohan · 65
(b) April 25th, 1960
Al Pacino · 85
(b) April 25th, 1940
Henck Arron
would have been 89 today
April 25th, 1936 — December 4th, 2000Say goodbye to the man who led the nation of Suriname to its independence. Hamurrin' Henck ez dedd.
Meadowlark Lemon
would have been 93 today
April 25th, 1932 — December 27th, 2015He played 16,000 games with the Globetrotters and somehow managed to father 10 kids in there. Sounds like he died of exhaustion.
Gene Gene the Dancing Machine
would have been 93 today
April 25th, 1932 — March 13th, 2015He closed The Gong Show for years with his crazy, wiggly-footed dancing. Now that, my friends, is a celebrity.
Paul Mazursky
would have been 95 today
April 25th, 1930 — July 1st, 2014Downer and Outer.
Ella Fitzgerald
would have been 108 today
April 25th, 1917 — June 15th, 1996A tisket, a tasket, they put her in a casket ....
R.J. Rushdoony
would have been 109 today
April 25th, 1916 — February 8th, 2001The call him "The Father of Christian Homeschooling". Wow. Bitchin.
William Brennan
would have been 119 today
April 25th, 1906 — July 24th, 1997The Justice is at peace.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Harry Belafonte · 96
died 2 years ago today
March 1st, 1927 — April 25th, 2023Great. Now we're going to have that "Day-O" song stuck in our heads all day.
Bea Arthur · 86
died 16 years ago today
May 13th, 1922 — April 25th, 2009And then there's mold.
Lisa Lopes · 30
died 23 years ago today
May 27th, 1971 — April 25th, 2002Scrub.
David Merrick · 88
died 25 years ago today
November 27th, 1911 — April 25th, 2000He ended up doing alright, for the child of an English circus freak.
Roger Troutman · 47
died 26 years ago today
November 29th, 1951 — April 25th, 1999Now yielding considerably less bounce to the ounce.
Roman Hruska · 94
died 26 years ago today
August 16th, 1904 — April 25th, 1999According to his obituary, he was a U.S. Senator, but for some reason, we thought he was a primitive architectural style.
Art Fleming · 70
died 30 years ago today
May 1st, 1924 — April 25th, 1995This! Is! Jeopardy!
Ginger Rogers · 83
died 30 years ago today
July 16th, 1911 — April 25th, 1995Dancing with Mr. D.
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