Newest Stiffs:
Anita Bryant · 85
March 25th, 1940 — December 16th, 2025
Head of the Florida Citrus Commission from 1969 - 1980. We think she also made some records or something.
Gil Gerard · 82
January 23rd, 1943 — December 16th, 2025
Out of time.
Diane Ladd · 89
November 29th, 1935 — November 3rd, 2025
Diane doesn't live here anymore.
Dick Cheney · 84
January 30th, 1941 — November 3rd, 2025
White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense, Vice President - and all we remember is when he shot that dude in the face while hunting.
June Lockhart · 100
June 25th, 1925 — October 23rd, 2025
Started with A Christmas Carol and All This, and Heaven Too and finished with Zombie Hamlet and Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm. Solid.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Roger Federer · 45
(b) August 8th, 1981
The Edge · 65
(b) August 8th, 1961
Robin Quivers · 74
(b) August 8th, 1952
Dustin Hoffman · 89
(b) August 8th, 1937
Frank Howard
would have been 90 today
August 8th, 1936 — October 30th, 2023The guy had nicknames like "Hondo", "the Washington Monument" and "the Capital Punisher". Pretty cool, considering he hurt is back on his first swing playing in the Japanese League. What a wuss.
Mel Tillis
would have been 94 today
August 8th, 1932 — November 19th, 2017M-M-M-M-Mel's D-D-D-D-D-Dead.
Jerry Tarkanian
would have been 96 today
August 8th, 1930 — February 11th, 2015Rebel without...well, anything, really.
Ronnie Biggs
would have been 97 today
August 8th, 1929 — December 18th, 2013Isn't every train robbery pretty great?
Richard Anderson
would have been 100 today
August 8th, 1926 — August 31st, 2017He was best known as Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man. Right.
We said BEST known.
Rory Calhoun
would have been 104 today
August 8th, 1922 — April 28th, 1999After countless Western movie roles, he played the part of Looney Tunes in the timeless classic Hell Comes To Frogtown. Truth is almost always stranger than fiction.
Esther Williams
would have been 105 today
August 8th, 1921 — June 6th, 2013Sleeping with the fishes.
Jimmy Witherspoon
would have been 106 today
August 8th, 1920 — September 18th, 1997Dead blues guy.
Dino de Laurentiis
would have been 107 today
August 8th, 1919 — November 11th, 2010He made Manhunter, Hannibal, and Red Dragon but decided to pass on Silence of the Lambs. Good move there, Dino.
Benny Carter
would have been 119 today
August 8th, 1907 — July 12th, 2003The King is dead. Long live the King.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Olivia Newton-John · 73
died 4 years ago today
September 26th, 1948 — August 8th, 2022Look at me
I'm Sandra Dee
Dead as a
Doornail can be.
Bobby Bowden · 91
died 5 years ago today
November 8th, 1929 — August 8th, 2021Vacated.
Glen Campbell · 81
died 9 years ago today
April 22nd, 1936 — August 8th, 2017He released his last album just 2 months ago. It was titled "Adios". So, yeah. There you go.
Karen Black · 74
died 13 years ago today
July 1st, 1939 — August 8th, 2013Blacked out.
Patricia Neal · 84
died 16 years ago today
January 20th, 1926 — August 8th, 2010Breakfast, lunch, and dinner now six feet under.
Gene Mauch · 79
died 21 years ago today
November 18th, 1925 — August 8th, 2005Loser.
Barbara Geddes · 82
died 21 years ago today
October 31st, 1922 — August 8th, 2005Miss Ellie just wasn't the same after J.R.'s second marriage failed, and then when she had to throw Clayton out of the house, well, you know the kind of strain that can put on a woman's heart, plus, with the boys fighting all the time...how the hell did anybody watch this crap?
Gypsy Boots · 89
died 22 years ago today
August 19th, 1914 — August 8th, 2004There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy ...
Fay Wray · 96
died 22 years ago today
September 15th, 1907 — August 8th, 2004That should put an end to all that goddamned screaming.Maureen Reagan
died 25 years ago today
— August 8th, 2001Ol' Shit-for-brains is going to be the last one left, isn't he?Rose Blumkin
died 28 years ago today
— August 8th, 1998A blumkin by any other name, would smell as -- wait, that's not right. Well, she's dead, anyway.Frank Zamboni
died 38 years ago today
— August 8th, 1988On ice.
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