Newest Stiffs:

  • Anita Bryant

    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

    Gil Gerard · 82

    January 23rd, 1943 — December 16th, 2025

    Out of time.


  • Diane Ladd

    Diane Ladd · 89

    November 29th, 1935 — November 3rd, 2025

    Diane doesn't live here anymore.


  • Dick Cheney

    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

    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:

  • Richard Marx · 63

    (b) September 16th, 1963


  • Elgin Baylor

    Elgin Baylor

    would have been 92 today
    September 16th, 1934 — March 22nd, 2021

    Dude scored 61 points in an NBA Finals game in 1962 - and that is STILL a record. What the FUCK?

  • Anne Francis

    Anne Francis

    would have been 96 today
    September 16th, 1930 — January 2nd, 2011

    Born in the east, played Honey West, and has now officially gone south.

  • Peter Falk

    Peter Falk

    would have been 99 today
    September 16th, 1927 — June 23rd, 2011

    "One more thing, St. Peter..."

    "Where did you get those sandals?"

  • John Knowles

    John Knowles

    would have been 100 today
    September 16th, 1926 — November 29th, 2001

    A separated piece.

  • Robert Schuller

    Robert Schuller

    would have been 100 today
    September 16th, 1926 — April 2nd, 2015

    Cancer Callously Killed Crystal Cathedral Creator

  • Charlie Byrd

    Charlie Byrd

    would have been 101 today
    September 16th, 1925 — November 30th, 1999

    Dead duck.

  • B. B. King

    B. B. King

    would have been 101 today
    September 16th, 1925 — May 14th, 2015

    The thrill is really gone now.

  • Lauren Bacall

    Lauren Bacall

    would have been 102 today
    September 16th, 1924 — August 12th, 2014

    You know how to succumb, don'tcha, Lauren? You just put your lids together and go.

  • Korla Pandit

    Korla Pandit

    would have been 105 today
    September 16th, 1921 — October 1st, 1998

    Actually, Zach met this guy once. He was like a Chihuahua in a turban.

  • Allen Funt

    Allen Funt

    would have been 112 today
    September 16th, 1914 — September 5th, 1999

    Smile! You're dead!

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • Mary Travers

    Mary Travers · 72

    died 17 years ago today
    November 9th, 1936 — September 16th, 2009

    If she had a hammer, she'd still be dead.

  • Henry Gibson

    Henry Gibson · 73

    died 17 years ago today
    September 21st, 1935 — September 16th, 2009

    "The Afterlife" ... by Henry Gibson.

  • Norman Whitfield

    Norman Whitfield · 68

    died 18 years ago today
    May 12th, 1940 — September 16th, 2008

    It was the 16th of September ...

  • Izora Armstead

    Izora Armstead · 62

    died 22 years ago today
    July 6th, 1942 — September 16th, 2004

    She was one half of the duo The Weather Girls, perpetrators of 1983's international dance mega-hit "It's Raining Men."
    Hallelujah.

  • Sheb Wooley

    Sheb Wooley · 82

    died 23 years ago today
    April 10th, 1921 — September 16th, 2003

    He was a one-hit, one-joke guy from 50 years ago,

    One-hit, one-joke guy from 50 years ago,

    A one-hit, one-joke guy from 50 years ago,

    Now he's history.

  • James Gregory

    died 24 years ago today
    — September 16th, 2002

    I tell you, Barn, it's gonna be good to see ol' Brownie and Kleiner and Foster again - hey, do me a favor, wouldja? Tell Wojo and Fish and the rest of the boys back at the ol' One-Two that a certain Inspector Franklin D. Luger'll be puttin' in a good word for 'em with the big guy upstairs . . . y'know, just in case. Ten-Four, Barn. Over and out.

  • Samuel Arkoff

    died 25 years ago today
    — September 16th, 2001

    Tonight's feature, "How To Stuff A Wood Bikini," or, "The Day The B-Movie Producer's Heart Stood Still."

  • McGeorge Bundy

    died 30 years ago today
    — September 16th, 1996

    Just another dead politician.

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