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:
Robert Gibbs · 55
(b) March 29th, 1971
Billy Beane · 64
(b) March 29th, 1962
Perry Farrell · 67
(b) March 29th, 1959
Earl Campbell · 71
(b) March 29th, 1955
Michael Brecker
would have been 77 today
March 29th, 1949 — January 13th, 2007He was a true pioneer of "light jazz," and without him, there could be no David Sanborn or Kenny G. Thanks a billion, Mike.
Speedy Keen
would have been 81 today
March 29th, 1945 — March 12th, 2002There's something in the air, alright, and it's coming from the corpse of the drummer for Thunderclap Newman.
Eric Idle · 83
(b) March 29th, 1943
John Major · 83
(b) March 29th, 1943
Vincent Gigante
would have been 98 today
March 29th, 1928 — December 19th, 2005Nicknamed "The Chin," as in, "took it on the ...."
John McLaughlin
would have been 99 today
March 29th, 1927 — August 16th, 2016He made a living by yelling at people and being a know-it-all on TV for 34 years. An American hero, when you think about it.
Eileen Heckart
would have been 107 today
March 29th, 1919 — December 31st, 2001Butterflies are free ... and so is she.
Eugene McCarthy
would have been 110 today
March 29th, 1916 — December 10th, 2005The gentleman from Minnesota will yield ...
Ernst Junger
would have been 131 today
March 29, 1895 — February 17th, 1998As an influential and successful warrior-author, he was heavily courted by the then-emerging Nazis, but declined to join the party. He opted instead for the more extremist, fringe groups of the time. Sounds like a fun date.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Richard Chamberlain · 90
died 1 year ago today
March 31st, 1934 — March 29th, 2025This guy won the Golden Apple Award for Most Cooperative Actor - two years IN A ROW!
Louis Gossett · 87
died 2 years ago today
May 27th, 1936 — March 29th, 2024He had nowhere else to go.
Patty Duke · 69
died 10 years ago today
December 14th, 1946 — March 29th, 2016Her son was in Lord of the Rings, Goonies, and actually played the lead role in Rudy. Gotta be a bitch when your kid gets way better roles than you ever did.
Lou Saban · 87
died 17 years ago today
October 13th, 1921 — March 29th, 2009Football coach - from when the footballs and helmets were made out of the same stuff.
Johnnie Cochran · 67
died 21 years ago today
October 2nd, 1937 — March 29th, 2005If he doesn't breathe, you must bereave.
Howell Heflin · 83
died 21 years ago today
June 19th, 1921 — March 29th, 2005He put the "scum" in "Tuscumbia, Alabama".
Joe Williams · 80
died 27 years ago today
December 12th, 1918 — March 29th, 1999Everyday he has the blues, but maybe today, a little worse than usual.
Lee Atwater · 40
died 35 years ago today
February 27th, 1951 — March 29th, 1991Famous? You bet your ASS he's famous.
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