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  • 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:

  • George Michael

    George Michael

    would have been 63 today
    June 25th, 1963 — December 25th, 2016

    Trying to narrow down cause of death. Possibilities:

    - Boom boom in heart
    - Jitterbug in brain
    - Hanging like Yo Yo
    - Years of drug use and driving under the influence

    Has to be one of those.

  • Anthony Bourdain

    Anthony Bourdain

    would have been 70 today
    June 25th, 1956 — June 8th, 2018

    Reservations for one, actually.

  • Sonia Sotomayor

    Sonia Sotomayor · 72

    (b) June 25th, 1954


  • Jimmie Walker

    Jimmie Walker · 79

    (b) June 25th, 1947


  • Harold Melvin

    Harold Melvin

    would have been 87 today
    June 25th, 1939 — March 24th, 1997

    If you don't know him by now, you will never, never, never know him.

  • Larry Kramer

    Larry Kramer

    would have been 91 today
    June 25th, 1935 — May 27th, 2020

    He wrote "The Destiny of Me". That's it. That's the obit.

  • June Lockhart

    June Lockhart

    would have been 101 today
    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.

  • Sidney Lumet

    Sidney Lumet

    would have been 102 today
    June 25th, 1924 — April 9th, 2011

    He's dead as hell and he's not going to take this anymore!

  • George Abbott

    George Abbott

    would have been 139 today
    June 25, 1887 — January 31st, 1995

    He wrote All Quiet On The Western Front. Indeed.

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • Patrick Macnee

    Patrick Macnee · 93

    died 11 years ago today
    February 6th, 1922 — June 25th, 2015

    The Avengers? Good.
    Lobster Man from Mars? GENIUS.

  • Michael Jackson

    Michael Jackson · 50

    died 17 years ago today
    August 29th, 1958 — June 25th, 2009

    He touched so many...

  • Sky Saxon

    Sky Saxon · 71

    died 17 years ago today
    August 20th, 1937 — June 25th, 2009

    Clearly, he was pushing too hard.

  • Farrah Fawcett

    Farrah Fawcett · 62

    died 17 years ago today
    February 2nd, 1947 — June 25th, 2009

    Not just Charlie's angel anymore.

  • Lester Maddox

    Lester Maddox · 87

    died 23 years ago today
    September 30th, 1915 — June 25th, 2003

    Georgia's irrepressible segregationist, who defied the 1964 Civil Rights Act by chasing three black students from his restaurant with a gun. Given twenty days to desegregate, Maddox chose instead to close and sell the place, for which they made him Governor. Later, after his political career waned, he attempted to update his image by launching a nightclub comedy act with a black ex-con he had pardoned while in office. They were billed as "The Governor and the Dishwasher." We're not making this up.

  • Jacques Cousteau

    Jacques Cousteau · 87

    died 29 years ago today
    June 11th, 1910 — June 25th, 1997

    After a lifetime of exploration, he finally reached that most elusive mystery of the deep: Davy Jones' locker.

  • Warren Burger

    Warren Burger · 87

    died 31 years ago today
    September 17th, 1907 — June 25th, 1995

    Dead meat.

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