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:

  • Doug Henning

    Doug Henning

    would have been 79 today
    May 3rd, 1947 — February 7th, 2000

    Abracadabra this, you tie-dyed, buck-toothed, shaggy-headed freak.

  • Greg Gumbel

    Greg Gumbel

    would have been 80 today
    May 3rd, 1946 — December 27th, 2024

    His brother was a sports announcer.

  • David Koch

    David Koch

    would have been 86 today
    May 3rd, 1940 — August 23rd, 2019

    Businessman. Libertarian. Philanthropist. Engineer. Dick.

  • Omar Abdel-Rahman

    Omar Abdel-Rahman

    would have been 88 today
    May 3rd, 1938 — February 18th, 2017

    Hard to bill yourself as a bad-ass terrorist when you wear a Santa hat every day of your life. Dummy.

  • Ron Popeil

    Ron Popeil

    would have been 91 today
    May 3rd, 1935 — July 18th, 2021

    Things he invented:

    Chop-O-Matic (for chopping food, which was apparently WAY too hard)
    Veg-O-Matic (same thing, but for slicing veggies)
    Pocket Fisherman (so you can carry a fishing pole everywhere you go)
    Mr. Microphone (apparently for assaulting hot women on the street)
    Inside the shell egg scrambler (yes, seriously)
    Showtime Rotisserie (like a regular rotisserie, but smaller)
    GLH-9 - Hair in a Spray Can (Yes. Hair. In a can.)
    Drain Buster (No idea.)
    Smokeless Ashtray (Ashtray with a fan. Where did the smoke go?)
    Electric Food Dehydrator (For sucking both moisture and flavor out of foods)
    Automatic Pasta Maker (NOT automatic, we promise)
    Rhinestone Stud Setter (Bedazzling before the bedazzler)
    The Cap Snaffler (a bottle opener)

    This is where the definition of "celebrity" gets very hazy.

  • Mell Lazarus

    Mell Lazarus

    would have been 99 today
    May 3rd, 1927 — May 24th, 2016

    He won the National Cartoonists Society Medal of Honor, which we assume means you got shot while drawing a cartoon or something. Too hungover to look it up. Lets go with that.

  • Pete Seeger

    Pete Seeger

    would have been 107 today
    May 3rd, 1919 — January 27th, 2014

    Where have all the folkies gone?

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • Jackie Cooper

    Jackie Cooper · 88

    died 15 years ago today
    September 15th, 1922 — May 3rd, 2011

    Great Caesar's ghost!

  • Lynn Redgrave

    Lynn Redgrave · 67

    died 16 years ago today
    March 8th, 1943 — May 3rd, 2010

    Red, green - whatever. As long as it's a grave.

  • Wally Schirra

    Wally Schirra · 84

    died 19 years ago today
    March 12th, 1923 — May 3rd, 2007

    Que Schirra, Schirra.

  • Earl Woods

    Earl Woods · 74

    died 20 years ago today
    March 5th, 1932 — May 3rd, 2006

    If he only coulds.

  • Billy Higgins

    Billy Higgins · 64

    died 25 years ago today
    October 11th, 1936 — May 3rd, 2001

    He's doing that real slow shuffle.

  • John O'Connor

    John O'Connor · 80

    died 26 years ago today
    January 15th, 1920 — May 3rd, 2000

    Cardinal O'Connor's an ecclesiastic goner.

  • Joe Adcock

    Joe Adcock · 71

    died 27 years ago today
    October 30th, 1927 — May 3rd, 1999

    How does four home runs and a double in one game grab you?

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