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:
Thor Heyerdahl
would have been 112 today
October 6th, 1914 — April 18th, 2002After a lifetime of bold research and daring exploration, including crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans on rafts made out of twigs and fucking reeds, he died of boredom.
Helen Moody
would have been 121 today
October 6th, 1905 — January 1st, 1998Game, set and match.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Eddie Van Halen · 65
died 6 years ago today
January 26th, 1955 — October 6th, 2020Runnin' with the Devil.
Ginger Baker · 80
died 7 years ago today
August 19th, 1939 — October 6th, 2019His first solo album was Ginger Baker at his Best and his last was just called Why? If that isn't some hardcore rockstar shit right there, we don't know what is.
Rip Taylor · 84
died 7 years ago today
January 13th, 1935 — October 6th, 2019His nickname was "the crying comedian", and his signature move was throwing confetti around. Yeah - we got nothing.
Connie Hawkins · 75
died 9 years ago today
July 17th, 1942 — October 6th, 2017
Buck O'Neil · 94
died 20 years ago today
November 13th, 1911 — October 6th, 2006Buck stops here.Richard Farnsworth
died 26 years ago today
— October 6th, 2000The straight story is that he had terminal cancer and killed himself. You find a punch line in that.Gorilla Monsoon
died 27 years ago today
— October 6th, 1999No, of course that wasn't his real name, but as a professional wrestler, he needed something that sounded more menacing than Monkey Drizzle.Mark Belanger
died 28 years ago today
— October 6th, 1998For God's sake, when are the people of Baltimore going to learn to stay the hell away from Boog's Bar-B-Q?!Johnny Vandermeer
died 29 years ago today
— October 6th, 1997He was on zero lists. Another no-hitter.Ted Bessell
died 30 years ago today
— October 6th, 1996That Girl's ex-boyfriend, emphasis on the x.
Fawn Liebowitz · 20
died 64 years ago today
August 4th, 1942 — October 6th, 1962That minx.
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