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:

  • Glenn Hughes

    Glenn Hughes

    would have been 76 today
    July 18th, 1950 — March 4th, 2001

    It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A,

    until you come down with A-I-D-S.

  • Hunter S. Thompson

    Hunter S. Thompson

    would have been 89 today
    July 18th, 1937 — February 20th, 2005

    Looks like his loathing finally overcame his fear.

  • Screamin' Jay Hawkins

    Screamin' Jay Hawkins

    would have been 97 today
    July 18th, 1929 — February 12th, 2000

    That oughta put an end to that damned racket.

  • John Glenn

    John Glenn

    would have been 105 today
    July 18th, 1921 — December 8th, 2016

    The Ripe Stuff.

  • Nelson Mandela

    Nelson Mandela

    would have been 108 today
    July 18th, 1918 — December 5th, 2013

    He was in prison for 27 years, and then got married three times. Must have really missed it.

  • Red Skeleton

    Red Skeleton

    would have been 113 today
    July 18th, 1913 — September 17th, 1997

    Good night, and God bless.

  • Mack Robinson

    Mack Robinson

    would have been 114 today
    July 18th, 1912 — March 12th, 2000

    You've heard of the Mack Daddy? This is who they're talking about.

  • Hume Cronyn

    Hume Cronyn

    would have been 115 today
    July 18th, 1911 — June 15th, 2003

    He's been ex-Humed.

  • Harriet Nelson

    Harriet Nelson

    would have been 117 today
    July 18th, 1909 — October 2nd, 1994

    She starred in Life of the party, Gals, Incorporated and Hi, Good Lookin'! before she did Take it Big. Sounds like someone we would have partied with.

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • Bob Newhart

    Bob Newhart · 94

    died 2 years ago today
    September 5th, 1929 — July 18th, 2024

    If you suggest that his finest work wasn't his role in Elf, we will FIGHT YOU.

  • Ron Popeil

    Ron Popeil · 86

    died 5 years ago 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.

  • William Westmoreland

    William Westmoreland · 91

    died 21 years ago today
    March 26th, 1914 — July 18th, 2005

    So much for that light at the end of the tunnel.

  • Mimi Farina

    died 25 years ago today
    — July 18th, 2001

    Never mind the bread

  • Eugene Shoemaker

    died 29 years ago today
    — July 18th, 1997

    Star-gazing was his life, until he got behind the wheel of a car. Shoulda kept his eyes on the road, the schmuck.

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