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:
Layne Staley
would have been 59 today
August 22nd, 1967 — April 5th, 2002Man in a box.
Valerie Harper
would have been 87 today
August 22nd, 1939 — August 30th, 2019End of the Rhoad.
Dale Hawkins
would have been 90 today
August 22nd, 1936 — February 13th, 2010They called him the inventor of "swamp rock boogie". Impressive.
Norman Schwarzkopf
would have been 92 today
August 22nd, 1934 — December 27th, 2012First it was Desert Shield, then Desert Storm. Now it's just Deserted.
Honor Blackman
would have been 101 today
August 22nd, 1925 — April 5th, 2020She was 94. Let’s be honest: The galore was gone.
Ray Bradbury
would have been 106 today
August 22nd, 1920 — June 6th, 2012Something wicked this way smells.
Denton Cooley
would have been 106 today
August 22nd, 1920 — November 18th, 2016He used to do multiple heart surgeries at the same time, running between rooms to handle "the tricky parts". What a nut.
John Lee Hooker
would have been 109 today
August 22nd, 1917 — June 21st, 2001Boom, boom, boom, thud.
Henri Cartier-Bresson
would have been 118 today
August 22nd, 1908 — July 31st, 2004French photographer guy.
Deng Xiaoping
would have been 122 today
August 22nd, 1904 — February 19th, 1997Ding dong, ding dong, Deng Xiaopeng is dead and gone.
Leni Riefenstahl
would have been 124 today
August 22nd, 1902 — September 8th, 2003Triumph this, Fraulein!
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Butch van Breda Kolff · 84
died 19 years ago today
October 28th, 1922 — August 22nd, 2007He spent almost 50 years coaching basketball, in both college and the pros, and never won a championship. Cool name, though.
Leo Castelli · 91
died 27 years ago today
September 4th, 1907 — August 22nd, 1999We knew he was into minimalism, but this is ridiculous.
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