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:
Avril Lavigne · 42
(b) September 27th, 1984
Lil Wayne · 44
(b) September 27th, 1982
Meat Loaf
would have been 79 today
September 27th, 1947 — January 20th, 2022His name was Robert Pauls...wait. His name was MARVIN?
Don Cornelius
would have been 90 today
September 27th, 1936 — February 1st, 2012The train has left the station.
Wilford Brimley
would have been 92 today
September 27th, 1934 — August 1st, 2020Believe it or not, in 1985 he was 20 years younger than all the other actors in Cocoon.
Dick Schaap
would have been 92 today
September 27th, 1934 — December 21st, 2001This means that without Vitale, ESPN would be completely Dickless.
Greg Morris
would have been 93 today
September 27th, 1933 — August 27th, 1996The movie version of Mission: Impossible was painful to us. Looks like it was fatal to him.
Arthur Penn
would have been 104 today
September 27th, 1922 — September 28th, 2010Penn Stationary.
Jayne Meadows
would have been 107 today
September 27th, 1919 — April 26th, 2015It Happened to Jane
Johnny Pesky
would have been 107 today
September 27th, 1919 — August 13th, 2012He was nicknamed "The Needle", and had a pole at Fenway named after him. You figure it out.
Carl Ballantine
would have been 109 today
September 27th, 1917 — November 3rd, 2009Poof! He's gone!
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Maggie Smith · 89
died 2 years ago today
December 28th, 1934 — September 27th, 2024Over 70 years, she was in over 100 movies, 100 plays, and 25 TV shows. Jesus. No wonder she died.
Hugh Hefner · 91
died 9 years ago today
April 9th, 1926 — September 27th, 2017We salute the passing of a great American hero. Thankfully salutes are just with one hand.
Shimon Peres · 93
died 10 years ago today
August 2nd, 1923 — September 27th, 2016He won a Nobel Peace Prize, a Presidential Medal of Freedom, AND a Congressional Gold Medal - and still married a chick who was a truck driver. Talk about having NO GAME...
Herbert Lom · 95
died 14 years ago today
September 11th, 1917 — September 27th, 2012He was the Chief Inspector in The Pink Panther movies, sure. But more importantly, he was the child of Karl ze Schluderpacheru and his spouse Olga née Gottlieb who were members of Austrian nobility. If that's not celebrity, then we don't know what is.
George Blanda · 83
died 16 years ago today
September 17th, 1927 — September 27th, 2010Great football player. Ugly as a mud fence, but a great football player.
Donald O'Connor · 78
died 23 years ago today
August 28th, 1925 — September 27th, 2003Ah, the highs and lows of an actor
Oona O'Neill · 66
died 35 years ago today
May 14th, 1925 — September 27th, 1991Whatever happened to Oona Orr?
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