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:
Andy Samberg · 48
(b) August 18th, 1978
Christian Slater · 57
(b) August 18th, 1969
Marvin Isley
would have been 73 today
August 18th, 1953 — June 7th, 2010A little bit softer now.
Patrick Swayze
would have been 74 today
August 18th, 1952 — September 14th, 2009Dirt Dancin' is too simple, and "Somebody sent Swayze to the coroner," is too obscure. Ghost? Fuck! This is when running a dead pool is just plain HARD.
Martin Mull
would have been 83 today
August 18th, 1943 — June 27th, 2024Played a gay guy on Roseanne. That must have been a HOOT.
Robert Redford · 90
(b) August 18th, 1936
Vincent Bugliosi
would have been 92 today
August 18th, 1934 — June 8th, 2015So Vinnie is dead, and that nutjob Manson is somehow still alive? How the hell did that happen?
Marge Schott
would have been 98 today
August 18th, 1928 — March 2nd, 2004Her wad.
Rosalyn Carter
would have been 99 today
August 18th, 1927 — November 19th, 2023She won the Presidential Medal of Freedom, is in the Women's Hall of Fame, won countless awards, and has four degrees. She was also married to some sort of politician.
Shelley Winters
would have been 106 today
August 18th, 1920 — January 14th, 2006She once said, "Now that I'm over sixty, I'm veering toward respectability." She finally crashed right into it.
Caspar Weinberger
would have been 109 today
August 18th, 1917 — March 28th, 2006The friendly spook.
Marcel Carne
would have been 120 today
August 18th, 1906 — October 31st, 1996He directed Les Enfants Du Paradis, and now he's one of them.
Max Factor
would have been 122 today
August 18th, 1904 — June 7th, 1996Turned in, tuned out, dropped dead.
Jean Guitton
would have been 125 today
August 18, 1901 — March 21st, 1999Oldest member of the Academie Francaise, and the author of dozens of books on Catholic philosophy, he was also said to have the ear of Pope Nicholas IV, back in the late 13th century.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Phil Donahue · 88
died 2 years ago today
December 21st, 1935 — August 18th, 2024Next on Donahue - are dead celebrities just as interesting as live ones! Tune in to find out!
Kofi Annan · 80
died 8 years ago today
April 8th, 1938 — August 18th, 2018Even winning the Nobel wasn't enough to rank him higher than Boutros Boutros-Ghali in the list of all-time great United Nations Secretary-General names.
Don Pardo · 96
died 12 years ago today
February 22nd, 1918 — August 18th, 2014Saturday Night De.. - no. Wait. We can't do that. That's ridiculous. What have we become? Just going for the obvious? No. This game has a long, proud tradition of finding the funniest blurb we can from a giant pile of steaming obvious. It's time to kick it up a notch. Time to light the collective fire under our asses, and come up with something more than good. Something GREAT. Here we go:
Dammit. Nothing. Fuck. Sorry.
Bob Novak · 78
died 17 years ago today
February 26th, 1931 — August 18th, 2009Now he gets to meet the real Prince of Darkness.
Pervis Jackson · 70
died 18 years ago today
May 17th, 1938 — August 18th, 2008Despite his repeated assurances to the contrary, it now appears that the bass vocalist for the Spinners will not, in fact, be around.
Elmer Bernstein · 82
died 22 years ago today
April 4th, 1922 — August 18th, 2004Apparently, he dabbled in movie music, but he'll forever be remembered for creating that kick-ass glue.
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