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:

  • Michael Buble

    Michael Buble · 51

    (b) September 9th, 1975


  • Elvin Jones

    Elvin Jones

    would have been 99 today
    September 9th, 1927 — May 18th, 2004

    Maybe now he'll stop fucking banging on everything in sight! Sheesh.

  • Cliff Robertson

    Cliff Robertson

    would have been 103 today
    September 9th, 1923 — September 10th, 2011

    He played Hugh Hefner AND JFK. So versatile.

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • James Earl Jones

    James Earl Jones · 93

    died 2 years ago today
    January 17th, 1931 — September 9th, 2024

    Now he really DOES know the power of the dark side.

  • Edward Teller

    Edward Teller · 95

    died 23 years ago today
    January 15th, 1908 — September 9th, 2003

    They call him the father of the hydrogen bomb. Shoulda used a condom, Eddie.

  • Catfish Hunter

    Catfish Hunter · 53

    died 27 years ago today
    April 8th, 1946 — September 9th, 1999

    Out of the frying pan, into the ground.

  • Ruth Roman

    Ruth Roman · 76

    died 27 years ago today
    December 22nd, 1922 — September 9th, 1999

    An amazingly resilient woman, she survived not only the sinking of the Andrea Doria, but also four dates with a Bonzo-era Ronald Reagan.

  • Burgess Meredith

    Burgess Meredith · 89

    died 29 years ago today
    November 16th, 1907 — September 9th, 1997

    Yo Mick! Mick? Mick?

  • Bill Monroe

    Bill Monroe · 84

    died 30 years ago today
    September 13th, 1911 — September 9th, 1996

    That high lonesome sound just got a little higher and a lot more lonesome.

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