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:
Buster Douglas · 66
(b) April 7th, 1960
Julia Phillips
would have been 82 today
April 7th, 1944 — January 1st, 2002She'll never have lunch on this planet again.
David Frost
would have been 87 today
April 7th, 1939 — August 31st, 2013Defrosted.
Jerry Brown · 88
(b) April 7th, 1938
James Garner
would have been 98 today
April 7th, 1928 — July 19th, 2014At the tone, leave your name and message. I'll never get back to you.
Ravi Shankar
would have been 106 today
April 7th, 1920 — December 11th, 2012Everyone knows it: sitar players get ALL the chicks.
Bobby Doerr
would have been 108 today
April 7th, 1918 — November 13th, 2017He was the oldest living member of the Baseball Hall of Fame until, well, recently.
Mongo Santamaria
would have been 109 today
April 7th, 1917 — February 1st, 2003Mongo was only pawn ... in game of life.
Marjory Douglas
would have been 136 today
April 7, 1890 — May 14th, 1998The ashes of this champion of the Florida Everglades will be scattered over her beloved wetlands. She'll then become one of the few people for whom the epithet "pond scum" accurately applies.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Herb Stempel · 93
died 6 years ago today
December 19th, 1926 — April 7th, 2020For 7 points - who was the schmuck who cheated at game shows and ended up with absolutely nothing?
John Prine · 73
died 6 years ago today
October 10th, 1946 — April 7th, 2020He won a lifetime achievement award and then died.
Stan Freberg · 88
died 11 years ago today
August 7th, 1926 — April 7th, 2015They called him "The Che Guevara of Advertising". Not sure what that means, but it sounds pretty stupid.
Mike Wallace · 93
died 14 years ago today
May 9th, 1918 — April 7th, 2012tick ... tick ... tick ... tick ...
Wendy Williams · 48
died 28 years ago today
May 28th, 1949 — April 7th, 1998This one's bound to send shock waves through the music industry.
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