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 Feb. 20th~Happy 99th Birthday! Actor Martin Heller, Actor Jonathan Scott is 99, Mathematician John Milner is 95, Actress Li Mingqi is 90, Actress Kerstin Widgren is 90, Actress Pia Backstrom is 90. (NT) |  jlp | 02/20/26 6:27:59am |
| 'Grey's Anatomy' star Eric Dane dead at 53 | bigmitch1 | 02/19/26 9:43:26pm |
| Feb. 19th~Happy 100th Birthday! Composer Gyorgy Kurtag, Astronaut Joseph Kerwin is 94. (NT) | jlp | 02/19/26 9:04:16am |
| Disney Animator Jane Baer Passes Away at 91 | bigmitch1 | 02/18/26 4:18:31pm |
| Feb. 18th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actress Susanna Egri, Photographer Duane Michaels is 94, Activist/Singer Yoko Ono is 93, Actor Mike Felix is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/18/26 6:35:54am |
| Feb.17th~Happy 109th Birthday! Tattoo Artist Whang-od, Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin is 102, Actress Juliette Brac is 100, MOH (Vietnam) Bruce P. Crandall is 93, (NT) | jlp | 02/17/26 6:28:52am |
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 Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84 | jlp | 02/17/26 6:27:09am |
| Robert Duvall dead at 95 | bigmitch1 | 02/16/26 1:26:25pm |
| Feb.16th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor David Frankham, Singer Peggy King is 96, Engineer (GPS) Brandford Parkinson is 91, Actress Brigitta Kohler is 90, Businessman Joe Frank Harris is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/16/26 8:28:01am |
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| Dolores Munoz, Disney legend dies at 107 | bigmitch1 | 02/15/26 8:51:17pm |
| Feb.15th~Happy 101st Birthday! Gymnast Colette Fanara, Actress Claire Bloom is 95, Gov't Official John R. Block is 91, Politician Ira Rener is 90, Actress Margarita Cherepanova is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/15/26 6:57:20am |
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| Feb.14th~Happy 102nd Birthday! Historian/Activist Jose Petrick, Actor Stan Ross is 100, Actress Harriet Anderson is 94, Filmmaker Alexander Kluge is 94, Broadcaster Dave Roberts is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/14/26 6:30:38am |
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| Feb. 13th~Happy 101st Birthday! Activist Elizabeth Altino Teixeria, Politician Paul Biya is 93, Actress Kim Novak is 93, Actress Caroline Blakiston is 93. (NT) | jlp | 02/13/26 6:30:24am |
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| Feb. 12th~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Eulalia Bravo Bravo, Politician Julius Binder is 101, Actor H.M. Wynant is 99, Businessman Bob Lutz is 94, Director Costa-Gavras is 93, Actress Annette Crosbie is 92, Composer Ferenc Varnai is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/12/26 6:31:00am |
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| FRED SMITH..(1948 -February 5, 2026)..bass guitar with New York band TELEVISION. he was original bassist with BLONDIE. | Doc-Rock | 02/12/26 6:08:34pm |
| James Van Der Beek, 'Dawson' s Creek' Star, Dies at 48 | FredMertz | 02/11/26 2:36:38pm |
| Bud Cort, 'Harold and Maude' Star, Dies at 77 | FredMertz | 02/11/26 2:27:43pm |
| Feb.11th~Happy 95th Birthday! Boxing's Larry Merchant, Pianist Jerome Lowenthal is 94, Politician Dennis Skinner is 94, Actress Tina Louise is 92, Actor Sebastian Breaks is 90, Actress Norma Dehaan is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/11/26 6:28:37am |
| Feb.10~Happy 101st Birthday! Author Rose Marie Dahnuke, Psychologist Thomas Bernhard Seiler is 101, Actress Leone Nogarede is 100, Opera Singer Leontyne Price is 99, Actor Robert Wagner is 96, Inventor James West is 95. (NT) | jlp | 02/10/26 6:28:29am |
| Feb.09~Happy 102nd Birthday! Actor/Comedian Woody Woodbury, Actress La Norma is 100, Painter Gerhard Richter is 94, Royal Princess Elizabeth of Tooro is 90, Philanthropist Marianne von Brandstetter is 90, (NT) | jlp | 02/ 9/26 8:55:49am |
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| Feb. 08~Happy 102nd Birthday! Olympic Athlete Wu Chengzhang, Actor Larry Carr is 100, Composer John Williams is 94, Actor Bertil Monegrim is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 8/26 8:17:34am |
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| Feb.07~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor Geoffrey Lea, Actress Patricia Reel is 99, Journalist Gay Talese is 94, Politician Eddie Fenech Adami is 92, Musician Donna Stoneman is 92, Actor Svend Bunch is 90, Actor Madison Arnold is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 7/26 6:49:41am |
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| Feb. 06~Happy 103rd Birthday! Dancer Vija Vetra, Actor Vladimir Zamansky is 100, Actress Celita is 100, Actress Mamie Van Doren is 95, Activist Walter Fauntroy is 93, Actor Jerzy Dukay is 90, Businessman J. Howard Marshall III is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 6/26 7:17:35am |
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| Feb. 05~Happy 92nd Birthday! Hockey's Don Cherry, Music Producer Horst Fascher is 90, Actress Paola Bertini is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 5/26 6:22:27am |
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| LaMonte McLemore Dies At 90, The 5th Dimension Co-Founder and Cultural Chronicler | jlp | 02/ 4/26 8:07:05pm |
| Feb.04~Happy 101st Birthday! Holocaust Survivor Ginette Kolinka, Actress Hilde Schreiber is 100, Actress Cindy McGee is 99, Politician Isabel Peron is 95, Actor Gary Conway is 90, Wrestler Eddie Sharkley is 90, Writer Sakie Yokota is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 4/26 4:56:15am |
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| Feb.03~Happy 99th Birthday! Actress Anne-Marie Juhl, Actress Mariclaire Costello is 90, Actress Karin Rodrigues is 90, Actress Majorie Austrian is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 3/26 6:30:53am |
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| Chuck Negron Dies: 'Three Dog Night' Founding Member Was 83 | FredMertz | 02/ 3/26 7:50:56am |
| Feb. 02~Happy 101st Birthday! Makeup Artist Irmina Romanis, Writer Judith Viorst is 95, Actress Maria Nowotarska is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 2/26 6:30:37am |
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| Feb. 01~Happy 94th Birthday! Journalist John Hart, Architect Mario Bellini is 91, Politician Faye Lo Po is 90. (NT) | jlp | 02/ 1/26 8:24:15am |
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| Jan. 31st~Happy 89th Birthday! Pianist/Composer Philip Glass . (NT) | jlp | 01/31/26 6:33:40am |
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| Sanford and Son actor Demond Wilson dead at 79 | bigmitch1 | 01/31/26 8:31:49am |
| Jan. 30th~Happy 102nd Birthday! Diplomat Phan Wannamethee, Actor Jose Wilhelmy is 100, Actress Liu Bosisio is 90, Actor Elric Hooper is 90, Actress Zulema Speranza is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/30/26 6:50:21am |
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 RULES REMINDER | FredMertz | 01/30/26 2:58:31pm |
| Catherine O'Hara, 'Schitt's Creek' and Home Alone' Star, Dies at 71 | FredMertz | 01/30/26 2:55:51pm |
| Actress Catherine O'Hara 1954-2026 | jlp | 01/30/26 1:47:40pm |
| Jan. 29th~Happy 90th Birthday! Pianist Malcolm Binns. (NT) | jlp | 01/29/26 7:35:19am |
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| Jan.28th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actress Joyce Allen, Director Jack Hill is 93, Baseball's Bill White is 92, Actor Alan Alda is 90, Actress Edyta Wojtczak is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/28/26 8:47:03am |
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| Jan. 27th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actress Marit Bergson, Actor Robert Casey is 99, Actor Michael Craig is 97, Politician Edith Cresson is 92, Actor Florin Piersic is 90, Actress Iya Uzhova is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/27/26 3:00:00am |
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| Jan. 26th~Happy 105th Birthday! Actress Elizabeth Kirkby, Actress Janet Fitzpatrick is 100, Illustrator Sal Buscema is 90, Actor Helmut Fornbacher is 90, Actor Gerhard Bjelland is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/26/26 7:30:18am |
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| Jan. 24th~Happy 102nd Birthday! Aviator Richard Rohmer, Architect Phyllis Lambert is 99, Actress Erni Mangold is 99, Zoologist Desmond Morris is 98, Actor Don Furneaux is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/24/26 6:55:03am |
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| Chuck Daly, Final surviving member of JFK’s West Wing dies at 98 | bigmitch1 | 01/25/26 7:18:54pm |
| Jan. 25th~Happy 101st Birthday! Director Hal Gurnee, Politician Antonio Ramalho Eanes is 91, Actress Anja Frari is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/25/26 5:49:36am |
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| Actress Yvonne Lime dead at 90 | bigmitch1 | 01/23/26 11:02:49pm |
| Jan. 23rd~Happy 99th Birthday! Actress Marion Saunders, Chemist John Polanyi is 97, Actor Ed Metzger is 90, Composer Franco Chiaravalle is 90, Actor Axel Fritz is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/23/26 8:19:38am |
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| Jan. 22nd~Happy 92nd Birthday! Chef Graham Kerr. (NT) | jlp | 01/22/26 6:32:16am |
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| Jan. 21st~Happy 104th Birthday! Olympic Athlete Rhonda Wurtele, Actress Audrey Dalton is 92, Actor Fred Astaire Jr. is 90, Actress Junko Kano is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/21/26 6:29:15am |
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| Jan.20th~Happy 104th Birthday! Bandleader Ray Anthony, Actress MIchiko Hoshi is 99, Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is 96, Actor Jack Grinnage is 95, Physicist David Lee is 95, Actor Tom Baker is 92, Actor Giacomo Piperno is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/20/26 6:27:12am |
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| REMINDER: 2026 Housekeeping & Rules | FredMertz | 01/18/26 6:11:22pm |
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| Jan. 19th~Happy 99th Birthday! Actress Lisa Lu, Actor Matthias Hell is 99, Actor Pentti Marttinen is 99, Actress Tippi Hedren is 96, Director Richard Lester is 94, Producer Christopher Sarson is 91, Actress Shirley DeBurgh is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/19/26 8:14:37am |
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| Rob Hirst, Midnight Oil drummer and founding member, died Jan 20, 2026 aged 70 | Doc-Rock | 01/20/26 6:19:31am |
| Italian fashion designer Valentino dies at 93 | bigmitch1 | 01/19/26 8:52:02pm |
| Forum Password | FredMertz | 01/18/26 6:09:18pm |
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| Ralph Towner, guitarist/pianist for the jazz/classical group Oregon (1940-2026) | Ed_Tracey | 01/18/26 5:47:03pm |
| Jan. 18th~Happy 102nd Birthday! WW2 Veteran Ivan Martynushkin, Olympic Athlete Yoshio Iimuro is 101, Writer/Painter Heinrich Jarczyk is 101, Director John Boorman is 93. (NT) | jlp | 01/18/26 8:31:16am |
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| Jan. 17th~Happy 100th Birthday! Theatre Critic Blanche Marvin, Actor Nils Eklund is 99, Actress Joan Petrone is 99, Politician Douglas Wilder is 95, Actress Eira Heath is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/17/26 6:29:24am |
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| Mark Jones "Leprechaun" Director dead at 72 | bigmitch1 | 01/17/26 6:23:37pm |
| Mark Jones, ‘Leprechaun’ Director, Dies at 72 | bigmitch1 | 01/17/26 6:22:31pm |
| Theatre Critic Blanche Marvin Dies at 100 | FredMertz | 01/16/26 11:34:34am |
| Jan. 16th~Happy 99th Birthday! Baseball's Maybelle Blair, Opera Singer Marilyn Horne is 92, Race Car Driver A. J Foyt is 91, Actress Olga Potamitou is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/16/26 8:16:11am |
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| Jan. 15~Happy 101st Birthday! Pianist Ruth Slenczynska, Actress IIse Kuklinski is 100, Actress Ann Sullivan is 100, Musician Queen Ida is 97, Writer Robert Silverberg is 91, Director Mohamed Tazi is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/15/26 6:28:52am |
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| 2026 Houskeeping & New Rules | FredMertz | 01/15/26 10:05:17am |
| Actress Vera Frances 1930-2026 | jlp | 01/15/26 9:17:21am |
| Jan. 14~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor Viktor Akhromeyev, Race Car Driver Don Garlits is 94, Musician Clarence Carter is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/14/26 6:27:28am |
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| Jan. 13~Happy 115th Birthday! Supercentenarian Yolanda Beltro de Azevedo, Actor Fabian Wander is 99, Actor Jon Cypher is 94, Journalist Nick Clooney is 92, Opera Singer Renato Bruson is 90, Actress Eva Tatay is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/13/26 5:39:06am |
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| Actor Marcus Gilbert 1958-2026 | jlp | 01/13/26 4:17:27pm |
| Dilbert creator Scott Adams dead at 68 | bigmitch1 | 01/13/26 11:25:21am |
| Actress Sheila Bernette 1931-2026 | jlp | 01/13/26 5:37:44am |
| Nasser bin Radan Al Rashid Al Wadaei, Saudi Arabian man, dead at 142 | bigmitch1 | 01/12/26 11:02:27am |
| Jan. 12~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Tsune Kimura, Screenwriter Liliana Cavani is 93, Actor Bob Dishy is 92, Composer Raimonds Pauls is 90, Politician Emile Lahoud is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/12/26 8:10:52am |
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| Jan. 11~Happy 97th Birthday! Poet Peter Dale Scott, Conductor Eve Queler is 95, Director Alfonso Arau is 94, Politician Jean Chretien is 92, Scientist Tony Hoare is 92. (NT) | jlp | 01/11/26 5:41:33am |
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| Actor John Cunningham 1932-2026 | jlp | 01/11/26 5:39:31am |
| Musician Bob Weir 1947-2026 | jlp | 01/10/26 6:58:32pm |
| Actor TK Carter found dead at home at 69 | bigmitch1 | 01/10/26 12:37:13pm |
| Jan. 10~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor George Spelvin, Composer Dungenbay Botbayev is 99, Opera Singer Sherrill Milnes is 91, Astronomer Robert Woodrow is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/10/26 6:32:37am |
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| Actress Tina Packer 1938-2026 | jlp | 01/10/26 10:05:42am |
| Actress Marcia Rodd 1940-2025 | jlp | 01/10/26 6:37:29am |
| Jan. 09~Happy 102nd Birthday! Actress Anne Vernon, Actor Harry Raymon is 100, Actor Boris Povalyayev is 99, Psychologist Elliot Aronson is 94, Nun Jeanne Devos is 91, Producer Robert Love is 90 (NT) | jlp | 01/ 9/26 6:35:03am |
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| Actor Roger Ewing 1942-2025 | jlp | 01/ 9/26 9:51:43am |
| Jan. 08~Happy 108th Birthday! Military Figure IImari Koppinen, Actor Laszlo Kaszas is 100, Singer Marcy Lutes is 99, Writer Robert Littell is 91, Actor Eddie Guardino is 90, Actor Massimo De Francovich is 90, (NT) | jlp | 01/ 8/26 7:45:58am |
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| Marcia Rodd, Actress in "Little Murders" and Broadway's "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," Dies at 87 | Nick-1 | 01/ 7/26 9:21:03pm |
| Jan. 07~Happy 99th Birthday! Director Kamel Al-Azzawi, Actress Junko Miyauchi is 99, Actress Terry Moore is 97, Politician Mack Mattingly is 95, Actor Roger Michael is 90, Actor Dieter Goertz is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/ 7/26 6:29:01am |
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| Jan. 06~Happy 109th Birthday! Masters Athlete Frederico Fischer, WW2 Veteran Hugo Broch is 104, WW2 Veteran Heinz Rafoth is 103, Artist Glenys Cour is 102, Actress Corinne Orr is 90, Painter Antonio Lopez Garcia is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/ 6/26 6:24:14am |
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| Child Actor Sidney Kibrick 1928-2026 | jlp | 01/ 6/26 7:17:27pm |
| Michael Reagan 1945-2026 | jlp | 01/ 6/26 5:31:11pm |
| Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa dies at 65 | bigmitch1 | 01/ 6/26 10:22:06am |
| Jan. 05~Happy 107th Birthday! Artist Gerd Goran, Holocaust Survivor Walter Bingham is 102, Actor Robert Duvall is 95, Actress/Singer Raina Barrett is 90, Actor Luigi Tortora is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/ 5/26 6:35:31am |
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| Anne Frank stepsister and Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss dies aged 96 | bigmitch1 | 01/ 4/26 8:18:28pm |
| Jan. 04~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Yukie Takahashi, Medical Examiner of the Stars Thomas Noguchi is 99, Writer Phyllis Reynolds Naylor is 93, Politician Rudolf Schuster is 92, Actress Maureen Cassidy is 90, (NT) | jlp | 01/ 4/26 7:49:43am |
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| Musician Johnny Legend 1948-2026 | jlp | 01/ 3/26 5:39:07pm |
| Actor Bret Shuford 1979-2026 | jlp | 01/ 3/26 5:35:08pm |
| Jan. 03~Happy 101st Birthday! Politician Carol Greitzer, Gov't Official W. Michael Blumenthal is 100, Politician Carla A. Hills is 92, Scientist Richard M. Karp is 91, Actress Anni Syther is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/ 3/26 6:28:56am |
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| Actress Victoria Jones 1991-2026 | jlp | 01/ 2/26 2:40:47pm |
| Jan. 02~Happy 100th Birthday! Musician Johnny O'Neill, Politician Richard Riley is 93, Actor John Considine is 91, Actor Art K. Koushik is 90. (NT) | jlp | 01/ 2/26 6:21:13am |
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| Jan.01~Happy 105th Birthday! Author Hossein Wahid Khorasani, Religious Figure Jose de Jesus Sahagun de la Parra is 104, Esperantist Gregoire Maertens is 102, Military Figure Achille Muller is 101, Actor Yavuz Caner is 100, (NT) | jlp | 01/ 1/26 1:21:03am |
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| Former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) dead at 92 | bigmitch1 | 12/31/25 12:15:35pm |
 Who was the most difficult celebrity passing for you this year of 2025? (NT) | jlp | 12/31/25 12:02:19pm |
| Dec. 31st~Happy 113th Birthday! Supercentenarian Maria da Conceicao Brito, Resistance Fighter Frantisek Wiendl is 102, Actor Alexis von Hagemeister is 99, Producer George Schlatter is 96, Actor Ric is 90. (NT) | jlp | 12/31/25 6:29:22am |
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| Dec. 30th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor Erich Scholz, Chemist Tu Youyou is 95, Actor Russ Tamblyn is 91.Baseball's Sandy Koufax is 90, Actress Karla Most is 90, Musician Howard Maurer is 90. (NT) | jlp | 12/30/25 9:26:06am |
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| Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK's granddaughter, dies at 35 | FredMertz | 12/30/25 2:42:45pm |
| Dec. 29th~Happy 90th Birthday! Jose Miziara. (NT) | jlp | 12/29/25 9:03:55am |
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| Diff'rent Strokes Actress Melanie Watson Dies at 57 | bigmitch1 | 12/28/25 6:10:35pm |
| Diff’rent Strokes Actress Melanie Watson Dies at 57 | bigmitch1 | 12/28/25 6:10:04pm |
| CONFIRMED! Brigitte Bardot, Star of 'And God Created Women' and 'Contempt,' Dies at 91 | FredMertz | 12/28/25 10:58:31am |
| Dec. 28th~Happy 103rd Birthday! Boris Kravtsov, Actor Bruno Alessandro is 90, Football's Clendon Thomas is 90. (NT) | jlp | 12/28/25 6:39:02am |
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| Actress Brigitte Bardot 1934-2025 | jlp | 12/28/25 6:32:45am |
| Dec. 27th~Happy Birthday! Gérard Depardieu (77) Tovah Feldshuh (77) Charles Band (74) Maryam d'Abo (65) Harry Goaz (65) (NT) | cgay | 12/27/25 8:11:30am |
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| Marilyn Granas, First Stand-In for Shirley Temple, Dies at 98 | Nick-1 | 12/26/25 9:30:23pm |
| Annette Dionne, the last of the Dionne Quintuplets, dies at 91 | Nick-1 | 12/26/25 9:17:48pm |
| Dec. 26th~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor Ljuba Huskova, Actress Rosa Barenfeld is 99, Inventor Martin Cooper is 97, Philosopher Richard Swinburne is 91, Actor Don Billett is 90, (NT) | jlp | 12/26/25 6:27:50am |
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| Dec. 25th~Happy 110th Birthday! Tuskegee WW2 Veteran James Clayton Flowers, Hockey's Steve Wochy is 103, Actress Julia Andre is 100, Director Shkelzen Shala is 100, Playwright Richardo Talesnik is 90, Singer Susana Rinaldi is 90. (NT) | jlp | 12/25/25 8:16:07am |
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| Dec. 24th~Happy 100th Birthday! Equestrian Maud von Rosen, Politician Stjepan Mesic is 91. (NT) | jlp | 12/24/25 8:30:10am |
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| Dec. 23rd~Happy 94th Birthday! Actor Ronnie Schell, Politician Akihito is 92, Actor/Producer Jon Heggedal is 90, Football's Bobby Ross is 89/90, Actress Margaretha Wiren is 90. (NT) | jlp | 12/23/25 6:26:16am |
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| Singer/Songwriter Chris Rea 1951-2025 | jlp | 12/22/25 12:25:12pm |
| Dec. 22nd~Happy 100th Birthday! Actor Erhard Marggraf, Politician Abel Pacheco is 92. (NT) | jlp | 12/22/25 8:46:06am |
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| Dec. 21st~Happy 99th Birthday! Actress Clare Richards, Actor Bill Magnusson is 90, Politician Edward Schreyer is 90. (NT) | jlp | 12/21/25 8:37:43am |
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| Betty Reid Soskin (Nations Oldest Park Ranger) 1921-2025 | jlp | 12/21/25 6:04:07pm |
| Actor James Ransone 1946-2025 | jlp | 12/21/25 1:51:28pm |
| Mick Abrahams, original Jethro Tull guitarist (later founding Blodwyn Pig) dies at age 82 .... | Ed_Tracey | 12/20/25 10:07:53pm |
| Dec. 20th~Happy 114th Birthday! Supercentenarian Fuyo Kishimoto, Musician Tiny Kennedy is 100 , Actor Ritsuo Sawa is 90. (NT) | jlp | 12/20/25 8:41:21am |
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| TCM Remembers 2025 | Nick-1 | 12/19/25 9:18:03pm |
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