Some people post way too much!!

Ricochet wrote: Can we have silence in here for 3 days,22 hours and 4 seconds?

erm.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...no

BlairBush ?

Silence for 3 days ?????? 

Please.Let's all remember in silence all the "n"(infinite number,I mean) people that have left into eternity and not write anymore for 3-4-5-6-7-8-9-n days...

One minute for an infinite number of people?Is that all your apreciation?

A tiny piece of my eyebrow (sp?) has fallen....Silence,please!!




























































































































thank you...


Edited by Ricochet

Ricochet wrote: One minute for an infinite number of people?Is that all your apreciation?

yeah..if we think about all of them at the same time, then that will be time efficient, and we get on with the rest of our lives...

A moment of silence for the A people:

Aaliyah (hip hop singer/actress) -- Dead. Burned to death in a plane crash. Died August 25, 2001. Born January 16, 1979. Full name: Aaliyah Dana Haughton, was to have appeared in the second and third Matrix movies, the year after her death, the funeral home had not been paid to prepare her body.    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Edward Abbey (environmental author) -- Dead. Complications of surgery. Died March 14, 1989. Born January 29, 1927. The Best of Edward Abbey.  

John Abbot (British actor) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died May 24, 1996. Born June 5, 1905.  IMDb

Bud Abbott (comic) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 24, 1974. Born October 6, 1897. The tall straight man of the Abbott and Costello team.    IMDb

George Abbott (writer/director) -- Dead. Extreme old age. Died January 31, 1995. Born June 25, 1887. Directed Damn Yankees and the Broadway debut of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.  IBDB  IMDb

Philip Abbott (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 23, 1998. Born March 21, 1923. Arthur Ward in The FBI.  IMDb

Rev. Ralph David Abernathy (civil rights leader) -- Dead. Died April 17, 1990. Born March 11, 1926.

Helen Aberson (writer) -- Dead. Parkinson's disease. Died April 3, 1999. Born June 16, 1907. Dumbo.  IMDb

F. Murray Abraham (actor) -- Alive. Born October 24, 1939. Salieri in Amadeus.  IMDb

Bella Abzug (feminist/Congressional representative) -- Dead. Complications of heart surgery. Died March 31, 1998. Born July 24, 1920. Not buying hats...This woman's place was in the House..., a founder of WEDO.    FindAGrave

Kathy Acker (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 30, 1997. Born April 18, 1943. Bodies of Work: Essays.  

Forrest J Ackerman (magazine editor, invented the term "sci-fi" ) -- Alive. Born November 24, 1916. Accumulated a massive SF/movie collection, but has moved to smaller quarters and has been selling it off, edited Forrest J Ackerman's World of Science Fiction.   AwardWeb    IMDb

Harry Ackerman (producer) -- Dead. Died February 3, 1991. Born November 17, 1912. Produced '60s TV comedies like Hazel, Bewitched, and The Flying Nun, died on the same day as Nancy Kulp.  IMDb

Paul "Red" Adair (Oil well fire expert) -- Dead. Died August 7, 2004. Born June 18, 1915. Famous before the Gulf War - John Wayne played him in 1968's Hellfighters.    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Ansel Adams (photographer) -- Dead. Heart failure and cancer. Died April 22, 1984. Born February 20, 1902. Ansel Adams: An Autobiography.  

Brooke Adams (actress) -- Alive. Born February 8, 1949. Days of Heaven and the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, married to Tony Shaloub.  IMDb

Cecily Adams (casting director/actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died March 3, 2004. Born February 6, 1958. One of the actresses who played Moogie on Deep Space Nine, casting director for That '70s Show, daughter of Don Adams, married to Jim Beaver (currently cast in Deadwood). Make memorial contributions to: Cecily Adams Fund.    IMDb

Don Adams (actor) -- Alive. Born April 13, 1923. Would you believe...alive? Get Smart, appeared on the NBC 75th Anniversary Show.    IMDb

Douglas Adams (hysterically-funny writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 11, 2001. Born March 11, 1952. Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.    IMDb

Edie Adams (actress) -- Alive. Born April 16, 1929. Famous for the Muriel cigar commercials, married to Ernie Kovacs.  IMDb

Mason Adams (actor) -- Dead. Died April 26, 2005. Born February 26, 1919. Lou Grant and many commercial voiceovers, particularly for Smucker's, died on the same day as Maria Schell.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Maud Adams (actress/model) -- Alive. Born February 12, 1945. Bond girl multiple times.  IMDb

Richard Adams (writer) -- Alive. Born May 9, 1920. Watership Down.  IMDb

George Adamson (game preserve manager) -- Dead. Murdered by poacher. Died August 20, 1989. Born circa 1906. Retrained dozens of animals so they could hunt in the wild

Joy Adamson (writer/wildlife fundraiser) -- Dead. Murdered by an irate former employee. Died January 3, 1980. Born January 20, 1910. Raised a wild lion cub and wrote a series of Born Free books

Charles Addams (cartoonist) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 29, 1988. Born January 7, 1912. The World of Charles Addams.  IMDb

Kurt Adler (therapist/writer) -- Dead. Died June 4, 1997. Born April 2, 1905.  

Larry Adler (harmonica player) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 6, 2001. Born February 10, 1914. Talented musician who relocated to England during the McCarthy era.    IMDb  Obituary

Mortimer Adler (writer, "Great Books" editor) -- Dead. Respiratory infection. Died June 28, 2001. Born December 28, 1902.    Obituary

John Agar (actor) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died April 7, 2002. Born January 31, 1921. First husband of Shirley Temple Black, in dozens of monster movies.  IMDb

Spiro Agnew (politician) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died September 17, 1996. Born November 9, 1918. Richard Nixon's VP, who, like Dan Quayle, kept his boss assassination-proof.

Danny Aiello (actor) -- Alive. Born June 20, 1933. Sal in Do the Right Thing, Johnny in Moonstruck.  IMDb

Alvin Ailey (dancer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died December 1, 1989. Born January 5, 1931. Taught dance to inner city kids and founded a professional dance troupe, Alvin Ailey: A Life in Dance.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Claude Akins (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 27, 1994. Born May 25, 1926.  IMDb

Anna Maria Alberghetti (singer/actress) -- Alive. Born May 13, 1936. Won a Tony for Carnival.  IMDb

Edwin Haig Alberian (TV celebrity) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died March 31, 1997. Born circa 1918. The first Clarabell.

Carl Albert (politician) -- Dead. Old age. Died February 4, 2000. Born March 10, 1908. Speaker of the House from 1971-1977

Eddie Albert (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died May 26, 2005. Born April 22, 1906. Green Acres.    IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Jack Albertson (actor) -- Dead. Died November 25, 1981. Born June 16, 1907. The Man from Chico and the Man, Mabel Albertson's brother.  IMDb

Mabel Albertson (actress) -- Dead. Alzheimer's disease. Died September 28, 1982. Born July 24, 1901. Darren's mother on Bewitched, Jack Albertson's sister.  IMDb

Alan Alda (actor) -- Alive. Born January 28, 1936. Brilliants turn on ER and And the Band Played On, particularly remembered for Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H on TV.  IMDb

Robert Alda (actor) -- Dead. Died May 3, 1986. Born February 26, 1914.  IMDb

Samuel Alderson (engineer) -- Dead. Myelofibrosis, pneumonia. Died February 11, 2005. Born 1900. Inventor best-known for automotive crash test dummies, died on the same day as Jack Chalker.  Obituary

Robert Aldrich (Director) -- Dead. kidney failure. Died December 5, 1983. Born August 9, 1918. Directed What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?.  IMDb

Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin (astronaut) -- Alive. Born January 20, 1930. Second man to walk on the moon

Shana Alexander (journalist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 23, 2005. Born October 6, 1925. Argued on "Point-CounterPoint" on 60 Minutes in the late '70s.  IMDb  Obituary

Hannes Alfven, Ph.D. (physicist) -- Dead. Died April 2, 1995. Born May 30, 1908. Nobel Prize winner for physics for 1970.  

Muhammad "The Greatest" Ali (boxer) -- Alive. Born January 17, 1942. King of the World.  IMDb

Dave Allen (comic) -- Dead. . Died March 10, 2005. Born July 6, 1936. Irish comic who spent much of his life commenting on it from British television, briefly had a Broadway show in 1981, died on the same day as Danny Joe Brown.    IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Irwin Allen (producer) -- Dead. Died November 2, 1991. Born June 12, 1916. TV sci-fi and theatrical disaster flicks like the Poseidon Adventure.  IMDb

Marty Allen (wire-haired comic) -- Alive. Born March 22, 1922. Still playing Vegas. Frequent celebrity game show guest in the 60s and 70s, former partner of Steve Rossi.    IMDb

Mel Allen (sportscaster) -- Dead. Died June 16, 1996. Born February 14, 1913. Yankees announcer.  IMDb

Peter Allen (Composer/singer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died June 18, 1992. Born February 10, 1944. Wrote songs like "I Honestly Love You" , married to Liza Minnelli in the '60s.  IMDb

Rex Allen (actor/voice) -- Dead. Accidentally run over by his friend in his driveway. Died December 17, 1999. Born December 31, 1920. Cowboy star who narrated dozens of Disney flicks.  IMDb

Steve Allen (writer/TV host/songwriter) -- Dead. Minor, untreated car accident which led to a heart attack. Died October 30, 2000. Born December 26, 1921. Can we have a meeting of the minds? Married to Jayne Meadows for over 40 years.    IMDb

Tim Allen (actor) -- Alive. Born June 13, 1953. Home Improvement, Galaxy Quest.    IMDb

Woody Allen (director/writer/comic) -- Alive. Born December 1, 1935. Won an Oscar for Hannah and Her Sisters, ex-husband of Louise Lasser, had a very long relationship with (and messy breakup from Mia Farrow), his father lived to be 100.    IMDb

Kirstie Alley (actress) -- Alive. Born January 12, 1951. Rebecca on Cheers.  IMDb

Fran Allison (puppet buddy) -- Dead. Died June 13, 1989. Born November 20, 1907. Kukla, Fran and Ollie.    IMDb

June Allyson (actress) -- Retired. Born October 7, 1917. Co-starred in four Jimmy Stewart movies.  IMDb

Herb Alpert (jazz artist) -- Alive. Born March 31, 1935. Remember the Tijuana Brass?

Kirk Alyn (actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died March 14, 1999. Born October 8, 1910. Played Superman in the serials.    IMDb

Lyle Alzado (football player/actor) -- Dead. Brain cancer (caused by AIDS (steroid abuse?)). Died May 14, 1992. Born April 3, 1949.  IMDb

Stephen Ambrose (historian/writer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died October 13, 2002. Born January 10, 1936. Wrote many books, specializing on war (Band of Brothers) and American presidents (Eisenhower: Soldier and President), died on the same day as Keene Curtis and Dennis Patrick.    IMDb

Don Ameche (actor) -- Dead. Died December 6, 1993. Born May 31, 1908. Made a comeback in Cocoon.  IMDb

Idi Amin (dictator) -- Dead. Died August 16, 2003. Born circa 1925. Ran Uganda into the ground before being ousted

Kingsley Amis (author) -- Dead. Injuries from a fall. Died October 22, 1995. Born April 16, 1922. The Green Man.  

Cleveland Amory (writer) -- Dead. Old age. Died October 14, 1998. Born September 2, 1917. Animal activist and editor, The Compleat Cat.

John Amos (actor) -- Alive. Born December 27, 1939. James on Good Times, Kunta Kinte as a middle-aged man in Roots.  IMDb

Morey Amsterdam (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 28, 1996. Born December 14, 1908. The Dick Van Dyke Show.  IMDb

Carl Anderson (actor/singer) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died February 23, 2004. Born February 27, 1945. Judas Iscariot in Jesus Christ, Superstar.  IMDb

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 28, 1977. Born September 18, 1905. Jack Benny's "butler."  IMDb

Herbert Anderson (actor) -- Dead. Died June 11, 1994. Born March 30, 1917. Best known as the father on Dennis the Menace.  IMDb

John Anderson (Congressman, presidential candidate) -- Alive. Born February 15, 1922. Ran for president as an independent in 1980.  

Dame Judith Anderson (actress) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died January 3, 1992. Born February 10, 1897. Won Emmies for playing Lady MacBeth, played a Vulcan in The Search for Spock.  IMDb

Loni Anderson (actress) -- Alive. Born August 5, 1945. WKRP, an ex-wife of Burt Reynolds.  IMDb

Marian Anderson (singer) -- Dead. Died April 8, 1993. Born February 27, 1897. Superb singer who held a famous concert at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 after the Daughters of the American Revolution refused to let her perform at Constitution Hall because she was black.    FindAGrave

Michael Anderson (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born December 25, 1959. Payload specialist on the Columbia.  

Poul Anderson (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died July 31, 2001. Born November 25, 1926. A gentle man and a fabulous talespinner Operation Chaos. Make memorial contributions to: SFWA Emergency Medical Fund.   AwardWeb .

Richard Anderson (actor) -- Alive. Born August 8, 1926. 6 Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman.  IMDb

Stikkan "Stig" Andersson (record producer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 12, 1997. Born January 25, 1931. Producer for ABBA, started the Polar Prize.  IMDb

Andre the Giant (wrestler/actor) -- Dead. Heart attack (near the time of his father's funeral). Died January 27, 1993. Born May 19, 1946. The Princess Bride.  IMDb

Ursula Andress (actress) -- Alive. Born March 19, 1936. Once played Aphrodite, married to John Derek before Bo.  IMDb

Dana Andrews (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died December 17, 1992. Born January 1, 1909. Best Years of Their Lives and Laura.  IMDb

Harry Andrews (actor) -- Dead. Viral infection. Died March 6, 1989. Born October 11, 1911. General Woundwort in Watership Down, Peter in Barabbas.  IMDb

Julie Andrews (actress/singer) -- Alive. Born October 1, 1935. Victor/Victoria, writes children's books, married to Blake Edwards.  IMDb

Laverne Andrews (singer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 8, 1967. Born July 6, 1915. Andrews Sisters.  IMDb

Maxene Andrews (singer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 21, 1995. Born January 3, 1918. Andrews Sisters.  IMDb

Patty Andrews (singer) -- Alive. Born February 16, 1920. Andrews Sisters.  IMDb

Virginia C. Andrews (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 19, 1986. Born June 23, 1924. Flowers in the Attic and other works of horror.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Pier Angeli (actress) -- Dead. Suicide. Died September 10, 1971. Born June 19, 1932. Beautiful Italian actress, involved with James Dean and Kirk Douglas who married Vic Damone and starred in Somebody Up There Likes Me.  IMDb  FindAGrave

David Angell (producer) -- Dead. Murdered by terrorists. Died September 11, 2001. Born April 10, 1946. Executive producer of Frasier, died on the same day as Barbara Olson and Berry Berenson and Alice Trillin.    IMDb

Paul Anka (singer) -- Alive. Born July 30, 1941. "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" 30th Anniversary Anthology.    IMDb

Ann-Margret (actress) -- Alive. Born April 28, 1941. Married to Roger Smith.  IMDb

Walter Annenberg (publisher/philanthropist/ambassador) -- Dead. Died October 1, 2002. Born March 13, 1908. Started TV GUide

Michael Ansara (actor) -- Alive. Born April 28, 1922. Bit parts in many movies and TV shows, once married to Barbara Eden.  IMDb

Yasser Arafat (political leader/former terrorist) -- Dead. Blood disorder. Died November 11, 2004. Born August 24, 1929. PLO then Palestinian leader.    Obituary  FindAGrave

Eddie "The Master" Arcaro (jockey) -- Dead. Liver cancer. Died November 14, 1997. Born February 19, 1916. Rode Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948) to Triple Crowns - the only jockey to win twice

Eve Arden (actress) -- Dead. Died November 12, 1990. Born April 30, 1909. Our Miss Brooks.  IMDb

Alan Arkin (actor) -- Alive. Born March 26, 1934. Catch-22.    IMDb

Roone Arledge (TV innovator) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 5, 2002. Born July 8, 1931. Created Wide World of Sports, NFL Monday Night Football, and PrimeTime Live, was president of ABC News when he died.    IMDb  Obituary

Louis Armstrong (jazz great) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died July 6, 1971. Born August 4, 1901. Brilliant trumpeter and pleasant singer.    IMDb

Neil Armstrong (astronaut) -- Alive. Born August 5, 1930. First man to walk on the moon...still leaving footprints..  

Desi Arnaz (actor/producer) -- Dead. Died December 2, 1986. Born March 2, 1917. Played with Xavier Cugat's band, Lucy's first husband, wrote A Book.    IMDb

James Arness (actor) -- Alive. Born May 26, 1923. Gunsmoke, brother of Peter Graves.  IMDb

Eddy Arnold (country singer) -- Alive. Born May 15, 1918. Best of Eddy Arnold.    IMDb

Cliff "Charley Weaver" Arquette (comic) -- Dead. Died September 23, 1974. Born December 28, 1905. Home-spun entertainer, Hollywood Squares regular on the original show, grandfather of a troop of acting Arquettes.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Bea Arthur (actress) -- Alive. Born May 13, 1923. Maude, The Golden Girls.    IBDB  IMDb

Jean Arthur (actress) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died June 19, 1991. Born October 17, 1900. Actress in major comedies of the '30s such as You Can't Take It With You.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Mary Kay Ash (businesswoman) -- Dead. Old age. Died November 22, 2001. Born May 12, 1918. Started a cosmetics company whose best saleswomen had pink cars.  

Dame Peggy Ashcroft (actress) -- Dead. Stroke. Died June 14, 1991. Born December 22, 1907. A Shakespearean stage actress who won an Oscar for A Passage to India.  IMDb

Howard Ashman (Lyricist) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 14, 1991. Born May 1950. With Howard Menken, wrote the songs for Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin.  IMDb

Hal Ashby (director/cinematographer) -- Dead. Died December 27, 1989. Born September 2, 1929. Coming Home Being There.  IMDb

Arthur Ashe (tennis great/writer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died February 6, 1993. Born July 10, 1943. Broke the color barrier in men's tennis, wrote a very moving memoir, Days of Grace.  

Isaac Asimov (extremely prolific author) -- Dead. Heart and kidney failure/AIDS. Died April 6, 1992. Born January 2, 1920. Wrote hundreds of non-fiction and fiction works, including Foundation, a true mensch.   AwardWeb .    IMDb

Leon Askin (actor) -- Dead. Died June 1, 2005. Born September 18, 1907. One of several Jewish refugees from the Nazis who later appeared on Hogan's Heroes, he played Gen. Burkhalter, died on the same day as Lucy Richardson.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Ed Asner (actor/activist) -- Alive. Born November 15, 1929. Lou Grant, appeared as a ghost on X Files.  IMDb

Les Aspin (politician) -- Dead. Stroke complications. Died May 21, 1995. Born July 21, 1938.

Fred Astaire ("can't sing. can't act. can dance a little.") -- Dead. Died June 22, 1987. Born May 10, 1899. In several movies with Ginger Rogers, including The Barkleys of Broadway.  .  IBDB  IMDb

John Astin (actor) -- Alive. Born March 30, 1930. TV's first Gomez Addams on The Addams Family, ex-husband of Patty Duke.    IMDb

John Jacob Astor, V (businessman) -- Dead. Died June 26, 1992. Born August 14, 1912. The son of John Jacob Astor IV and his wife, Madeleine, he was born after the Titanic went down on Apr 15, 1912. His father refused to enter a lifeboat but his mother, pregnant with "V", survived

Mary Astor (actress/writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 25, 1987. Born May 3, 1906. The Maltese Falcon.  IMDb

Chet "Mr. Guitar" Atkins (guitar player/singer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 30, 2001. Born June 20, 1924. Produced many country singers, was an excutive for RCA records for many years.    IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Rowan Atkinson (comic) -- Alive. Born January 6, 1955. Blackadder and Mr. Bean.  IMDb

Robert Atkins (diet doctor) -- Dead. Complications of a fall. Died April 17, 2003. Born October 17, 1930. Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution.  

Charles Atlas (bodybuilder) -- Dead. Died December 24, 1972. Born October 30, 1893.

Sir David Attenborough (naturalist) -- Alive. Born May 8, 1926. The Life of Birds.

Sir Richard Attenborough (director/actor) -- Alive. Born August 29, 1923. Directed Gandhi, starred in Jurassic Park.  IMDb

Rene Auberjonois (actor) -- Alive. Born June 1, 1940. Wide-ranging actor who appeared as the putty-faced Odo in Deep Space Nine.  IMDb

Kevyn Aucoin (make-up artist/writer) -- Dead. Pituitary tumor. Died May 7, 2002. Born February 14, 1962. Make-up artist for many actresses and many magazine covers, especially Vanity Fair wrote books like Making Face.    IMDb  Obituary

Eleanor Audley (actress/voice) -- Dead. Respiratory failure. Died November 25, 1991. Born November 19, 1905. While she may have been "best seen" as Oliver's mother in Green Acres, she was probably best-heard as the stepmother in Disney's Cinderella.  IMDb

Gene Autry (actor, singing cowboy, businessman) -- Dead. Cancer. Died October 2, 1998. Born September 29, 1907. Multi-talented man who may be best-known for singing "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" .  IMDb

Michael Angelo Avallone (pseudonymous writer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died February 26, 1999. Born October 27, 1925. Prolific writer, frequently used Ed Noon as a protagonist, he wrote the first The Man from U.N.C.L.E. novelization

Richard Avedon (photographer) -- Dead. Stroke. Died October 1, 2004. Born May 15, 1923. One of the last of the great fashion photographers who shot mostly in black and white.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Tex Avery (cartoon director) -- Dead. Died August 26, 1980. Born February 26, 1908. Gave Bugs his most famous line: "What's up, doc?".  IMDb

Hoyt Axton (singer/actor/songwriter) -- Dead. Natural causes. Died October 26, 1999. Born March 25, 1938. Amusing turn as the father in Gremlins, wrote the 70s pop song "Joy to the World" .  IMDb

Dan Aykroyd (comic) -- Alive. Born July 1, 1952. Another SNL alum, Ghostbusters.    IMDb

Lew Ayres (actor) -- Dead. Died December 30, 1996. Born December 28, 1908. All's Quiet on the Western Front, the drunk brother in Holiday and the first Dr. Kildare in the movies; he wound up being a contientious objector during World War II.  IMDb

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Lauren Bacall (actress) -- Alive. Born September 16, 1924. Juliette was right!!, Designing Woman, wrote Lauren Bacall, by herself, married to Humphrey Bogart and, later, to Jason Robards.    IMDb

Jim Backus (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died July 3, 1989. Born February 25, 1913. Gilligan's, voice of Mr. Magoo.    IMDb

Max Baer, Jr. (actor) -- Alive. Born December 4, 1937. The original Jethro.  IMDb

Joan Baez (singer/anti-war activist) -- Alive. Born January 9, 1941. The Best of Joan Baez.    IMDb

Ross Bagdasarian (Alvin and the Chipmunks creator) -- Dead. Died January 16, 1972. Born January 27, 1919.    IMDb

David Bailey (actor) -- Dead. Drowning. Died November 25, 2004. Born October 27, 1933. Soap actor who played various incarnations of Russ Matthews on Another World and was playing the ruthless Alistair Crane on Passions when he died. Make memorial contributions to: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.    IMDb

Pearl Bailey (actress/singer) -- Dead. Died August 17, 1990. Born March 29, 1918. Carmen Jones.    IMDb

Barbara Bain (actress) -- Alive. Born September 13, 1931. Mission Impossible and Space: 1999, ex-wife of Martin Landau.  IMDb

Conrad Bain (actor) -- Alive. Born February 4, 1923. Diff'rent Strokes.  IMDb

Scott Baio (actor) -- Not dead yet. Born September 22, 1961.  IMDb

Ginger Baker (rock 'n' roller) -- Alive. Born August 19, 1939. Falling off the Roof

Joe Don Baker (actor) -- Alive. Born February 12, 1936. Walking Tall.  IMDb

Kathy Baker (actress) -- Alive. Born June 8, 1950. Picket Fences and Edward Scissorhands.  IMDb

Kenny Baker (actor) -- Alive. Born August 24, 1934. Made R2D2 run.  IMDb

Tom Baker (Who? actor) -- Alive. Born January 20, 1934. Probably best-known in America as the fourth Dr. Who, the one with the long scarf and big hair. Also played Rasputin in Nicholas and Alexandra.  IMDb

Scott Bakula (leaper) -- Alive. Born October 9, 1954. The Captain on Enterprise, Quantum Leap.  IMDb

Bob Balaban (director/actor) -- Alive. Born August 16, 1945. The student in Midnight Cowboy, the translator in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, a producer/writer of Gosford Park.  IMDb

George Balanchine (choreographer) -- Dead. Died April 30, 1983. Born January 22, 1904. Balanchine Library.    IMDb

James Baldwin (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 30, 1987. Born August 2, 1924. Many books, including Go Tell it on the Mountain.    IMDb

Ina Balin (actress/humanitarian) -- Dead. Pulmonary hypertension. Died June 20, 1990. Born November 12, 1937. Actress with many bit parts in movies and on TV, she helped to rescue children from Viet Nam and adopted three of them after the war (The Children of An Lac).  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Harvey R. Ball (graphic designer) -- Dead. Died April 12, 2001. Born July 10, 1921. Invented the ubiquitous smiley face in 1963 doing some work for an insurance company, made $45 from it    

Lucille Ball (comic, savvy producer) -- Dead. Died April 26, 1989. Born August 6, 1911. One of the first producers to insist on having her show tape recorded, once married to Desi Arnaz, later married to Gary Morton.    IMDb

Betty Ballantine (publisher) -- Alive. Born circa 1919. The Secret Oceans, won the SFWA President's Award in 2002.   AwardWeb

Bill Ballantine (clown) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 14, 1999. Born circa 1911. Revived Clown College for the Ringling Brothers Circus in 1969.

Carl Ballantine (actor) -- Alive. Born September 27, 1922. McHale's Navy and lots of bits parts on TV.  IMDb

Ian Ballantine (publisher) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died March 9, 1995. Born February 15, 1916. An inventor of the paperback book   AwardWeb

J. G. Ballard (author) -- Alive. Born November 15, 1930. A User's Guide to the Millennium.    IMDb   AwardWeb

Kaye Ballard (actress) -- Alive. Born November 20, 1926.    IMDb

Martin Balsam (actor) -- Dead. Died February 13, 1996. Born November 4, 1919.  IMDb

Anne Bancroft (actress) -- Dead. Uterine cancer. Died June 6, 2005. Born September 17, 1931. Married to Mel Brooks, played Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate, won an Oscar for playing Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker, died on the same day as Dana Elcar.  IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Frank Bank (actor) -- Alive. Born April 12, 1942. Lumpy on Leave It to Beaver

Ian Bannen (actor) -- Dead. Car crash. Died November 3, 1999. Born June 29, 1928. Charming as the mastermind of the plot, Jackie O'Shea, in Waking Ned Devine.  IMDb

John Banner (actor) -- Dead. Died January 28, 1973. Born January 28, 1910. He knew nothing!.  IMDb

Joseph Barbera (cartoon creator) -- Alive. Born March 24, 1911. Creator of popular cartoons such as Quick Draw McGraw and Top Cat partner of William Hanna.    IMDb

Brigitte Bardot (animal activist/actress) -- Alive. Born September 28, 1934. And God Created Woman, once married to Roger Vadim.    IMDb

Marshall Barer (lyricist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 25, 1998. Born circa 1923. Wrote the words for the musical Once Upon a Mattress and wrote the Mighty Mouse theme song "Here I Come to Save the Day!"

Bob Barker (game show host) -- Alive. Born December 12, 1923. Hosting The Price is Right.  IMDb

Carl Barks (cartoonist) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died August 25, 2000. Born March 27, 1901. Drew Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck.  IMDb

Dr. Christiaan Barnard (surgeon) -- Dead. Asthma attack. Died September 2, 2001. Born November 8, 1922. Performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967.    Obituary

Sandy Baron (comic) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died January 21, 2001. Born May 5, 1937. Played Lenny onstage, narrated Broadway Danny Rose.  IMDb

Rona Barrett (gossip) -- Alive. Born October 8, 1936. TV/magazine gossip columnist

Barbara Barrie (actress/writer) -- Alive. Born May 23, 1931. Has had colon cancer, Suddenly Susan's grandmother, Barney Miller's wife, wrote Second Act.  IMDb

Chuck Barris (Gong Show host) -- Alive. Born June 2, 1929.  IMDb

Gene Barry (actor) -- Alive. Born June 14, 1921. Burke's Law.  IMDb

Jack Barry (game show host) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 4, 1984. Born March 20, 1918. Joker's Wild in the '70s, host of the infamous 21 in the '50s.  IMDb

Lionel Bart (composer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 3, 1999. Born August 1, 1930. Oliver!.    IMDb

Paul Bartel (director/actor) -- Dead. Heart attack (days after learning he had liver cancer). Died May 13, 2000. Born August 6, 1938. Eating Raoul.  IMDb

Billy Barty (actor) -- Dead. Died December 23, 2000. Born October 25, 1924. Noodles in UHF, died on the same day as Victor Borge. Make memorial contributions to: Little People of America.    IMDb

Mikhail Baryshnikov (dancer) -- Alive. Born January 27, 1948. The Turning Point.    IMDb

John Basedow (bodybuilder) -- Not dead yet. Born circa 1968. The "Fitness Made Simple" spokesman who didn't die in the tsunami.  

Richard Basehart (actor) -- Dead. Stroke. Died September 17, 1984. Born August 13, 1914.  IMDb

Count Basie (jazz great) -- Dead. Died April 26, 1984. Born August 21, 1904. April in Paris.  IMDb

Shirley Bassey (singer) -- Alive. Born January 8, 1937. Sang the theme song for several James Bond movies, including Goldfinger.  IMDb

Alan Bates (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 27, 2003. Born February 17, 1934. British actor (easy to confuse with his contemporary Oliver Reed) who starred in The Entertainer, King of Hearts Women in Love and the Gibson Hamlet, completed the mini-series Spartacus, which will not be broadcast until 2004

Daisy Bates (civil rights leader) -- Dead. Old age. Died November 4, 1999. Born November 10, 1914. Little Rock resident who led desegregation efforts and helped the students who went to integrate the high school in 1957

Kathy Bates (actress) -- Alive. Born June 28, 1948. Great and Oscar-winning as Annie in Misery, vivid in About Schmidt and Primary Colors, has a wonderful recurring role in Six Feet Under  IBDB  IMDb

Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (comic singer) -- Alive. Born September 14, 1947. Sha Na Na

Frances Bavier (actress) -- Dead. Died December 6, 1989. Born December 14, 1902. Aunt Bee on the Andy Griffith Show.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Anne Baxter (actress) -- Dead. Stroke. Died December 12, 1985. Born May 7, 1923. All About Eve.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Meredith Baxter (actress) -- Alive. Born June 21, 1947. Family, Family Ties and lots of made for TV movies, daughter of Whitney Blake, married to David Birney for 15 years.  IMDb

Orson Bean (actor) -- Alive. Born July 22, 1928. Probably best-heard as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit, married to Alley Mills, another '60s regular game show panelist, and, ironically, went to the same high school as fellow panelist Peggy Cass.  IMDb

Parley Baer (actor) -- Dead. Stroke complications. Died November 22, 2002. Born August 5, 1914. Bit player on many, many TV shows  IMDb

Ned Beatty (actor) -- Alive. Born July 6, 1937. Character actor in many movies like Network.  IMDb

Warren Beatty (actor) -- Alive. Born March 30, 1937. Brother of Shirley MacLaine, married to Annette Benning, made at least one great movie Reds.  IMDb

Hugh Beaumont (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 14, 1982. Born February 16, 1909. Father on Leave It To Beaver.  IMDb

Jackson Beck (voice over actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died July 28, 2004. Born July 23, 1912. Performed Bluto in '40s and '50s Popeye cartoons, did "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" for many Superman cartoons, died on the same day as Francis Crick and Eugene Roche.  IMDb

Samuel Beckett (playwright) -- Dead. Died December 22, 1989. Born April 13, 1906. Waiting for Godot.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Noah Beery, Jr. (actor) -- Dead. Died November 1, 1994. Born August 10, 1913.  IMDb

Menachem Begin (politician) -- Dead. Died March 9, 1992. Born August 16, 1913. Israeli Prime Minister, signed Camp David accord in 1978

Joy Behar (comic) -- Alive. Born October 7, 1943. Still obsessing about death, one of the hosts of The View.  IMDb

Barbara Bel Geddes (actress) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died August 8, 2005. Born October 31, 1922. The first Miss Ellie on Dallas, died on the same day as John Johnson.    IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Harry Belafonte (singer/actor) -- Alive. Born March 1, 1927. Greatest Hits.  IMDb

Arthur Bell (dancer) -- Alive. Born circa 1927. First male black ballet dancer with the New York Ballet, he disappeared only to reappear as a homeless man in early 1998.

Bob Bell (clown) -- Dead. Old age. Died December 8, 1997. Born circa 1922. WGN's first Bozo.

Mary Hayley Bell (writer) -- Alive. Born January 22, 1911. Wrote Whistle Down the Wind, wife of Sir John Mills, mother of Juliet and Hayley.  IMDb

Ralph Bellamy (actor) -- Dead. Died November 29, 1991. Born June 17, 1904. FDR in Sunrise at Campobello.  IMDb

Saul Bellow (writer) -- Dead. Died April 5, 2005. Born June 10, 1915. Many books and stories, including Humboldt's Gift, Mr. Sammler's Planet, fathered a child when he was 84, died on the same day as Dale Messick and Debralee Scott.  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

John Belushi (comedian) -- Dead. Stupidity (Drugs). Died March 5, 1982. Born January 24, 1949. SNL alum, Animal House, see also Chris Farley.  IMDb

Bob Bemer (Pioneering geek) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 22, 2004. Born February 4, 1920. Helped to develop the ASCII character set, COBOL and the ESC sequence, died on the same day as Mattie Stepanek.  

Dirk Benedict (actor) -- Alive. Born March 1, 1945. 20+ year survivor of prostate cancer Battlestar Gallactica.  IMDb

Gordon "Tex" Beneke (band leader/saxophonist) -- Dead. Died May 30, 2000. Born February 12, 1914. Led the Glenn Miller Orchestra for years after Miller's death, lead singer for "Chattanooga Choo Choo" .  IMDb

Peter Benenson (activist/lawyer) -- Dead. Died February 25, 2005. Born July 31, 1921. Founded Amnesty International in 1961.    Obituary

Brenda Benet (actress) -- Dead. Suicide. Died April 7, 1982. Born August 14, 1945. Days of Our Lives, married to Bill Bixby but divorced, their son died tragically in 1981.  IMDb

Richard Benjamin (director/actor) -- Alive. Born May 22, 1938. Acted in Goodbye Columbus, directed My Favorite Year, married to Paula Prentiss.  IMDb

Charlotte Benkner (the world's second oldest person for a few years) -- Dead. Died May 14, 2004. Born November 16, 1889. Midwest housewife, she lived with her sister, who was 15 years younger (but predeceased her older sister by four months), died on the same day as Anna Lee

Joan Bennett (singer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 7, 1990. Born February 27, 1910. The venerable mistress of Collinwood in Dark Shadows.  IMDb

Michael Bennett (director/writer) -- Dead. AIDS. Died July 2, 1987. Born April 8, 1943. Broadway director of Follies, A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, briefly married to Donna McKenchie.    IBDB  IMDb

Tony Bennett (singer/artist) -- Alive. Born August 3, 1926. His '90s come-back made him as popular with Gen-Xers as he'd been with their grandparents! All-Time Greatest Hits.  IMDb

Jack Benny (actor) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died December 26, 1974. Born February 14, 1894. Huge star on radio and in the early days of television, was supposed to have starred in The Sunshine Boys but died just before shooting began, married to frequent co-star Mary Livingstone.    IMDb

Mildred Wirt Benson (journalist/the first Carolyn Keene) -- Dead. Died May 28, 2002. Born July 10, 1905. While not strictly the creator of Nancy Drew, Benson wrote 50 of the early books, wrote newspaper columns for 58 years and was at work the day she died

Lamont Bentley (actor) -- Dead. Car accident. Died January 18, 2005. Born October 25, 1973. Hakeem on Moesha, bit parts in a number of movies.  IMDb  Obituary

John Berardino (actor/baseball player) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 19, 1996. Born May 1, 1917. Dr. Steve Hardy on General Hospital.  IMDb

Berry Berenson (photographer/actress) -- Dead. Murdered by terrorists. Died September 11, 2001. Born April 14, 1948. Married to Anthony Perkins, Marisa Berenson's sister, died on the same day as Barbara Olson and David Angell and Alice Trillin.  IMDb

Marisa Berenson (actress/model) -- Alive. Born February 15, 1946. Barry Lyndon, her sister Berry was murdered in a WTC plane on 9/11  IMDb

Dave Berg (cartoonist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died May 16, 2002. Born June 12, 1920. Mad artist of "The Lighter Side," comic artist as well.    Obituary  FindAGrave

Candice Bergen (actress/photographer) -- Alive. Born May 9, 1946. Hosts a talk show on the Oxygen channel, played Murphy Brown, was married to Louis Malle.  IMDb

Edgar Bergen (ventriloquist) -- Dead. Kidney disease. Died September 30, 1978. Born February 16, 1903. Charlie McCarthy's puppet master, Candice Bergen's dad.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Jean Berger (composer/teacher) -- Dead. Brain tumor. Died May 28, 2002. Born September 27, 1909. Composer who fled the Nazis and settled in America, teaching at Middlebury and the University of Colorado (Boulder)  Obituary

Ingmar Bergman (director) -- Retired. Born July 14, 1918. Made many great movies, including Scenes from a Marriage, Persona, and Fanny and Alexander.  IMDb

Ingrid Bergman (actress) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died August 29, 1982. Born August 29, 1915. Casablanca.    IMDb

Mary Kay Bergman (cartoon voice) -- Dead. Suicide. Died November 11, 1999. Born June 5, 1961. Most of the female voices on South Park, aka Shannen Cassidy.  IMDb

Milton "Mr. Television" Berle (comedian) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 27, 2002. Born July 12, 1908. The first TV star, died on the same day as Dudley Moore and Billy Wilder.  IMDb

Irving Berlin (composer) -- Dead. Old age. Died September 22, 1989. Born May 11, 1888. Composer of over 1,500 songs (like "White Christmas" ), he never learned how to read music.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Shelley Berman (comic/teacher) -- Alive. Born February 3, 1926. Nat David in Curb Your Enthusiasm, teaches writing at USC.    IBDB  IMDb

Jason Bernard (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died October 16, 1996. Born May 17, 1938. The judge in Liar, Liar.  IMDb

Edward L. Bernds (Stooge director) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 20, 2000. Born July 12, 1905. Directed a bunch of the shorts and some of the full-length movies.  IMDb

Elmer Bernstein (composer) -- Dead. Died August 18, 2004. Born April 4, 1922. Oscar nominations for movies including To Kill a Mockingbird and Far from Heaven, won for Thoroughly Modern Millie.    IMDb

Leonard Bernstein (conductor/composer/musician) -- Dead. Heart attack/pulmonary failure. Died October 14, 1990. Born August 25, 1918. "Chichester Psalms" , West Side Story.  IMDb

Chuck Berry (performer/composer) -- Alive. Born October 18, 1926. Rocking on! - Chuck Berry.    IMDb

Fred Berry (comic) -- Dead. Died October 21, 2003. Born March 13, 1951. Rerun on Whats Happening, died on the same day as Elliott Smith.  IMDb

Jan Berry (singer) -- Dead. Died March 26, 2004. Born April 3, 1941. Part of the early '60s duo Jan and Dean who brought you "Little Old Lady from Pasadena" , died on the same day as Jan Sterling.    IMDb

Richard Berry (blues guy) -- Dead. Aneurysm. Died January 23, 1997. Born circa April 11, 1935. "Louie Louie" , one of the most performed compositions ever.

Pierre Berton (journalist/historian) -- Dead. Congestive heart failure. Died November 30, 2004. Born July 12, 1920. Klondike Fever, TV commentator.  IMDb

Bibi Besch (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 7, 1996. Born February 1, 1940. Dr. Marcus in Star Trek: Wrath of Khan, daughter of Gusti Huber, mother of Samantha Mathis.  IMDb

Ted Bessell (director/actor) -- Dead. Aortic aneurysm. Died October 6, 1996. Born March 20, 1935.  IMDb

James Best (actor) -- Alive. Born July 26, 1926. The Sheriff on The Dukes of Hazzard.  IMDb

Alfred Bester (writer/editor) -- Dead. Died September 30, 1987. Born December 18, 1913. Won the first Best Novel Hugo for The Demolished Man.   AwardWeb

Hans Bethe (physicist) -- Dead. Died March 6, 2005. Born July 2, 1906. Another German escapee from the Nazis who went to work for the Manhattan Project and spent most of his career studying stars at Cornell, died on the same day as Teresa Wright.    Obituary

Otto Bettman (archivist/writer) -- Dead. Died May 1, 1998. Born October 15, 1903. An academic who fled Nazi Germany with 2 trunks of photos and started the Bettmann archive in his New York apartment, wrote The Good Old Days - They Were Rotten!.    IMDb

Carl Betz (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died January 19, 1978. Born March 9, 1921. Lots of TV, especially as Alex on The Donna Reed Show.  IMDb

Richard Beymer (actor) -- Alive. Born February 20, 1938. West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank.  IMDb

Mayim Bialik (actress) -- Not dead yet. Born December 12, 1975. TV's Blossom.  IMDb

Lloyd Biggle (science fiction, mystery writer) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died September 12, 2002. Born April 17, 1923. "The Tunesmith," a founder of the Science Fiction Oral History Association and the first treasurer of the Science Fiction Writers of America. Make memorial contributions to: Arbor Hospice, or Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of White Plains.

Richard Biggs (actor) -- Dead. Torn aorta (see John Ritter). Died May 22, 2004. Born March 18, 1960. Starred on Babylon 5 as Dr. Stephen Franklin, soaps, and on the TV show Tremors. Make memorial contributions to: Richard Biggs' Children College Fund.  IMDb

Bigotry (curse) -- Alive. Not quite dead yet, but it's definitely ailing in some civilized areas of the world.

Michael Billington (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died June 3, 2005. Born December 24, 1941. Paul Foster in UFO (died five days before his UFO co-star Ed Bishop), Barsov in The Spy Who Loved Me. Make memorial contributions to: Marie Curie Cancer Center.    IMDb  Obituary

Barbara Billingsley (Beaver's mom) -- Alive. Born December 22, 1922. An early TV icon (Leave It to Beaver), and a great bit part in Airplane!.  IMDb

Rudolph Bing (opera impresario) -- Dead. Died September 2, 1997. Born January 9, 1902. Former director of the Metropolitan Opera.  Obituary

David Birney (actor) -- Alive. Born April 23, 1939. Bridget Loves Bernie, married to Meredith Baxter for 15 years.  IMDb

Ed Bishop (actor) -- Dead. Hospital virus(?). Died June 8, 2005. Born June 11, 1932. Ed Straker in UFO (died five days after his UFO co-star Michael Billington), various voices on the animated version of Star Trek.    IBDB  IMDb  Obituary

Joey Bishop (comedian) -- Alive. Born February 3, 1918. Last surviving Rat Packer.  IMDb

Whit Bissell (actor) -- Dead. Parkinson's. Died March 5, 1996. Born October 25, 1909. Got his start on Broadway, then became a very active character actor in the movies (I Was a Teenage Werewolf) and on TV (Time Tunnel) and.  IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Bill Bixby (director/actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 21, 1993. Born January 22, 1934. Married to Brenda Benet in the '70s, born on the same day as Graham Kerr.  IMDb

Jerome Bixby (screenwriter/writer) -- Dead. Following heart surgery. Died April 28, 1998. Born January 11, 1923. Wrote for the original Twilight Zone and Star Trek.    IMDb  Obituary

Shirley Temple Black (actress/stateswoman) -- Alive. Born April 23, 1928. Most famous child star, starred in movies like Little Miss Marker, first wife of John Agar, she went on to be an ambassador.  IMDb

Honor Blackman (actress) -- Alive. Born December 12, 1927. Preceded Mrs. Peel in The Avengers, had a memorably risque name in Goldfinger.  IMDb

Harry Blackstone, Jr. (magician) -- Dead. Pancreatic cancer. Died May 14, 1997. Born June 30, 1934.    IMDb

Amanda Blake (actress) -- Dead. AIDS/cancer. Died August 16, 1989. Born February 20, 1931. Miss Kitty on Gunsmoke.    IMDb  FindAGrave

Robert Blake (actor) -- Alive. Born September 18, 1933. A kid in Our Gang shorts, later Baretta on TV, last wife shot, Blake arrested about a year later for her murder but was later acquitted (just like OJ).  IMDb

Whitney Blake (actress) -- Dead. Died September 28, 2002. Born February 20, 1925. Dorothy in Hazel, Meredith Baxter's mother.  IMDb

Ronee Blakley (actress) -- Alive. Born August 24, 1945. Memorable for a "break-down" performance in Nashville.  IMDb

Mel Blanc (voice) -- Th-th-th-that's all, folks!. Heart disease. Died July 10, 1989. Born May 30, 1908. Bugs Bunny classics.  IMDb  FindAGrave

Bill Blass (designer) -- Dead. Throat cancer. Died June 12, 2002. Born June 22, 1922. Casually elegant clothes for men and women.  IMDb

Robert Bloch (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 23, 1994. Born April 5, 1917. Author of Psycho and other speculative fiction, who originated the great quote "I have the heart of a little boy...in a jar on my desk..."    IMDb

Dan Blocker (actor) -- Dead. Died May 13, 1972. Born December 10, 1928.  IMDb

David Bloom (TV journalist) -- Dead. Pulmonary embolism. Died April 6, 2003. Born May 22, 1963. Today newscaster who died in Iraq of non-war-related causes.  IMDb

Peter Blos (psychoanalyst/writer) -- Dead. Died June 12, 1997. Born February 2, 1904. Wrote The Adolescent Passage.

Roberts Blossom (poet/spooky actor) -- Alive. Born circa 1924. Yep, you'd remember him from Close Encounters and Resurrection.  IMDb

Bao Dai (ex-monarch) -- Dead. Old age. Died July 31, 1997. Born October 22, 1913. Last emporer of Vietnam

Vaughn Bode (cartoonist extraordinaire) -- Dead. Accidental strangulation. Died July 18, 1975. Born July 22, 1941. Cartoonist for magazines like Galaxy and National Lampoon.  

Dirk Bogarde (actor/writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 8, 1999. Born March 28, 1921. A Tale of Two Cities, Darling, and, believe it or not, a number of the British "Doctor" comedies.  IMDb

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden (World's oldest woman 2005-) -- Alive. Born August 15, 1890.

Ray Bolger (dancer/actor) -- Dead. Died January 15, 1987. Born January 10, 1904. Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.  IMDb

Erma Bombeck (humorist) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died April 22, 1996. Born February 21, 1927. Forever, Emma.  IMDb

Danny Bonaduce (child actor/radio personality) -- Alive. Born August 13, 1959. The Partridge Family.  IMDb

Sonny Bono (politician/performer) -- Dead. Skiing accident. Died January 5, 1998. Born February 16, 1935. Part of a duo with Cher, then a Republican representative from California.  IMDb

Sorrell Booke (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 11, 1994. Born January 4, 1930. Lots of movies and The Dukes of Hazzard.  IMDb

Pat Boone (singer) -- Alive. Born June 1, 1934. Proved to have a sense of humor about himself when he donned biker garb to promote a CD where he covered some "heavy metal," neighbor of Ozzy Osbourne, Journey to the Center of the Earth.  IMDb

Richard Boone (actor) -- Dead. Throat cancer. Died January 10, 1981. Born June 18, 1917. Have Gun, Will Travel.  IMDb

Shirley Booth (actress) -- Dead. Old age. Died October 16, 1992. Born August 30, 1907. Come Back Little Sheba, TV's Hazel.  IMDb

Robert "Gypsy Boots" Bootzin (actor/gadfly) -- Dead. old age. Died August 8, 2004. Born August 19, 1914. A Steve Allen Show regular and organic food promoter, he wrote several books, The Gypsy in Me, died on the same day as Fay Wray.    IMDb

Victor Borge (comedian) -- Dead. Old age. Died December 23, 2000. Born January 3, 1909. Victor Borge in London, died on the same day as Billy Barty.  IMDb

Ernest Borgnine (actor) -- Alive. Born January 24, 1917. TV's McHale's Navy, Marty, once married to Katy Jurado, and, very briefly, to Ethel Merman.  IMDb

Frank Borman (astronaut) -- Alive. Born March 14, 1928. Former Eastern Airlines president

Tom Bosley (actor) -- Not dead yet. Born October 1, 1927. Best-known as Mr. C in Happy Days.  IBDB  IMDb

Dorr Bothwell (painter) -- Dead. Old age. Died September 24, 2000. Born circa 1902.  

Susan Seddon Boulet (artist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 28, 1997. Born circa 1941.  

Julie Bovasso (actress/writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 14, 1991. Born August 1, 1930. John Travolta's mother in Saturday Night Fever.  IMDb

Paul Bowles (writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 18, 1999. Born December 30, 1910. The Sheltering Sky.  IMDb

Boxcar Willie (singer) -- Dead. Leukemia. Died April 12, 1999. Born September 1, 1931. Best of Boxcar Willie.  IMDb

Bruce Boxleitner (actor) -- Alive. Born May 12, 1950. Lots of TV, Sheridan in Babylon 5, married to Melissa Gilbert.  IMDb

Tommy Boyce (songwriter) -- Dead. Suicide (shooting). Died November 23, 1994. Born September 29, 1939. Wrote a bunch of Monkees song with his partner Bobby Hart, like "Take the Last Train to Clarksville" .  IMDb

Stephen Boyd (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died June 2, 1977. Born July 4, 1928. Ben Hur's competitor.  IMDb

William Boyd (actor) -- Dead. Parkinson's disease, heart failure. Died September 12, 1972. Born June 5, 1898. Hopalong Cassidy.  IMDb

Charles Boyer (actor) -- Dead. Suicide. Died August 26, 1978. Born August 28, 1899.  IMDb

Peter Boyle (actor) -- Alive. Born October 18, 1933. Currently on Everybody Loves Raymond, Boyle was particularly memorable in Young Frankenstein as The Monster.  IMDb

Eddie Bracken (actor) -- Dead. Surgery complications. Died November 14, 2002. Born February 7, 1915. Miracle of Morgan's Creek, active in stage productions until 2001.  IMDb

Sir Malcolm Bradbury (writer/teacher) -- Dead. Heart trouble. Died November 27, 2000. Born September 7, 1932.  IMDb

Ray Bradbury (author/futurist) -- Alive. Born August 22, 1920. Publishing, recovered well from a stroke in 1999 The Martian Chronicles and Farenheit 451.  IMDb   AwardWeb

Marion Zimmer Bradley (writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 25, 1999. Born June 3, 1930. Created the Darkover series, sister of Paul Edwin Zimmer

Tom Bradley (mayor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 29, 1998. Born December 29, 1917. First black mayor of LA

Sonia Braga (actress) -- Alive. Born June 16, 1950. Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands and Kiss of the Spider Woman.  IMDb

Neville Brand (actor/decorated WW2 soldier) -- Dead. Emphysema. Died April 16, 1992. Born August 13, 1921.  IMDb

Jonathan Brandis (actor) -- Dead. suicide (hanging). Died November 12, 2003. Born April 13, 1976. The kid on Seaquest, appeared with Tobey Maguire in Ride with the Devil, died on the same day as Penny Singleton.  IMDb

Marlon Brando (actor) -- Dead. Died July 1, 2004. Born April 3, 1924. Played iconic characters including the Godfather and Stanley Kowalski, born on the same day as Doris Day.    IBDB  IMDb  Obituary  FindAGrave

Laura Branigan (singer) -- Dead. Aneurysm. Died August 26, 2004. Born July 3, 1957. "Gloria" and "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You?" . Make memorial contributions to: Project Angel Food.    IMDb

Hugh "Lumpy" Brannum (actor, Mr. Green Jeans) -- Dead. Died April 19, 1987. Born January 5, 1910.  IMDb

Willy Brandt (politician) -- Dead. Died October 8, 1992. Born December 18, 1913. West German chancellor

Richard Brautigan (counter-culture writer) -- Dead. Suicide (gunshot wound). Died September 14, 1984. Born January 30, 1935. Trout Fishing...and Other Novels....  

Rossano Brazzi (actor) -- Dead. Infection. Died December 24, 1994. Born September 18, 1919.  IMDb

Eileen Brennan (actress) -- Alive. Born September 3, 1935. The Sting, Private Benjamin, survived a terrible car accident in the early '80s.  IMDb

Walter Brennan (supporting actor) -- Dead. Died July 25, 1974. Born September 21, 1894. Played old men for 40 years, won three supporting actor Oscars.  IMDb

William J. Brennan (jurist) -- Dead. Old age. Died July 24, 1997. Born April 25, 1906. Served on the Supreme Court for 34 years

Jeremy Brett (actor) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 12, 1995. Born November 3, 1933. Sherlock Holmes in '80s movies, also played Freddie in My Fair Lady.  IMDb

Lloyd Bridges (actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died March 10, 1998. Born January 15, 1913. Father of Jeff and Beau Bridges, star of one of the only TV show about scuba divers, Sea Hunt.  IMDb

Todd Bridges (actor) -- Alive. Born May 27, 1965. Different Strokes and many trips to jail...  IMDb

Charlie Brill (actor/comic) -- Born circa 1935. Capt. Lipschitz on Silk Stockings, Arne Davin on two Star Trek episodes, married to Mitzi McCall.  IMDb

Wilford Brimley (actor) -- Alive. Born September 27, 1934. Cocoon, born on the same day as Greg Morris. Who'd've thunk it?.  IMDb

David Brinkley (TV journalist) -- Dead. Complications of a fall. Died June 11, 2003. Born July 10, 1920. Longtime news anchor for NBC ( "Good night, Chet. " ), later a journalist and commentator for ABC, died on the same day as William Marshall.  IMDb

Morgan Britanny (actress) -- Alive. Born December 5, 1951. The former child star Suzanne Cupito (Gypsy), she is remembered for two striking performances as Vivien Leigh.  IMDb

Benjamin Britten (composer) -- Dead. Died December 4, 1976. Born November 22, 1913. Wrote "A Young Person's Guide to Orchestra" and Peter Grimes among many other works.      IBDB  IMDb  FindAGrave

Jim Broadbent (actor) -- Alive. Born May 24, 1949. Extremely versitile actor, the MC in Moulin Rouge!, John in Iris for which he won an Oscar, Dad in the Bridget Jones movies.    IMDb

Roy Brocksmith (character actor) -- Dead. Diabetes. Died December 16, 2001. Born September 15, 1945. School principal in Picket Fences.  IMDb

Tom Brokaw (journalist/news anchor/writer) -- Retired. Born February 6, 1940. NBC Nightly News anchor for 22 years, was in West Berlin when the wall fell and in South Africa when Mandela was released. He wrote a great book, The Grestest Generation.  IMDb

James Brolin (actor) -- Alive. Born July 18, 1940. Married to Barbra Streisand, ex-husband of Jan Smithers.  IMDb

Charles Bronson (tough actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia, Alzheimer's. Died August 30, 2003. Born November 3, 1921. Made four Death Wish movies, married to Jill Ireland until her death in 1990.  IMDb

Foster Brooks (comic) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died December 21, 2001. Born May 11, 1912. Professional lush on TV in the '60 and '70s, died on the same day as Dick Schaap.  IMDb

Gwendolyn Brooks (poet) -- Dead. Cancer. Died December 4, 2000. Born June 7, 1917. First black American to win a Pulitzer Prize.  

Louise Brooks (actress) -- Dead. Died August 8, 1985. Born November 14, 1906.  IMDb

Mel Brooks (comic, writer) -- Alive. Born June 28, 1926. (not in 40 BC) Married to Anne Bancroft.    IMDb

Rand Brooks (actor/businessman) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 1, 2003. Born September 21, 1918. Played Charles Hamilton, Scarlett's first husband in Gone With the Wind, later started a major ambulance service in California.  IMDb

Dr. Joyce Brothers (writer/therapist) -- Alive. Born September 20, 1928. Popular talk show guest on psychology who got her start by winning a game show in the '50s

Heywood Hale Broun (commentator, writer) -- Dead. Died September 5, 2001. Born March 10, 1918.  IMDb

David Brower (ecological activist) -- Dead. Cancer. Died November 5, 2000. Born July 1, 1912. Executive director of the Sierra Club for nearly 20 years.  

Blair Brown (actress) -- Alive. Born April 23, 1946. Starred in Days and Nights of Molly Dodd, Altered States.  IMDb

Danny Joe Brown (rocker) -- Dead. Complications of diabetes/stroke. Died March 10, 2005. Born 1951. Singer and a founding member of Molly Hatchet, died on the same day as Dave Allen.  Obituary

David Brown (Columbia (STS-107) astronaut) -- Dead. Shuttle break-up. Died February 1, 2003. Born April 16, 1956. Mission specialist on the Columbia.  

Edmund G. "Pat" Brown (politician) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died February 16, 1996. Born April 21, 1905. Former governor of California, and the father of Jerry Brown

James "Godfather of Soul" Brown (soul singer) -- Alive. Born May 3, 1933. Lots of run-ins with the law and rehab, still touring with classics like "I Feel Good" .  IMDb

Joe E. Brown (actor) -- Dead. Died July 6, 1973. Born July 28, 1892. Many movies, including It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and Some Like It Hot.  IMDb

Larry Brown (writer) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died November 24, 2004. Born July 7, 1951. Wrote Big Bad Love, won Southern Book Critics Circle Award, died on the same day as Arthur Hailey.  IMDb

Les Brown (bandleader/songwriter) -- Dead. Died January 4, 2001. Born March 14, 1912. Les Brown and His Band of Renown was the longest-touring band in show biz, and worked with Doris Day, Bob Hope and Dean Martin.    IMDb

Rita Mae Brown (writer) -- Alive. Born November 28, 1944. An early out-of-the-closet writer (Rubyfruit Jungle).    IMDb

Dave Brubeck (jazz performer and composer) -- Alive. Born December 6, 1920. Wanted to be a rancher. Biography: It's About Time: The Dave Brubeck Story.    IMDb

John Brunner (author) -- Dead. Stroke. Died August 25, 1995. Born September 24, 1934. British science fiction writer who was stricken at the World Science Fiction Convention in Scotland and died the next day.   AwardWeb

Boudleaux Bryant (Songwriter) -- Dead. Died June 30, 1987. Born February 13, 1920. Wrote "All I Have to do Is Dream..." , co-writer with Felice of many standards, including "Rocky Top" .    IMDb

Felice Bryant (Songwriter) -- Dead. Cancer. Died April 22, 2003. Born August 7, 1925. Co-wrote many songs with Boudleaux, including "Wake Up, Little Susie"    IMDb

Yul Brynner (actor) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died October 10, 1985. Born July 12, 1915. The King and I, died on the same day as Orson Welles.  IMDb

Edgar Buchanan (actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died April 4, 1979. Born March 20, 1903. Uncle Joe on Petticoat Junction.  IMDb

Horst Buchholz (actor) -- Dead. Pneumonia. Died March 3, 2003. Born December 4, 1933. The Magnificent Seven.  IMDb

Art Buchwald (columnist) -- Alive. Born October 20, 1925. Suffered a severe stroke in June 2000, soon to publish his first novel, Stella in Heaven: Almost a Novel.  IMDb

Pearl S. Buck (writer) -- Dead. Cancer. Died March 6, 1973. Born June 26, 1892. The Good Earth.  IMDb

Robert Buck (rock guitarist/songwriter) -- Dead. Liver failure. Died December 19, 2000. Born August 1, 1958. Founding member of 10,000 Maniacs, he co-wrote "These Are the Days" . Make memorial contributions to: Rob Buck Memorial Scholarship Fund.  

Betty Buckley (actress) -- Alive. Born July 3, 1947. The stepmother in Eight Is Enough, later went to Broadway in Cats.  IBDB  IMDb

Jeff Buckley (musician) -- Dead. Drowned. Died May 29, 1997. Born November 17, 1966.    IMDb

Buddy (movie) -- Dead. Cancer. Died February 10, 1998. Born circa 1988. Air Bud.  IMDb

Jimmy Buffett (performer) -- Not dead yet. Born December 25, 1946.

Mary-Ellis Bunim (TV producer) -- Dead. Breast cancer. Died January 29, 2004. Born July 9, 1946. Created The Real World, the pre-cursor of the "reality" show trend, died on the same day as Joe Viterelli.    IMDb  Obituary

Victor Buono (actor) -- Dead. Died January 1, 1982. Born February 3, 1938.  IMDb

Eric Burdon (rocker) -- Alive. Born May 5, 1940. Lead singer of The Animals and War

Warren Earl Burger (jurist) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died June 25, 1995. Born September 17, 1907.

Anthony Burgess (writer/civil servant) -- Dead. Died November 25, 1993. Born February 25, 1917. A Clockwork Orange.  IMDb

Billie Burke (a good witch) -- Dead. Old age. Died May 14, 1970. Born August 7, 1885. Glinda in The Wizard of Oz.  IMDb

Carol Burnett (actress) -- Alive. Born April 26, 1933. The Carol Burnett Show - one of the great comics of the late 20th century , adapted her memoir for the play Hollywood Arms with her daughter Carrie Hamilton.    IMDb

Murray Burnett (writer) -- Dead. Died September 23, 1997. Born circa 1911. Co-wrote an unproduced play (Everybody Goes to Rick's) that later became Casablanca.  IMDb

George Burns (comedian/actor) -- Dead. Old age. Died March 9, 1996. Born January 20, 1896. Performed professionally until he was 98.  IMDb

Jack Burns (comic, writer) -- Alive. Born November 15, 1933. Once teamed with George Carlin, he later teamed with Avery Schreiber, wrote The Muppet Show for a year.  IMDb

Steve Burns (kid show host) -- Not dead yet. Born October 9, 1973. The human on Blue's Clues.    IMDb

Raymond Burr (actor) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 12, 1993. Born May 21, 1917. The only North American in the U.S. version of Godzilla, Perry Mason, Ironside, he toured Europe, then gave away most of his money after being diagnosed with terminal cancer  Obituary  IMDb

William S. Burroughs (author/head trip) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died August 2, 1997. Born February 5, 1914. Naked Lunch.

Ellen Burstyn (actress) -- Alive. Born December 7, 1932. Resurrection and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.  IMDb

Richard Burton (actor) -- Dead. Brain hemorrhage. Died August 5, 1984. Born November 10, 1925. Married to Liz twice, father of Kate Burton.  IMDb

F. M. Busby (writer) -- Dead. Following abdominal surgery. Died February 17, 2005. Born March 11, 1921. Rissa Kerguelen, died on the same day as Daniel O'Herlihy  

Gary Busey (actor) -- Alive. Born June 29, 1944. Lucky-to-be-alive! Barely survived a motorcycle accident a few years back when he wasn't wearing a helmet!  IMDb

Barbara Bush (presidential mom/former first lady) -- Alive. Born June 8, 1925. A more interesting First Lady than most, must have to bite her tongue a lot when she hears about her sons' antics...    

George H. W. Bush (presidential dad/former president) -- Retired. Born June 12, 1924. Sounds a little more presidential than Duhbyuh these days...    

George W. Bush (our second unelected president later elected to second term) -- Alive. Born July 6, 1946. I know, I know...he's still "Duhbyuh" to many of us, has inspired a huge number of bumper stickers.  

Laura Bush (first lady/literacy advocate) -- Alive. Born November 4, 1946.  

Daws Butler (voice) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died May 18, 1988. Born November 16, 1916. Voices for many Hanna Barbera cartoons.    IMDb

Merritt Butrick (actor) -- Dead. AIDS. Died March 17, 1989. Born September 3, 1959. He played Captain Kirk's son in two Star Trek movies.  IMDb

Red Buttons (actor) -- Alive. Born February 5, 1919.  IMDb

Pat Buttram (actor) -- Dead. Kidney failure. Died January 8, 1994. Born June 19, 1916. Comic sidekick in many Westerns and Mr. Haney on Green Acres.  IMDb

Frank Buxton (actor/director) -- Alive. Born February 13, 1930. Directed shows like Mork and Mindy, co-hosted the '60s kid's show Discovery with Virginia Gibson.  IMDb

Ruth Buzzi (comedian/actress) -- Alive. Born July 24, 1936. Laugh-In.  IMDb

Spring Byington (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died September 7, 1971. Born October 17, 1893. Marmee in the 1933 Little Women.  IMDb

John Byner (comic) -- Alive. Born June 28, 1938.  IMDb

Edd "Kookie" Byrnes (actor) -- Alive. Born July 30, 1933. 77 Sunset Strip.  IMDb

Jean Byron (actress) -- Alive. Born December 10, 1926. Mom on The Patty Duke Show.  IMDb

thank you...

The Doctor wrote: A little too much time on your hands there Riccy?

Nah,just warming up...