Past Dead Guy: (Technically they are still all dead, we just took them out of the envelope.)
Thursday, February 27th – American Nobel Prize winning Author John Ernst Steinbeck.
Thursday, January 23rd – American radio personality, television show host, recording artist, and author Don Imus.
Thursday, January 16th – English musician, singer-songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. George Harrison.
Thursday, December 14th – Writer Charles Dickens
Thursday, November 21st – Italian motor racing driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari
Thursday, November 14th – French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting. Claude Monet
Thursday,November 7th – prominent evangelical Christian figure, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister Billy Graham.
Thursday, October 24th – American author best known for historical fiction Herman Wouk
Thursday,October 17th – Actor Luke Perry
Thursday, September 12th – Comedian and actor Rip Torn.
Thursday,August 22nd comic actor who was a regular on television’s Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In Arte Johnson.
Thursday,August 15th announcer and personality Mean Gene Okerlund
Thursday, August 1st American singer and songwriter Dr. John
Thursday, July 25th The King of the Surf Guitar Dick Dale
Thursday, July 18th American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA championships, four of them coming in his first four seasons. John Havelcek
Thursday, June 20th Actor who played Chewbacca Peter Mayhew
Thursday, June 13th American professional zoologist and host of the acclaimed wildlife documentary television show Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Jim Fowler.
Thursday, June 6th German politician and leader of the Nazi Party Adolf Hitler.
Thursday, May 23rd actor R. Lee Ermey.
Thursday, May 9thbest known for having played helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke on the television series Airwolf and the protagonist, Matt Johnson, in the 1978 film Big Wednesday. Jan Michael Vincent
Thursday, May 2nd the 124th Emperor of Japan Emporer Hirohito
Thursday, April 18th English entertainment reporter, best known for hosting the television series Lifstyles of the Rich and Famous, Robin Leach.
Thursday, April 11th American mechanical engineer and businessman. He was one of the co-founders of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company William S. Harley
Thursday, April 4th American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement Martin Luther King Jr.
Thursday, March 28th MLB pitcher Roy Halladay
Thursday, March 7th Actor Vern Troyer
Thursday,February 28th American musician and songwriter Daryl Dragon
Thursday,February 14th – Mobster Al Capone
Thursday,February 7th – Actor Heath Ledger
Thursday,January 31st – Criminal Whitey Bulger
Thursday,January 17th- Chef, author, and television host Anthony Bourdain
Thursday,January 10th -MLB player and former Astro Luis Valbuena
Thursday,January 3rd – Creator of Marvel Comics Stan Lee
Thursday,November 29th – Author J.R. Tolken
Thursday,November 15th – Professional wrestler Macho Man Randy Savage
Thursday, November 1st – General Antonio López de Santa Anna
Thursday, October 25th -American singer-songwriter and musician Gregg Allman
Thursday, October 18th – American professional baseball player and manager Ted Williams
Thursday, October 4th – American actor, singer, and comedian. Jim Nabors
Thursday, September 27th – co-founder, rhythm guitarist, backing vocalist of ACDC Malcolm Young
Thursday, September 20th – Actor Adam West
Thursday, September 13 – English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author Stephen Hawking
Thursday, August 23rd – Inventor of the radio, Guglielmo Marconi
Thursday, August 16th – Political writer Charles Krauthammer
Thursday, August 9th – Radio host Kid Kraddick
Thursday, August 2nd – Baseball legend Mickey Mantle
Thursday,July 26th – British athlete Roger Bannister
Thursday, July 19th – Nelson Mandela
Thursday July 12th – American author and journalist Tom Wolfe
Thursday, June 14th – Dictator Kim Jong Il
Thursday, June 7th – Comedian Marty Allen
Thursday, May 17th – Musician Fats Domino
Thursday, May 10th- Scientist David Goodall
Thursday, May 3rd – Actor David Ogden Stiers
Thursday, April 19th – American actor best known for his starring role as Higgins – John Hillerman
Thursday, April 12th – American actor, singer, songwriter, & Partridge. David Cassidy.
Thursday, April 5th – Criminal James Earl Ray
Thursday, March 29th- United States Army officer and Union general, and inventor of baseball Abner Doubleday
Thursday, March 8th – American television executive and media consultant Roger Ailes
Thursday, February 22nd – Legendary hockey coach Herb Brooks
Thursday, February 15th – English musician and composer Keith Emerson
Thursday, February 1st -American criminal and cult leader Charles Manson
Thursday, January 25th – NFL Quarterback Y.A. Tittle
Thursday, January 18th – Benjamin Franklin
Thursday, January 11th – American country music singer and songwriter – Mel Tillis
Thursday, December 21st – American comedian, actor, singer, producer, director, screenwriter and humanitarian -Jerry Lewis
Thursday, December 14th – American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was best known as the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of Steely Dan – Walter Becker
Thursday, December 7th -Canadian-American game show host – Monty Hall
Thursday,November 30th- Robert Guillaume was an American actor, known for his role Benson
Thursday,November 16th- American singer, songwriter, musician Chuck Berry
Thursday,November 9th- American boxer Jake LaMotta aka The Raging Bull
Thursday, October 26th- Manuel Noriega
Thursday, October 19th- Yankee’s Manager Billy Martin
Thursday, October 8th – American singer and musician Al Jarreau
Thursday, September 28th – Actor Roger Moore
Thursday, September 21st – American actor, comedian, and morning radio personality Jay Thomas
Thursday, September 14th – Comedian Don Rickles
Thursday, September 7th – Paul Harvey
Thursday, August 24th – Musician George Michael
Thursday, August 17th – Singer Chester Bennington
Thursday, August 10th – Director George A. Romero
Thursday, August 3 -Coffee maker James Athearn Folger
Thursday, July 27th – Actor Alan Thicke
Thursday, July 20th – German American who founded the processed-meat firm Oscar Mayer – Oskar Ferdinand Mayer
Thursday, July 13th – Alice in Chains vocalist Lane Staley
Thursday, June 29th American guitarist J. Geils
Thursday, June 22nd 2017 American stand-up comedian Mitch Hedberg
Thursday, June 15th 2017 Astronaut Eugene Cerman
Thursday, June 8th 2017 Musician Shannon Hoon.
Thursday May 25th 2017 Earl of Monarch the sandwich inventor
Thursday, May 4th 2017 Musician George Michael
Thursday, April 27th 2017 Television Icon Chuck Barris
THursday, April 13th 2017Piano maker Henry E. Steinway
Thursday, April 6th 2017 Robert Mondavi
Thursday, March 23rd 2017 Actor John Hurt
Thursday, March 9th 2017 Mike Connors
Thursday, March 2nd 2017 Leo Tolstoy
Thursday, February 23rd 2017 boxer Muhammed Ali.
Thursday, February 16th 2017 Football player Frank Gifford
Thursday, February 9th 2017 is inventor of the Heimlich maneuver Henry Heimlich.
Thursday, February 2nd 2017 is Fidel Castro
Thursday, January 26th 2017 golfer Arnold Palmer
Thursday, January 19th 2017 is William Christopher.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator John Glenn
Thursday, January 5th 2017 is author J.R.R. Tolken
Thursday, December 15th 2016 was musician Leon Russell
Thursday, December 8th 2016 is NFL player Will Smith
Thursday, November 17th 2016 actor Robert Vaughn.
Thursday, November 10th 2016 was coach Buddy Ryan
Thursday, November 3rd 2016 is country star Merle Haggard
Thursday, October 27th 2016 is actor Kenny Baker
Thursday, October 13th 2016 is John McLaughlin.
Thursday, October 6th 2016 is Buckwheat Zydeco
Thursday, Spetember 9th 2016 is explorer Marco Polo.
Thursday, September 1st 2016 was singer Joe Strummer
Thursday, August 18th 2016 is American actor George Kennedy
Thursday, August 11th 2016 professional baseball catcher, later an announcer and television host Joe Garagiola
Thursday, August 4th 2016 Kevin “Kimbo Slice” Ferguson Bahamian-born American mixed martial artist
Thursday, July 26th 2016 comedian and actor Garry Shandling
Thursday, July 21st 2016 American Football runningback Lawrence Phillips
Thursday, July 14th 2016 American Old West gunfighter and outlaw William H. Bonney aka Billy the Kid
Thursday, June 30th 2016 American actor Abe Vigoda
Thursday, July14th 2016 Outlaw William H. Bonney aka Billy the Kid.
Thursday, June 23rd 2016 Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent Morley Safer
Thursday, June 9th 2016 leader in the American jewelry trade and founded New York City’s Tiffany & Co. – Charles Tiffany
Thursday, May 26th 2016 Stock Car Driver Kevin Ward
Thursday, May 19th 2016 American musician, singer and songwriter Scott Weiland
Thursday, May 12th 2016 English musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and painter. Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett
Thursday, May 5th 2016 English singer, songwriter, actor and record producer David Bowie
Thursday, April 28th, 2016 French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. Louis Braille
Thursday, April 21st 2016 Founding Father of the United States, chief staff aide to General George Washington, one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the U.S. Constitution, the founder of the nation’s financial system, the founder of theFederalist Party, the world’s first voter-based political party, the Father of the United States Coast Guard, and the founder of The New York Post. As the first Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
Thursday, April 14th 2016 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Antonin Scalia
Thursday, April 7th 2016 English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer and musician George Martin
Thursday, March 31st 2016 American basketball player, actor, and Christian minister Meadowlark Lemon
Thursday, March 24th 2016 American film actor and animal enthusiast Dan Haggerty.
Thursday, February 18th 2016 American film and television actor Wayne Rogers.
Thursday, February 11th 2016 the last Whig president Millard Fillmore.
Thursday, January 28th 2016 prolific and influential composer of the Classical era Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Thursday, January 21st 2016 American sportscaster Milo Hamilton
Thursday, January 14th 2016 American actor David Canary
Thursday, January 7th 2016 American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin
Thursday, December 10th 2015 Trauma surgeon and professo rDr. James Red Duke
Thursday,November 12th 2015 Egyptian actor Omar Sharif
Thursday,November 5th 2015 American celebrity chef whose specialties were Creole and Cajun cuisines Paul Prudhomme
Thursday, October 29th 2015 American actor and singer Anthony Perkins
Thursday, October 22nd 2015 American sportscaster on radio and television, Harry Caray
Thursday, October 15th 2015 American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist B.B.King
Thursday, October 8th 2015 American film director, known for his work on horror films, particularly slasher films. Wes Craven
Thursday, October 1st 2015 German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the diesel engine Rudolf Diesel
Thursday, September 24th 2015 Professional wrestler and actor Rowdy Roddy Piper
Thursday, September 17th 2015 Bavarian-born German psychiatrist and neuropathologist whose credited with identifying the first published case of Alzheimer’s disease. Alois Alzheimer
Thursday, September 3rd 2015 American businessman, politician. and the former mayor Houston, Texas. Bob Lanier