Poppedy Popped Culture

Judge Joseph Wapner is 88.
Statesman Howard H. Baker Junior is 82.
Actor Ed Asner is 78.
Actor John Kerr is 76.
Singer Petula Clark is 75.
Comedian Jack Burns is 74.
Actress Joanna Barnes is 73.
Actor Sam Waterston is 67.
Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 62.
Actor Bob Gunton is 62.
Director-actor James Widdoes is 54.
Rock singer-producer Mitch Easter is 53.
Actress Beverly D’Angelo […]

Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is 85.
Actress Kathleen Hughes is 79.
Jazz musician Ellis Marsalis is 73.
Writer P.J. O’Rourke is 60.
Zydeco singer-musician Buckwheat Zydeco is 60.
Britain’s Prince Charles is 59.
Actor Robert Ginty is 59.
Rock singer-musician James Young (Styx) is 58.
Singer Stephen Bishop is 56.
Blues musician Anson Funderburgh is 53.
Pianist Yanni is 53.
Actress Laura San Giacomo is […]

Actress Madeleine Sherwood is 85.
Journalist-author Peter Arnett is 73.
Producer-director Garry Marshall is 73.
Country singer-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard is 61.
Actor Joe Mantegna is 60.
Actress Sheila Frazier is 59.
Actress Frances Conroy is 54.
Musician Andrew Ranken (The Pogues) is 54.
Actress Tracy Scoggins is 54.
Actress-comedian Whoopi Goldberg is 52.
Actor Chris Noth is 51.
Actor Rex Linn (”CSI: Miami”) is 51.
Actress […]

Rhythm-and-blues singer Ruby Nash Curtis (Ruby and the Romantics) is 68.
Actor-playwright Wallace Shawn is 64.
Singer Brian Hyland is 64.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Jimmy Hayes (Persuasions) is 64.
Rock musician Booker T. Jones (Booker T. & the MGs) is 63.
Singer-songwriter Neil Young is 62.
Rock musician Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser (Blue Oyster Cult) is 60.
Country singer Barbara Fairchild is 57.
Actress-talk […]

Actor Russell Johnson is 83.
Film composer Ennio Morricone is 79.
Actor Roy Scheider is 75.
Blues singer Bobby Rush is 73.
Actor Albert Hall is 70.
Lyricist Tim Rice is 63.
Actress Alaina Reed Hall is 61.
Rock singer-musician Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 60.
Actress-dancer Ann Reinking is 58.
Actor Jack Scalia is 56.
Movie director Roland Emmerich is 52.
Actor Matt […]

Actor Russell Johnson is 83.
Film composer Ennio Morricone is 79.
Actor Roy Scheider is 75.
Blues singer Bobby Rush is 73.
Actor Albert Hall is 70.
Lyricist Tim Rice is 63.
Actress Alaina Reed Hall is 61.
Rock singer-musician Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) is 60.
Actress-dancer Ann Reinking is 58.
Actor Jack Scalia is 56.
Movie director Roland Emmerich is 52.
Actor Matt […]

Sportscaster Charlie Jones is 77.
Baseball executive Whitey Herzog is 76.
Former Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., is 71.
Singer Mary Travers is 71.
Actor Charlie Robinson (”Night Court”) is 62.
Movie director Bille August is 59.
Actor Robert David Hall (”CSI”) is 59.
Actor Lou Ferrigno is 55.
Gospel singer Donnie McClurkin is 48.
Rock musician Dee Plakas (L7) is 47.
Rapper Pepa (Salt-N-Pepa) is […]

Actress June Havoc is 95.
Actor Norman Lloyd is 93.
Jazz singer Chris Connor is 80.
Singer Patti Page is 80.
CBS newsman Morley Safer is 76.
Singer-actress Bonnie Bramlett is 63.
Singer Bonnie Raitt is 58.
TV personality Mary Hart is 57.
Playboy Enterprises chairman and chief executive Christie Hefner is 55.
Actress Alfre Woodard is 54.
Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones is 53.
Rock musician […]

Evangelist Billy Graham is 89.
Opera singer Dame Joan Sutherland is 81.
Actor Barry Newman is 69.
Singer Johnny Rivers is 65.
Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell is 64.
Singer Nick Gilder is 56.
Actor Christopher Knight (”The Brady Bunch”) is 50.
Actress Julie Pinson is 40.
Actor Christopher Daniel Barnes is 35.
Actors Jason and Jeremy London are 35.
Actress Yunjin Kim (”Lost”) is 34.

Man, I thought I had heard everything, but I guess not. Check this out:
Two students at Southern Illinois University in this St. Louis suburb kidnapped, paddled and burned a young man with freshly baked cookies after a drug deal went bad, prosecutors said.
The suspects beat the man with a wooden paddle, burned his neck and […]