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Monday, May 8th, 2023 7:24 PM

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Error in May 6 birthday listings

In the page of birthdays for May 6, there's an error for one actress:  https://www.imdb.com/search/name/?birth_monthday=05-07&ref_=hm_brn_sm.  The actress has died, and IMDb.com in this case usually lists for the actor/tress the birth and death dates, but these are absent in this case.  It's #26 on the list, Marilyn Burns.  According to her own IMDb.com page (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0122782/), she died back in 2014, so IMDb has had a lot of time to update its records across the platform.  I just wanted to make you aware of it, so that you could fix this.

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I don't understand what is missing for Marilyn Burns.

Gabby Hayes is the next one on this list, has been dead since 1969, and displays similarly for me.

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@bderoes​ Instead of her birth date, her birth and death date should be given, to be consistent with usual IMDb formats.

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WHERE are you expecting to see that?

In the mini-bio preview?

It doesn't show for there for Hayes either.

Can you provide an example where this DOES show?

Here's what I see:

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I think that you're right and I'm wrong.  I just checked among today's birthdays.  Don Rickles' image and birth/death date do appear on the main IMDb.com page, as I expected, but when one goes to the web page for all of today's birthdays (humblebundle.com), his entry only lists his birth date.  I hadn't seen the IMDb.com main page on the day of Marilyn Burns' birthday, but rather found her birthday notification directly on the corresponding web page that I cited earlier.  I assumed, incorrectly, that this meant that her original citation on the main IMDb.com page on her birthay had been incorrect.  Apparently it might not have been, and I'm very sorry for the false alarm.  I do make the suggestion that whatever birth and/or death information given on the main IMDb.com page birthday roster be repeated on the corresponding web page for that day, for added utility.  But I consider the matter closed for myself, I thank you for catching my error, and I am sorry for it.