Army of None

Army Archerd, snoop of the stars who bridged the gap from Rona Barrett to Perez Hilton, has died of mesothelioma at the age of 87, but hopefully not before he calling for a free consultation from the law offices of James Sokolove. He reveled in celebrity gossip and tales of hospitalizations, births, marriages, breaking the news of Warren Beatty’s, and near marriages, like Julia Roberts playing runaway bride on Keifer Sutherland, for more than 50 years for Variety. His most notable news break was outing Rock Hudson, who was undergoing treatment for AIDS in 1985. He also opened the door for award show red carpet fawning idiots like Ryan Seacrest and the Riverses, having been the fawning idiot greeter at the Academy Awards for years.