Tons of httpd defunct processes

Hi,

My server is running an active VBB forums that have been running great until recently there are a lot of "nobody" httpd defunct processes running. That causes server overload.

Do you have any ideas to deal with this?
31025 nobody 11 0 0 0 0 Z 25.7 0.0 0:00 0 httpd <defunct>
31055 nobody 10 0 0 0 0 Z 13.3 0.0 0:00 0 httpd <defunct>
28168 nobody 9 0 0 0 0 Z 4.7 0.0 0:00 2 httpd <defunct>
31030 nobody 9 0 0 0 0 Z 4.7 0.0 0:00 1 httpd <defunct>
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