Newest Stiffs:
Val Kilmer · 65
December 31st, 1959 — April 1st, 2025
No longer your huckleberry.
Gene Hackman · 95
January 30th, 1930 — February 17th, 2025
This dude's body of work was massive, so a funny obit should be easy. But we are STILL trying to figure out what happened to him in that mud room.
Jimmy Carter · 100
October 1st, 1924 — December 29th, 2024
Aw, nuts.
Greg Gumbel · 78
May 3rd, 1946 — December 27th, 2024
His brother was a sports announcer.
Rickey Henderson · 65
December 25th, 1958 — December 20th, 2024
They called him "The greatest Oakland A of all time". Impressive, eh?
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Stuart Scott
would have been 60 today
July 19th, 1965 — January 4th, 2015Much, much cooler than the other side of the pillow.
Brian May · 78
(b) July 19th, 1947
Gaston Glock
would have been 96 today
July 19th, 1929 — December 27th, 2023Bang! You're dead!
Pat Hingle
would have been 101 today
July 19th, 1924 — January 3rd, 2009Hingle buried.
George McGovern
would have been 103 today
July 19th, 1922 — October 21st, 2012Well, now I guess he expects us ALL to just kiss his ass.
Harold Camping
would have been 104 today
July 19th, 1921 — December 15th, 2013The obvious choice here is "Camping Out", but we're going with "So long, Nutjob."
William Scranton
would have been 108 today
July 19th, 1917 — July 28th, 2013He was a fantastically wealthy scandal-less politician from New England. They can't all be Weiners.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Rutger Hauer · 75
died 6 years ago today
January 23rd, 1944 — July 19th, 2019Aside from Blade Runner, we think his greatest performance was multiple appearances in something called "Direct to DVD"
Garry Marshall · 81
died 9 years ago today
November 13th, 1934 — July 19th, 2016Sunday, Monday Happy Days! Tuesday - Oh. Shit.
James Garner · 86
died 11 years ago today
April 7th, 1928 — July 19th, 2014At the tone, leave your name and message. I'll never get back to you.
Frank McCourt · 78
died 16 years ago today
August 19th, 1930 — July 19th, 2009Mix his ashes up with Angela's.
Jack Warden
died 19 years ago today
— July 19th, 2006He knew where the fuck Miami Beach was, dummy.
Alan Lomax
died 23 years ago today
— July 19th, 2002He was a trailblazer and a true pioneer in the early development of the art of exploiting musicians.
Gunther Gebel-Williams
died 24 years ago today
— July 19th, 2001Lions and Tigers and Brain Tumors! Oh my!
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The 2025 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool Leaderboard
Here are the ten lists in the lead for the current game …
| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mr. Blake's Mixed Bag | 2 | 15 |
| 2. | Prince Sirki-1 | 2 | 13 |
| 3. | Morgue And Mindy | 2 | 12 |
| 4. | Forgotten Not Dead | 2 | 11 |
| 5. | Dx Rob I | 2 | 9 |
| 6. | Toe Tagger 25 | 2 | 9 |
| 7. | Toe Tagger Again | 2 | 9 |
| 8. | Dxrob I | 2 | 7 |
| 9. | The Velvet Lined Underground | 2 | 7 |
| 10. | @your A$$ Is Gra$$ | 1 | 10 |