The Stiffs for 2015
For the 21st year running, we present our fondest farewells to the recently departed.
If they were on any lists — or if they mattered at all in the world — you'll find them here.
If you're looking for everybody, then you need to head on over to the Directory.
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Louis Jourdan · 93June 19th, 1921 - February 14th, 2015
He escaped Nazi-occupied Paris and starred in dozens of critically-acclaimed, classic films alongside some of the most famous and beloved actors of all time. But you probably remember him from Octopussy.
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Rod McKuen · 81April 29th, 1933 - January 29th, 2015
He tried out ranch hand, surveyor, railroad worker, lumberjack, rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and radio disk jockey before he landed on poetry. We can't figure out if he did it FOR the girls or because he HATED girls.
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Joe Franklin · 88March 9th, 1926 - January 24th, 2015
He says he interviewed over 300,000 guests in his 42 years on the air. He may have been great on TV, but he sucked at math.
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Ernie Banks · 83January 31st, 1931 - January 23rd, 2015
He played his entire career for the Cubs, so really he was already dead inside.
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King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud · 90August 1st, 1924 - January 22nd, 2015
He had 32 children. Hard to believe it wasn't suicide.
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Stuart Scott · 49July 19th, 1965 - January 4th, 2015
Much, much cooler than the other side of the pillow.
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Little Jimmy Dickens · 94December 19th, 1920 - January 2nd, 2015
It's pretty tough to beat "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose".
