The Stiffs for 2017

For the 23rd 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.

Liliane Bettencourt · 94

October 21st, 1922 - September 21st, 2017

Beauty really is only skin deep.

Jake LaMotta · 96

July 10th, 1921 - September 19th, 2017

Reclining Bull

Harry Dean Stanton · 91

July 14th, 1926 - September 15th, 2017

Fire Corpse with Me

Pete Domenici · 85

May 7th, 1932 - September 13th, 2017

He voted to impeach Clinton because of his "lewd conduct", and then got a 24 year old staffer pregnant and didn't admit it until 12 years later. Lewd indeed.

Shelley Berman · 92

February 3rd, 1925 - September 1st, 2017

Curbed.

Richard Anderson · 91

August 8th, 1926 - August 31st, 2017

He was best known as Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man. Right.
We said BEST known.

Jerry Lewis · 91

March 16th, 1926 - August 20th, 2017

Comedien de la mort.

Dick Gregory · 84

October 12th, 1932 - August 19th, 2017

If you were a black civil rights activist during the Trump Presidency, you would have keeled over right about now too.

Glen Campbell · 81

April 22nd, 1936 - August 8th, 2017

He released his last album just 2 months ago. It was titled "Adios". So, yeah. There you go.

Don Baylor · 68

June 28th, 1949 - August 7th, 2017

That's what you get for crowding the plate.

Ara Parseghian · 94

May 21st, 1923 - August 2nd, 2017

Die like a champion today.

Barbara Sinatra · 89

October 16th, 1927 - July 25th, 2017

Before she married Frank, she was married to Zeppo. The least popular Marx brother. Quite a life you led there, Barb.

Martin Landau · 89

June 20th, 1928 - July 15th, 2017

Winning an Academy Award probably paled in comparison to starring in 1981's "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island"

Helmut Kohl · 87

April 3rd, 1930 - June 16th, 2017

They said he was friends with Vladimir Putin. The leader of a country friends with that maniac? Man. Good thing that would never happen in the US.

Bill Dana · 92

October 5th, 1924 - June 15th, 2017

We know some of you are thinking "How the fuck did this guy end of famous for the purposes of this game?"

Yeah, well. That's what we are thinking too.

Adam West · 88

September 19th, 1928 - June 10th, 2017

Quick, Robin! To the Bat Grave!

Manuel Noriega · 83

February 11th, 1934 - May 29th, 2017

A man, a plan, an evil dictator. Manuel!

Gregg Allman · 69

December 8th, 1947 - May 27th, 2017

Laid back. WAY back.

Jim Bunning · 85

October 23rd, 1931 - May 26th, 2017

The honorable gentleman from Kentucky yields the floor.

Zbigniew Brzezinski · 89

March 28th, 1928 - May 26th, 2017

Three Z's in your name? No. That's just wrong.

Roger Moore · 89

October 14th, 1927 - May 23rd, 2017

Moore is less.

Roger Ailes · 77

May 15th, 1940 - May 18th, 2017

If you're looking for someone to blame for the dumbing down of America, you should start here. And end here.

Michael Parks · 77

April 24th, 1940 - May 9th, 2017

Parked now, for sure.

Jonathan Demme · 73

February 22nd, 1944 - April 26th, 2017

It puts the lotion in the casket.

Erin Moran · 56

October 18th, 1960 - April 22nd, 2017

Joanie Loves Formaldehyde.

Aaron Hernandez · 27

November 6th, 1989 - April 19th, 2017

Pretty good hang time for a guy that never played punter.

Don Rickles · 90

May 8th, 1926 - April 6th, 2017

Who's the hockey puck now?

Dallas Green · 82

August 4th, 1934 - March 22nd, 2017

More of a greenish-black, actually.

Chuck Barris · 87

June 3rd, 1929 - March 21st, 2017

He joins Gene Gene The Dancing Machine in that great green room in the sky.

Jerry Krause · 77

April 6th, 1939 - March 21st, 2017

Despite the fact that he was considered a hardass and didn't work well with others, and despite the fact that Jordan and and Phil Jackson both hated him, he actually seemed like a real dick.

David Rockefeller · 101

June 12th, 1915 - March 20th, 2017

A shining example that you can have all the money in the world and you're still going to end up on this shitty website.

Jimmy Breslin · 86

October 17th, 1930 - March 19th, 2017

Cold off the presses.

Chuck Berry · 90

October 18th, 1926 - March 18th, 2017

Johnny B. Dead

Lou Duva · 94

May 28th, 1922 - March 8th, 2017

He owned a trucking company, then became a bail bondsman - tracking those who jumped bail himself - and then got into boxing. We'll have to check - but he MAY have been Italian.