Newest Stiffs:
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?
Rocky Colavito · 91
August 10th, 1933 — December 10th, 2024
Thought only Babe Ruth had a curse named after him? Look this guy up. Fun.
Chuck Woolery · 83
March 16th, 1941 — November 23rd, 2024
This guy was on Wheel of Fortune, Love Connection, a bunch other lousy game shows, write a bunch of jingles, country music releases, a Top 40 hit, was in the Navy, was a Covid denier (until his son got it), and was married FIVE times. Quite a life. Not a good one, but, yeah.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Kid Rock · 54
(b) January 17th, 1971
Michelle Obama · 61
(b) January 17th, 1964
Larry Fortensky
would have been 73 today
January 17th, 1952 — July 7th, 2016He was the seventh (and last) husband of Elizabeth Taylor. He was also dead for years before anyone told us.
Muhammad Ali
would have been 83 today
January 17th, 1942 — June 3rd, 2016Floats like a butterfly, and, well, that's about it.
Maury Povich · 86
(b) January 17th, 1939
Shari Lewis
would have been 92 today
January 17th, 1933 — August 2nd, 1998Apparently, uterine cancer can result from prolonged, direct contact with mutton.
James Earl Jones
would have been 94 today
January 17th, 1931 — September 9th, 2024Now he really DOES know the power of the dark side.
Don Zimmer
would have been 94 today
January 17th, 1931 — June 4th, 2014He had what they call a "baseball mind," which is another way of saying that he had a plate in his head and a double-digit IQ.
Vidal Sassoon
would have been 97 today
January 17th, 1928 — May 9th, 2012I guess we don't look good.
Eartha Kitt
would have been 98 today
January 17th, 1927 — December 25th, 2008She sang "Santa Baby," and died on Christmas. Man, do we love this game.
Betty White
would have been 103 today
January 17th, 1922 — December 31st, 2021We speak for all of America when we say: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Antonio Prohias
would have been 104 today
January 17th, 1921 — February 24th, 1998He created "Spy Vs. Spy" for Mad magazine. Now we'll never know who wins.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Johnny Otis · 90
died 13 years ago today
December 28th, 1921 — January 17th, 2012Wikipedia says, "In 1969 he recorded an album of sexually explicit material under the name 'Snatch and the Poontangs'."
That's good enough for us.
Don Kirshner · 76
died 14 years ago today
April 17th, 1934 — January 17th, 2011He's lost that livin' feeling.
Bobby Fischer · 64
died 17 years ago today
March 9th, 1943 — January 17th, 2008Looks like checkmate, you fucking psycho.
Art Buchwald · 81
died 18 years ago today
October 20th, 1925 — January 17th, 2007Art no longer imitates life.
Virginia Mayo · 84
died 20 years ago today
November 30th, 1920 — January 17th, 2005Held.
Richard Crenna · 76
died 22 years ago today
November 30th, 1926 — January 17th, 2003How can a loser ever win?
Gregory Corso · 70
died 24 years ago today
March 26th, 1930 — January 17th, 2001There once was a poet named Corso
who had a bad gland in his torso.
But, before cancer nailed him,
beat critics once hailed him
as, like, Kerouac, only more so.
Clyde Tombaugh · 90
died 28 years ago today
February 4th, 1906 — January 17th, 1997He was credited with discovering Pluto, by many accounts the most popular of the Disney characters.
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| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Are You Ready To Die 2 | 6 | 35 |
| 2. | Mah Lizst | 6 | 35 |
| 3. | Anarchy Knows Donnie Darko | 6 | 31 |
| 4. | Death Becomes You | 6 | 31 |
| 5. | Jon3 | 6 | 30 |
| 6. | Anarchy Goes To Gma's On Sunday | 5 | 36 |
| 7. | Buh-bye! | 5 | 36 |
| 8. | In Through The Out Door | 5 | 35 |
| 9. | Reaper 1 | 5 | 35 |
| 10. | Chindon, That's Enough | 5 | 34 |