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:
Paula Abdul · 63
(b) June 19th, 1962
Kathleen Turner · 71
(b) June 19th, 1954
Gena Rowlands
would have been 95 today
June 19th, 1930 — August 14th, 2024A woman way, WAY under the influence.
Nancy Marchand
would have been 97 today
June 19th, 1928 — June 18th, 2000Another Soprano joins the choir invisible.
Howell Heflin
would have been 104 today
June 19th, 1921 — March 29th, 2005He put the "scum" in "Tuscumbia, Alabama".
Louis Jourdan
would have been 104 today
June 19th, 1921 — February 14th, 2015He 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.
Pauline Kael
would have been 106 today
June 19th, 1919 — September 3rd, 2001Flopping around on her four-poster bed like a trout in a rowboat, she finally kicked the proverbial bucket, going tits-up with all the panache and sophistication of a can of yams.
Alan Cranston
would have been 111 today
June 19th, 1914 — December 31st, 2000Word of his passing came just 3 hours before the end of one contest and the start of another. He always was a damned troublemaker.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Ian Holm · 88
died 5 years ago today
September 12th, 1931 — June 19th, 2020In a hole in the ground there no longer lived a hobbit.
Hubert Green · 71
died 7 years ago today
December 28th, 1946 — June 19th, 2018A golfer named Green? That's CRAZY man. He's dead though.
James Gandolfini · 51
died 12 years ago today
September 18th, 1961 — June 19th, 2013Probably more like a baritone now.
Slim Whitman · 89
died 12 years ago today
January 20th, 1924 — June 19th, 2013Now yodelling in that Great Infomercial In The Sky.
Manute Bol · 47
died 15 years ago today
October 16th, 1962 — June 19th, 2010So that makes up for Gary Coleman then, right?
Henri d'Orleans · 66
died 26 years ago today
June 14th, 1933 — June 19th, 1999Say a prayer for the pretender.
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| 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 |