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:
Tupac Shakur
would have been 54 today
June 16th, 1971 — September 13th, 1996What's Tupac spelled backwards?Laurie Metcalf · 70
(b) June 16th, 1955
Katharine Graham
would have been 108 today
June 16th, 1917 — July 17th, 2001Looks like she got her tit caught in that big, fat wringer.
Ben Raleigh
would have been 112 today
June 16th, 1913 — February 26th, 1997This Grammy-winning songwriter burned to death in a kitchen fire, and was later cremated. Hopefully, they didn't charge full price.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Helmut Kohl · 87
died 8 years ago today
April 3rd, 1930 — June 16th, 2017They 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.
Tony Gwynn · 54
died 11 years ago today
May 9th, 1960 — June 16th, 2014His nicknames were "Mr. Padre" and "Captain Video". Really? That's the best anyone could do for an 18 time all-star, 7 time silver slugger and 5 time golden glove award winner? How about "The San Diego Hammer" or "Black Lightning"? Jesus - do we have to think up EVERYTHING around here?
Dan Dorfman · 80
died 13 years ago today
October 24th, 1931 — June 16th, 2012Dorfman dropped dead.
Dearly departed Dan.Empress Nagako
died 25 years ago today
— June 16th, 2000Domo arigato, Mrs. Nagako.David Sutch
died 26 years ago today
— June 16th, 1999The erstwhile rock singer and fringe politician was what the British affectionately refer to as "an eccentric," and what we here in America call "a fucking nutcase."
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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 |