Newest Stiffs:
Anita Bryant · 85
March 25th, 1940 — December 16th, 2025
Head of the Florida Citrus Commission from 1969 - 1980. We think she also made some records or something.
Gil Gerard · 82
January 23rd, 1943 — December 16th, 2025
Out of time.
Diane Ladd · 89
November 29th, 1935 — November 3rd, 2025
Diane doesn't live here anymore.
Dick Cheney · 84
January 30th, 1941 — November 3rd, 2025
White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense, Vice President - and all we remember is when he shot that dude in the face while hunting.
June Lockhart · 100
June 25th, 1925 — October 23rd, 2025
Started with A Christmas Carol and All This, and Heaven Too and finished with Zombie Hamlet and Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm. Solid.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Zac Efron · 39
(b) October 18th, 1987
Erin Moran
would have been 66 today
October 18th, 1960 — April 22nd, 2017Joanie Loves Formaldehyde.
Wendy Wasserstein
would have been 76 today
October 18th, 1950 — January 30th, 2006An uncommon woman, to be sure. Nonetheless, she's toast.
Laura Nyro
would have been 79 today
October 18th, 1947 — April 8th, 1997Rhymes with "hero," as in sandwich, something she had plenty of at that Stone Soul Picnic of hers.
Dawn Wells
would have been 88 today
October 18th, 1938 — December 30th, 2020OK - we can finally put this one to rest: Mary Anne was the hot one.
Peter Boyle
would have been 91 today
October 18th, 1935 — December 12th, 2006Tryin' mighty hard to look like Gary Cooper.
Keith Jackson
would have been 98 today
October 18th, 1928 — January 13th, 2018Something about Nellie goes here. Hey Nellie? Go Nellie? Run, nellie, run? Something like that.
Chuck Berry
would have been 100 today
October 18th, 1926 — March 18th, 2017Johnny B. Dead
Jesse Helms
would have been 105 today
October 18th, 1921 — July 4th, 2008Senator No Pulse.
Anita O'Day
would have been 107 today
October 18th, 1919 — November 23rd, 2006G'night.
Bobby Troup
would have been 108 today
October 18th, 1918 — February 7th, 1999When are these young punks gonna learn that there are real consequences to driving around getting your kicks?
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Colin Powell · 84
died 5 years ago today
April 5th, 1937 — October 18th, 2021The guy was a soldier for 35 years, including being the Secretary of State and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and somehow didn't know not to use an AOL email address to send dirty messages to some chick who wasn't your wife of SIXTY YEARS? COME ON!
Bum Phillips · 90
died 13 years ago today
September 29th, 1923 — October 18th, 2013Looks like he's back with the Saints now.
Sylvia Kristel · 60
died 14 years ago today
September 28th, 1952 — October 18th, 2012Porn star. Throat cancer. Coincidence? Yeah. Probably.
Kam Fong · 84
died 24 years ago today
May 27th, 1918 — October 18th, 2002Mahalo, Chin. Mahalo.
Gwen Verdon · 75
died 26 years ago today
January 13th, 1925 — October 18th, 2000Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets. Gwen, on the other hand, is toast.
Julie London · 74
died 26 years ago today
September 26th, 1926 — October 18th, 2000Sadly, Julie had just begun working on a remake of her biggest hit, an updated version called "Buy Me A Liver."
Nancy Dickerson · 70
died 29 years ago today
January 19th, 1927 — October 18th, 1997She was the first female news correspondent for CBS, the first female TV reporter on a national political convention floor, and the first female host of a daily network news show, and she now becomes the first significant female stiff about whom we can find nothing even remotely humorous to say.
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| 3. | 2026 Corpse Train | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | 2026 Inductees #1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | 2026 Inductees #2 | 0 | 0 |
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| 7. | 2026 List | 0 | 0 |
| 8. | 2026 Stiffs R Us 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9. | 2026 Stiffs R Us 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10. | 2026 Stiffs R Us 3 | 0 | 0 |