Newest Stiffs:

  • Val Kilmer

    Val Kilmer · 65

    December 31st, 1959 — April 1st, 2025

    No longer your huckleberry.


  • Gene Hackman

    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

    Jimmy Carter · 100

    October 1st, 1924 — December 29th, 2024

    Aw, nuts.


  • Greg Gumbel

    Greg Gumbel · 78

    May 3rd, 1946 — December 27th, 2024

    His brother was a sports announcer.


  • Rickey Henderson

    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:

  • Jeff Dunham

    Jeff Dunham · 63

    (b) April 18th, 1962


  • Malcolm Marshall

    Malcolm Marshall

    would have been 67 today
    April 18th, 1958 — November 4th, 1999

    One of the world's most accomplished and celebrated cricket players, which means he couldn't make it in a real sport.

  • James Woods

    James Woods · 78

    (b) April 18th, 1947


  • Hayley Mills

    Hayley Mills · 79

    (b) April 18th, 1946


  • Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown

    Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown

    would have been 101 today
    April 18th, 1924 — September 10th, 2005

    Truly an inspiration, Clarence became a successful musician and singer despite his horrific dental deformity.

  • Henry Hyde

    Henry Hyde

    would have been 101 today
    April 18th, 1924 — November 29th, 2007

    Dr. Jekyll, however, is doing fine.

  • Barbara Hale

    Barbara Hale

    would have been 103 today
    April 18th, 1922 — January 27th, 2017

    She was in movies for 35 years and on TV for 48 years. And she'll still be remembered as Perry Mason's secretary. Raymond Burr can suck it.

  • Leonid Kinskey

    Leonid Kinskey

    would have been 122 today
    April 18th, 1903 — September 8th, 1998

    We're no good at being noble, but it doesn't take much to see that the problems of one little character actor don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world. Someday you'll understand that.

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • Doris Roberts

    Doris Roberts · 90

    died 9 years ago today
    November 4th, 1925 — April 18th, 2016

    Everybody mourns, Raymond.

  • Dick Clark

    Dick Clark · 82

    died 13 years ago today
    November 30th, 1929 — April 18th, 2012

    5!

    4!

    3!

    2!



    Dick? Dick?

  • Thor Heyerdahl

    Thor Heyerdahl · 87

    died 23 years ago today
    October 6th, 1914 — April 18th, 2002

    After a lifetime of bold research and daring exploration, including crossing both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans on rafts made out of twigs and fucking reeds, he died of boredom.

  • Rick Rude

    Rick Rude · 40

    died 26 years ago today
    December 7th, 1958 — April 18th, 1999

    One of his fans eulogized him in an e-mail to us, which read "... he was a pretty good guy in real life, and just acted like a schmuck in the ring." Rest in peace, ravishing one.

  • Terry Sanford

    Terry Sanford · 80

    died 27 years ago today
    August 20th, 1917 — April 18th, 1998

    A former Senator, Governor and University President who twice ran for the Democratic Presidential nomination, but you can bet that if he weren't on 59 lists, we wouldn't even be talking about him.

  • Linda Schele

    Linda Schele · 55

    died 27 years ago today
    October 30th, 1942 — April 18th, 1998

    The noted Mayan scholar and historian, of course. Not only did we not know who she was when she was alive, but she was dead for a week before somebody finally pointed out that she was on a list. What are we, the goddamned FBI?

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