Newest Stiffs:
Tab Hunter · 86
July 11th, 1931 — July 8th, 2018
If you're a closeted gay Hollywood heartthrob, you just can't stick with Arthur Kelm.
Harlan Ellison · 84
May 27th, 1934 — June 28th, 2018
He was an award-winning science fiction writer who frequently sued studios for stealing his work. James Cameron hated him, so he couldn't have been that bad..jpg)
Joe Jackson (Michaels Dad) · 89
July 26th, 1928 — June 27th, 2018
Whereas Michael just looked KINDA weird, Joe was actually SCARY weird looking. That's saying something.
Anthony Bourdain · 61
June 25th, 1956 — June 8th, 2018
Reservations for one, actually.
Red Schoendienst · 95
February 2nd, 1923 — June 6th, 2018
"Mr. Cardinal" ended up working for the Cards for 74 years - right up until the day he died. That's quite a retirement plan there, Red.
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Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Jesse Ventura · 67
(b) July 15th, 1951
Linda Ronstadt · 72
(b) July 15th, 1946
Jan-Michael Vincent · 74
(b) July 15th, 1944
Fritz Shurmur
would have been 86 today
July 15th, 1932 — August 30th, 1999Went without a murmur.
Iris Murdoch
would have been 99 today
July 15th, 1919 — February 8th, 1999We know she's not related to Rupert, but we're glad anyway. The only good Murdoch is a dead Murdoch.
Shirley Povich
would have been 113 today
July 15th, 1905 — June 4th, 1998He was Maury's father, and he wrote for the Washington Post for more than 70 years, but that didn't stop him from being listed in 1962's Who's Who Of American Women. This guy got around.
Walter D. Edmonds
would have been 115 today
July 15th, 1903 — January 10th, 1998He chronicled the very earliest days of the hardcore punk movement in his bestseller Drums Along The Mohawk.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Martin Landau · 89
died 1 year ago today
June 20th, 1928 — July 15th, 2017Winning an Academy Award probably paled in comparison to starring in 1981's "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island"
Celeste Holm · 95
died 6 years ago today
April 29th, 1917 — July 15th, 2012Married a 41 year old guy when she turned 87. What a slut.
Tex Schramm · 83
died 15 years ago today
June 2nd, 1920 — July 15th, 2003Maybe he was funny-lookin' ... but he made the best damned oil filters this country's ever seen.Steve Heaston
died 19 years ago today
— July 15th, 1999Whaddyamean, not a celebrity? He was only the second-best water polo coach that Cal University's ever had. Ingrates.Gianni Versace
died 21 years ago today
— July 15th, 1997That serial killer stuff is a bunch of hooey. Our underworld sources tell us that Gianni's death was really a contract killing, ordered by the heads of the Five Fashion Families to keep him from going public with the Versace Papers.
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| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | John D. Smiley 2018 3rd List | 3 | 23 |
| 2. | Toodlum!!! Is That You??? | 3 | 21 |
| 3. | Depressed 08 | 3 | 19 |
| 4. | Body Bags And Toe Tags | 3 | 18 |
| 5. | Life Elevated3 | 3 | 17 |
| 6. | Daisy A Day Dear | 3 | 16 |
| 7. | Depressed 03 | 3 | 15 |
| 8. | News Is Blue, The News Is Blue | 3 | 15 |
| 9. | Depressed 12 | 3 | 11 |
| 10. | Afterlife Sounds Like Fun, Ok? | 3 | 9 |