Newest Stiffs:
Burt Reynolds · 82
February 11th, 1936 — September 6th, 2018
No longer east bound, but definitely down.
Neil Simon · 91
July 4th, 1927 — August 26th, 2018
Simon says....well, nothing really.
John McCain · 81
August 29th, 1936 — August 25th, 2018
He ran for President twice. Apparently he was way, WAY too smart for that job.
Robin Leach · 76
August 29th, 1941 — August 24th, 2018
Lifestyles of the Limp and Lifeless.
Kofi Annan · 80
April 8th, 1938 — August 18th, 2018
Even winning the Nobel wasn't enough to rank him higher than Boutros Boutros-Ghali in the list of all-time great United Nations Secretary-General names.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Michelle Thomas
would have been 50 today
September 23rd, 1968 — December 22nd, 1998They're saying she died of stomach cancer, but we know better. She was Urkel's girlfriend, for crying out loud.
Bruce Springsteen · 69
(b) September 23rd, 1949
Ray Charles
would have been 88 today
September 23rd, 1930 — June 10th, 2004God bless Brother Ray, and the music he made, but he's busted.
The booze and the brown made his liver shut down, and he's busted.
Mickey Rooney
would have been 98 today
September 23rd, 1920 — April 6th, 2014The Commissioner met him on New Years Eve 1999 in Palm Springs. It went like this:
Commish: Hello Mr. Rooney - great show.
Rooney: Who are you?
Commish: The brother in law of your band leader.
Rooney: Oh.
And he walked away.
Walter Pidgeon
would have been 121 today
September 23, 1897 — September 25th, 1984His two minutes are up.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Aurelio Rodriguez · 52
died 18 years ago today
December 28th, 1947 — September 23rd, 2000Many baseball experts have long asserted that Mike Schmidt was the greatest third baseman of all-time. Well, Aurelio wasn't nearly that good.
Mary Frann · 55
died 20 years ago today
February 27th, 1943 — September 23rd, 1998Serves her right for trying to fill Suzanne Pleshette's girdle.
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The 2018 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool Leaderboard
Here are the ten lists in the lead for the current game …
| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Depressed 08 | 6 | 34 |
| 2. | Daisy A Day Dear | 5 | 35 |
| 3. | News Is Blue, The News Is Blue | 5 | 31 |
| 4. | Depressed 12 | 5 | 29 |
| 5. | Depressed 03 | 5 | 26 |
| 6. | Depressed 04 | 5 | 24 |
| 7. | Birds Never Look Into The Sun | 4 | 34 |
| 8. | Charlie Don't Surf With Charmaine Star | 4 | 32 |
| 9. | Charlie Don't Surf With Lily Thai | 4 | 31 |
| 10. | Charlie Don't Surf With Lucy Thai | 4 | 31 |