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:
Luciano Pavarotti
would have been 91 today
October 12th, 1935 — September 6th, 2007Considered by many to be one of the greatest tenors who ever lived, he was known to friends and family as "Big Stinky."
Dick Gregory
would have been 94 today
October 12th, 1932 — August 19th, 2017If you were a black civil rights activist during the Trump Presidency, you would have keeled over right about now too.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Roberta McCain · 108
died 6 years ago today
February 7th, 1912 — October 12th, 2020Died at 108, outliving 2 of her 3 kids. Pretty badass, honestly.
Bill Shoemaker · 72
died 23 years ago today
August 19th, 1931 — October 12th, 2003The Shoe drops.Ray Conniff
died 24 years ago today
— October 12th, 2002'Smeaningless.
Wilt Chamberlain · 63
died 27 years ago today
August 21st, 1936 — October 12th, 1999Never mind the official cause, everybody knows that he simply fucked himself to death.John Denver
died 29 years ago today
— October 12th, 1997Apparently, since his bags were packed and he was ready to go, he left — but, as it turns out, it was not on a jet plane, but in an experimental, two-seater, single-engine job. Still, it seems safe to say that he does not know when he'll be back again, and that babe, he hated to go.Rene Lacoste
died 30 years ago today
— October 12th, 1996See you later, alligator.
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| 1. | 2026 At Random | 0 | 0 |
| 2. | 2026 Autopsy Listing | 0 | 0 |
| 3. | 2026 Corpse Train | 0 | 0 |
| 4. | 2026 Inductees #1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5. | 2026 Inductees #2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6. | 2026 Inductees #3 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |