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:

  • Paula Abdul · 63

    (b) June 19th, 1962


  • Kathleen Turner

    Kathleen Turner · 71

    (b) June 19th, 1954


  • Gena Rowlands

    Gena Rowlands

    would have been 95 today
    June 19th, 1930 — August 14th, 2024

    A woman way, WAY under the influence.

  • Nancy Marchand

    Nancy Marchand

    would have been 97 today
    June 19th, 1928 — June 18th, 2000

    Another Soprano joins the choir invisible.

  • Howell Heflin

    Howell Heflin

    would have been 104 today
    June 19th, 1921 — March 29th, 2005

    He put the "scum" in "Tuscumbia, Alabama".

  • Louis Jourdan

    Louis Jourdan

    would have been 104 today
    June 19th, 1921 — February 14th, 2015

    He escaped Nazi-occupied Paris and starred in dozens of critically-acclaimed, classic films alongside some of the most famous and beloved actors of all time. But you probably remember him from Octopussy.

  • Pauline Kael

    Pauline Kael

    would have been 106 today
    June 19th, 1919 — September 3rd, 2001

    Flopping around on her four-poster bed like a trout in a rowboat, she finally kicked the proverbial bucket, going tits-up with all the panache and sophistication of a can of yams.

  • Alan Cranston

    Alan Cranston

    would have been 111 today
    June 19th, 1914 — December 31st, 2000

    Word of his passing came just 3 hours before the end of one contest and the start of another. He always was a damned troublemaker.

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • Ian Holm

    Ian Holm · 88

    died 5 years ago today
    September 12th, 1931 — June 19th, 2020

    In a hole in the ground there no longer lived a hobbit.

  • Hubert Green

    Hubert Green · 71

    died 7 years ago today
    December 28th, 1946 — June 19th, 2018

    A golfer named Green? That's CRAZY man. He's dead though.

  • James Gandolfini

    James Gandolfini · 51

    died 12 years ago today
    September 18th, 1961 — June 19th, 2013

    Probably more like a baritone now.

  • Slim Whitman

    Slim Whitman · 89

    died 12 years ago today
    January 20th, 1924 — June 19th, 2013

    Now yodelling in that Great Infomercial In The Sky.

  • Manute Bol

    Manute Bol · 47

    died 15 years ago today
    October 16th, 1962 — June 19th, 2010

    So that makes up for Gary Coleman then, right?

  • Henri d'Orleans

    Henri d'Orleans · 66

    died 26 years ago today
    June 14th, 1933 — June 19th, 1999

    Say a prayer for the pretender.

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