Newest Stiffs:

  • Vin Scully

    Vin Scully · 94

    November 29th, 1927 — August 2nd, 2022

    And a very pleasant good evening to you, wherever you may be.


  • Bill Russell

    Bill Russell · 88

    February 12th, 1934 — July 31st, 2022

    We don't care what anyone says - this guy was REALLY good at basketball.


  • Nichelle Nichols

    Nichelle Nichols · 89

    December 28th, 1932 — July 30th, 2022

    Seriously? The best Star Trek could do was to have her answering the space phone?


  • Ayman al-Zawahiri

    Ayman al-Zawahiri

    — July 30th, 2022

    We really dug deep to find the nicest possible thing to say about this guy, so here it is:

    He was a COMPLETE sack of SHIT.


  • Paul Sorvino

    Paul Sorvino · 83

    April 13th, 1939 — July 25th, 2022

    He had a really good system for the garlic.


Today's Celebrity Birthdays:

  • Roger Federer

    Roger Federer · 41

    (b) August 8th, 1981


  • The Edge

    The Edge · 61

    (b) August 8th, 1961


  • Robin Quivers

    Robin Quivers · 70

    (b) August 8th, 1952


  • Dustin Hoffman

    Dustin Hoffman · 85

    (b) August 8th, 1937


  • Frank Howard · 86

    (b) August 8th, 1936


  • Mel Tillis

    Mel Tillis

    would have been 90 today
    August 8th, 1932 — November 19th, 2017

    M-M-M-M-Mel's D-D-D-D-D-Dead.

  • Jerry Tarkanian

    Jerry Tarkanian

    would have been 92 today
    August 8th, 1930 — February 11th, 2015

    Rebel without...well, anything, really.

  • Ronnie Biggs

    Ronnie Biggs

    would have been 93 today
    August 8th, 1929 — December 18th, 2013

    Isn't every train robbery pretty great?

  • Richard Anderson

    Richard Anderson

    would have been 96 today
    August 8th, 1926 — August 31st, 2017

    He was best known as Oscar Goldman on The Six Million Dollar Man. Right.
    We said BEST known.

  • Rory Calhoun

    Rory Calhoun

    would have been 100 today
    August 8th, 1922 — April 28th, 1999

    After countless Western movie roles, he played the part of Looney Tunes in the timeless classic Hell Comes To Frogtown. Truth is almost always stranger than fiction.

  • Esther Williams

    Esther Williams

    would have been 101 today
    August 8th, 1921 — June 6th, 2013

    Sleeping with the fishes.

  • Jimmy Witherspoon

    Jimmy Witherspoon

    would have been 102 today
    August 8th, 1920 — September 18th, 1997

    Dead blues guy.

  • Dino de Laurentiis

    Dino de Laurentiis

    would have been 103 today
    August 8th, 1919 — November 11th, 2010

    He made Manhunter, Hannibal, and Red Dragon but decided to pass on Silence of the Lambs. Good move there, Dino.

  • Benny Carter

    Benny Carter

    would have been 115 today
    August 8th, 1907 — July 12th, 2003

    The King is dead. Long live the King.

Today's Celebrity Deaths:

  • Bobby Bowden

    Bobby Bowden · 91

    died 1 year ago today
    November 8th, 1929 — August 8th, 2021

    Vacated.

  • Glen Campbell

    Glen Campbell · 81

    died 5 years ago today
    April 22nd, 1936 — August 8th, 2017

    He released his last album just 2 months ago. It was titled "Adios". So, yeah. There you go.

  • Karen Black

    Karen Black · 74

    died 9 years ago today
    July 1st, 1939 — August 8th, 2013

    Blacked out.

  • Patricia Neal

    Patricia Neal · 84

    died 12 years ago today
    January 20th, 1926 — August 8th, 2010

    Breakfast, lunch, and dinner now six feet under.

  • Gene Mauch

    Gene Mauch · 79

    died 17 years ago today
    November 18th, 1925 — August 8th, 2005

    Loser.

  • Barbara Geddes

    Barbara Geddes · 82

    died 17 years ago today
    October 31st, 1922 — August 8th, 2005

    Miss Ellie just wasn't the same after J.R.'s second marriage failed, and then when she had to throw Clayton out of the house, well, you know the kind of strain that can put on a woman's heart, plus, with the boys fighting all the time...how the hell did anybody watch this crap?

  • Gypsy Boots

    Gypsy Boots · 89

    died 18 years ago today
    August 19th, 1914 — August 8th, 2004

    There was a boy

    A very strange enchanted boy ...

  • Fay Wray

    Fay Wray · 96

    died 18 years ago today
    September 15th, 1907 — August 8th, 2004

    That should put an end to all that goddamned screaming.

  • Maureen Reagan

    died 21 years ago today
    — August 8th, 2001

    Ol' Shit-for-brains is going to be the last one left, isn't he?

  • Rose Blumkin

    died 24 years ago today
    — August 8th, 1998

    A blumkin by any other name, would smell as -- wait, that's not right. Well, she's dead, anyway.

  • Frank Zamboni

    died 34 years ago today
    — August 8th, 1988

    On ice.

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