Newest Stiffs:
Bobby Hull · 84
January 3rd, 1939 — January 30th, 2023
Say what you want, but the guy had some jacked up teeth.
David Crosby · 81
August 14th, 1941 — January 19th, 2023
David Dead Eyes.
Gina Lollobrigida · 95
July 4th, 1927 — January 16th, 2023
Quite apart from being a fairly prolific actress, she was also a pretty solid person, humanitarian, and not-so-full-of-herself socialite. Also: Great Rack.
Lisa Marie Presley · 54
February 1st, 1968 — January 12th, 2023
Abused in her teens, father died from drug overdose when she was 9, married 4 times (once to Nic Cage), had 4 kids and an estate worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Hard to image how she died so young.
Pope Benedict XVI · 95
April 16th, 1927 — December 31st, 2022
He was a really good Pope - as far as ex-Nazi child beaters go.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Nolan Ryan · 76
(b) January 31st, 1947
James Watt · 85
(b) January 31st, 1938
Suzanne Pleshette
would have been 86 today
January 31st, 1937 — January 19th, 2008Did they really expect us to believe that someone this hot would be married to Bob Newhart? Yeah, right.
Ernie Banks
would have been 92 today
January 31st, 1931 — January 23rd, 2015He played his entire career for the Cubs, so really he was already dead inside.
Jean Simmons
would have been 94 today
January 31st, 1929 — January 22nd, 2010Happy Ending.
Norman Mailer
would have been 100 today
January 31st, 1923 — November 10th, 2007Thankfully, the author of The Naked And The Dead has aligned himself with the latter.
Joanne Dru
would have been 101 today
January 31st, 1922 — September 10th, 1996She wore a yellow ribbon. Now she's dead.
Carol Channing
would have been 102 today
January 31st, 1921 — January 15th, 2019Goodbye, Dolly.
Stewart Udall
would have been 103 today
January 31st, 1920 — March 20th, 2010Off to the Great Swamp.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Mary Higgins Clark · 92
died 3 years ago today
December 24th, 1927 — January 31st, 2020The plot thins.
Ed Koch · 88
died 10 years ago today
December 12th, 1924 — January 31st, 2013When asked about his sex life by the press in his early 70's, his response was "Fuck Off". We like this guy.
Molly Ivins · 62
died 16 years ago today
August 30th, 1944 — January 31st, 2007She was raised and educated in Texas, but refused to let that hold her back.
George Abbott · 107
died 28 years ago today
June 25, 1887 — January 31st, 1995He wrote All Quiet On The Western Front. Indeed.
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| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mauro59 | 2 | 11 |
| 2. | Bugs And Bones 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3. | Glamor To The Grave | 1 | 10 |
| 4. | Iago Ii | 1 | 10 |
| 5. | Down And Dirty | 1 | 9 |
| 6. | Reap Em And Weep #2 | 1 | 9 |
| 7. | Vaxxed And Boosted 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 8. | Aardvark3 | 1 | 8 |
| 9. | Behr2023a | 1 | 8 |
| 10. | Mike's List | 1 | 8 |