Newest Stiffs:
Ed Asner · 91
November 15th, 1929 — August 29th, 2021
Up, up and away.
Charlie Watts · 80
June 2nd, 1941 — August 24th, 2021
After the Stones, his next band was "The A,B,C and D of Boogie Woogie". Really sorry we're going to miss that.
Don Everly · 84
February 1st, 1937 — August 21st, 2021
Bye bye, love.
Donald Rumsfeld · 88
July 9th, 1932 — June 29th, 2021
He had a ton of military awards, AND had to resign in disgrace. A well rounded career, we say.
Ned Beatty · 83
July 6th, 1937 — June 13th, 2021
That should put an end to all that squealing.
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Scott Weiland
would have been 54 today
October 27th, 1967 — December 3rd, 2015A rock star who was a heroin addict for 20 years, and he was on TWO lists? Come on people. Do your homework.
Roberto Benigni · 69
(b) October 27th, 1952
Dick Trickle
would have been 80 today
October 27th, 1941 — May 16th, 2013Race car driver? Really? How was he not a porn star?
John Cleese · 82
(b) October 27th, 1939
Floyd Cramer
would have been 88 today
October 27th, 1933 — December 31st, 1997His last date is over.
Kyle Rote
would have been 93 today
October 27th, 1928 — August 15th, 2002That's all Kyle wrote.
Warren Christopher
would have been 96 today
October 27th, 1925 — March 18th, 2011Warren, peace.
Ruby Dee
would have been 99 today
October 27th, 1922 — June 12th, 2014Ceased.
Ralph Kiner
would have been 99 today
October 27th, 1922 — February 6th, 2014Just one of those Kiner days.
Nanette Fabray
would have been 101 today
October 27th, 1920 — February 22nd, 2018There are few things less inspiring than scandal-free elderly celebrities.
Edith Brown
would have been 125 today
October 27, 1896 — January 20th, 1997The sinkable Edith Brown.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Lou Reed · 71
died 8 years ago today
March 2nd, 1942 — October 27th, 2013Less Velvet. More Underground.
Joe Niekro · 61
died 15 years ago today
November 7th, 1944 — October 27th, 2006Brother to Hall Of Fame inductee Phil Niekro, Joe put together a lengthy and successful career of his own by perfecting a knuckleball and learning how to cheat.
Trevor Berbick · 52
died 15 years ago today
August 1st, 1954 — October 27th, 2006What's a Berbick?
Rod Roddy · 66
died 18 years ago today
September 28th, 1937 — October 27th, 2003Come on down!
De Vol · 88
died 22 years ago today
September 20th, 1911 — October 27th, 1999Happy Kyne has met his maker, and there's no mirth in that.
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The 2021 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool Leaderboard
Here are the ten lists in the lead for the current game …
| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Death Race 2021 | 8 | 48 |
| 2. | Deathriderfreebie | 7 | 45 |
| 3. | Zsigmond Follies | 7 | 44 |
| 4. | Cemetery Girls 3 | 7 | 43 |
| 5. | Figureeighter | 7 | 42 |
| 6. | Death's Doorstep 3 | 7 | 40 |
| 7. | Mbalmed 1 | 6 | 41 |
| 8. | Mbalmed 3 | 6 | 41 |
| 9. | Naha Assassins | 6 | 41 |
| 10. | Spitting Up Blood | 6 | 41 |