Newest Stiffs:
James Earl Jones · 93
January 17th, 1931 — September 9th, 2024
Now he really DOES know the power of the dark side.
Phil Donahue · 88
December 21st, 1935 — August 18th, 2024
Next on Donahue - are dead celebrities just as interesting as live ones! Tune in to find out!
Gena Rowlands · 94
June 19th, 1930 — August 14th, 2024
A woman way, WAY under the influence.
Bob Newhart · 94
September 5th, 1929 — July 18th, 2024
If you suggest that his finest work wasn't his role in Elf, we will FIGHT YOU.
Shannen Doherty · 53
April 12th, 1971 — July 13th, 2024
Wait, what? She was on Little House on the Prarie? How old WAS this chick?
Today's Celebrity Birthdays:
Carlos Mencia · 57
(b) October 22nd, 1967
Jeff Goldblum · 72
(b) October 22nd, 1952
Annette Funicello
would have been 82 today
October 22nd, 1942 — April 8th, 2013M-I-C - see you in the afterlife! K-E-Y - Why? Because you had MS!
Tony Roberts · 85
(b) October 22nd, 1939
John Chafee
would have been 102 today
October 22nd, 1922 — October 24th, 1999This moderate Republican Senator (actually a donkey in elephant's clothing) was said to be the offspring of one of the most powerful families in all of Rhode Island. So, what, they had an indoor toilet?
Timothy Leary
would have been 104 today
October 22nd, 1920 — May 31st, 1996Turned in, tuned out, dropped dead.
Doris Lessing
would have been 105 today
October 22nd, 1919 — November 17th, 2013Boy - she can really hear the grass singing now.
Joan Fontaine
would have been 107 today
October 22nd, 1917 — December 15th, 2013Started acting in 1935 and stopped in 1994. What a slacker.
Emilie Schindler
would have been 117 today
October 22nd, 1907 — October 5th, 2001Cross her off the list.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Russell Means · 72
died 12 years ago today
November 10th, 1939 — October 22nd, 2012He was in The Last of the Mohicans, but he was an Oglala Sioux. Man that pisses us off.
Soupy Sales · 83
died 15 years ago today
January 8th, 1926 — October 22nd, 2009He was sort of a poor man's Jerry Lewis, if you can fathom such a thing.
Arthur Hill · 84
died 18 years ago today
August 1st, 1922 — October 22nd, 2006Owen Marshall: Counselor at rest.
Burton Cross · 95
died 26 years ago today
November 15th, 1902 — October 22nd, 1998Once governor of Maine, he lost his re-election bid to political powerhouse Edmund Muskie. No wonder we never heard of him.
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The 2024 Lee Atwater Invitational Dead Pool Leaderboard
Here are the ten lists in the lead for the current game …
| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Are You Ready To Die 2 | 5 | 25 |
| 2. | Anarchy Knows Donnie Darko | 5 | 21 |
| 3. | Anarchy Goes To Gma's On Sunday | 4 | 26 |
| 4. | In Through The Out Door | 4 | 25 |
| 5. | Chindon, That's Enough | 4 | 24 |
| 6. | Kay Tastrophe's Toenail Clipping Collection | 4 | 24 |
| 7. | Dead Still Not Dancing | 4 | 22 |
| 8. | Terminal Joe #1 | 4 | 21 |
| 9. | Damn Near Dead | 4 | 20 |
| 10. | Ima Goner | 4 | 20 |