Newest Stiffs:
Val Kilmer · 65
December 31st, 1959 — April 1st, 2025
No longer your huckleberry.
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 · 100
October 1st, 1924 — December 29th, 2024
Aw, nuts.
Greg Gumbel · 78
May 3rd, 1946 — December 27th, 2024
His brother was a sports announcer.
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:
Jesse Ventura · 74
(b) July 15th, 1951
Linda Ronstadt · 79
(b) July 15th, 1946
Jan-Michael Vincent
would have been 81 today
July 15th, 1944 — February 10th, 2019Two first names, like 10 drunk driving convictions, a secret prosthetic leg, AND they waited a MONTH to point out that he was dead. What was the DEAL with this guy?
Fritz Shurmur
would have been 93 today
July 15th, 1932 — August 30th, 1999Went without a murmur.
Clive Cussler
would have been 94 today
July 15th, 1931 — February 26th, 2020Check out his latest book "Decomposing Old White Guy".
Iris Murdoch
would have been 106 today
July 15th, 1919 — February 8th, 1999We know she's not related to Rupert, but we're glad anyway. The only good Murdoch is a dead Murdoch.
Shirley Povich
would have been 120 today
July 15th, 1905 — June 4th, 1998He was Maury's father, and he wrote for the Washington Post for more than 70 years, but that didn't stop him from being listed in 1962's Who's Who Of American Women. This guy got around.
Walter D. Edmonds
would have been 122 today
July 15th, 1903 — January 10th, 1998He chronicled the very earliest days of the hardcore punk movement in his bestseller Drums Along The Mohawk.
Today's Celebrity Deaths:
Martin Landau · 89
died 8 years ago today
June 20th, 1928 — July 15th, 2017Winning an Academy Award probably paled in comparison to starring in 1981's "The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island"
Celeste Holm · 95
died 13 years ago today
April 29th, 1917 — July 15th, 2012Married a 41 year old guy when she turned 87. What a slut.
Tex Schramm · 83
died 22 years ago today
June 2nd, 1920 — July 15th, 2003Maybe he was funny-lookin' ... but he made the best damned oil filters this country's ever seen.Steve Heaston
died 26 years ago today
— July 15th, 1999Whaddyamean, not a celebrity? He was only the second-best water polo coach that Cal University's ever had. Ingrates.Gianni Versace
died 28 years ago today
— July 15th, 1997That serial killer stuff is a bunch of hooey. Our underworld sources tell us that Gianni's death was really a contract killing, ordered by the heads of the Five Fashion Families to keep him from going public with the Versace Papers.
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| Stiffs | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mr. Blake's Mixed Bag | 2 | 15 |
| 2. | Prince Sirki-1 | 2 | 13 |
| 3. | Morgue And Mindy | 2 | 12 |
| 4. | Forgotten Not Dead | 2 | 11 |
| 5. | Dx Rob I | 2 | 9 |
| 6. | Toe Tagger 25 | 2 | 9 |
| 7. | Toe Tagger Again | 2 | 9 |
| 8. | Dxrob I | 2 | 7 |
| 9. | The Velvet Lined Underground | 2 | 7 |
| 10. | @your A$$ Is Gra$$ | 1 | 10 |