The Stiffs for 2015

For the 30th year running, we present our fondest farewells to the recently departed.

If they were on any lists — or if they mattered at all in the world — you'll find them here.

If you're looking for everybody, then you need to head on over to the Directory.

Natalie Cole · 65

February 6th, 1950 - December 31st, 2015

Everyone likes Unforgettable.. We prefer Leavin'

Lemmy Kilmister · 70

December 24th, 1945 - December 28th, 2015

MotörDead.

Meadowlark Lemon · 83

April 25th, 1932 - December 27th, 2015

He played 16,000 games with the Globetrotters and somehow managed to father 10 kids in there. Sounds like he died of exhaustion.

Robert Loggia · 85

January 3rd, 1930 - December 4th, 2015

NOT REALLY DEAD.

Scott Weiland · 48

October 27th, 1967 - December 3rd, 2015

A rock star who was a heroin addict for 20 years, and he was on TWO lists? Come on people. Do your homework.

Marjorie Lord · 97

July 26th, 1918 - November 28th, 2015

Make room for Corpsie.

Helmut Schmidt · 96

December 23rd, 1918 - November 10th, 2015

The worst thing this guy ever did was apparently smoke near a "No Smoking" sign, and even that didn't stick. How has this guy never done anything bad or funny? He's GERMAN for chrissakes. Thanks for ruining our day, Helmut.

Fred Thompson · 73

August 19th, 1942 - November 1st, 2015

Yeah, yeah - he was a senator from Tennessee. But did you see his incredible portrayal of Bernie Oxbar in the 1991 blockbuster Curly Sue? He CRUSHED that.

Al Molinaro · 96

June 24th, 1919 - October 29th, 2015

Sunday, Monday - Happy Days!
Tuesday, Wednesday - Happy Days!
Thursday - well, not so much.

Maureen O'Hara · 95

August 17th, 1920 - October 24th, 2015

The last thing she did was a TV movie in 2000 called The Last Dance. That works for us.

Paul Prudhomme · 75

July 13th, 1940 - October 8th, 2015

Dude spent most of his life about 6000 pounds overweight, finally got it together and got fit, and then died. What have we learned here, boys and girls?

Yogi Berra · 90

May 12th, 1925 - September 22nd, 2015

Maybe now he can finally get his hands on some pick-a-nick baskets, eh boo boo?

Jackie Collins · 77

October 4th, 1937 - September 19th, 2015

She wrote Drop Dead Bitch. That should do it.

Moses Malone · 60

March 23rd, 1955 - September 13th, 2015

The "Chairman of the Boards" is now as stiff as one.

Judy Carne · 76

April 27th, 1939 - September 7th, 2015

Consider yourself socked.

Martin Milner · 83

December 28th, 1931 - September 6th, 2015

The star of Adam 12 and Route 66 just got deep 6'd.

Wes Craven · 76

August 2nd, 1939 - August 30th, 2015

He was born in Cleveland, which explains quite a bit.

Oliver Sacks · 82

July 9th, 1933 - August 30th, 2015

He spent the first half of his life doing drugs, riding motorcycles, and bodybuilding. He spent the second part writing books about the brain and getting movies made about him. We would have stuck with the first part.

Wayne Dyer · 75

May 10th, 1940 - August 29th, 2015

Looking for a funny obit? Help yourself.

Yvonne Craig · 78

May 16th, 1937 - August 17th, 2015

POW!

Frank Gifford · 84

August 16th, 1930 - August 9th, 2015

He had an affair with Johnny Carson's wife, while he was married to Kathie Lee? Seriously? Kathie Lee is just plain HOT. What an idiot.

"Rowdy" Roddy Piper · 61

April 17th, 1954 - July 30th, 2015

His final match - "Rowdy" Roddy Piper vs. "Harrowing" Hodgkins Lymphoma didn't really turn out as he had hoped.

Theo Bikel · 91

May 2nd, 1924 - July 21st, 2015

That should put an end to all that damned fiddling.

Omar Sharif · 83

April 10th, 1932 - July 10th, 2015

If this guy was so awesome in Lawrence of Arabia and Dr. Zhivago, then why can we only remember him getting crushed in a car compactor in Top Secret? Huh?

Ken Stabler · 69

December 25th, 1945 - July 8th, 2015

Much less stable-r.

Jack Carter · 93

June 24th, 1922 - June 28th, 2015

You know what is funny about this guy? Nothing. We swear. Nothing whatsoever. He had some comedy shows, but that doesn't help us. Nothing weird or interesting ever happened to him, and we can't even make fun of his name. Today SUCKS.

Patrick Macnee · 93

February 6th, 1922 - June 25th, 2015

The Avengers? Good.
Lobster Man from Mars? GENIUS.

Dick Van Patten · 86

December 9th, 1928 - June 23rd, 2015

Eight is clearly no longer enough.

Nelson Doubleday · 81

July 20th, 1933 - June 17th, 2015

For someone who owned a publishing company and a baseball team, this guys life was about as exciting as watching flies fuck.

Kirk Kerkorian · 98

June 6th, 1917 - June 15th, 2015

Super rich guy who donated tons of money to worthy causes, treated his family and friends well, was never an egomaniac, and never had any kind of scandal. This guy is of NO use to us.

Ron Moody · 91

January 8th, 1924 - June 11th, 2015

Dead!

Ornette Coleman · 85

March 9th, 1930 - June 11th, 2015

His jazz is getting much, MUCH cooler now.

Vincent Bugliosi · 80

August 18th, 1934 - June 8th, 2015

So Vinnie is dead, and that nutjob Manson is somehow still alive? How the hell did that happen?

Christopher Lee · 93

May 27th, 1922 - June 7th, 2015

Dead Lee.

Tariq Aziz · 79

April 28th, 1936 - June 5th, 2015

Tariq is going to reek.

John Nash · 86

June 13th, 1928 - May 23rd, 2015

Soon to be maximumly minimal.

B. B. King · 89

September 16th, 1925 - May 14th, 2015

The thrill is really gone now.

Jim Wright · 92

December 22nd, 1922 - May 6th, 2015

Served 34 years in the House and as Speaker for 2 of those. A distinguished service record - assuming you don't count the time he beat an aide with a hammer, stabbed her with a steak knife, slashed her throat, and then put her in his car and went to see a movie. But hey - everyone makes mistakes, right?

Jayne Meadows · 95

September 27th, 1919 - April 26th, 2015

It Happened to Jane

Stan Freberg · 88

August 7th, 1926 - April 7th, 2015

They called him "The Che Guevara of Advertising". Not sure what that means, but it sounds pretty stupid.

Richard Dysart · 86

March 30th, 1929 - April 5th, 2015

Case closed.

Sarah Brady · 73

February 6th, 1942 - April 3rd, 2015

A gun control advocate, and wife of a guy that got shot protecting Reagan. This, kids, is why we have a Fame Committee now.

Robert Schuller · 88

September 16th, 1926 - April 2nd, 2015

Cancer Callously Killed Crystal Cathedral Creator

Gene Gene the Dancing Machine · 82

April 25th, 1932 - March 13th, 2015

He closed The Gong Show for years with his crazy, wiggly-footed dancing. Now that, my friends, is a celebrity.

Sam Simon · 59

June 6th, 1955 - March 8th, 2015

D'oh!

Leonard Nimoy · 83

March 26th, 1931 - February 27th, 2015

At least he prospered.

Lesley Gore · 68

May 2nd, 1946 - February 16th, 2015

You would cry too, if it happened to you.

Louis Jourdan · 93

June 19th, 1921 - February 14th, 2015

He escaped Nazi-occupied Paris and starred in dozens of critically-acclaimed, classic films alongside some of the most famous and beloved actors of all time. But you probably remember him from Octopussy.

Gary Owens · 80

May 10th, 1934 - February 12th, 2015

From beautiful downtown Burbank!

Jerry Tarkanian · 84

August 8th, 1930 - February 11th, 2015

Rebel without...well, anything, really.

Dean Smith · 83

February 28th, 1931 - February 7th, 2015

Ran out the clock.

Charlie Sifford · 92

June 2nd, 1922 - February 4th, 2015

Looks like he took one stroke too many.

Rod McKuen · 81

April 29th, 1933 - January 29th, 2015

He tried out ranch hand, surveyor, railroad worker, lumberjack, rodeo cowboy, stuntman, and radio disk jockey before he landed on poetry. We can't figure out if he did it FOR the girls or because he HATED girls.

Joe Franklin · 88

March 9th, 1926 - January 24th, 2015

He says he interviewed over 300,000 guests in his 42 years on the air. He may have been great on TV, but he sucked at math.

Ernie Banks · 83

January 31st, 1931 - January 23rd, 2015

He played his entire career for the Cubs, so really he was already dead inside.

King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud · 90

August 1st, 1924 - January 22nd, 2015

He had 32 children. Hard to believe it wasn't suicide.

Stuart Scott · 49

July 19th, 1965 - January 4th, 2015

Much, much cooler than the other side of the pillow.

Little Jimmy Dickens · 94

December 19th, 1920 - January 2nd, 2015

It's pretty tough to beat "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose".

Mario Cuomo · 82

June 15th, 1932 - January 1st, 2015

Hamlet under the Hudson

Year	Stiffs
2024	39
2023	54
2022	44
2021	56
2020	71
2019	54
2018	51
2017	65
2016	72
2015	59
2014	63
2013	68
2012	81
2011	65
2010	80
2009	65
2008	83
2007	78
2006	99
2005	84
2004	70
2003	97
2002	101
2001	99
2000	92
1999	192
1998	127
1997	119
1996	63
1995	40

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