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.

Choose any date combination:      
Pope Benedict XVI

44

Pope Benedict XVI · 95

April 16th, 1927 - December 31st, 2022


He was a really good Pope - as far as ex-Nazi child beaters go.

Barbara Walters

43

Barbara Walters · 93

September 25th, 1929 - December 30th, 2022


She dated Alan Greenspan. Jesus, Barb.

PELE

42

PELE · 82

October 23rd, 1940 - December 29th, 2022


Yeah, he was great and everything, but soccer still sucks.

Kirstie Alley

41

Kirstie Alley

December 5th, 2022


Cheers.

Jiang Zemin

40

Jiang Zemin · 96

August 17th, 1926 - November 30th, 2022


Dude was the President of China for 10 years, and the only unscrupulous thing we can find is that he married his cousin? What a rip off.

Irene Cara

39

Irene Cara · 63

March 18th, 1959 - November 25th, 2022


What a feeling!

Robert Clary

38

Robert Clary · 96

March 1st, 1926 - November 16th, 2022


He went from being in an actual concentration camp to being in Hogan's Heroes. Talk about commitment to the role.

Gallagher

37

Gallagher · 76

July 24th, 1946 - November 11th, 2022


Dead-o-matic.

Jerry Lee Lewis

36

Jerry Lee Lewis · 87

September 29th, 1935 - October 28th, 2022


If you can dig out a good obit for a guy who had one hit song and married a 13 year old, please do let us know.

Angela Lansbury

35

Angela Lansbury · 96

October 16th, 1925 - October 11th, 2022


Died in her sleep, she wrote.

Loretta Lynn

34

Loretta Lynn · 88

April 14th, 1934 - October 4th, 2022


From 1963 to 1983, she made on average two albums a YEAR. Then one every 3 years until 2003. Then a bunch after that. No wonder she died.

Kitten Natividad

33

Kitten Natividad · 74

February 13th, 1948 - September 24th, 2022


Vital stats for this exotic dancer:

44 inch bust

That's as far as we got.

Louise Fletcher

32

Louise Fletcher · 88

July 22nd, 1934 - September 23rd, 2022


Medication time!

Kenneth Starr

31

Kenneth Starr · 76

July 21st, 1946 - September 13th, 2022


You should only say good about the dead. Ken Starr is dead. Good.

Queen Elizabeth II

30

Queen Elizabeth II · 96

April 21st, 1926 - September 8th, 2022


This is where we write something nasty about the person who died.

Turns out, she was a terrible skateboarder.

Bernard Shaw

29

Bernard Shaw · 82

May 22nd, 1940 - September 7th, 2022


Breaking: Broadcaster Bernard Broken By Big Bad Bug.

Mikhail Gorbachev

28

Mikhail Gorbachev · 91

March 2nd, 1931 - August 30th, 2022


On the one hand, he won a Nobel Peach Prize, the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, and a Grammy with Bill Clinton. On the other hand, he didn't drink or smoke. So this is a tough one for us.

Anne Heche

27

Anne Heche · 53

May 25th, 1969 - August 12th, 2022


Almost survived six days, seven nights.

Olivia Newton-John

26

Olivia Newton-John · 73

September 26th, 1948 - August 8th, 2022


Look at me
I'm Sandra Dee
Dead as a
Doornail can be.

Vin Scully

25

Vin Scully · 94

November 29th, 1927 - August 2nd, 2022


And a very pleasant good evening to you, wherever you may be.

Bill Russell

24

Bill Russell · 88

February 12th, 1934 - July 31st, 2022


We don't care what anyone says - this guy was REALLY good at basketball.

Ayman al-Zawahiri

23

Ayman al-Zawahiri

July 30th, 2022


We really dug deep to find the nicest possible thing to say about this guy, so here it is:

He was a COMPLETE sack of SHIT.

Nichelle Nichols

22

Nichelle Nichols · 89

December 28th, 1932 - July 30th, 2022


Seriously? The best Star Trek could do was to have her answering the space phone?

Pat Carroll

21

Pat Carroll · 95

May 5th, 1927 - July 30th, 2022


She got canned from The Jetsons after one episode because she couldn't get the voice of Jane Jetson right. Wow.

Tony Dow

20

Tony Dow · 77

April 13th, 1945 - July 27th, 2022


Left it to Beaver.

Paul Sorvino

19

Paul Sorvino · 83

April 13th, 1939 - July 25th, 2022


He had a really good system for the garlic.

Ivana Trump

18

Ivana Trump · 73

February 20th, 1949 - July 14th, 2022


WRONG ONE.

Larry Storch

17

Larry Storch · 99

January 8th, 1923 - July 8th, 2022


Guess that F stood for "Finished".

James Caan

16

James Caan · 82

March 26th, 1940 - July 6th, 2022


People always remember him for The Godfather, but for us it will always be Undercover Grandpa. A true triumph of cinematic artwork.

Sonny Barger

15

Sonny Barger · 83

October 8th, 1938 - June 29th, 2022


Despite the fact that he was a founding member of Hell's Angels, spent a lot of time in prison for things like attempted murder, robbery and assault, and beat his wife and kid - this guy was pretty much a complete piece of garbage.

Ronnie Hawkins

14

Ronnie Hawkins · 87

January 10th, 1935 - May 29th, 2022


Rompin Ronnie is a rompin no more.

Ray Liotta

13

Ray Liotta · 67

December 18th, 1954 - May 26th, 2022


For as long as he could remember, he always wanted to be alive.

Roger Angell

12

Roger Angell · 101

September 19th, 1920 - May 20th, 2022


Gone for Good.

Mickey Gilley

11

Mickey Gilley · 86

March 9th, 1936 - May 7th, 2022


In a room full of roses.

Naomi Judd

10

Naomi Judd · 76

January 11th, 1946 - April 30th, 2022


Nominated to the Country Music Hall of Fame the day AFTER she died. That's a new one. It's usually that kind of thing that ends up being the kiss of death.

Orrin Hatch

9

Orrin Hatch · 88

March 22nd, 1934 - April 23rd, 2022


Chair North.
A Rich Thorn.
Arron Hitch.

Sometimes when we can't think of a good obit for someone, we just come up with anagrams of the person's name.

Rat Rhonchi.
Ah, Rich Tron.

Now is one of those times.

Gilbert Gottfried

8

Gilbert Gottfried · 67

February 28th, 1955 - April 12th, 2022


Aside from having a REALLY annoying voice, he was...well....let us get back to you.

Bobby Rydell

7

Bobby Rydell · 79

April 26th, 1942 - April 5th, 2022


Bye bye, Bobby.

Madeleine Albright

6

Madeleine Albright · 84

May 15th, 1937 - March 23rd, 2022


First female Secretary of State, spoke 8 languages, and - we're not kidding here - could leg press 400 pounds. Also - dead.

Louie Anderson

5

Louie Anderson · 68

March 24th, 1953 - January 21st, 2022


Kicked the basket.

Meat Loaf

4

Meat Loaf · 74

September 27th, 1947 - January 20th, 2022


His name was Robert Pauls...wait. His name was MARVIN?

Bob Saget

3

Bob Saget · 65

May 17th, 1956 - January 9th, 2022


He went from Full House to raunchy stand up comedy. That is how you spell HERO.

Dwayne Hickman

2

Dwayne Hickman · 87

May 18th, 1934 - January 9th, 2022


Actor. Did some stuff. NO idea how the Fame Committee made this guy a celeb. Oh well.

Sidney Poitier

1

Sidney Poitier · 94

February 20th, 1927 - January 6th, 2022


Guess who's NOT coming to dinner?

 

 

Guess the Stiff!

Quite apart from receiving the Purple Heart, The Bronze Star and The Combat Infantryman Badge in World War II, he was Marshall Dillion on Gunsmoke. Dude was a BADASS.

(d) June 3rd, 2011