Died December 28, 2025 · Age 91
Brigitte Bardot
Was the sexiest woman in the world, then quit movies to talk to seals and became a raging racist. Seals didn't care either way.
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The Stiffs
For the 32nd year running, our fondest farewells to the recently departed. If they were on anybody’s list, or mattered at all, they’re here. Looking for everybody? Try the Directory.
Died December 17, 2025 · Age 91
Peter Arnett
Won a Pulitzer in Vietnam and reported live from Baghdad while the bombs fell. Death was the one assignment he couldn't phone in.
Died December 14, 2025 · Age 78
Rob Reiner
Meathead finally went. And this time the casket really does go up to eleven.
Died December 5, 2025 · Age 96
Frank Gehry
He designed buildings that looked like someone dropped a stack of tin foil in a wind tunnel. Now he's in a perfectly normal rectangle.
Died November 11, 2025 · Age 84
Sally Kirkland
Oscar nominee for Anna, ordained minister, and yoga teacher to half of 1980s Hollywood. Downward dog, permanently.
Died November 3, 2025 · Age 84
Dick Cheney
White House Chief of Staff, Secretary of Defense, Vice President - and all we remember is when he shot that dude in the face while hunting.
Died October 23, 2025 · Age 100
June Lockhart
Started with A Christmas Carol and All This, and Heaven Too and finished with Zombie Hamlet and Bongee Bear and the Kingdom of Rhythm. Solid.
Died October 16, 2025 · Age 74
Ace Frehley
The Spaceman finally left Earth for good. Ace's chances of being sober for the trip are still 50/50.
Died October 1, 2025 · Age 91
Jane Goodall
Spent 60 years living with chimpanzees and loving every minute of it. The chimps, for the record, have not issued a statement.
Died September 24, 2025 · Age 95
Sara Moore
Shot at Gerald Ford in 1975 and missed, spent 32 years in prison, and still lived to 95. Ford only made it to 93, so in a way, she won.
Died September 16, 2025 · Age 89
Robert Redford
He fell asleep at Sundance and never woke up. Butch Cassidy went first, but the Sundance Kid finally caught up.
Died September 4, 2025 · Age 91
Giorgio Armani
Dressed half of Hollywood for the Oscars. His suit for this occasion is pine.
Died August 21, 2025 · Age 89
James Dobson
Spent his life telling America how to raise its kids and who to hate. Focus on the Family. Focus, everybody - he's dead.
Died August 7, 2025 · Age 97
Jim Lovell
Houston, we have a problem. And this time it isn't a fuel tank.
Died July 26, 2025 · Age 97
Tom Lehrer
"We will all go together when we go." Tom went on his own, at 97, and we think he'd have found that hilarious.
Died July 24, 2025 · Age 97
Cleo Laine
Dame Cleo Laine had a four-octave range. Her new range is six feet down.
Died July 9, 2025 · Age 93
Frank Layden
Coached the Utah Jazz, which is still the funniest team name in sports. A big man with an even bigger dinner order.
Died July 1, 2025 · Age 90
Jimmy Swaggart
"I have sinned!" he wept in 1988. Then he got caught with a hooker again in 1991. The guy really committed to his material.
Died June 26, 2025 · Age 91
Bill Moyers
LBJ's press secretary, PBS's conscience, and the only man alive who could make a two-hour documentary on Joseph Campbell feel like four. Not alive anymore, though.
Died June 9, 2025 · Age 82
Sly Stone
Say what you want, but with a lifetime of drug problems, and SEVEN paragraphs under "Personal Problems" in Wikipedia, the guy knew how to be a rockstar.
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Died May 8, 2025 · Age 85
David Souter
Appointed by a Republican, voted like a Democrat, and lived alone in a New Hampshire farmhouse with no TV. Now he's somewhere with even less cable.
Died May 8, 2025 · Age 70
Chet Lemon
Spent 16 seasons patrolling center field for the White Sox and Tigers. His career was a Lemon in name only.
Died May 1, 2025 · Age 88
Ruth Buzzi
Went to school with Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman, and then later went on to star in Baggy Pants and the Nitwits..
Died April 21, 2025 · Age 88
Pope Francis
He oversaw the church during the tumultuous "child abuse scandal", so who knows WHERE the fuck he is right now.
Died April 16, 2025 · Age 98
Carl Erskine
Ankles Crier
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Realer Snick
Sometimes when we can't think of an obit for someone, we just put up anagrams of their name.
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Creak Liners
Now is one of those times.
Died March 29, 2025 · Age 90
Richard Chamberlain
This guy won the Golden Apple Award for Most Cooperative Actor - two years IN A ROW!
Died March 21, 2025 · Age 76
George Foreman
Seems like a pretty smart guy, until you find out that he had 5 sons and named them all George.
Died February 27, 2025 · Age 88
Boris Spassky
Lost the world chess title to Bobby Fischer in 1972 and spent the rest of his life being the answer to a trivia question. Checkmate, Boris.
Died February 24, 2025 · Age 88
Roberta Flack
Time for the obvious song title to be used as the obit:
"Feel Like Making Love".
Died February 17, 2025 · Age 95
Gene Hackman
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.
Died February 13, 2025 · Age 81
Jim Tucker
Governor of Arkansas until Whitewater washed him out. The one Clinton-era Arkansas politician whose death nobody is calling suspicious.
Died February 7, 2025 · Age 85
Tony Roberts
Welp, the Fame Committee rule this guy famous. He was in a ton of movies, TV and stage work, and we have NO idea who he is.
Died January 30, 2025 · Age 95
Dick Button
Two Olympic golds, five world titles, and fifty years of telling everyone on TV exactly why their triple axel sucked. Final score: 0.0.
Died January 30, 2025 · Age 78
Marianne Faithfull
Even for someone addicted to heroin, this chick fell down a LOT.
Died January 16, 2025 · Age 78
David Lynch
If you're ever feeling like getting weird, just go watch ANY of his movies.
