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Guess it's time to start up the famed Billymeade.com Death Pool. Again, just for fun, no prize-money.
Previous Years:
2008
2007
2006
2005
This thread will be the place to list all of the notable deaths from this year. Centuries from now, historians will uncover this website and have a glimpse into who our world considered worthy of being immortalized on these hallowed threads.
As far as I know, nobody notable has died yet. I think Patrick Swayze's time is up. Pancreatic cancer and pneumonia? Yuck.
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Has everyone been watching 24? That's the best show ever. The first 4 hours of it have been non-stop action, except for the commercials. Also, General Dubaku sounds exactly like the guy from Zombo.com, where the impossible is possible.
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These get my vote:
Eli Wallach (1915)
Kirk Douglas (1916)
Lena Horne (1917)
Phyllis Diller (1917)
Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917)
Mike Wallace (1918)
Andy Rooney (1919)
Helen Thomas (1920)
Mickey Rooney (1920)
Nancy Reagan (1921)
George McGovern (1922)
Bob Barker (1923)
Ed McMahon (1923)
Henry Kissinger (1923)
Jimmy Carter (1924)
Dick Van Dyke (1925)
Andy Griffith (1926)
Don Rickles (1926)
Fidel Castro (1926)
Hugh Hefner (1926)
Christopher Plummer (1927)
Peter Falk (1927)
Dick Clark (1929)
Milan Kundera (1929)
Andy Williams (1930)
Clint Eastwood (1930)
G Gordon Liddy (1930)
Maximilian Schell (1930)
Sean Connery (1930)
Rita Moreno (1931)
Rupert Murdoch (1931)
Elizabeth Taylor (1932)
Ellen Burstyn (1932)
John Hillerman (1932)
Little Richard (1932)
Ted Kennedy (1932)
Cicely Tyson (1933)
Tim Conway (1933)
Judi Dench (1934)
Leonard Cohen (1934)
George Bowering (1935)
Jerry Lee Lewis (1935)
Woody Allen (1935)
John McCain (1936)
Mary Tyler Moore (1936)
Robert Redford (1936)
Jack Nicholson (1937)
Jane Fonda (1937)
Bernard Madoff (1938)
Connie Francis (1938)
Liv Ullmann (1939)
Bob Dylan (1941)
Stephen Hawking (1942)
Keith Richards (1943)
Ozzy Osborne (1948)
John Goodman (1952)
Steve Jobs (1955)
Michael Jackson (1958)
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Please tell me you copied and pasted that from somewhere.
Ooh - don't forget Artie Lange!
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jan 14, 2009 09:36
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I'm disappointed that Polly is planning to take such great pleasure in the deaths of these human beings... monkey stabbing pales in comparison.
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I compiled it. Wikipedia gave me the birthdates and excel put the dates in order for me. I'm not taking great pleasure in the deaths of these people. I just figured I'd post it in the death pool tradition. Isn't that the purpose of having a death pool? As I recall, the Monkey stabbing was a spoof...it wasn't real either.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jan 14, 2009 14:32
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My picks for the year:
Patrick Swayze (easy, but lots of points)
Artie Lange
Abe Vigoda
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jan 14, 2009 15:25
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Now Ricardo Montalban is dead at 88!
Oh when will this Bush administration end! I'm telling you right now, I guarantee you won't see Patrick McGoohan and Ricardo Montalban dying under an O'Bama administration.
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Ricardo Montalban a.k.a. Mr. Roarke on Fantasy Island has passed away. He died Wednesday morning at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88 years old.
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Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnn! Wow. Meh, only 12 points.
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Andrew Wyeth - 9 points. My deepest sympathies to Helga.
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David 'Fathead' Newman - 25 points.
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John Updike, Pulitzer prize-winning author, died of lung cancer. He was 76 years old.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist Billy Powell dies in Florida at 56
44 Points....
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Helio Gracie, the father of BJJ and Gracie family patriarch, dead at 95
5 points....
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Paul Harvey
And now you know... the rest of the story.
Since these always come in threes, my next two choices are Ed McMahon and Patrick Swayze.
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oh - Paul Harvey was 90, so 10 points.
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Actor Ron Silver died Sunday. He was 62. And battled esophageal cancer for two years.
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I would guess Natasha Richardson is next, seeing that she's brain dead.
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Natasha Richardson - 54 points.
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Guiding Light - 28 points.
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Mark 'The Bird' Fidrych - 46 points.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Apr 20, 2009 09:53
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Marilyn Chambers April 22, 1952 - April 12, 2009, 44 points.
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Blue Iris, 31 points. HA, she was 69 - GET IT???
Also, not a good week for porn stars.
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Bea Arthur - 14 points. Thank you for being a friend. And Maude.
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billymeade said:
-27-Bea Arthur - 14 points. Thank you for being a friend. And Maude.
:(
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David Carradine dead at 73.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jun 04, 2009 08:32
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I understand he took five steps, his heart exploded inside his body, and he fell to the floor, dead.
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Holy crap!
That sucks... i had no idea he was so old though!
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Reports state Mr. Carradine was found hanging in his hotel room.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jun 04, 2009 21:36
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I don't believe that for a second - the man was 73!!! No auto-erotic anything was going on. I think the Australian press just needs to fulfill their "Michael Hutchence Reference" quota.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jun 05, 2009 05:04
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We should defer to the experts on auto-erotic asphyxiation. Stim?
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Sam Butera! 19 points. Black armbands for every good fella.
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...As predicted on this very thread in February
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More famous than Satan.
Jun 23, 2009 09:05
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And Walter Cronkite will probably be next.
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Damn, Billy, you're good. What will happen to all of McMahon's debt? Does it transfer to his wife?
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Actually, I called Ed McMahon on January, 13. I think Farrah Fawcett will be next.
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a.) My computer is retarded and it didn't show your last post. I would have deleted it after i saw what you poseted, but I don't have that capability here.
b.) I should get extra points for calling it the same day it happened! I got a CNN Breaking News update at 12:49pm and I posted that early in the morning! Does anyone know the time of death? I should have knocked on wood before I posted it.
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Billy, your posting times on your website is all messed-up.it's a quarter to 2:00pm now. Check out the time that this is posted.
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Okay, Michael Jackson is next; he just suffered cardiac arrest!
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I called Michael on Jan. 13th as well.
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If I win the death pool for the year, I want a night out with Billy drinking all night....like the old days.
I'm wondering what's going to happen to Michael's estate. He's another one that dies with a HUGE debt on his hands. However, he has plenty of money still coming in from his music rights as well as his other business deals, such as merchandising.
They should make the Wonderland Ranch a museum, since he's an icon. I wanted to hear more new music from him!
I bet that people will right books and tell outrageous stories that we may or may not believe, because he's not here to defend himself anymore.
Do those Hollywood silent agreements become null and void when the person is dead and gone? I'm sure his nurse that he had a baby with, Debbie Rowe, could totally capitalize on all of this. What's going to happen to all of his kids? So many questions...wow....
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His funeral is going to be ridiculous.
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Ya know, Steve Jobs came close with his kidney transplant. I hope he's in the clear. I like his toys. You never know, his body may reject it or he could get an infection. Let's hope for the best with this one.
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Check out what Wikapedia does when someone dies:
"This article is about a person who has recently died. Some information, such as that pertaining to the circumstances of the person's death and surrounding events, may change rapidly as more facts become known. Editing of this article by new or unregistered users is currently disabled.
See the protection policy and protection log for more details. If you cannot edit this article and you wish to make a change, you can request an edit, discuss changes on the talk page, request unprotection, log in, or create an account."
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They will come out with another album with songs that have not been released yet or that are studio edits pulled together.
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Captain Kickass's #1 Fan
Jun 25, 2009 17:20
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Wow, two famous white chicks in one day.
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pcarran said:
His funeral is going to be ridiculous.
I wonder if the pallbearers will moonwalk him in?
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pcarran said:
Courtney Love is next.
Not Swayze? Hmm.
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....maybe both will go on the same day. They say people go in threes.
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Billy Mays, dead at 50.
I wonder where Vince was at the time...
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-billy-mays29-2009jun29,0,6116879.story
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jun 28, 2009 11:30
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pcarran said:
They say people go in threes.
It looks like they went in fours this time.
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My theory is it was Carradine, McMahon, and Fawcett as 3, now Jackson, Mays, and someone else for the next set.
But talk about two very unexpected deaths in one short span! Please, talk about it.
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Captain Kickass's #1 Fan
Jun 28, 2009 15:20
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I hope Joy Behar or Rosie O'Donnell are next!
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jun 28, 2009 15:28
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billymeade said:
two very unexpected deaths in one short span! Please, talk about it.
I blame George W Bush, Dick Cheney, and Don Rumsfeld.
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Ahhhhh yes, thankfully some updated names to replace Nixon in your lunatic ranting.
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Fred Travelina dies at 66
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Billy Mays died of a pulmonary embolism - not from brain trauma.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Jul 06, 2009 09:01
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yikes - it's been a busy couple of weeks for Death.
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Allen Klein, one of the catalysts of the Beatles' breakup - 77 (23 points!)
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Gypsy Catcher
Jul 08, 2009 14:13
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Oscar Mayer - 5 points I can only assume the Weinermobile will be part of the funeral service.
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au contraire
A rep for Oscar Mayer told [TMZ] Mr. Mayer -- the grandson of the original Oscar Mayer -- requested the Wienermobile not make an appearance because "it would be too much of a spectacle." Mayer's wishes were for a small private funeral.
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Captain Kickass's #1 Fan
Jul 17, 2009 22:58
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From Wikipedia: "On July 13, 2009, Demjanjuk was formally charged with 27,900 counts of acting as as an accessory to murder, one for each person who died at Sobibor during the time he is accused of serving as a guard at the Nazi death camp. The charges are one of the final steps before an expected trial."
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More famous than Satan.
Jul 23, 2009 12:43
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'Taco Bell' Chihuahua dies at 15
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Gypsy Catcher
Jul 23, 2009 13:10
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That would be negative points if you go with the 1 human year = 7 dog years conversion
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That's not considered true anymore - a 15 year old dog would be about 73 in human years. the first year is about equal to 7 years, then it starts to level off.
source - CalculatorCat.com
So, 27 points :D
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If someone mentiioned the 'Taco Bell' Chihuahua before he died, I think they should automatically win. Who would even think of him!?!
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I can't believe that I didn't think of Walter Cronkite ont he Jan. 13th listing.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Aug 05, 2009 21:13
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Budd Schulberg. Only 5 points, though... He could have been a contender. He could have been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what he was, let's face it.
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More famous than Satan.
Aug 13, 2009 12:44
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The Thomas Edison of Reverb.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Aug 18, 2009 12:32
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Sen. Edward Kennedy, 77... so 23 points!
I guess we'll see Obamacare passed within the next 48 hours, then!
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More famous than Satan.
Aug 26, 2009 08:59
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I would like to point out that on August 3, William Garvey passed away, he was 51. For those that don't know, he wrote 'Goodbye Horses' which is the song during the famous Buffalo Bill scene in Silence of the Lambs that Stim has immitated for years. But I don't think he was famous enough cuz I didn't see it in the news, I work with his nephew and he told me the news.
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Workers of the world unite!
Aug 26, 2009 10:52
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billymeade said:
I guess we'll see Obamacare passed within the next 48 hours, then!
Heaven Forbid!
I only want a soulless corporation chosen by my employer deciding my healthcare.
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medusa said:
I only want a soulless corporation chosen by my employer deciding my healthcare.
This is America, you are free to purchase whichever insurance you choose... well, for now. Anyways, stay on the subject please.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Sep 15, 2009 09:41
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I will never dance again.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Sep 15, 2009 10:17
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LoveMonkey said:
I will never dance again.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Sep 16, 2009 23:07
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Where have all the flowers gone? The Mary of Peter, Paul, and Mary is gone at 72.
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hmm, so who will be #3??? I'll go with Kanye West.
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Kayne was just keeping it real, bro.
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#3 Actor Henry Gibson dead at 73.
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dammit, Kanye lives to see another day.
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DJ A.M., although I'm not sure if he's a celebrity, died 2 weeks ago.
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More famous than Satan.
Sep 17, 2009 15:07
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2009 has been the year of celebrity deaths
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..or we are paying more attention to them now because of Billy's annual Death Pool.
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More famous than Satan.
Sep 18, 2009 14:01
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...or it's an inside job.
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Dennis Hopper is next!
The veteran actor has been rushed to a New York hospital by an ambulance.
Sources claim the 73-year-old Hopper was taken to the emergency room wearing an oxygen mask and hooked up with several different tubes.
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More famous than Satan.
Oct 05, 2009 16:13
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pcarran said:
Dennis Hopper is next!
The veteran actor has been rushed to a New York hospital by an ambulance.
Sources claim the 73-year-old Hopper was taken to the emergency room wearing an oxygen mask and hooked up with several different tubes.
Who are your sources?
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Oct 06, 2009 13:26
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I'm not sure I agree with Jeff's assessment as the year of celebrity deaths - certainly there were some big ones, but looking over this thread, there weren't many.
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Jeff was probably referring to the summer of celebrity death.
http://warmingglow.uproxx.com/2009/09/r-i-p-summer-of-celebrity-death
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More famous than Satan.
Oct 14, 2009 13:13
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And the year of the celebrity deaths continue -- Capt. Lou Albano, 76.
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Oct 23, 2009 08:42
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Nov 03, 2009 13:46
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Claude Levi-Strauss, 100.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Nov 03, 2009 15:21
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I better stock up on 501s.
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Captain Kickass's #1 Fan
Nov 03, 2009 15:39
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Lou Filippo, referee in Rocky 2, 3, 4 and 5, dies at 83.
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Edward Woodward, 79. Immortalized by several classic monster jokes such as:
What do you call a monster with a wooden head? Edward!
What do you call a monster with two wooden heads? Edward Woodward.
Classic.
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More famous than Satan.
Nov 16, 2009 18:42
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Ken Ober, 52 -- host of 'Remote Control'
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More famous than Satan.
Dec 04, 2009 20:48
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Eddy Fatu, 36 -- former WWE wrestler Umaga
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Captain Kickass's #1 Fan
Dec 05, 2009 20:49
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Tim Tebow's college career, 4.
Okay, okay, so technically he has one bowl game left but he won't be winning a National Championship or the Heisman. God Bless Alabama for making that motherfucker cry.
Good riddance, asshole. If only he'd take Urban Meyer with him.
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Dec 15, 2009 17:33
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Ummm, oooooo k.
Well back to actual deaths, since the passing of a man named Oral must be honored, especially since his university does the right thing in banning some of the evils of life that nobody should ever engage in, including sex, drugs, cursing, and facial hair.
Oral Roberts, 91
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Captain Kickass's #1 Fan
Dec 15, 2009 18:21
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You're right. Tebow's actual death...let's just say I'm not rooting for it, but I'm not exactly rooting against it either, and I just *might* open a bottle of champagne. God bless.
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mrpicklesdad said:
banning some of the evils of life that nobody should ever engage in, including sex, drugs, cursing, and facial hair.
He owned the Yankees???
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Dec 16, 2009 12:10
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I've been praying for Oral Roberts death since 1987, when he said Gawd would "call him home" if his flock didn't cough up $8 million. It just shows you that prayers can be answered in time.
My only regret is that he didn't die in some embarrassing circumstances, like Jerry Falwell choking to death on a stick of butter.
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Captain Kickass's #1 Fan
Dec 16, 2009 13:38
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22 years? The Force is weak in this one.
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Comrade LoveMonkey
Dec 16, 2009 14:10
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Dec 17, 2009 11:30
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http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/12/man_shot_to_death_in_cleveland.html
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