Dog Day Afternoon?
And One is the loneliest number.
Did he have a Big Mouth?
But now he’s never been to Heaven, and he’s been to Oklahoma.
He just wants to be your One Man Band.
Detroit Tigers legend and 1968 World Series hero Mickey Lolich dies at 85.
I had a conversation with him once, super nice guy.
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Dude had three complete-game victories in the '68 World Series! This is a bit of trivia my father-in-law, a lifelong Tigers fan, likes to throw out there whenever he can.
Another baseball death.
I saw in comments that Bobby Shantz died for the trifecta but I haven’t seen it confirmed. He is age 0 points.
Former Indiana Congressman Lee Hamilton has finished his term at 94.
LeMonte has passed to the 6th dimension.
I haven’t seen confirmation of it, either, but I did learn that he is (until his death is confirmed) the oldest living MLB MVP.
Wiki still has him in the “is” column.
Yeah whoever posted it seems to be talking out his ass.
And the last living Philadelphia A.
Ron Teasley’s death was just on the local news, so it looks legit.
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ETA: Wikipedia has been changed from “is” to “was”.
I wasn’t talking about Teasley. That was confirmed on multiple legitimate sites when I posted. I saw someone commented on story that Bobby Shantz died at 100. That appears to be wrong at least for now.
Ah, got it.
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I’ve just realized that Wikipedia has a Deaths in 2026 page. Most of them are either people I’ve never heard of or have already been captured in this thread, but there are a few folks I was aware of but didn’t realize had passed:
Poet X.J. Kennedy, 96. A master of quick and witty verse.
Famous Poems Abbreviated by X. J. Kennedy
Of man’s first disobedience and its fruit
Scripture has told. No need to follow suit.
Once upon a midnight dreary,
Blue and lonesome, missed my dearie.
Would I find her? Any hope?
Quoth the raven six times, “Nope.”
Whoosh! – hear the Sea of Faith’s withdrawing roar?
So, baby, let’s make love tonight, not war.
Who will go drive with Fergus now?
You lazy cocks and cunts,
I thought I’d ask you anyhow.
Well don’t all speak at once.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
Shall I just sack out in the snow
And freeze? Naaaa, guess I’d better go.
Also: John Virgo, English snooker player, 79
As well as the last living player to have played in the 1940s. (Bobby Shantz)
I’ve had the wiki death page for year bookmarked for about a decade 