Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling great Paul Joneshas died at 75. Jones was my favorite wrestler as a kid. He and Chief Wahoo McDaniel were an awesome tag team. When Paul Jones turned heel on Ricky Steamboat, I turned heel with him and never rooted for the good guys again.
Doh! :smack:
Musician/producer Avicii has died at 28. Real name Tim Bergling.
The thing I remember the most about Paul Jones: having his bald head exposed (“BAAAAAALD Headed Geek!”) accidentally at the end of what I like to call the 30 Minute Rest Hold match (it was right after Jones lost a “hair vs. Big Mama’s hair” match against Jimmy Valiant - Jones was managing Rick Rude & Manny Fernandez when they beat the Rock & Roll Express on TV for the world tag-team titles in a match where it seemed that most of it was Ricky Morton standing in the middle of the ring in some sort of wristlock); Jones was wearing a hat to cover his head, but in the celebration after “Raging & Ravishing” won, it got knocked off - and he shrugged it off rather than make a big deal about trying to cover his head.
How’s the cause of death been determined yet?
A couple of different sites say “Avicii stopped performing in 2016, telling fans he was suffering from health problems. He had acute pancreatitis, which was partly because of drinking too much, Variety noted. The DJ’s appendix and gallbladder were removed in 2014.”
It’s not a huge stretch to think it could be related.
Verne Troyer, famous for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, has died at the age of 49.
I would have picked Troyer, but he wasn’t on my short list.
That is just evil, gnome sayin’?
Tossing Troyer around to get a chuckle?
I hear Randy Newman is doing the music for the ceremony.
Small in stature but big on points??? :smack:
Nabi Tajima, the worlds oldest person, died with an aggressive -17 points to those unwise enough to choose her.
Skate-board accident?
She was the last person of the 19th century.
Ms. Tajima was born just two months before my maternal grandfather. Of course he’s been dead for thrity five years, but this still makes me think of him too.
This is why I love this thread. It’s the only place where I can read tasteless jokes like these and not feel guilty about laughing.
Yeah, once you’re in the Death Pool, you’re already going to hell, so…
Crashed her Harley.
I have an aunt who used to ride with Hell’s Angels. When she died (at 86!), her “old man” had her decked out in her riding leathers in her coffin.