Oh a joke! Heehee, I get jokes!
[FriarTed mode off]
Lyn Nofziger, who served as Ronald Reagan’s communications director when Reagan was governor of California, has died at the age of 81. When Reagan was elected President of the United States, Nofziger followed him to Washington, and worked as Reagan’s assistant for political affairs before taking over as press spokesman after Press Secretary James Brady was wounded in John Hinckley’s attempt to assassinate Reagan.
A bad day for members of Regan’s cabinet – Caspar Weinberger, dead at 88. Opus the Penguin to deliver eulogy.
AP is reporting that he will be a friendly ghost.
I’m happy to announce that I am no longer a virgin. I’m horrified to announce that I lost it Caspar Weinberger.
But hey, 12 points.
Er–that should be "lost it to Caspar Weinberger.
Carry on.
I too, have ended my Celebrity Death Pool dry spell with Mr. Weinberger’s passing.
Now, if only Bucky Covington gets eliminated tomorrow and the Dick Van Dyke Show wins the Sitcom March Madness, I’ll have a hat trick!
Woo hoo! 16 points for me!
Er, I mean, how sad…
Howard “Red” Hickey, who was head coach of the San Francisco 49ers from 1959 to 1963, has died at the age of 89. As an assistant with the NFL team, he concocted the “alley-oop” pass. While at the helm, Hickey brought the shotgun formation into prominence. He later served as lead scout for the Dallas Cowboys, whose prominence in the 1970’s was significantly attributable to Hickey’s discovery of players and his teaching of shotgun principles to quarterback Roger Staubach.
Jazz musician Jackie McLean died yesterday at the age of 73.
Will we be getting an update soon, on totals? I know I’m nowhere near the lead, I’m just curious as to who is.
Today is the one year anniversay of Pope JPII passing.
Pope-palooza Death Watch was a good time.
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Well, lots of stiffs, not so much scoring. Here is an update on the scoring, and I will try to post an updated scoreboard tomorrow.
I have decided to invoke Rule #5 with regard to Grandpa Munster, aka Al Lewis. I thought I could figure it out, but I’ve read the discussion and the article on Wikipedia and I’m more confused than ever. The heck with it – Rule #5 says he’s worth 5 points.
Here are the updates:
ArchitectChore also has Lou Rawls, worth 28 points.
Menocchio also also has Lou Rawls, still worth 28 points.
cadolphin has Coretta Scott King, worth 22 points.
bizzwire
cbawlmer
Cluricaun
Large Marge and
PrehensileRectum have 5 points each for Al Lewis.
ArchitectChore has 41 points for Andreas Katsulas, a unique pick. Good job!
ArchitectChore and
Grits and Hard Toast have 21 points each for Roy Chapman.
Barely Adequate has 14 points for Curt Gowdy, also a unique pick. Well done!
Agent Foxtrot
Clipper
drewbert
Eleanor of Aquitaine
GIGObuster
Idle Thoughts
Jeep’s Phoenix
katie1341
Kuizelemartz
LoganDear
Nutty Bunny
Rico
sneezy5660 and
wolf_meister have 19 points each for Don Knotts.
cbawlmer
HeyHomie and
Sean Factotum have 17 points each for Darren McGavin.
Mullinator has a unique pick and 45 points for Kirby Puckett. Whoo!
amarone
Andrew 21
a35362
bowler girl
cadolphin
CowPatty
Eleanor of Aquitaine
furt
Hal Briston
Hoovey
IrreverentTone
LoganDear
Mama Tiger
NurseCarmen
qwest
Santos L Halper
Sean Factotum
trublmakr
uglybeech
VunderBob and
Zog_10 have 56 points each for Dana Reeve.
psychonaut has 16 points and a unique pick with Stanislaw Lem. Wooba-wooba!
and finally
moonstarssun and
scotandrsn have 12 points each for Caspar Weinberger.
And nobody picked Ray Barretto, Peter Benchley, Bill Beutel, Richard Bright, Harry Browne, Anthony Burger, Octavia Butler, Jean Byron, Oleg Cassini, Paul Clinton, Franklin Cover, William Cowsill, Paul Dana, Richard Fleischer, Reuven Frank, Betty Friedan, Bernie Geoffrion, Albert Golder, Pro Hart, “Red” Hickey, Jim Izard, Richard Kuklinski, Sir Freddie Laker, Bob Lewis, George McFadden, Jackie McLean, Lennart Meri, Ray Meyer, Slobodan Milosevic, Lyn Nofziger, Buck Owens, Gordon Parks, John Profumo, Paul Regina, Robert L. Scott, Alan Shalleck, Maureen Stapleton, Ernie Stautner, Peter Tomarken, Dennis Weaver, or Jack Wild.
Gloria Monty, who helped turn General Hospital from a slumping soap opera to a Newsweek cover subject after taking over as producer of the daytime drama in 1978, has died at the age of 84. Monty engineered the GH romance of Luke (Tony Geary) and Laura (Genie Francis), which started with a rape in a disco and culminated in a 1981 wedding which drew 30,000,000 viewers.
Incidentally, AOL is currently running the quiz (described on this page) that continues to insist Telly Savalas is still alive.
Thanks for the work, a35362, but I think a bunch of us got some points for poor Wendy Wasserstein.
Lou Rawls is my only hit this year.
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I’ve been forgotten…
Oh…I somehow overlooked Grits and Hard Toast’s post about Roy Chapman’s dirt nap. That’s 4 down and 9 to go. Those remaining should not feel safe.
The Vorlon also picked Andreas Katsulas.
Hey, I had Coretta Scott King, too. I need to be added to the list.
Gene Pitney, dead at 65