And he was on my list!
“Liltin’” Martha Tilton, a singer known for her work with such bandleaders as Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw, has died at the age of 91. Tilton also had a successful career as a solo artist, recording such standards as How Are Things in Glocca Morra? and I’ll Walk Alone.
Sort of related to the death pool, if not just interesting. Dr. Kevorkian has been paroled.
see: http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/13/kervorkian.parole.ap/index.html
That makes me very sad
2nded, I just watched 2 *Ray * episodes before coming into work, it was surreal.
Lamar Hunt, fooball pioneer, owner of the Kansas City Chiefs, founder of the AFL, coined the term “Super Bowl”, hugely influential in the development of US Soccer.
Forgot to add, he was 74.
Elizabeth Bolden, who had been recognized as the world’s oldest living person, has died at the age of 116. Bolden outlived all but two of her children, but still leaves over 500 direct descendants.
Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, has passed away at the age of 83.
See? I told ya.
That’s why I said “Sssshh!”
Jeesh! Not another one.
I’m beginning to think that the title “World’s Oldest Living Person” is cursed, or something!
Note: Joke stolen from the 12/16/06 “Weekend Update” segment on SNL.
Yogi Bear creator Joe Barbera dies at 95
another one in my list! yay! (altho now I have to alter my 2007 list)
So, I now have a whopping 16 points. Think I can hit 20 before the New Year? 
Actor Mike Evans, best known for his role on All in the Family and the Jeffersons has died of throat cancer at the age of 57.
Oh my! :eek:
Cue jokes about moving to a “de-luxe apartment in the sky” in 3…2…1…