News report says she never smoked.
Stan Zemanek in his final hours according to his wife in this story.
That will be 40 more points to RQ.
Bill Pinkney, last surviving member of The Drifters, dead at 81.
How about we just give the DP Grim Reaper Award to RQ every year and then just name the runners up.
Seems to save the rest of us the humiliation of being perennial bridesmaids.
I’m not bitter. I’m agog over RQ’s talent.
Character actor Charles Lane dies at 102
No points for this centenarian, but anybody who played 8 different crotchety clients on Bewitched deserves an honorable mention on his passing.
Cartoonist Doug Marlette, creator of “Kudzu,” has died in a car accident at age 57.
Doug Marlette has been killed in a car crash.
Obviously, the Death Pool gods are mocking me. That was supposed to be Lynn Johnston.
Whoops we missed one,Frankie Abernathy died last month. She was a member of MTV’s the Real World, and the second cast member to die. She was 25.
And you know, the only reason I found this out was because a little thought popped into my head. “Hmm, I wonder if that cystuc fibrosis chick from the Real World is still alive, I bet she would have made a good celeb pick.”
:smack:
From the article: **When it came to alcohol, he was a lifelong teetotaler. But his son noted that his father smoked a pack of cigarettes a day for 70 years, quitting only when he became short of breath.
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Bet he ate bacon at every breakfast, too.
Ok, no alcohol. Check, barely drink now so no problem. Step two, start smoking again. Check.
This living long thing is easier than I thought.
Charles Lane smoked for 70 years and I believe George Burns (another centenarian) smoked 10 cigars every day of his adult life.
There’s a lesson there for all of us - smoking kills.
Lady Bird Johnson has died. No link yet.
“Honest” Ed Mirvish dead at 92.
Breaking News
Well, that’s TWO of my alternates down. Can I pick 'em, or what? :rolleyes:
SCORE!!! I mean, how awful! I’M ON THE BOARD!!! I mean, rest in peace Lady Bird. WOOHOO!!! I mean, condolences to the family.
HEE! Earliest I’ve scored!!!
[7th grader]
Heh…check it out…swampy scored with Lady Bird Johnson…he lost his cherry to her…hehe…
[/7th grader]
criminy - I thought she died years ago
Six whopping points. My spot in the Top Ten is in danger … 
