Serial killer Arthur Shawcross has died.
Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, has died at age 61. He was the last surviving member of that trio. 
Longtime NBC Nightly News Announcer Howard Reig Dies at age 87.
So the Jimi Hendrix Experience was pretty much like, say, lung cancer.
Pete Newell, who gained fame as a coach and teacher of basketball, has died at the age of 93. Newell was the first man to snare the “triple crown” of guiding a National Invitation Tournament champion (1949 University of San Francisco Dons), NCAA titlist (1959 University of California Golden Bears), and Olympic gold medal squad (1960 Team USA). In later years, he became known for his Big Man’s and Tall Women’s camps, which improved the skills of dozens of post players.
There was no formal comment from U.S. but one senior U.S. official said “there is good reason to believe this guy is no longer around.”
Cool.
Today’s Obscure Rapper Found Dead.
All the wrong peeps are dying.
CRAP.
I had McBreed on my short list for 2009 with a note that he has ‘kidney issues’.
Couldn’t hold on a few more weeks, could you, you BASTARD!!1111!!
I answered the question Are familiar with MC Breed’s music? “No”, and found out that I was one of 37,487 to respond in that vein, while 6,782 (15%) had said “Yes”. However, the news also made the Yahoo! site. Interesting that Breed’s age is given as 37 in the story I linked, while yours claimed he was 36.
ETA: Wikipedia places his birth “ca. 1972”.
It is shocking that one so young should die.
And not be on Rachm Qoch’s list.
It’s even more shocking that someone has a “circa” birthdate in this day and age.
Look, he can’t have them all!
Should I add that to the rules in 2009?
Not that I am bitter, but yes.
Ok, I am bitter.
Captain Tony Tarracino of Captain Tonys bar in Key West died at the age of 92. There was a chain of Capt.n Tonys around the country for a while.
A group of three:
V P Singh, former Prime Minster of India, has died at 77
Cecil Underwood, elected Governor of West Virginia in 1956 and in 1996, at 86
Gerald Schoenfeld, Chairman of the Shubert Organization and noted Broadway producer, at 84
Oops. That was supposed to be my 2009 list.
nevermind