Her brother died on the 80th anniversary of the Titanic hitting the iceberg.
Jaafar Numeiri, who took over the presidency of Sudan in a 1969 coup and led the African nation for 16 years, has died at the age of 79. He was overthrown in 1985 while on a visit to the USA.
the whole famn damily was cursed by that ship
Riverdance Star (who was also a doctor) Eithe Walls, age 28, was on the Air France plane that went down.
One for the horsey set, Vincent O’Brien, Trainer, 92
And one for those residing on Mother Kelly’s Doorstep, Ms. Danny LaRue is doing the lambeth walk up to the pearly gates…
From Cafe Society - David Eddings, prolific fanatasy author dies at 77.
http://www.sfcrowsnest.com/news/arc/2009/nz14000.php
Brian
Sidebar: How do you pronounce Eithe?
Eithne (the correct spelling) has several pronunciations, with ETH-na apparently the most common (although this site declares EE-na to be correct). While those sources both give the meaning as “kernel”, Wikipedia claims that the definition is “little fire”. At any rate, “Edna” appears to be an English equivalent.
Five celebrities departed in May:
Name Dead Age Points Votes
Him Mark Lai 22-May 83 17 1
Robert Müller 22-May 28 72 2
Thomas Buckley 15-May 23 77 3
Mickey Carroll 7-May 89 11 1
Dom DeLuise 4-May 75 25 7
The standings are now:
Name Points Number
1 Sublight 232 7
2 amarone 209 4
3 Captain Lance Murdoch 194 3
4 GIGObuster 159 2
5 Critical Mass 111 2
6 Ms Whatsit 108 2
7 Quartz 82 1
8 Anne Elk 77 1
9= MarkF 73 1
9= Maus Magill 73 1
9= MissTake 73 1
12 Shirley Ujest 60 2
13 labtrash 49 2
14 amarinth 45 2
15 cbawlmer 38 1
16= bowler girl 35 1
16= Captain Klutz 35 1
16= CowPatty 35 1
16= Ms Macphisto 35 1
16= NurseCarmen 35 1
16= VunderBob 35 1
22= Jeep's Phoenix 34 1
22= Sternvogel 34 1
24= Dung Beetle 25 1
24= Hockey Monkey 25 1
24= pseudotriton ruber ruber 25 1
24= tumbleddown 25 1
24= Uvula Donor 25 1
29= racer72 24 1
29= WF Tomba 24 1
31= fubbleskag 12 1
31= SpazCat 12 1
31= The Librarian 12 1
34 5 time champ 11 1
35= BMax 10 1
35= Happy Lendervedder 10 1
35= Paul in Saudi 10 1
38 42fish 0 1
39= 143 others
22 celebrities have died, representing 2.6% of the total and 2.3% of the votes.
One notice here to **amarone **:
Joaquin Cruz, the fraudulent bondsman, died a few months ago and I did not notice it until today. He was 65 years old. I should get 35 more points.
http://www.collateralmag.com/accused-california-bondsman-passes-away/
Now, for that kind of guy I’m glad to score.
Do you have a cite for 65? He was reported as 66 here and here. I will go with 66 until proven otherwise.
P.S. It doesn’t change the standings.
The 65 came from my original list, so it is likely that he turned 66 recently; so yes, then it should be 66.
If it had been 65 then I would be tied for 3rd place.
I just heard on NPR. From complications from surgery. She was eighty years old.
Dammit.
David Caradine in Bangkok. Am I first?
It’s just breaking- hung in a hotel room in Bangkok… but no real cites yet.
:eek:
Well they always said David C was hung; and baby, they’re right.
(Pretend you did not read that.)
A real shame about David Carradine. I met him once, about eight years ago, and he couldn’t have been more charming. RIP, David.
Hung Fu.
Bill, killed.