Die, damn you, die! WHY WON’T THEY DIE??
George Steinbrenner might be circling…
Whoop…there he goes. 20 points for the boss.
Eight people had him.
James P. Hogan, science fiction writer, died yesterday in his home.
Wow, that’s a big one. Surprising.
Wow, 2 this year. Thanks George!
Kind of slow lately, except for the Boss.
Legendary country music singer/songwriter Hank Cochran dies at age 74.
Never heard of him? His name appears on the writing credits for such great country songs as “I Fall To Pieces” and “She’s Got You” recorded by Patsy Cline, and “The Chair” and “Ocean Front Property” by George Strait.
Zsa Zsa has begun to circle the drain.
93 years old. But she’s not dead YET!
Actor James Gammon (Major League, Nash Bridges) has died at age 70.
What, Springsteen???
Say it ain’t so, baby. 
Because you are being punished, you naughty person!
(I started off the year so good and had a stiff every month until March. Then Nothing.Apparently the rest of my list is the Gift of Life.)
Dick Cheney has no pulse, yet he lives.
Dead man walking. Those VADs only give a patient enough time to get their affairs in order and say goodbye to their loved ones. Doubtful he’d get a heart transplant, either. Too old and dinged up. Unless he can go overseas and buy one from some healthy yound ‘donor’ in some third world country (I wouldn’t put it past him).
Clint Hartung, a touted prospect who never achieved the baseball stardom for which so many deemed him destined, has died at the age of 87. Hartung, who pitched and played the outfield with the New York Giants from 1947-52, is remembered as a bit player in one of baseball’s most storied moments. As a pinch-runner for Don Mueller, who had injured an ankle sliding into third on a double by Whitey Lockman, Hartung scored on the “Shot Heard 'Round the World” homer by Bobby Thomson that gave rise to Russ Hodges’ immortal call of "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!"
David Warren, the Aussie inventor of the “black [even though it’s orange] box” data recorder has died.
Death comes in threes
To the Yankees:
Former Manager Ralph Houk dead at 90.
Maybe this means the Mets stand a chance at making at least to the playoffs? 