Ted Stevens…Is that the one guy who didn’t fall for ABSCAM?
I don’t think so. I lost his seat in 2008, I think, because of allegations of accepting bribes and/or gifts. The case against his was later tossed out because of prosecutorial misconduct.
But I did a search for Stevens and ABSCAM and I didn’t find anything suggesting he was involved.
On another subject, Sean O’Keefe survived the crash.
I want to die in my sleep, like Ted Stevens,
not in terror and confusion like the people in Ted Stevens’ plane.
Nah, it needs work.
I want to NOT go in a plane crash, like the guys who survived. 
On further perusal, he’s way too young to be that guy. ABSCAM was in 1978. And now Wiki tells me the guy who didn’t fall was Larry Pressler of South Dakota.
Oh no, he wasn’t too young. I did find quotes from him about his colleagues who got embroiled in ABSCAM. At the time he was the Senate minority whip. He served in the Senate for 40 years.
Another political death
Dan Rostenkowski dead at 82.
Ooh, and a Hollywood death, producer David L Wolper dead, also at 82.
And, former Pirates broadcaster Nellie King dead at 82.
WTF is up with 82 taday?
Another old school crook who actually believed in sending some money to the
people who elected him. Those were the days. Now all these thieves can’t wait
to become lobbyist themselves and line their pockets even more.
Sad to think that criminals like Stevens and Rostenkowski represent a better time for
Congress, but they do.
Whaddya know - I go offline for a couple of days and nearly miss someone saying something nice about me. Thank you.
If my points lead would hold up to the end of the year making me a posthumous winner, I am sure the creative minds here could come up with an excellent epitaph.
I’ll work on it if you promise* to put it on your gravestone.
*You don’t have to be sincere.
If it’s no good I’ll choose cremation and have it go up in flames.
We can bury your ashes in my ssiter’s back yard, next to our uncle. FYI, We buried his ashes next to bush, and it killed the bush. So now there’s more room in the yard!!
Oh yeah, and if you know you’re going to die in say, a year or two, you should quit the SDMB so we can get points! 
BTW, is a ‘Guest’ a ‘registered member’? Can’t recall if that ever came up.
quit the Dope, then do something newsworthy*, then die.
*lest your celebrity-ness be in dispute
Damn Rose, now you are being cold!
just call me Ice Queen. 
You are the Cute Ice Queen.
Another rules question. If you kill yourself in some spectacular way, or in a spectacularly stupid way, and become famous by the means of your death, are you eligible?
Though honestly, unless you know someone who is planning something, I can’t imagine how any of us would know to pick someone like that.