It took until March but we have our first Death Pool points awarded! Madeline and Katie astutely chose Elizabeth Taylor, actress, femme fatale, activist, and professional husband hunter, died of congestive heart failure at age 79. Not bad for a boozing drug addict really - ok, Recovered boozing drug addict. Liz started out really beautiful but that didn't necessarily transition to her older years. (see picture Below right) 
She kind of went for the 'old, been ridden hard and put away wet' look. But apparently she was a nice person and good mother so we'll cut her a break on her fashion/make up/old cleavage hanging out faux pas. 
Ok, the picture at left here isn't really Liz being interviewed by Bill Murray on SNL - it's John Belushi - but Liz kind of resembled him at the time (she had 'water retention' issues. (ok, she was fat). I tried to find this clip on You Tube but no luck. She is eating fried chicken and starts choking. She gives herself the Heimlich and spits out a big chunk o'chicken onto her cleavage. Pretty funny at the time. Well, let's move on to other notable deaths since Jan 1. One of our favorite actors, Pete Postlewaite died at 64 of pancreatic cancer. Usually played a bad guy. Our favorite role was in The Name of the Father. Good movie - about wrongly accused Irish falsely imprisoned. Kind of the story of the Irish and the British, eh? Dr. Creep died! Horrors! So shocking! He was 69, had had a series of strokes or something recently but somehow was able to tough it out and attend the HorrorHound Weekend in Cincinnati as the guest of honor. Major shit for Cincinnati - HorrorHound Weekend - such a happening place. Where else in America but Cincinnati? Here is a recent picture of the Doctor. 
Jack LaLanne - super human exercise freak before being an exercise freak was considered hip. Best known for shackling his arms behind his back and swimming to Alcatraz pulling a towboat with his teeth. Why would he do this you ask? Because Jack was just a wacky nutty guy given to spur of the moment idiot ideas such as this. Apparently Jack thought it would inspire all us lazy ass slobs to do the same thing. Whatever, Jack. Just in case you don't believe me here is the photographic proof of his Herculean deed. I like the swimming cap - apparently to keep his crew-cutted hair out of his eyes - like he could actually see in the water in San Francisco Bay. 
Don Kirshner. Who is Don Kirshner you say? Our answer: Don Kirshner's Rock Concert on ABC - that's who! Yes, Don was big in the music business and ended up with a weekly TV show highlighting new musical acts in the U.S. Best known for managing the fake rock/pop groups, The Monkees and The Archies. http://www.hulu.com/watch/4148/saturday-night-live-rock-against-yeast. He was best known for organizing music stars for charity benefits - click on link above. Other notables: - Sargent Shriver - founder of the Peace Corps
- John Paul Getty III - best known for being the grandson of gazillionaire John Paul Getty #1. Was kidnapped for ransom. Kidnappers cut his ear off before Grandpa finally coughed up the cash.
- Duke Snider - Hall of Fame center fielder for the Brooklyn/LA Dodgers
- Warren Christopher - former Secretary of State
- Zoogz Rift - musician AND professional wrestler - he made the blog because we enjoy his name and professions.
Bad News Brown - Canadian rapper and harmonica player. Are we more shocked that that Canada has rappers or that he was a rapping harmonica player? Poor Bad News was beaten and shot. No word if the shooter just wanted his snazzy jacket an
d hat (see picture below left)
Updates on our lists: - Zsa Zsa - admitted to the hospital with high blood pressure due to worry that 'she is next' after hearing of Liz Taylor's death. Thinking it may be getting closer to 'the time' for Zsa Zsa.
- Charlie Sheen - still manically (is that a word?) crazy. No signs of slowing down. Hoping he makes it long enough to hire Katie as his intern.
- Dick Cheney - needing a heart transplant - need I say more?
- Carrot Top - still headlining in Vegas, although downgraded to the Luxor. Could be depressing for him...
- Al Davis - might not have anything to live for this fall - except hatred for the Players Union.
- Aretha Franklin - shrinking down to only obese from morbidly obese
- Andy Dick - still a dick
- Josie Duggar - thinking she's doing well since she made it through the winter.
- Pete Doherty - he'll never die
- Kirk Douglas - looked pretty spry on the Oscar telecast
- Fidel Castro - still giving interviews - the guy just can't shut up.
- Kim Jong Il - haven't seen the guy in a while - could be dead.
ist is that it's full of evil people except she's got Jerry Lewis in the list. Jerry is surrounded by Nazis and other terrorists. Is it his hair? Sock fetish? Incredibly fat and swollen face? Why Jerry, Carol? Why? Let's end today's blog on a classier note: Major Dick Winters, WWII veteran best known for commanding Company E of the 101st Airborne Division. Featured in a number of books, the best known being Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose. Major Winters was a war hero having been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The only reason he did not get awarded the Medal of Honor was that his Division had already had a Medal of Honor awardee and there was a quota system in place at the time. There is an effort in place in Congress to have the medal awarded to him posthumously. Let's hope they do the right thing. Here is a link if anyone would like to read up on Major Winters. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Winters/ That's it Poolers. Stay tuned for the next update - there are many just circling the drain....
