Sir Creep

Johnny Burke, a Canadian country musician who played with the likes of Glen Campbell and Loretta Lynn, has died. Born Jean Paul Bourque in Rosaireville, N.B., he went on to become a member of the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame and performed the gold-certified single Wild Honey. Burke was 77, and only weeks removed from his last string of concerts. He died Thursday evening of cancer. SC

I really don't want to start another thread, but I would like to put together a few target names as examples of people who did not obit who I find rather astonishing. I think it would help when cobbling together a DDP team, and useful as a litmus test of who NOT to put on your team or to do so with trepidation. Simply looking at the List of the Lost is useless, many of those names were shots in the dark. A couple may be notable though. Don't you folks OWN Canada? I mean...in a manner of speaking. Australia too. So I do find it interesting that Canadian MP Arnold Chan, who's 2-year battle with cancer was certainly known, fails to obit in the UK media. Thus, I guess I am wrong about the tie-in between the countries. Sure, the likes of Chan could be a unique pick on a slow news cycle day, but it wasn't meant to be. I should think, therefore, when compiling a groups of people who will not obit, Canadian MPs must be near the top of the list. SC

She was healthier at her natural weight of over 1100 lbs. Don't mess with nature.

Well how about that! Doesn't appear a relapse but the body can't take such excessive swings I reckon.

Dr. De La Hoya?

** not unlike the person who posted the update **

NFL's Mike Webster died this day 15 years ago, age 50, and his would be the first brain examined that would launch the current CTE discovery and diagnosis in so many who play contact sports, particularly those retired from the NFL. SC

Tupac Amaru would not be the last of the Mohicans.......but Incan monarchs, he had that covered, this day 445 years ago (age abt 27).

I DO hope you enjoy our little NFL game we exported to you this morning. I don't expect any converts, but inquisitive observation wouldn't hurt, kinda like when the bloody US of A hosted the World Cup. I actually did convert and enjoy YOUR 'football' very much. SC

How could you blow the line: Yes, he COULD. (and highlight could). ? SMFH

Now the Oldest Living USMA Graduate is COL Kermit R. Dyke USAF, Retired, Class of 1940. He is 103 years old. IF William Ely doesn't get a QO you can ignore. If he does, you can ignore at your peril. SC

I was married to a nun. Nun in the morning, nun at noon, and nun at night.

For radio listeners who were subjected to the Beatles, he was their Miami vice.

Guy I posted in Death Anniversaries today -- Urbain Le Verrier (discovered planet Neptune) And Lillian Bettencourt...

Needs to go in Widow Shopping :-)

The ultimate home? Low blood pressure sounds like an infliction most nonagenarians would like to have. Long live Dole. **I think** he is a bad pick for this and next year ** = Means y'all can start making funeral arrangements. SC

Tried and true.

My conscious is in that seagull on the right.

Urbain Le Verrier, who predicted/discovered Neptune using mathematics, died this day 140 years ago (66).

#49: Nutmeg, the world's oldest cat, dies in jolly olde England at 32 years old. SC

Rick Shaw, (born Jim Hummel), credited with introducing South Florida to the Beatles, died Friday morning at 78. It was a Saturday afternoon in 1964. He played "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and about a minute into the song the phones at the WQAM 560AM studio just wouldn't stop ringing. He would play that song for decades. He retired in 2007. SC

I was about to post in Deadio Times -- which is where we've been putting radio personalities (to my knowledge). [An aside: I checked Radio 4 thread and that isn't appropo either]. I found it interesting that in the first post in Deadio Times by MPFC, the intent of that thread was a sort of watchlist for those we should research, which is what THIS thread does. Funny how the initial intent and the subsequent pop usage of the thread differ. Anyway, just something I saw and figured I'd comment. As you were... SC

Chill at the airport. For 8 months.

Misleading title. It's not about attacks BY bovine, but rather attack OF bovine., and their champions. Deserved posting somewhere. SC

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