Sir Creep

Winthrop University, a relatively small school in South Carolina, lost two members of their athletic Hall of Fame in one week -- both killed in auto accidents. One was heading to a fund-raiser to help others and the other got drilled by a police vehicle on its way to assist others in another car accident. Janiva Willis (softball): http://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article71764347.html Bennie Bennett (basketball): http://www.wrhi.com/2016/04/former-winthrop-basketball-player-and-hall-of-famer-bennie-bennett-dies-in-automobile-accident-124502 SC

Americans buy breadcrumbs! So do the English, but yes you can buy breadcrumbs in the shops. It's a convenience item. Much in the same way as shredded cheese. This way you don't have to dry out a loaf of bread, and crumble it up before you can use it. Calling breadcrumbs a convenience item and following it with that sentence, well hell, I'll call BREAD a convenience item then. You don't have to get the flour and yeast together, the drudgery of making a loaf and popping in the oven whilst cleaning up the kitchen, letting it cool a bit and buttering the damned thing before you can use it.... SC BTW us Yanks are keen on bottled water, with little proof it isn't anything beyond what we get from our tap at home.

Rather than giving me appreciation for Winnetou your post has instead caused me to lose appreciation for Gang of Four. This is a gay-ass thread......which supports Spade's definition. SC

Rok It To The Moon Authorities in Southern California Tuesday were trying to determine what caused a homemade rocket attached to a skateboard to explode, killing a high school student and injuring his friend. Bernard Moon, 18, of Thousand Oaks, died after the blast on Monday night. A 17-year-old suffered minor injuries and was hospitalized in stable condition as of Tuesday SC http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/04/06/high-school-student-dies-after-homemade-rocket-experiment-goes-wrong.html

Australian TV and radio personality Bruce Mansfield has died of prostate cancer. Mansfield, who was a week shy of his 72nd birthday, is best known for his 3AW evening show Nightline with Bruce and Phil, which he hosted with Philip Brady for more than 21 years. SC http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/apr/17/bruce-mansfield-melbourne-radio-personality-dies-at-71

This could be the first (and only) obit for an individual posted here.... Bill Gray, a pioneer in hurricane forecasting, died Saturday in Fort Collins, according to his longtime assistant. He was 86. SC http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160417/wire/160419673

7.8 earthquake kills 77 and topples buildings in Ecuador. Estimated damage: $73.13 (USD). SC http://mashable.com/2016/04/16/ecuador-earthquake/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#NLznm7lA.Eqt

Piet Hein, a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet-- but most importantly the grandfather of Magere Hein -- died 20 years ago today. SC

The fact you had to tell us he was very famous negates the statement. SC

Huh?

"Tiger Whisperer" wasn't audible enough, so the tiger leaned in for a listen. SC http://jezebel.com/a-zookeeper-known-as-the-tiger-whisperer-was-killed-b-1771384112

Arthur Chevrolet - 70 years

I wanted to stab my eyes with an ice pick after reading this. SC

Long time state representative and senator Carl Vogel died of cancer Thursday night at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was 61. SC http://www.komu.com/news/former-jefferson-city-senator-carl-vogel-dies-of-cancer

Almost incomprehensible translation job from Google. Deathlist picked the wrong Chirac. Deathlist doesn't usually go in for the "Fringes of Fame/Family of the Famous" type of candidate. Besides, as the article says, she was not well-known even in France, where many people didn't even know she existed. Very sad. Dude -- OCD much? It's called a sense of humour, look into it. SC

Goddamn has it been 15 years? Christ, I was in my 30s! Gettin old, we are. SC

Louis CK ABSOLUTELY the WORST 'comic' on the circuit. Please post a one liner that I'm supposed to laugh at. Truly un-funny. Great pick DrZ SC

Really? None of you UK blokes mentioned Trevor Bannister (5 years)? Break w tradition to give one last nod of appreciation to Percy Sledge, who died this day last year.

Billy Bragg reports that he has died: https://twitter.com/billybragg/status/720245580711141376 5 DDP teams await a QO. Edit: Died last night according to reports. deleted

Not exactly a squid story but squid's cousin so close enough. Inky the Octopus escapes from a New Zealand aquarium. SC http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/12/world/escapologist-octopus-new-zealand-aquarium/index.html

Garbageman squashed in trash compactor. SC http://www.ksat.com/news/man-killed-in-trash-compactor-remembered-for-loving-personality

My heart is broken. As a child and into my teens I spent hundreds of untold hours listening to Detroit Tigers games on my transistor radio under my pillow when I was supposed to be sleeping, listening to the greatest broadcast team in baseball, Ernie Harwell and Paul Carey. ​Paul Carey has died today at 88. ​RIP SC

Former Astros general manager Spec Richardson has died. He was 93. Per the Associated Press, the Muscogee County (Ga.) coroner's office confirmed that Richardson died at his home in Columbus due to natural causes. Richardson served as Astros GM from 1967-75. The team didn't make the playoffs during his tenure, with just two winning seasons in nine years. SC

Shit....I'd have given you 10:1 Jean-Paul SARTRE was dead! SC

The great state of Georgia, land of peaches not on the beaches,voted YES today. SC http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/georgia-executes-man-who-killed-woman-during-1996-burglary/ar-BBrBDNr?ocid=spartandhp