Sir Creep

Crowe was the medical necessity, but otherwise The Reaper has really been taking some - pardon the pun - dead weight off the ongoing DL regulars, FINALLY. Ages 97-95-95-94. I think he's found his sweet spot on the bat, as it were. Richard Adams. SC Edit: Further numerological proof who it may or may not be: The five deaths so far, if you add up the 'rank / last years rank / appearances' -- the last digits are all different. 3 (Crowe) 4 (Vigoda) 7 (Reagan) 8 (Boutras-Ghali) 9 (Michelmore). So it's not going to be ANYONE with those numbers. The Reaper is playing games in 2016. Only Sir Creep figured it out and foiled The Reaper's fun. Richard Adams is a 6.

Charlie Berger, the former state senator from Harlan (Kentucky), has passed away. Btw the link is to an amusing story about the man, worth 90 seconds of your time. SC

Damn Gooseberry -- beat me to it! "Fringes of Fame' is all he gets I guess. Was kidnapped at 19, as you old fogies (a-hem) may recall. Article says Frank paid $240K for his release. SC

Making it's way across facebook today.... too goddamn funny! (what's NOT funny is the link won't post the image, and there's nowhere for me to upload a photo from my desktop -- If wrong, point me to the above icon) http://www.dailydot.com/lol/ted-cruz-michael-sweet-stryper/?fb=dd

Trying to get outta prison on the tried and tested 'medical sympathy' method. "My client nearly died and is in poor health". Unlike the judges in other profile cases (e.g. Lynne Stewart), this judge is asking the attorney to bring some medical records to back up his claims. SC

Peggy Girshman, an Emmy Award-winning health-care journalist who co-founded the Washington-based news service Kaiser Health News in 2008 and helped build the nonprofit into a media organization of national scope, died March 14 at her home in Silver Spring, Md. She was 61. The cause was complications from amyloidosis, a condition of abnormal protein production and deposition in organs. SC

Aside from blaming your own idiocy on a browser glitch and the whole it would've been funny if you'd told it right the first time, yes. Although the whole furore has added to your post-count, which I'm sure is the primary aim/obsession, I've liked your eventual post which should help towards your secondary aim/obsession. That's not so. I DID fix the link in my O.P., but when I said I did, you clicked on the one in your response and it (apparently) doesn't update, so I could see that would be an overall problem, best to do a do-over. I'd prefer to delete and start anew and have '1' as my post count, but thanks to YOUR responding prior to my seeing the problem (which I was fixing when you posted), I couldn't just amend the O.P. and had to create a diatribe. So my intentions had/have nothing to do with a post count. However this additional response doesn't hurt. SC

A former team doctor for the Houston Oilers (NFL) was killed late Tuesday when he crashed his collector porsche on S. Braeswood. Houston police say Dr. Robert Fain Jr., 67, was speeding in the older Porsche when he lost control and crashed. SC

1. Having your jaw wired shut is a good way to lose weight 2. I knew he'd get his ass beat by some Nigg. SC

Again --- There has been a Dr. Zorders sighting! That better, Deathray?!

Deleting the lot

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So what you're saying is he never played in the World Cup? Spade -- actually I twitched a moment as I posted this...wondering if by 'U-20' that was outside the scope of this thread. Didn't care enough to actually read the obit, so letting the chips fall where they may. *shrugs* SC

Asa Briggs death reduces the no to 11 still alive http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-35813749 YoungWillz be on top of this for his Lords & Ladies team. SC

Things are going to get a WHOLE lot more interesting! Anonymous just declared war on Trump, promises to expose embarrassing information on The Donald! I can't wait.... American politics at it's finest lol SirC

Ben Bagdikian, a respected journalist and former dean of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, died Friday at his home in Berkeley. He was 96. SC

Now ruled a suicide -- gunshot wound to the head.

The former Nigerian national team midfielder John Ene Okon has passed on. The player who featured for Nigeria at the 1987 Fifa U-20 World Cup as well as the 1992 African Cup of Nations was reported to have died in Calabar on Tuesday, March 15. SC

Former Wisconsin state Rep. Tamara Grigsby has died of health complications at age 41. Dane County Executive Joe Parisi announced Grigsby's death on Tuesday. Grigsby dealt with cancer during her time in the Legislature, stepping down in 2013 after eight years representing a portion of Milwaukee. SC

Your first two words tipped you off you might want to look in the Reality TV thread next time. SC

Father Virgilio Elizondo, a well-known theologian, professor at the University of Notre Dame and former rector of San Fernando Cathedral, died Monday, according to several sources. The Bexar County (San Antonio) Medical Examiner’s Office verified his death late Monday night. Archdiocese of San Antonio officials did not return calls, nor did several other Catholic officials who knew Elizondo well. Widely considered the founder of U.S. Latino theology, Elizondo had been living under a cloud of suspicion after a lawsuit filed in Bexar County last May accused him of sexually abusing an unidentified boy more than 30 years ago. SC

Former Fijian centre Seru Rabeni, renowned for his bruising tackles and powerful running, has died at the age of 37, local media reported on Tuesday. Rabeni, who played club rugby with the Otago Highlanders in New Zealand before switching to England's Leicester Tigers, died at home in Nakasi. It did not give a cause of death. SC

Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies was on MY list. He shoulda been on theirs. MISS.

For my money, and as posted last year, only Nuon Chea 89, and Khieu Samphan 84, are obitable, and I'd say guaranteed. The others are shaky. Chea is on my Shadow List and in at least one other DP; 89 years old with a life sentence -- and prolly dozens on the inside who'd like to see him dead, I mean how long can the dude last? SC

Rod Durham, who competed on “Extreme Weight Loss” in 2014, has died. He was 52. The reality star was found dead in a Fort Lauderdale motel room over the weekend. The cause of death is not yet known. SC