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Senator Ted Kennedy succumbed to brain cancer on this day 8 years ago, aged 77. He occupied the number 27 position on the 2009 DeathList and was the 8th success of that year.

I'll Try With Pre-1997 Hits. 1987: Andres Segovia: Se-gone-ia! 1988: The Year that Never Was 1989: Salvador Dali: Dali's Internal Clock Melts! (Reference to his Painting The Persistence of Memory) Sugar Ray Robinson: TKO Ray Moore: Ray No Moore! 1990: Terry-Thomas: It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (One of the movies he starred in) Greta Garbo: Garbo No Longer Talks! (One of the scenes from Anna Christie) Jill Ireland: Jill Die-rland! 1991: Absolutely Nothing 1992: Jim Joel: Joel Finally Falls! Michael Havers: Disorder in the Court! Marlene Dietrich: Marlene Dies-trich Kitty Godfree: Kitty Got Free Dan Maskell: Wimbledon Loses Its Voice! 1993: Rudolf Nureyev: No More Dancing for Nureyev Audrey Hepburn: Audrey Hep-burned Arthur Ashe: Ashes to Ashes Les Dawson: Deadpan Bill Bixby: HULK SMASH! 1994: Brian Johnston: Cricket to Heaven Telly Savalas: Telly's Not on the Telly Anymore Derek Jarman: The Last of Jarman (Reference to his film The Last of England) John Curry: On Thin Ice Richard Nixon: Nixon Resigns Erich Honecker: Erich Honecker Had a Great Fall (Financed the building of the Berlin wall) Kim Il-Sung: Kim Ill Sung Roy Castle: Record Broken (5 was the original record, this year had 9 deaths) Burt Lancaster: Burned Lancaster 1995: Rose Kennedy: Rosebud Kenny Everett: House of Death (reference to his film Bloodbath at the House of Death) Ginger Rogers: Falling Down Astaires (She had a partnership with Fred Astaire) Dilys Powell: Breaking News! (No Idea for Harold Larwood) Alec Douglas Home: Alec Douglas Isn't Home Paul Eddington: Paul Deaddington! Jackie Mann: Released Dean Martin: That's No-more! (Reference to his song That's Amore) 1996: Francois Mitterand: Ooh La La! Simon Cadell: Bye-de-Bye! George Burns: George Burned (No idea for Tim Gullikson) Timothy Leary: "L"eary "S"uddenly "D"ies Glyn Worsnip: That's Death! (Reference to his appearances on That's Life!) (No idea for Andreas Papandreou)

Couldn't really find the rumor, but I found out that Graham has his own Twitter account. https://twitter.com/BillyGraham He beats Carl Reiner as oldest Twitter user (98 > 95). If there are any older people on Twitter, let me know.

89. He auditioned to be an Oompa-Loompa in Willy Wonka and he Chocolate Factory, but was too tall for the role.

http://www.playbill.com/article/thomas-meehan-tony-winning-writer-of-annie-dies-at-88 Thomas Meehan, the guy behind Annie and Hairspray, dies at 88

I feel like that would be better for Desmond Tutu, as Mandela was a good friend of his.

54. His favorite Christmas special is We Wish You A Turtle Christmas.

You know, let's take some time to remember our original #11 hit from 2003. Leni Riefenstahl, who was born on this day 115 years ago.

47. He claimed that he was possibly abducted by aliens in November of 1989. (Yes, this is a real fact.)

Here's a documentary about Richard Arvin Overton (the oldest living man in the United States).

Toots Thielemans, the guy behind the harmonica in the Sesame Street theme, died a year ago today at the age of 94.

15. He was the basis on Mario from the Super Mario games.

Happy 78th birthday, Valerie Harper! A few hours early, though...

This is a few hours early, but... Happy 92nd birthday, Honor Blackman!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/secret-service-says-it-will-run-out-of-money-to-protect-trump-and-his-family-sept-30/2017/08/21/93d30132-868c-11e7-961d-2f373b3977ee_story.html?utm_term=.de96e2cac236 I think this may be a valid reason to put him on the 2018 list.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/bea-wain-girl-singer-from-big-band-era-who-jammed-with-pavarotti-dies-at-100/2017/08/21/6ef5fd7c-8670-11e7-a94f-3139abce39f5_story.html?utm_term=.8f4f7c362458 Bea Wain dead at 100

Leon Trotsky assassinated 77 years ago, aged 60.

I think Jerry Maren (the last surviving Munchkin from The Wizard of Oz) would be a good pick for next year. He turns 98 next year, not to mention there was a death hoax about him back in February 2016.

Two words: Jerry. Lewis.

Your stupidity amazes me.

I hope Dean is happy to be reunited with him. Speaking of which, tomorrow, when the moon hits your eye...

This time, I'm going with Bracknell.

Popes John XIV (1033 years ago), Pius VII (194 years ago) and Pius X (103 years ago) died on this day. Age at death: John: Unknown Pius VII: 81 years old Pius X: 79 years old

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/black-satirist-inspired-other-comics-with-expert-timing-bold-humor-and-political-comedy/2017/08/19/f9360e40-854f-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html?utm_term=.bc8e39e6a950 Dick Gregory dead at 84