Captain Hemlock

Rhonda Stubbins White, who appeared on US soap Days of Our Lives, dead at 60. https://trib.al/hTRmhSK?fbclid=IwAR0C4WepX1wSgjLu2pVTEno6cvXlICtw5hR-P-70qSsINa-rs87Dwnt8Ypo

Usually I’m one of the first ones in but I have a lot more “whittling” down of my long list.

Lamarr Hoyt, 1983 Cy Young Award winning pitcher with the Chicago White Sox dead at 66. The one thing I remember about him was Joe Piscopo joking that he was fatter than Tommy Lasorda. Ironically they died in the same year. Former Cy Young Winner Reportedly Dies At 66 (msn.com)

Julio Lugo, World Series champ with 2007 Red Sox is a miss for us. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32639911/julio-lugo-shortstop-2007-champion-boston-red-sox-dies-45

National Public Radio book expert Petra Mayer has died. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055585327/npr-books-editor-petra-mayer-has-died?utm_medium=social&utm_term=nprnews&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=npr

Longtime New York congressman Jerrold Nadler is talking about retiring. He has looked a bit sickly in recent photographs.

I did pick him in the Scavanger Hunt IV Deadpool.

Dress up like a ghost, end up a ghost. https://nypost.com/2021/10/22/woman-shot-dead-after-dressing-as-a-ghost-to-scare-her-neighbors/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&sr_share=facebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&fbclid=IwAR1f4j4puBL962W4ZOG8k4uxibiHJ7Nw6uEu3QaL9gzC3oZ72ktMXuPYIJU

Not to be confused with the 98 year old American television meteorologist of the same name.

Donna Dixon was certainly worth staring at on Bosom Buddies. She later married Dan Aykroyd.

Peter Scolari, best known for starring with Tom Hanks in Bosom Buddies (that shows theme song was a cover version of Billy Joel’s My Life) dead at 66 https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/peter-scolari-obituary-bosom-buddies-1235095484/

Daredevil Jonathan Goodwin hospitalized after a stunt gone horribly wrong https://nypost.com/2021/10/17/americas-got-talent-jonathan-goodwin-injured-in-accident/?sr_share=facebook&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPFacebook&utm_campaign=SocialFlow&fbclid=IwAR2tCnS2qNCeSQqyAsvf7UlZhmCYeKg0D8b_y_FzIj4r7arPRKCqYQfYA1I

We now have the dubious distinction of surpassing last year strikeout total (50 vs 49) with roughly 80 days to go.

Jerry Shipp is a miss for us all in the Gold medal Olympian’s category. https://www.kxii.com/2021/10/08/longtime-texoma-basketball-great-jerry-shipp-passes/

You survive cancer only to die from an exploding beer keg. https://nypost.com/2021/09/22/brazil-man-dies-in-freak-keg-explosion-on-his-43rd-birthday/?sr_share=facebook&fbclid=IwAR05-ZA5iM-Xasimxar4t5UqmEdcoAl8oLrbVP4KY5CaE0eODUTIjI4V0cg&utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

I’m choosing Sidney Poitier this time.

Parys Haralson, linebacker who played for the San Francisco 49’ers and New Orleans Saints, dead at 37. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32205494/former-san-francisco-49ers-lb-parys-haralson-played-new-orleans-saints-dies-37

Tunch Ilkin, Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman and broadcaster has died from ALS. DDP hit for my Rolls Off The Tongue theme team if a UK obit surfaces. I also picked him in alt.obits deadpool. https://www.wpxi.com/sports/nfl/pittsburgh-steelers/former-steelers-broadcaster-tunch-ilkin-dies/JOV7FRKTQZDIFIPOSVPSMBER6Y/

David Patten, wide receiver with the New England Patriots in the early ‘00s dead at 47. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32139996/david-patten-three-super-bowl-winner-new-england-patriots-dies-47

Keith McCants, who played with Tampa Bay Bucs in the early 90’s, dead at 53. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32134788/former-nfl-player-keith-mccants-53-found-dead-florida-home-suspected-overdose

What a difference a year makes. August was my best month in DDP last year. This year, my main team has been at wooden spoon since early March.

Floyd Reese, former Tennessee Titans General Manager, dead at 73. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32061218/floyd-reese-gm-tennessee-titans-super-bowl-team-dies-73

Joe Walton, tight end with the New York Giants and head coach of New York Jets in the late 1980’s dead at 85. https://www.google.com/amp/s/nypost.com/2021/08/15/joe-walton-former-jets-coach-and-giants-te-dead-at-85/amp/

J. R. Richard, Houston Astros pitcher dead at 71. One for the List of the Missed on DDP as I played him on my Louisiana theme team Die You on the Bayou a number of years ago. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31965916/houston-astros-icon-jr-richard-career-was-cut-short-stroke-1980-dies-age-71%3fplatform=amp

Red Ken soon to be Dead Ken?