PETER COOK - January 9

Worked in a comedy team with Dudley Moore.
Cook was the talented one.
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ROSE KENNEDY - January 22

A Rose by any other name... would have had
a lot less dead Kennedys on her hands.
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DONALD PLEASENCE - February 2

Now he can dispense with the pleasantries.
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ED FLANDERS - February 22

Wherever he's buried, it's always "Flanders' field."
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IAN BALLANTINE - March 9

This publisher is currently out of print.
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BURL IVES - April 14

Mendacity! That's what killed Big Daddy!
Either that, or Jimmy really cracked his corn.
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HOWARD COSELL - April 23

He once hung with Ali. Now he's stuck with Satan.
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ART FLEMING - April 25

The original host of Jeopardy is no longer in any.
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GINGER ROGERS - April 25

(With partner Fred what's-his-name.)
She saved the last dance for herself.
Rogers, over and out.
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ELISHA COOK JR. - May 18

Now he's overcooked.
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FRIZ FRELENG - May 25

He directed Warner Brothers cartoons
until it drove him Looney and he went Bugs.
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HAROLD WILSON - May 25

Pipe-smoking is for poofters.
This former Brit-twit Prime Minister's body
finally caught up with his legendary dead brain.
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DR. JONAS SALK - June 23

He cured polio.
Now if someone could just get rid of polo.
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WARREN BURGER - June 25

His judgement was sound, but he's still ground round.
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GALE GORDON - June 30

Miss Brooks! Dennis Mitchell! Miss Carmicheal!
Now you can all relax - I'm dead!
(Just 8 months short of age 90.
Not bad at all, Mr. Gordon!)
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PANCHO GONZALES - July 3

This tennis great had fast moves,
but was no relation to Speedy.
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EVA GABOR - July 4

"Yah, now Olivah and I are on de internets!"
(With Green Acres co-star Eddie Albert.)
Once again the wrong Gabor sister dies.
(Happy 4th of July, Eva
dahling - you're dead!)
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CHARLIE RICH - July 25

Hey, did you happen to see the
most dead silver fox in the world?
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IDA LUPINO - August 3

(From the classic Roadhouse - 1948.
It will change your life.)
Loving wife of actor Howard Duff.
Incredibly gifted actress, writer and director.
So naturally Hollywood tried its best to ignore her.
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JERRY GARCIA - August 9

He was always so high that he won't realize
he's dead until sometime during 2050.
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MICKEY MANTLE - August 13

He hit over 500 homeruns and 2 livers out of the park.
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ORVILLE REDENBACHER - September 19

This morning instead of popping up
that corny old Colonel just popped off!
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SLAPPY WHITE - November 7

Slappy ain't feelin' too snappy.
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LOUIS MALLE - November 23

My Wormfood Dinner With
Candy Bergen's Dead Husband.
(He finally had that grand Malle seizure.)
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DOUGLAS "WRONG WAY" CORRIGAN - December 9

Poor dummy thinks he's headed upwards.
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THELMA "BUTTERFLY" MCQUEEN - December 22

"I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies,
but I know I'll live decades longer den
dat crazy nympho Miss Scarlet!"
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DEAN MARTIN - December 25

Oooo, is he embalmed or just bombed again? (Hick!)
Ain't that a kick in the head? Yep! Oh, Dean!?
Merry Christmas - you're dead, baby!
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