HELEN WILLIS MOODY - January 1
This tennis tart is no longer in the mood.
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MAE QUESTEL - January 4
She did the voice of both Betty Boop and Olive Oyl.
In the cartoon world, that's called range!
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SONNY BONO - January 5
(Sonny with a chance of girl singer.)
Turning Republican was certainly
a case of skiing up the wrong tree.
(BTW, I didn't charge for this obit.
That's right, folks - I did it pro Bono.)
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CARL PERKINS - January 19
You can do anything you want, but
don't step on his blue suede wings!
(Photo by Alan Clark)
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JACK LORD - January 21
Bury 'im, Danno.
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CARL WILSON - February 6
Hangin' ten on a coffin just ain't the same,
you crazy beach boy.
(COD: Lung cancer. Age 51.)
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HARRY CARAY - February 18
Announcer for decades of baseball's
playoff-choking Chicago Cubs.
Sainthood granted.
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LOUIS "GRANDPA" JONES - February 19
Heaven hears a Hee Haw.
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ANTONIO PROHIAS - February 24
Did Mad magazine's "Spy Vs. Spy" strip.
And he's spying down on all of us.
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HENNY YOUNGMAN - February 24
He said take his wife, not him. Please!
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J.T. WALSH - February 27
Luckily he's safe, though -
he's in a bowling alley in heaven.
(COD: Heart attack. Age 55.)
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LLOYD BRIDGES - March 10
Grave Hunt.
It was go time!
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DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK - March 15
Baby doctor who gave advice
on diet and general health.
He must have known what
he was talking about, since
he lived until age 95!
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BELLA ABZUG - March 31
Ugly hats, ugly face -
Glad she left the human race.
(Really, with such a goofy gimmick,
how could she ever hope to be
taken seriously for even a minute?)
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TAMMY WYNETTE - April 6
Stand By Your Meds.
Another prescription "painkiller" pill junkie.
(COD: Heart attack. Age 55.)
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WENDY O. WILLIAMS - April 7
Former Plasmatic goes spasmatic.
She couldn't deal with turning the big 5-0,
which was just one month away for her.
(COD: Suicide by gun. Age 49.)
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LINDA MCCARTNEY - April 17
The lovely Linda.
Paulie never had it so good,
and he knows it.
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OCTAVIO PAZ - April 19
Adios, super Pazman.
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CARLOS CASTANEDA - April 27
His gravesite: A Seperate Realty.
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ELDRIDGE CLEAVER - May 1
Soul on ice now keeping frosty in heaven.
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EDDIE RABBITT - May 7
He insisted on a waterproof coffin.
(Think about it.)
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ALICE FAYE - May 9
Absence Of Alice.
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FRANK SINATRA - May 14
"Shot down in May"- literally.
Oh, well - That's Death.
Ol' Blue Eyes Is Bumped.
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JOHN DEREK - May 22
Knock On Any Box.
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ROBERT W. MORGAN - May 22
Another boss California DJ - gee, did he have to follow
"The Real" Don Steele in everything?
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PHIL HARTMAN - May 28
Did somebody say "sassy"?
No, Bryn said "shooting"!
(Click pic to enlarge
and read hilarious caption.)
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BARRY GOLDWATER - May 29
He sent his sinuses and his dead body to Arizona.
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JEANETTE NOLAN - June 5
"Sugarbabe" from The Real McCoys,
you done turned into a pillar of salt.
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AL CAMPANIS - June 21
Joining his scummy pal
Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder
for a nice cozy KKK meeting in hell.
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MAUREEN O'SULLIVAN - June 22
Was Jane in Tarzan films and Mia Farrow's mom.
Much cooler than her bitch on wheels daughter.
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SAM YORTY - June 5
Former L.A. mayor and early promoter of talk show turd Wally George,
who was the precurser of plagues like Rush Limbaugh.
In other words, a real jerk.
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ROY ROGERS - July 6
(With Trigger and Dale Evans.)
Sleep well, King Of The Cowboys.
You took us down many happy trails!
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ELIJAH PITTS - July 10
Now he's playing football in one.
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HUGH REILLY - July 17
The father from the Lassie TV show.
(Shown with June Lockhart, Jon Provost
and the world's greatest dog.)
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ALAN SHEPARD - July 21
Flight mission through life aborted.
Alan, we have a problem.
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ROBERT YOUNG - July 21
Dad, this is Bud. I did a lot of pot,
Mom did Star Trek, Betty did Get A Life,
and that brat Kathie was a sleazy hooker.
Anyway, I borrowed the car keys. Thanks!
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BINNIE BARNES - July 29
Played the wife of Fred Allen
in the 1945 film It's In The Bag!
Now she's back in the bag,
but this time not with Fred.
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JEROME ROBBINS - July 29
The Jets and the Sharks?
So he taught the football players
all those weird touchdown dances!
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BUFFALO BOB SMITH - July 30
Hey, kids, what time is it? It's Bobby Deady time!
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SHARI LEWIS - August 2
A true loss of very talented performer -
and she always had a great rack of lambchop.
(Bad week for kiddie show hosts.)
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PHIL LEEDS - August 16
The greatest TV comedy guest weasel of all time.
They'd say Phil leads, but few could ever follow him.
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JIM MURRAY - August 16
Sportswriter in L.A. for the Times.
Then he ran out of times.
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PERSIS KHAMBATTA - August 18
To the Grim Reaper this bald Star Trek movie chick
was apparently not persistent or combative enough.
(COD: Heart attack. Age 47.)
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JERRY CLOWER - August 24
A country-western comic? We already thought
country-western was comedy!
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E.G. MARSHALL - August 24
There's a new marshall entombed.
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AKIRA KUROSAWA - September 6
"No - I'm NOT pointing up at Godzilla!"
Uh, he was this really good
director of Asian flicks and stuff.
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GEORGE WALLACE - September 13
(Wallace blocking door of school to
prevent entrance of black students.)
Scratch another racist scumbag.
Down south, they
call them "governors."
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FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOYNER - September 21
It's a shame of olympic proportions that
Flo-Jo couldn't join us for much longer.
(COD: Heart attack. Age 38.)
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MARY FRANN - September 23
Make that Mary Fathead -
instead of dieting like a maniac,
she should have rested her cardiac.
(COD: Heart attack. Age 55.)
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GENE AUTRY - October 2
Back In The Sootpile Again.
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RODDY MCDOWELL - October 3
How Green Was Mac's Tumor.
(COD: Brain cancer. Age 70.)
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BOB KANE - November 13
"Holy nefarious schemes, Batman! No doubt this is
yet another pernicious plan by that plotting Penguin!"
(Cancel that, Robin - Burgess died last year.)
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STOKELY CARMICHAEL - November 15
They are stoking the fires in hell
for all your civil rights enemies.
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ESTHER ROLLE - November 17
Dead Times.
(Shown with co-star John Amos.)
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ALAN PAKULA - November 19
Directed All The President's Men to some Oscars.
Now he's been directed to some angel wings.
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FLIP WILSON - November 25
What you shovel is what you get.
Da grave-digging debil made me say dat!
(COD: Liver cancer. Age 64.)
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ARCHIE MOORE - December 9
Boxing veteran of 141 fights,
including Marciano and Ali.
(COD: Heart failure. Age 84.)
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NORMAN FELL - December 14
And Mr. Roper can't get up.
(COD: Lung cancer. Age 74.)
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