SHIRLEY CHISHOLM - January 2
Her face was almost as ugly as her politics.
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DANNY SUGERMAN - January 5
No one here gets out alive - especially Danny.
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RUTH WARRICK - January 15
War's finally over for you and Rick, Ruth.
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VIRGINIA MAYO - January 17
Each film was a Mayo clinic - in how to be a hottie!
(Hey, at least we didn't start off with the predictable "hold the Mayo" gag.)
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ROSEMARY WOODS - January 22
Lied about those "missing" minutes of Nixon's tape.
(You never got out of those Watergate woods, Rosie.)
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JOHNNY CARSON - January 23
He-e-e-e-e-e-ere's Corpsy!
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JOHN VERNON - February 1
Appropriately, Dean Wormer is sleeping with the worms.
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MAX SCHMELING - February 2
Now he's really shmelling things up - to the max.
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OSSIE DAVIS - February 4
Ossie you done died, Davis.
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ARTHUR MILLER - February 10
Death Of A Scriptwriter.
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SANDRA DEE - February 20
Dee's dancin' with Mr. D., but this time it ain't Darin.
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JOHN RAITT - February 20
Bad news: The Pajama Game is over for him.
Good news: In Pajama Game,
he got Doris Day down to her panties.
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HUNTER S. THOMPSON - February 20
Lock And Loading In Helltown.
(COD: Suicide by gun.)
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GENE SCOTT - February 21
Cheesiest TV evangelist ever, so even Satanists dug him.
(That's got to be enough to get him into Heaven.)
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MARTIN DENNY - March 2
His lounge music place is now closed for good.
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JOHNNIE COCHRAN - March 29
Say "hi" for us in hell to Tricky Dick,
you O.J. murderer-defending lawyer prick.
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POPE JOHN PAUL II - April 2
We're still waiting to see a Pope John George Ringo.
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PRINCE RAINER - April 6
And your snooty wife Grace Kelly couldn't drive worth shit.
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JOHN MILLS - April 23
Swiss Family Rigor-mortis.
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FRANK GORSHIN - May 17
Riddle: What makes the best impression?
Answer: A six foot deep grave.
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HOWARD MORRIS - May 21
Ernest T. Bodybag.
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THURL RAVENSCROFT - May 22
This tiger says dying ain't so grrreeeaaattt!!!
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EDDIE ALBERT - May 26
Grave Acres.
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LEON ASKIN - June 3
General Burkhalter was halted? Just askin'.
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ANNE BANCROFT - June 7
I woulda tapped Mrs. Robinson, but her daughter?
Naw, she was like one of those Stepford Wives.
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PAUL WINCHELL - June 24
Was Tigger's voice in Winnie The Pooh.
(Could he also have been buried with
Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smith?)
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JOHN FIEDLER - June 25
Was Piglet's voice in Winnie The Pooh.
(Always played a wimp, but was really a stud.)
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LUTHER VANDROSS - July 1
First another Superman dies, now another Luthor.
And Vandross usually looked like he was carrying a van full of dross, alright!
(Last we checked, no Winnie The Pooh connection.)
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WILLIAM WESTMORELAND - July 18
This Vietnam troop number liar is dead, generally speaking.
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JAMES DOOHAN -July 20
Now Scotty ain't Dohan nothin'.
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PAT MCCORMICK - July 29
Big joke writing dick now working on a dead shtick.
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PETER JENNINGS - August 7
This news just in: no smoking allowed in Hell.
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GENE MAUCH - August 8
The Angels won the series after you left, you bum.
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BARBARA BEL GEDDES - August 8
Barbara bought grave-site.
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BOB DENVER - September 2
Another island castaway casts off to Heaven.
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WILLIAM REHNQUIST - September 3
Scumbag lying gun-nut Clinton impeachment judge
dies a slow horrible death. Where's the bad news?
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CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN - September 10
Now headlining a new blues guitar review
starring Saint Peter's Pearly Gatemouth Crew.
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ROBERT WISE - September 14
Oh great director, we mourn your demise.
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SIMON WIESENTHAL - September 20
Makes sense that a guy named Simon Wiesenthal
excelled at chasing down slimy weasel Nazis.
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DON ADAMS - September 25
86: Don't tell me I'm dead, now.
99:Yes, Max - you are.
86: I told you not to tell me that!
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NIPSEY RUSSELL - October 2
There once was a man named Nipsey
Who told limericks when he was tipsy
One day he got so old
That his brain went on hold
But at least he didn't die in Poughkeepsie!
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LOUIS NYE - October 9
Lou Nye The Silenced Guy.
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ROSA PARKS - October 24
Park it right here up front, honey chile.
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SKITCH HENDERSON - November 1
Make that Ditch, Henderson.
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LINK WRAY - November 5
Dead Fish Special.
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RALPH EDWARDS - November 11
Truth Or Caskets.
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PAT MORITA - November 24
Another carryout from Arnold's Drive-In.
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EUGENE MCCARTHY - December 10
Shoulda been elected President -
ended up as a graveyard resident.
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RICHARD PRYOR - December 10
Promoted Gene McCarthy for Prez, then dies the same
day as McCarthy does. Now that's comedy!
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WILLIAM PROXMIRE - December 15
Another politician dead in the mire,
and not just approximately.
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JACK ANDERSON - December 17
Muckraking journalist now investigating
the funeral industry... a little too closely.
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VINCENT SCHIAVELLI - December 26
Schiavelli, meet gravedigger's shovel.
Merry day after Christmas - you're dead!
Never cook and smoke at the same time, gourmet boy.
(COD: Lung cancer.)
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