McCloud: There you go.

When it rains, it pours! Dennis Weaver has gone on to his great reward today. Known to millions as a star of both Gunsmoke and McCloud, Weaver also seemed like a pretty nice dude off-camera.

He was 81 years old, and nobody wanted to believe he would ever die, so nobody guessed him, and hence, no points are awarded.

Come and knock on our...DEAD! Lung Cancer claims funnyman Don Knotts

Mr. Furley is now Jack Tripper and Jesus' landlord in that big apartment building in the sky. Beloved by many, Don Knotts' career spanned many decades. A Washington Post obituary lists him as being 81 years old at the time of his passing. (Washington Post link--no registration required)

Mr. Knotts' passing raises the question: with the Ropers, Furley and Jack Tripper firmly in their respective graves, who from Three's Company will "come and knock on heaven's door" next? (My bet is on that sleazy Richard Kline as "Larry.")

SCORING UPDATE: Kane, Suicide by Douche, The Boston Strangler, and Kato Katonian all predicted this outcome, and shall be rewarded with nineteen points each. They all trail the Grim Reaper, who has twenty-two.

I was going to make a "Mr. Limpett" comment here, but I thought it in poor taste.

Darren McGavin of "A Christmas Story" passes away.

Many remember him as the frustrated working-class dad in "A Christmas Story." Darren McGavin was 83.


Darren's authorized website

No members of DW2K6 foresaw this unfortunate passing.

Curt Gowdy/New Death Resource

News just in indicates the passing of former Red Sox announcer Curt Gowdy. I don't believe that anyone at DW2K6 had predicted this.

Speaking of New England, The Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Chowd has sent in a new resource website: deadoraliveinfo.com This site will be added to the resource links for this page.

Why my DeathList is totally ROKKEN!

Yes, I've mentioned before that my list is so rokken that Don Dokken himself could have written it in between coke hits off of a Danish whore's belly. The only list that could have been any more rokken would be a theoretical list written by Ronnie James Dio in the margins to the original lyrics to "Holy Diver." ROCK!

Let's face the cold, hard reality: it's TRUE! My list dominates!

The proof: In the 3 weeks since I wrote this list, SIX of my twenty people have been in the news.

1.) Coretta King died, which made the news. She was on my list for exactly three days. Talk about return on investment!

2.) All the living presidents EXCEPT Gerald Ford were at King's funeral, so Ford made the news for being too ill to attend. It doesn't bode well for Ford, but if he's on your list, it's only a matter of time.

3.) Dick Van Patten had a STROKE, though he seems to be OK for now. Still, having a stroke is not GOOD news. Maybe the asshole shouldn't have eaten actual dog food in those commercials back in the day?

4.) Tom Sizemore has been ordered back into rehab! At this point, the dude has his mail forwarded to Betty Ford Clinic, and is trying to institute a frequent visitor discount program. Courtney Love thinks this guy has a drug problem.

5.) Speaking of Courtney, the former Hole frontwoman has made news by finally getting out of rehab! I'm sure we're all convinced that SHE's totally clean.

6.) And of course Dick Cheney shot a hunting buddy in the face. I think the irony here is that his buddy was fine due to the immediate response from the team of puppeteers/paramedics who are charged with the task of keeping Cheney's reanimated corpse dancing. I'd imagine the added scrutiny from the shooting might be more that Big Dick can bear. Radio stations around the country should sychronize the playing of Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot" to commemorate the moment.

So, while I have only ONE death, the list is just bustling with activity in the early going.

The Death Council (BadAss, Kerberos, and I) are going to post our impressions of the lists soon, maybe even having a few "best in show" awards mixed in. Keep in mind that despite any positive or encouraging comments I make, MY LIST IS BETTER THAN YOURS.

An administrative note: There are two lists that have not yet been published, as those two participants are currently out of town, and I need replacement picks on them.

KANE brings down the thunder on:

1 Don Knotts DEAD
2 Abe Vigoda
3 Carl Reiner - Dick Van Dyke Show
4 Conrad Bain - Diff'rent Strokes
5 Betty White - Golden Girls
6 Bea Arthur - Golden Girls
7 Tom Bosley - Happy Days
8 John Forsythe - Charlie's Angels
9 Harry Morgan - MASH
10 Wayne Knight - Seinfeld
11 John Goodman - The Actor
12 Dom Deluise - The Actor
13 Jack Palance - The Cowboy Actor
14 Courtney Love
15 Nick Nolte
16 Phyllis Diller
17 Gerald Ford
18 Saddam Hussein
19 Joe Paterno - The Coach
20 Kevin Federline - "K-Fed"

Farewell, Mr. Willis...

Franklin Cover, the actor who played Tom Willis on the 1970's TV series The Jeffersons has passed away due to pneumonia. He was 77. Obituary

Nobody at DW2K6 predicted this unfortunate passing.

Sizemore is SO MONEY!

To anyone wise enought to choose Tom Sizemore (e.g. ME): He's fallen off the wagon again!
I'm not celebrating it, just pointing out that Sizemore is a MONEY pick!

There are three lists left to post, pending approval of a couple entries. Again, everyone's lists are in full effect!

"Suicide By Douche" hopes to cleanse the earth of:

Ray Bradbury
John Madden
Liza Minnelli
Joe Walsh
Bob Barker
Peter Falk
Maynard Ferguson
Michael J. Fox
Jon Lovitz
Ted Kennedy
B.B. King
Mary-Kate Olsen
Don Knotts DEAD
Courtney Love
Horatio Sans
Sean Preston Spears-Federline
Al Davis
Art Modell
Dick Clark
Dick Feagler

"The Crippler" strikes down:

Harry Morgan 90
Jack Abramoff 48
Nichelle Nichols 72
Gerald Ford 92
Billy Preston 59
Fidel Castro 79
Kylie Minogue 37
Kirk Douglas 89
Sterling Marlin 51
Alain Robert 44
Tommy Lasorda 78
Billy Graham 88
Jerry Lewis 79
Don Ho 75
Rocco DiSpirito 41
Charles Lane 101
Muhammad Ali 63
Courney Love 40
Tara Reid 30

"Deathstrodamus" portends the end for:

1 B.B. King
2 Willie Mays
3 Muhammed Ali
4 Earl Campbell
5 Joe Namath
6 Liz Claiborne
7 Osama Bin Laden
8 Desmond Tutu
9 Louis Farrakhan
10 Chuck Berry
11 Bo Diddley
12 James Brown
13 Lee Majors
14 Neal Schon
15 Eddie Van Halen
16 Michael Stipe
17 Taime Downe
18 Don Imus
19 Richard Greico
20 Kellen Winslow Jr.

GrimReaper's Deathlist 2006

CLASSIC TV
Allan Melvin ("Sam the Butcher," The Brady Bunch)
Russell Johnson ("The Professor," Gilligan's Island)
Harry Morgan ("Colonel Sherman Potter," M*A*S*H)
Jack Klugman ("Oscar Madison," The Odd Couple)
Karl Malden (The Streets of San Francisco)
Dick Van Patten (Eight is Enough)

TV
Fyvush Finkel (Picket Fences, Boston Public)
Louie Anderson (kiddie porn user, Family Feud host)

POLITICS
Gerald R. Ford (38th POTUS)
Edward "Ted" Kennedy (Senator from MA)
Coretta Scott King (Civil Rights Activist, widow of MLK) DEAD
Dick Cheney
Robert Byrd (WV Senator)

SPORTS
Bob "Rapid Robert" Feller (Cleveland Indians HOF P)
George Allen "PAT" Summerall (NY Giants PK/commentator)
Arnold "Red" Auerbach (Celtics coach)

MOVIES
Tom Sizemore

MUSIC
Courtney Love
David Crosby

NEWS
Dr. Jack Kevorkian (Suicide King)

"The Shadow" knows...

Mickey Rooney
Gerald Ford
Charlotte Rae
Horatio Sanz
Ruby Dee
Ruth Buzzi
Edward Albee
Lauren Bacall
Elizabeth Taylor
Doris Day
Robert Altman
Dick Van Dyke
George Jones
Chuck Berry
Leon Redbone
Dick Cheney
Lindsay Lohan
Pele
Andy Griffith
...and Abe Vigoda, 'cause it's gotta happen sooner or later.

"O Raio" vai partir:

Edit: That translates to: "The lightning will rend asunder"

Stan Musial
Tom Jones
Fats Domino
Dick Cheney
Neil Young
Brian Wilson
Todd Bridges
George Bush, Sr.
Muhammed Ali
Gerald Ford
Michael J. Fox
Earl Scruggs
Michael Jackson
Whitney Houston
Paul Newman
Kirk Douglas
Walter Cronkite
Stephen Hawking
Dakota Fanning
Robert Downey, Jr.

"The Boston Strangler" chokes the life out of...

1. Kylie Minogue
2. President Ford
3. Ozzy
4. Mohamed Ali
5. Liz Taylor
6. Jan-Michael Vincent
7. Don Knotts DEAD
8. Courtney Love
9. Witney Houston
10. Bobby Brown
11. Dick Clark
12. Kirk Douglas
13. Fidel Castro
14. Annette Funicello
15. Verne Troyer
16. Shane McGowen
17. 50 cent
18. Jimmie Carter
19. Robert Downey Jr
20. Eddie Van Halen

Roger Mortis respectfully submits these stiffs:

1. Muhammad Ali
2. Fats Domino
3. Kirk Douglas
4. Gerald Ford
5. Billy Graham
6. Don Ho
7. B.B. King
8. Jack Klugman
9. John Madden
10. Peter O’Toole
11. Augusto Pinochet
12. Tom Sizemore
13. Margaret Thatcher
14. Kurt Vonnegut
15. Charlie Watts
16. Betty White
17. Jonathan Winters
18. Boris Yeltsin
19. Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
20. Ayman al-Zawahiri

Kato Katonian condemns:

Conrad Bain
James Best
Joey Bishop
James Brown
Sid Caesar
Ann B. Davis
Kirk Douglas
Peter Falk
Gerald Ford
Andy Griffith
Charlton Heston
Don Knotts DEAD
Harvey Korman
Al Molinaro
Harry Morgan
Jim Nabors
Charlotte Rae
Nancy Reagan
Jean Stapleton
Jonathan Winters

Filthy Stinking Chowd predicts the demise of:

William Perry
Vern Troyer
Charlotte Rae
Jill Eikenberry
Gary Busey
Jack Klugman
General Pervez Musharaff
Soupy Sales
Jan-Michael Vincent
Margot Kidder
Graham Nash
LaToya Jackson
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Bum Phillips
Ron Jeremy
Billy Preston
Kate Moss
James Frey
Kim Cattrall
Red Auerbach

CLAX chooses...

1. Michael Jackson
2. Oprah
3. Bill Clinton
4. George W. Bush
5. Elizabeth Taylor
6. Pete Doherty
7. Courtney Love
8. Tommy Lee
9. Kevin Federline
10. Hugh Hefner
11. McCauley Culkin
12. Fidel Castro
13. Bob Barker
14. Mick Jagger
15. Paris Hilton
16. Michael J. Fox
17. Donald Rumsfeld
18. Mike Tyson
19. Ricky Martin
20. Gerald Ford

BadAssDan's Dead Men Walking...

Gerald Ford
Jean Stapleton
Dick Clark
George W. Bush
Richard Dawson
Darryl Strawberry
BB King
Doc Severinsen
Mikael Gorbachev
Ross Perot
Charles Nelson Reilly
Meat Loaf
Don Ho
Bob Newhart
David Crosby
George Wendt
Ed Asner
Loretta Swit
Ned Beatty
Randy Poffo aka Randy "Macho Man" Savage

Wednesday's Death List

All lists will be posted exactly as sent via email.

Wednesday, wife of GrimReaper, chooses the following:

Sherwood Schwartz
Billy Graham
Lindsey Lohan
John Goodman
Andy Rooney
Scott Weiland
James Garner
Rip Taylor
John Paul Stevens (supreme court justice)
Howard Metzenbaum
Margaret Thatcher
Muhammad Ali
Frank Gifford
John Forsythe
Vern Troyer
Art Linkletter
Dick Cheney
Caspar Weinberger
Lee Iacocca
John Madden

'Grandpa Munster' Al Lewis Dies at 95

Edit 2/6/06: Nobody had Al Lewis --Grim

See Your Death Pick's Grave!!!!

http://www.findagrave.com/

Lists coming soon!

I have gotten a bunch of lists, but I'm leaving town for the weekend. I'll probably post them Sunday night or Monday. They all became active the moment I got them. Let the games begin!!