by The Grim ~V~eeper
Greetings,
everyone...and welcome to the premier installment of
Celebrity Cemetery, the Grim ~V~eeper's Obituary Page.
This dark little corner of HOTP is intended
to cover all the famous deaths through the year, in
support of the Death Poll 2000 game on the AH board.
Wanna play? HAH!...you're too late (s evillaff}.
However, there's still plenty of time to sign up for
DEATH POLL 2001. The rules are simple, even for you: Pick
10 famous people who you think are likely to buy the farm
next year. 100 minus the star's age are the points
awarded. For example, an old silent film star croaks at
95, you get 5 points.
If something HORRID should happen to, say, The Olsen
Twins, that could be worth a whopping 86 points or so...a
piece! (Of course, they would count as two picks out of
the 10). Got it? The person with the most points by
12/31/01 wins. The winner, besides having their name
inscribed on the imaginary yet coveted Esther Rolle
Memorial Trophy, wins a roll of Mentos,
The Fresh Maker. So, send in those picks before January
1, 2001 to raymorgan@prodigy.net .
Well, as I've said before, it's been a pretty
disappointing celeb death year. I
mean, c'mon...Walter Matthau...Charles Schultz...Steve
Allen? Where are the really big names? It goes way south
from there too, with Jim "Ernest" Varney and
Benjamin Orr, bass player for the Cars....sheesh!
Well, no player points were scored last month. And little
wonder, with the cast of characters who said their final
goodbyes in November:
Nov.
17
Joseph Calleja, professionally known as Joe C., died in
his sleep at his parents’ house in the Detroit
suburb of Taylor, Mich., according to a statement from
Atlantic Records. The pint-sized rapper who performed
with multi-platinum rock star Kid Rock has died of a
chronic intestinal disorder at the age of 26.
Nov.
14
Eugenia Rawls, a theater actress who specialized in
one-woman shows about Tallulah Bankhead and others. She
was 87. (See, I'm grasping at straws here)
Nov.
13
Sidney E. Woloshin, 72, who helped create the "You
Deserve a Break Today" ad campaign that had people
flocking to McDonald's restaurants in the 1970s. (geez,
this guy only *helped*)
....and finally, one for the holidays...
Nov.
12
Victor "You're a mean one, Mr." Grinich, one of
the founders of Fairchild Semiconductor, the Silicon
Valley company that helped start the computer
revolution. He was 75.
So, the point totals so far in DEATH POLL 2000:
1. Twins, Flying V: 23 points
2. Tarqness: 21 points
3. All other players: zip
Well, the holidays are coming up, so Da Grim ~V~ is
hopeful for some ghoultide tidings for our players
benefit {s evillaff}. It was only a few years back when
Dean Martin swizzled his last stick on Dec. 25th, so
anything can happen in the final month of the game.
Farewell for now, and see you in the 21th
cemetery..er..century
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