Sunday, April 8, 2007

TWID - Paschal Holiday Edition

This Week in Death brings you: Notes from around the pool! We already stuck our toe in and the water is perfect... So come on in as we take you from the shallow to the deep end, and catch you up on all the news you need to know to be an educated death pool competitor.

Rest in Peace Eddie Robinson. Lord, he was born a Grambling man... He may be dead, but these people are alive. Ladies and Gentleman, may we introduce: Health!

Ford Goes in For a Tune-up
Former first lady Betty Ford was recovering from unspecified surgery in a hospital Thursday, the office of the late President Gerald Ford said. The surgery occurred earlier in the week and she was "recovering well" at Eisenhower Medical Center, the statement said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/05/betty.ford.ap/index.html

He Went to Sew His Royal Oats and Work at McDowells
Cambodian King Father Norodom Sihanouk returned home from China Sunday after spending nearly seven months overseas receiving routine medical treatment. Chinese doctors had advised him that he had beaten a second bout of colon cancer, but the ageing royal still suffers from a range of health problems including diabetes and high blood pressure.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1288588.php/Cambodian_King_Father_Sihanouk_returns_from_China

"Some of you may go before I do." He Actually Said That

Mormon church President Gordon Hinckley says he's in good health, despite what he calls "rumors to the contrary." The 96-year-old Hinckley told thousands attending the church's biannual conference in Salt Lake City that "Some of you may go before I do."
http://www.ktvb.com/news/localnews/stories/ktvbn-apr0207-gordon_hinckley.25eddbaf.html

Not Sick; Just Wanted a Shave, a Shower, and a Nice Suit
Sean Connery has shrugged off health-scare rumours to throw his weight behind Tartan Week. It had been wrongly claimed the veteran Bond star was ill when he didn't turn up at a Dressed to Kilt bash where he was supposed to be the guest of honour
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=health-scare---what-health-scare---&method=full&objectid=18860776&siteid=66633-name_page.html

And, Like That, Poof, He's Gone
Former World Cup winner Diego Maradona is due to leave hospital next week after 10 days of treatment for excessive alcohol consumption, a medical source said. "If all goes well he will be out next week," said Hector Pezzella, the director of the hospital where Maradona is staying.

http://www.wldcup.com/news/2007/04/20070408_41854_soccer_news.html

You know him as "Boney Finger." Please give a warm welcome to... Death!

Baker Passes; Butcher and Candlestick Maker Reportedly Inconsolable
Laurie Baker, a British architect whose chance meeting with Mahatma Gandhi in the 1940s started him on a lifelong career of designing low-cost and environmentally respectful houses in India, died on April 1 at the Hamlet, a home he designed himself, in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala. He was 90.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/08/arts/08baker.html?ex=1333684800&en=8df21d234592ec5a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Stingley Stung. First by Tatum, Then by Death
Darryl Stingley spent more than half his life in a wheelchair, a symbol of the violence of the NFL, where large bodies collide at high speeds on every play. He was only 26 when he clashed head-on with the Raiders' Jack Tatum during an exhibition at the Oakland Coliseum as they leaped for a pass. On Thursday, the after-effects of Stingley's grievous injury finally took his life at age 55.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2826562

St. John Dies in Storm of Brain Activity
Former Kiss guitarist Mark St. John died yesterday morning (April 5) from an apparent brain hemorrhage. He was 51.
http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003568453

Luigi Survives Battle with King Koopa but Dies of Old Age
Film-maker Luigi Comencini, one of the fathers of the popular comedy genre that marked the golden age of Italian postwar cinema, died on Friday aged 90, officials said.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20070406-0557-italy-comencini-.html

TWID walked through the Sea of Reeds and got some water in our nose. We're okay, thanks for asking.

The Commissioner's Council

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