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.
Health is a wonderful thing, Health is a really cool thing, so get off your elth, let's do some health, health, health, health, health, heeeeeeealth.
Leaky Fawcett; Cancer Drips back After Three Months
Actress Farrah Fawcett has confirmed that doctors in Los Angeles have found another malignant polyp in the same area she had rectal cancer. The new cancer was found just three months after Fawcett was given the all clear, but luckily the cancer has not spread, said "Chasing Farrah" executive producer Craig Nevius.
http://www.themoneytimes.com/articles/20070520/farrah_fawcett_braces_for_cancer_battle-id-103893.html
His Illness Flails About as if Independent from his Body
Multi-Millionaire dancer Michael Flatley has been struck again by the same mystery virus that resulted in him being hospitalised last November. The Lord of The Dance creator, whose wife Niamh gave birth to their first child three weeks ago, is back on heavy medication but is determined not to let his ill health get him down. "I just have to be patient and accept that it is a long road to recovery," he said.
http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=ireland-qqqm=ireland-qqqa=ireland-qqqid=33246-qqqx=1.asp
Maradona Defers World Cup Tour for Alcohol Cup Pour
The tour of Asia that Diego Maradona was to start next week was suspended due to the treatment that the former Argentine football star is undergoing to overcome his addiction to alcohol. Officials at the Thai Embassy in Buenos Aires told the news agency Telam on Monday that the trip to Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand will probably take place in late June.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/62538.html
Terkel Turns 95, Remains Stud
American original Studs Terkel, the author and oral historian who for decades gave a voice to working men and women, turned 95 Wednesday. But don't worry about his memory. He's sharp as a tack. In fact, he's the one doing the worrying -- about what he describes as the memory loss of a country he suggests may be more interested in the transgressions of celebrities than more substantive affairs such as the politics of the Bush administration, which he characterizes as a "burlesque show."
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/05/16/terkel.birthday.reut/index.html
That's right, I was testing you.... its death. And that's a magic number...
Tinky Winky Confirms Fallwell was in to Hurly-Burly
The Rev. Jerry Fallwell, the fundamentalist preacher who founded the Moral Majority and brought the language and passions of religious conservatives into the hurly-burly of American politics, died yesterday in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/16/obituaries/16falwell.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Remains to be Seen Whether Heaven Left a Light on for Him
William Becker, who after enduring rundown, though not particularly cheap, motel rooms on a cross-country trip in 1960 got the idea for the Motel 6 chain, charging $6 a night for a spare but clean room, died April 2 at his ranch outside Kingman, Ariz. He was 85.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/business/15becker.html?_r=2&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
King Enters Long Slumber, No Word on Ability to "Having a Dream"
Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died. She was 51. The family did not know the cause of death, but relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/16/obit.king.ap/index.html
"Am I Crazy or is that a Lot of Siblings? That's a Lot of Siblings."
Terry Ryan, author of the bestselling book, "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less," died Wednesday at her home in San Francisco. She was 60. The cause of death was cancer, according to Pat Holt, her partner of nearly a quarter-century. She is survived by her nine siblings and their children.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/17/BAGP0P3U2E115.DTL
There's no way you can stop... the School of Death!
The Commissioner's Council
Health is a wonderful thing, Health is a really cool thing, so get off your elth, let's do some health, health, health, health, health, heeeeeeealth.
Leaky Fawcett; Cancer Drips back After Three Months
Actress Farrah Fawcett has confirmed that doctors in Los Angeles have found another malignant polyp in the same area she had rectal cancer. The new cancer was found just three months after Fawcett was given the all clear, but luckily the cancer has not spread, said "Chasing Farrah" executive producer Craig Nevius.
http://www.themoneytimes.com
His Illness Flails About as if Independent from his Body
Multi-Millionaire dancer Michael Flatley has been struck again by the same mystery virus that resulted in him being hospitalised last November. The Lord of The Dance creator, whose wife Niamh gave birth to their first child three weeks ago, is back on heavy medication but is determined not to let his ill health get him down. "I just have to be patient and accept that it is a long road to recovery," he said.
http://www.irishexaminer.com
Maradona Defers World Cup Tour for Alcohol Cup Pour
The tour of Asia that Diego Maradona was to start next week was suspended due to the treatment that the former Argentine football star is undergoing to overcome his addiction to alcohol. Officials at the Thai Embassy in Buenos Aires told the news agency Telam on Monday that the trip to Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand will probably take place in late June.
http://www.earthtimes.org
Terkel Turns 95, Remains Stud
American original Studs Terkel, the author and oral historian who for decades gave a voice to working men and women, turned 95 Wednesday. But don't worry about his memory. He's sharp as a tack. In fact, he's the one doing the worrying -- about what he describes as the memory loss of a country he suggests may be more interested in the transgressions of celebrities than more substantive affairs such as the politics of the Bush administration, which he characterizes as a "burlesque show."
http://www.cnn.com/2007
That's right, I was testing you.... its death. And that's a magic number...
Tinky Winky Confirms Fallwell was in to Hurly-Burly
The Rev. Jerry Fallwell, the fundamentalist preacher who founded the Moral Majority and brought the language and passions of religious conservatives into the hurly-burly of American politics, died yesterday in Lynchburg, Va. He was 73.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05
Remains to be Seen Whether Heaven Left a Light on for Him
William Becker, who after enduring rundown, though not particularly cheap, motel rooms on a cross-country trip in 1960 got the idea for the Motel 6 chain, charging $6 a night for a spare but clean room, died April 2 at his ranch outside Kingman, Ariz. He was 85.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05
King Enters Long Slumber, No Word on Ability to "Having a Dream"
Yolanda King, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s eldest child who pursued her father's dream of racial harmony through drama and motivational speaking, collapsed and died. She was 51. The family did not know the cause of death, but relatives think it might have been a heart problem, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05
"Am I Crazy or is that a Lot of Siblings? That's a Lot of Siblings."
Terry Ryan, author of the bestselling book, "The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less," died Wednesday at her home in San Francisco. She was 60. The cause of death was cancer, according to Pat Holt, her partner of nearly a quarter-century. She is survived by her nine siblings and their children.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin
There's no way you can stop... the School of Death!
The Commissioner's Council
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