TWID - Father's Day Edition

This Week in Death brings you: Notes from the game of pool! We've set up the balls in the rack and chalked up the cues. Join us as we go solids versus stripes, and catch you up on all the news you need to know to be a Fats Domino-like death pool competitor. Watch out for the 8-Ball, like death... it's an end. Unlike death, it doesn't give you any points.

TWID says goodbye to Kurt Waldheim. Sorry to be Kurt but he can go Wald his Heim.

Not-So-Dead Kennedys
Eunice Kennedy Shriver has regained her speaking ability after recently suffering multiple strokes, the governor said Sunday during a speech in Beverly Hills. Shriver's condition was initially severe enough that her family was told "she would never speak again," Schwarzenegger said of his 85-year-old mother-in-law, according to a recording provided by the governor's office.
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/217581.html

Rick Peterson Brought in to Help Develop Curveball, Slider
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez declared Wednesday that his convalescing ally Fidel Castro has "recovered his fastball" and was in fine form during a six-hour surprise visit. State TV reported the pair shared an "emotional" meeting Tuesday, discussing Venezuela-Cuba relations, climate change and a socialist-leaning regional pact they created.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2007-06-13-chavez_N.htm

First They Rocket Ismail, Next They Plan to Qadry Him
A rocket-propelled grenade hit the home of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Tuesday, in what Hamas said was an attempted assassination. The house was damaged, but Haniyeh and his family were not harmed.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061200012.html

Be Careful Which Direction the Doctor Sends You
Actress Farrah Fawcett has secretly jetted off to Germany in an effort to end her cancer nightmare. After battling the disease last year and getting the all-clear, the former Charlie's Angels star was devastated to learn the cancer had returned last month. And now she's hoping revolutionary new treatment in Germany can help her beat the disease once and for all.
http://www.pr-inside.com/farrah-flies-to-germany-for-cancer-r153961.htm

All's Fair in Love and Smoking
Singer/actress Courtney Love is finding it difficult to kick the butt. The 42-year-old who recently decided to quit smoking after being warned by her doctor, revealed that she is going through 'hell' trying to kick her smoking habit. "I`m going through hell trying to cut back on smoking," People quoted Love as saying. The rocker insisted that her attempt to break the habit was like fighting a 'mini war'.
http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?rep=2&aid=377393&ssid=2&sid=ENT

And then there was Death...

Nobody Beats the Wiz. Except Cancer... Cancer Actually Does Beat the Wiz
Don Herbert, who as television's "Mr. Wizard" introduced generations of young viewers to the joys of science, died Tuesday. He was 89. Herbert, who had bone cancer, died at his suburban Bell Canyon home, said his son-in-law, Tom Nikosey.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/12/obit.mr.wizard.ap/index.html

God to Billy: Look Man, She Came on to Me, You Know How She Gets

Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and all five of their children, said a statement released by Larry Ross, Billy Graham's spokesman.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070614/ap_on_re_us/obit_ruth_graham

I Think I'd Really Like to Be a Fashion Planner. Why Limit Myself to just One Suit When I Can Design a Fashion Line?
Gianfranco Ferre, the Italian designer known as the "architect of fashion" for his structured, sculpted shapes and for his groundbreaking tenure at Christian Dior, died Sunday, a hospital said. He was 62. Ferre was taken to the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, Italy, on Friday after suffering a massive brain hemorrhage. The hospital, in a statement authorized by Ferre's family, said he died on Sunday.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/17/designer.dead.ap/index.html

Can't Imagine He Volunteered for This
Ray Mears, the Tennessee basketball coach who presided over the "Ernie and Bernie show" during his 15 seasons guiding the Volunteers, died Monday. He was 80. Mears, the winningest men's coach in school history, had been in declining health for some time, university spokesman John Painter said.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2900848

TWID is not only a place of death. And I don't just mean our health updates. It is also a place of birth. And with the Father's Day Edition of TWID, a new weekly segment has been born: "The TWID Totals" - a weekly look at the ins and outs of the Death pool scoring system. As the saying goes, why monitor death when you don't know who's winning? The Standings...

1. El Esta Adead - 66 Points (5 deaths)
2. The Ex-Parrots - 58.5 Points (5 deaths)
3. Yiz-Score - 50 Points (3 deaths)
4. Die Hard - 46 Points (3 deaths)
5. Av S. is My Hero- 41 Points (3 deaths)

Dibs. Death.

The Commissioner's Council