William Gibson Counted on a Miracle

Scoring Update! The points change, death remains the same...

Playwright William Gibson, whose "The Miracle Worker" has thrilled audiences for nearly a half-century with the true story of the deaf-blind Helen Keller's rescue from a world of ignorance, has died. He was 94.

"The act of writing makes everything possible to me," Gibson said in a 2003 interview with The Associated Press at his home in Stockbridge, Mass. "I've always found the business of writing has helped me to live."

Congratulations and 24 points awarded to Extended Weekend at Bernie's. The Rosters and Standings have been updated.

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Looks like people from Senegal are big fans of The Godfather.

The only problem is that maybe they shouldn't have taken the term "go to the mattresses" so literally.

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• Baugh was the first coach of the AFL's New York Titans. The Titans would later become the modern day New York Jets.

He must be proud to be the forerunner of immortal coaches such as Rich Kotite, Bruce Coslet, and Herman Edwards.

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William Gibson's name appears on "Extended Weekend at Bernie's" roster

• In 1967, he elected to move to Canada in order "to avoid the Vietnam war draft." At his draft hearing, he informed interviewers honestly that his intention in life was to sample every mind-altering substance in existence
  

He and Pete Doherty should talk. Both picks in DP 008, birthdays within a week of each other, and a love for mind expanding drugs. Groovy!

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