The Dead Guy - Updated

Current mood: morose

When I was in college, prob ~ 1994, a guy I worked with told me about "the Dead Guy." It was a list, compiled by him and his group of friends when they were in college - late 80s - that was an honourary title granted to the most recently deceased celebrity. Well, I did some research and actually compiled a list that has been on my computer for years. I had not updated it since mid 2006, until yesterday. I have wanted a forum to post the list - and thought this would be a great place for it. So I will post it here. Obviously - I am not going to put up a list that is 15 years old, so I have only included those since January 2000. The list will obviously be updated from time to time.

So, without further ado - I give you "the Dead Guy".
Jim Varney - February 10, 2000
Charles Schulz - February 12, 2000
Larry Linville - April 10, 2000
Tito Puente - May 31, 2000
Walter Matthau - July 1, 2000
Sir Alec Guinness - August 5, 2000
Loretta Young - August 12, 2000
Richard Mulligan - September 26, 2000
Steve Allen - October 30, 2000
Victor Borge - December 23, 2000
Jason Robards - December 26, 2000
Ray Walston - January 1, 2001
Dale Evans - February 7, 2001
Morton Downey, Jr. - March 12, 2001
William Hanna - March 22, 2001
Willie Stargell - April 9, 2001
Perry Como - May 12, 2001
Anthony Quinn - June 3, 2001
John Lee Hooker - June 21, 2001
Carroll O'Connor - June 21, 2001
Jack Lemmon - June 27, 2001
Chet Atkins - June 30, 2001
Aaliyah - August 25, 2001
Various People - September 11, 2001
George Harrison - November 29, 2001
Dave Thomas - January 8, 2002
Waylon Jennings - February 13, 2002
Chuck Jones - February 22, 2002
Milton Berle - March 27, 2002
Dudley Moore - March 27, 2002
Queen Elizabeth - March 30, 2002
Layne Staley - April 5, 2002
Robert Urich - April 16, 2002
Linda Lovelace - April 22, 2002
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes - April 25, 2002
Ann Landers - June 22, 2002
Rosemary Clooney - June 29, 2002
Ted Williams - July 5, 2002
Johnny Unitas - September 11, 2002
Stephen Ambrose - October 13, 2002
James Coburn - November 18, 2002
Joe Strummer - December 22, 2002
Maurice Gibb - January 12, 2003
Nell Carter - January 23, 2003
Columbia Space Shuttle Crew - February 1, 2003
Johnny Paycheck - February 18, 2003
Fred Rogers - February 27, 2003
Robert Atkins - April 17, 2003
Robert Stack - May 14, 2003
David Brinkley - June 11, 2003
Gregory Peck - June 12, 2003
Hume Cronyn - June 15, 2003
Strom Thurmond - June 26, 2003
Buddy Hackett - June 29, 2003
Katharine Hepburn - June 29, 2003
Barry White - July 4, 2003
Buddy Ebsen - July 6, 2003
Bob Hope - July 27, 2003
Gregory Hines - August 9, 2003
Charles Bronson - August 30, 2003
Warren Zevon - September 7, 2003
John Ritter - - September 11, 2003
Johnny Cash - September 12, 2003
Robert Palmer - September 25, 2003
Elia Kazan - September 28, 2003
Willie Shoemaker - October 12, 2003
Art Carney November 9, 2003
Earl Hindman - December 29, 2003
Bob Keeshan - January 23, 2004
Jack Paar - January 27, 2004
Paul Winfield - March 7, 2004
Tony Randall - May 17, 2004
Ronald Reagan - June 5, 2004
Ray Charles - June 10, 2004
Marlon Brando - July 1, 2004
Rick James - August 6, 2004
Julia Child - August 13, 2004
Rodney Dangerfield - October 5, 2004
Christopher Reeve - October 10, 2004
Yasser Arafat - November 11, 2004
Russell Tyrone Jones (ODB) - November 13, 2004
Reggie White - December 26, 2004
Jerry Orbach - December 28, 2004
Artie Shaw - December 30, 2004
Johnny Carson - January 23, 2005
Max Schmeling - February 2, 2005
Ossie Davis - February 4, 2005
Arthur Miller - February 10, 2005
Sandra Dee - February 20, 2005
Hunter S. Thompson - February 20, 2005
Chris LeDoux - March 9, 2005
John DeLorean - March 19, 2005
Johnnie Cochran - March 29, 2005
Pope John Paul II - April 02, 2005
Prince Rainier III - April 06, 2005
Eddie Albert - May 26, 2005
Anne Bancroft - June 6, 2005
Luther Vandross - July 1, 2005
Peter Jennings - August 7, 2005
Barbara Bel Geddes - August 8, 2005
Bob Denver - September 2, 2005
William H. Rehnquist - September 3, 2005
Don Adams - September 25, 2005
Nipsey Russell - October 3, 2005
Rosa Parks - October 24, 2005
Pat Morita - November 24, 2005
Richard Pryor - December 10, 2005
Birgit Nilsson - December 25, 2005
Lou Rawls - January 6, 2006
Shelley Winters - January 14, 2006
Wilson Pickett - January 19, 2006
Chris Penn - January 24, 2006
Coretta Scott King - January 31, 2006
Al Lewis - February 3, 2006
Betty Friedan - February 4, 2006
Peter Benchley - February 11, 2006
Curt Gowdy - February 20, 2006
Don Knotts - February 24, 2006
Kirby Puckett - March 6, 2006
Maureen Stapleton - March 13, 2006
Peter Tomarken - March 13, 2006
Buck Owens - March 25, 2006
Caspar Weinberger - March 28, 2006
June Pointer - April 11, 2006
John Kenneth Galbraith - April 29, 2006
Lloyd Bentsen - May 23, 2006
Aaron Spelling - June 23, 2006
Syd Barrett - July 7, 2006
Red Buttons - July 13, 2006
Mickey Spillane - July 17, 2006
Mako - July 21, 2006
Mike Douglas - August 11, 2006
Bruno Kirby - August 14, 2006
Maynard Ferguson - August 23, 2006
Steve Irwin - September 4, 2006
Ann Richards - September 13, 2006
Edward Albert - September 22, 2006
Freddy Fender - October 14, 2006
Jane Wyatt - October 20, 2006
Red Auerbach - October 28, 2006
Adrienne Shelly - November 1, 2006
Ed Bradley - November 9, 2006
Gerald Levert - November 10, 2006
Jack Palance - November 10, 2006
Milton Friedman - November 16, 2006
Robert Altman - November 20, 2006
Elizabeth Bolden - December 4, 2006 (Born August 15, 1890)
Peter Boyle - December 12, 2006
Joseph Barbera - December 18, 2006
James Brown - December 25, 2006
Gerald R. Ford - December 26, 2006
Yvonne De Carlo - January 8, 2007
Sidney Sheldon - January 30, 2007
Molly Ivins - January 31, 2007
Frankie Laine - February 6, 2007
Anna Nicole Smith - February 8, 2007
Richard Jeni - March 10, 2007
Calvert DeForest - March 19, 2007
Johnny Hart - April 7, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - April 11, 2007
Don Ho - April 14, 2007
Boris Yeltsin - April 23, 2007
Jack Valenti - April 26, 2007
Tom Poston - April 30, 2007
Charles Nelson Reilly - May 25, 2007
Don Herbert - June 12, 2007
Liz Claiborne - June 26, 2007
Joel Siegel - June 29, 2007
Lady Bird Johnson - July 11, 2007
Tom Snyder - July 29, 2007
Ingmar Bergman - July 30, 2007
Merv Griffin - August 12, 2007
Max Roach - August 16, 2007
Leona Helmsley - August 20, 2007
Richard Jewell - August 29, 2007
Luciano Pavarotti - September 09, 2007
Jane Wyman - September 10, 2007
Brett Somers - September 15, 2007
Robert Jordan - September 16, 2007
Marcel Marceau - September 22, 2007
Lois Maxwell - September 29, 2007
Deborah Kerr - October 16, 2007
Joey Bishop - October 17, 2007
Porter Wagoner - October 28, 2007
Robert Goulet - October 30, 2007
Norman Mailer - November 10, 2007
Ira Levin - November 13, 2007
Evel Knievel - November 30, 2007
Ike Turner - December 12, 2007
Dan Fogelberg - December 16, 2007
Oscar Peterson - December 23, 2007
Benazir Bhutto - December 27, 2007
Vampira - January 10, 2008
Sir Edmund Hillary - January 11, 2008
Bobby Fischer - January 17, 2008
Suzanne Pleshette - January 19, 2008
Heath Ledger - January 22, 2008

I really do not write enough . . .

Hello all,

It is an election year - yay. That makes me happy. I am not sure, as of right now, who will win either nomination. As a leftist, I would like to see a Democrat in the White House next year. I like all three who have a chance. Probably Barack a bit more than the other two, but I still like the others, also. If Dennis Kicinich was a viable candidate, then he would be my top choice.

I actually really like Mike Huckabee, as he seems to be a likeable person, not so much in his politics. I don't hate Mitt, although I would not vote for him. I would vote for McCain, and I don't think Rudy has a chance in hell of getting the nomination at this point.

My prediction: Obama v. McCain (or Huckabee) in the general election and Obama will win. I'm probably not even close, but what the heck, eh?

What else? I am starting school again. Well - still, but this time it is a Master's program through Utah State University. I'm quite excited.

I am still a stay at home dad. I am finally, after 4 months, finally getting used to it.

That's all for now.

Farewell