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Sogen Kato – set to celebrate his 111th birthday – had visitors from the government, no doubt bringing him a cake or some fruit for the occasion.

When they knocked on the door, Kato’s granddaughter told the visitors that he “doesn’t want to see anybody”. The visitors persisted, and finally got in the house. And how did Mr. Kato greet them? Well, they found mummified skeletal remains lying in his bed. Mr. Kato may have been dead for 30 years according to Japanese authorities.

Here’s the story as it was reported by BBCNews.co.uk:  Read more... (270 words, estimated 1:05 mins reading time)

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… but I did all the legwork of scoring because the dumb-asses as the Washington Post pulled off the ever-difficult alley-OOPsie and reported him dead. Even though he hasn’t… yet.

John Wooden is reported to be in serious and grave condition, and is in the hospital. But you know what? Screw it – I’m not changing it back. The game is scored as if he died, and when he dies, then the world will be right. And, I’ll look like a psychic because I really pulled that shit off.

So, until he dies, the game scoreboard is wrong.  Read more... (107 words, estimated 26 secs reading time)

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Wilma Mankiller, whose life encapsulated some of the traditions and the changes that are part of contemporary Native American culture, died on Tuesday. She was 64.

In 1985, Mankiller became the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, a position she held for a decade. As chief, she headed the Tribal Council, the ruling body of the 72,000-member Cherokee Nation, and was principal guardian of Cherokee customs and traditions.

Mankiller served as the chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. In 1998, President Clinton awarded her the Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor.  Read more... (141 words, estimated 34 secs reading time)

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John Forsythe, best known as Blake Carrington in ‘Dynasty’ and the voice of Charlie in Charlie’s Angels, passed on April 1st at the age of 92. It was pneumonia (which set in after a year long battle with cancer) that got him.

Die For My Benefit, Gabe, Joel, and One Deadbeat Off each scored with this death. Die For My Benefit and One Deadbeat Off had their Ghoulpool cherry popped by Blake. Not too shabby, I guess.

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June Havoc, and actress and vaudeville star, died at the probably age of 97 on March 28th, 2010. Havoc was a child vaudeville performer under the tutelage of her mother. She later acted on Broadway and in Hollywood, and stage directed (both on and off-Broadway). She last appeared on television in 1990, on General Hospital.  Read more... (289 words, estimated 1:09 mins reading time)

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Every now and then, I read a news article that blows me away. So much so, that I have to share it with all my morbid friends. And this story is one of those stories.

A professional window washer over in the UK somewhere apparently was despondent enough to take his own life. Nothing extraordinary about that. But the way he erased himself is truly one of a kind.

You know those giant souvenir pencils you can get at carnivals, circuses, and other places? Well, apparently Jeff Burton’s mother had one, she died, and this giant pencil had a special place in Jeff’s body. And up until his last night, it was just his heart.  Read more... (409 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

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(Reprinted from here)

By Victor Li

Elizabeth Taylor hasn’t been this popular since “Cleopatra.” The Rev. Billy Graham, who was recently ranked the most influential preacher in the world, has another No. 1 ranking – one that he’d rather not have. And Fidel Castro, after many near misses in the past, might finally accomplish this year what many have long hoped for him.

Strange as it sounds, people are rooting for them to die this year.

Celebrity death pools have become extremely popular in recent years, offering its players a macabre hybrid of fantasy sports and celebrity watching. March Madness, meet Cadaver Craziness.  Read more... (1203 words, estimated 4:49 mins reading time)

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In other news, I didn’t know Scott Baio was still alive.

Turns out that ol’ Scotty, postered heartthrob Chachi from the late 70′s to early 80′s, posted a less than flattering picture of First Lady Michelle on his Twitter account, with the quote “WOW He wakes up to this every morning.

The backlash was immediate and brutal.

Here’s the rest of the story:

But now it’s Baio who’s feeling the backlash. According to FoxNews.com, the former Happy Days star says he’s been receiving death threats for his comment, as other Twitter users bashed him with tweets like, “Scott Baio should be PUT DOWN.”

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75-year old actress Rue McClanahan, who is probably best known for playing the erstwhile Blanche Devereaux in “The Golden Girls,” has suffered a minor stroke recently, while recovering from heart bypass surgery.

According to a report at eonline.com, the Emmy-award winning actress had her heart bypass surgery back in November. Rue then spent two weeks in the ICU, after doctors successfully removed the blot clot that was in her brain.

McClanahan’s recovery is slow but steady. Her speech and movement on the right side of her body was affected by the stroke, but her rep says she is undergoing physical therapy and should be out of the hospital by the end of the month.  Read more... (168 words, estimated 40 secs reading time)

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The health of the Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua is causing serious concerns in the country, which is one of the biggest exporters of oil in the world. President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua had been admitted to a hospital in Saudi Arabia about 49 days back, after he complained of heart problems. That was the last that the world heard of him. Ever since, there has been no news of either his well being or of his possible demise, leading to much speculation, most of them concluding in his death.

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