He was also selected by Dr. Death #2, Dr. Death #3, and Scott A. as their waiver wire pick up on July 1st. It’s been a banner month for those three lists, as both scored deaths in August have been on those three lists, and only those three lists. Scott A – the defending champion – has moved up from a dismal 10th place on August 1st to now #3 – and that’s in the money.

Bailey rushed for 6,320 yards. At the time, only he and Tony Dorsett at the University of Pittsburgh had run for more than 6,000 career yards.

He was a three-time NCAA Division II player of the year and was runner-up for the award as a freshman, when he ran for 2,011 yards. That made him at the time only the third college running back to top 2,000 yards in a season.

He rushed for more than 200 yards in his first four college games and had at least 100 yards in his first 11. He gained 7,803 all-purpose yards, an NCAA career record. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2000.

Bailey played 81 games and scored nine touchdowns in six seasons in the NFL after he was drafted by the Chicago Bears in the ninth round in 1990. He holds the team’s record for the longest punt return, when as a rookie he took one back 95 yards for a touchdown. Bailey also played two seasons in Phoenix and two with the Rams, one in Los Angeles and the next when the franchise moved to St. Louis.

The drummer had been suffering from liver cancer and died Thursday at a hospital near Vancouver, Canada, after complications of pneumonia, his publicist, Bridget Nolan, confirmed Friday.

“He was waiting for a liver transplant,” said Nolan. Over the past year, benefits had been staged on Hayward’s behalf; he had no health insurance.

In a letter to fans last August, Hayward wrote about his predicament, but sounded hopeful: “My intent is to come back to the band, as soon as I am physically able. Your love and support will mean a lot to me, more than I can say. I love and will miss you all, and I will see you again on the proud highway.”

He last performed with the band on July 11.

Hayward helped form Little Feat in 1969, along with frontman Lowell George, Bill Payne and Roy Estrada. The jamband mixed a variety of genres including rock, country, jazz and blues, and were known for songs like “Willin.” The group fell apart in 1979 after George died, but reformed in 1987, and had been a fixture on the touring circuit.

Besides his work with Little Feat, Hayward also performed with acts including Eric Clapton, Robert Plant, Buddy Guy and Barbra Streisand.

Three hits with this name – check out the updated scoring by clicking here.

Miller was an influential record producer who became a hugely popular recording artist and an unlikely television star a half century ago by leading a choral group in familiar old songs and inviting people to sing along. He had been an accomplished oboist and was still a force in the recording industry when he came up with the idea of recording old standards with a chorus of some two dozen male voices and printing the lyrics on album covers. The “Sing Along With Mitch” album series, which began in 1958, was an immense success, finding an eager audience among older listeners looking for an alternative to rock ’n’ roll. Mitch Miller and the Gang serenaded them with chestnuts like “Home on the Range,” “That Old Gang of Mine,” “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” and “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.”

We had three scores with this hit – Boston Mike, Chris (who topped the charts with Miller as his #1 hit), and One Deadbeat Off. Congrats to all.

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:

Welfare officials had tried to meet Mr. Kato since early this year. But when they went to visit, family members repeatedly chased them away, according to Tomoko Iwamatsu, an Adachi ward official.

Authorities grew suspicious and sought an investigation by police, who forced their way into the house on Wednesday.

They discovered a mummified body, believed to be Kato, lying in his bed, wearing underwear and pyjamas, covered with a blanket.

Mr Kato’s relatives told police that he had “confined himself in his room more than 30 years ago and became a living Buddha,” according to a report by Jiji Press.

But the family had received 9.5 million yen ($109,000: £70,000) in widower’s pension payments via Mr Kato’s bank account since his wife died six years ago, and some of the money had recently been withdrawn.

The pension fund had long been unable to contact Mr Kato.

“His family must have known he has been dead all these years and acted as if nothing happened. It’s so eerie,” said Yutaka Muroi, a Tokyo metropolitan welfare official.

Without any more delay, here are the actions that took place at midnight. The lists have all been updated, and we’re ready for more celebs to start dropping.

(Player / Dropped Name / Added Name)
3JCmusic.com / Amy Winehouse / Pat Burns
Dr. Death #1 / George Steinbrenner / Joran van der Sloot
Dr. Death #2 / Rush Limbaugh / Johnny Bailley
Dr. Death #3 / Bill Monbouquette / Johnny Bailey
Drop Dead / Courtney love / Ruth Bader Ginsberg
efoffndi / Nancy Pelosi / Dick Cheney
Go Fish / Maura Tierney / Geraldine Ferraro
NHRAchik67 / Roger Ebert / Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi
rjs246 / George Clinton / Gabriel García Márquez
Scott A / Kathryn Joosten / Johnny Bailey
Team Dirt / Jack Kevorkian / John Demjanjuk

Thank you to all who participated and took advantage of the add/drop feature of our little game. It’s nice to see th einvolvement, and for some of you, I hope this changes your luck up a little bit and you can get your first score of the year!!

Robert C. Byrd, who used his record tenure as a United States senator to fight for the primacy of the legislative branch of government and to build a modern West Virginia with vast amounts of federal money, died at about 3 a.m. Monday, his office said. He was 92.

Mr. Byrd’s death comes as Senate Democrats are working to pass the final version of the financial overhaul bill and win other procedural battles in the week before the Independence Day recess. In the polarized atmosphere of Washington, President Obama’s agenda seemed to hinge on Mr. Byrd’s health. Earlier this year, in the final days of the health care debate, the ailing senator was pushed onto the Senate floor in his plaid wheelchair so he could cast his votes.

Mr. Byrd served 51 years in the Senate, longer than anyone in American history, and with his six years in the House, he was the longest-serving member of Congress. He held a number of Senate offices, including majority and minority leader and president pro tem.

One player finally gets on the board (Just Great with his first death), plus six others earn points on this one. I’ll also mention at least two players tried to add him for the waiver wire (names due by midnight, June 30th), but he couldn’t hang on long enough to reward them.

José was a solo shot, as many shots of José are. Dr. Death #2 scored the points, and vaulted into first place while he was at it. And all without the assistance of salt or a lime.

You can read the whole story right here.

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.

When he dies, I’ll send out another note….

Rue, who earned an Emmy Award for playing the sexually liberated Southern belle Blanche Devereaux to life on the hit TV series “The Golden Girls”, died at 1:00 AM at home as the result of a stroke.

She had undergone treatment for breast cancer in 1997 and later lectured to cancer support groups on “aging gracefully.” In 2009, she had heart bypass surgery.

Three scores on this one – Charles #2, Danielle #1, and Die For My Benefit.