Celebrity death toll update

[Big Mo]

Temple Men's Basketball Team
Why you may know them: Perennial Atlantic-10 powerhouse
Date: March 14, 2006
Age: 116
Cause of death: Hall of Fame coach John Chaney's retirement

[Big Mo]

"Women Can't Dunk"
Why you may know it: Arrogant male basketball fans and players
Date: March 19, 2006
Age: Since time eternal
Cause of death: Candace Parker

[Big Mo]

Maggie Dixon
Why you may know her: Coached Army women's basketball team to first NCAA Tournament berth
Date: April 6, 2006
Age: 28
Cause of death: Heart arrythmia

[Mo]

Shit.

[Big Mo]

Proof (DeShaun Holton)
Why you may know him: Member of D12
Date: April 11, 2006
Age: 32
Cause of death: Gunshot wound to the head

[Big Mo]

June Pointer
Why you may know her: Founding member of the Pointer Sisters
Date: April 11, 2006
Age: 52
Cause of death: Cancer

[Big Mo]

Steve Howe
Why you may know him: Cocaine-addicted professional pitcher
Date: April 28, 2006
Age: 48
Cause of death: Rollover car accident

[Mo]

Okay, I am wondering why I didn't hear about that over the last few days.

[Big Mo]

Yeah, there's almost nothing out there. I wouldn't have known if I didn't on a whim go read Rick Wright's columns yesterday.

[Mo]

Elma Farnsworth
Why you may know her: First person to ever appear on TV, also known as "The Mother of Television."
Date: April 27, 2006
Age: 98
Cause of death: She was the first woman on TV, 98 years old. This one's pretty obvious.

[Big Mo]

Earl Woods
Why you may know him: Tiger's dad/coach/mentor/role model.
Date: May 3, 2006
Age: 47
Cause of death: Cancer

[Big Mo]

Floyd Patterson
Why you may know him: One-time heavyweight champion, the first boxer to win it, lose it, and win it back.
Date: May 11, 2006
Age: 71
Cause of death: Alzheimer's

[Mo]

Ryan Francis
Why you may know him: USC men's basketball team point guard.
Date: May 13, 2006
Age: 19
Cause of death: Shot to death while riding in the back seat of a car.

[Big Mo]

Damn. It sucks when people younger than me die.

[Jo]

Kevin and I were watching the news last night and this story was all over it, thought it was just a LA thing...

[Mo]

I saw it on SportsCenter and then again on SI.com (technically on CNN.com, but they're the same company).

[Big Mo]

Lloyd Bentsen
Why you may know him: Used to be the secretary of the treasury.
Date: May 23, 2006
Age: 85
Cause of death: That serial killer Mother Nature

[Big Mo]

Spencer Clark
Why you may know him: NASCAR rookie
Date: May 21, 2006
Age: 19
Cause of death: Tijeras Canyon

(EDIT: I left out the age before.)

[Mo]

There's irony for you...professional driver dies in a one car crash. Stupid mountain winds.

[Mo]

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Why you may know him: Iraqi leader of Al Qaeda.
Date: June 8, 2006
Age: Who knows/who cares?
Cause of death: Two 500 pound bombs were dropped on his head.

[Big Mo]

Luis Jimenez Jr.
Why you may know him: Responsible for that hideous "Fiesa" statue outside Popejoy Hall
Date: June 13, 2006
Age: 65
Cause of death: Crushed by a piece of his own work

[Big Mo]

Aaron Spelling
Why you may know him: Produced every single popular show in the 1980s
Date: June 23, 2006
Age: 83
Cause of death: Complications from a stroke


Patsy Ramsey
Why you may know her: JonBenet's mom
Date: June 24, 2006
Age: 49
Cause of death: Ovarian cancer

[Mo]

Kenneth Lay
Why you may know him: Enron founder who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy against his company.
Date: July 5, 2006
Age: 64
Cause of death: Massive coronary/heart attack

[Mo]

Syd Barrett
Why you may know him: Guitarist/founder of Pink Floyd.
Date: July 7, 2006
Age: 60
Cause of death: Complications from diabetes.

[Big Mo]

Mickey Spillane
Why you may know him: Creator of Mike Hammer, noir detective extraordinaire.
Date: July 17, 2006.
Age: 88.
Cause of death: He was 88.