#Winning the Election in the Sky...Duhh

So no one scores on the passing of Geraldine Ferraro which is a little sad, here at The Dead League we like to celebrate the lives of recently departed "celebrities." So it is with heavy hearts that we do not get to do so with Ms. Ferraro...wait this is a blog and we do what we want. No one scores but we will still have some fun, why could she not have run as VP for Gerald Ford? Gerald & Geraldine? best campaign stickers ever, people wouldn't know if it was an election for president, a cheesy 70's sitcom or a cheesy 70's porn which is fantastic. Actually can some one make either the sitcom or the porn we would enjoy either or both.... ok that is enough.

Some House Cleaning Deaths

In the past month, seeing this is not our full time job at The Dead League, we have missed a few "under the radar" deaths. We apologizes to the families of these people as their pictures will not be posted here, however the scoring has been updated to reflect these deaths. In order of passing;

Bruce Gordon - American Actor from TV's "The Untouchables"

Gordon Murray - Wall St. Banker/ Author died of Brain Cancer

Eunice Sanborn - Former Oldest Living American @ 114 years

scoring for these got a wee bit complicated as some qualified for blood baths and others for two in a row bonuses.

Cleopatra is Dead

And perhaps our most famous death of 2011 so far is Elizabeth Taylor, the "Mother of Survival." I bet she is eating those words now. Taylor 79 is a nice return with 41 points for Living in Oblivion as well as a bloodbath bonus for the death of Pinetop Perkins as well, that is an extra 25 points.

So Long Pinetop...

I don't believe there will ever be another Pinetop Perkins, mostly because children generally are not named "Pinetop." However a google search revealed that we have lost possibly the last "great pre-WWII" jazz musician. Can we agree that we are close to losing anyone who lived "pre-WWII" ? Anyway team Dead Presidents in now on the board with a score of 23 for this death.

So Long Frank Buckles...

He is off to the big trench in the sky, gas mask and all. As the last surviving veteran of WWI, Frank was remembered as lying to get into the military at age 16. Good for him, and good for Bloody Mary, who scores a whopping 10 points. However it may be a sign that the draft stategey of selecting all Geezers might pay off this year after years of failure.

Workout of Death; RIP Jack Lalane

For the first time in 2 years Dead Presidents gets on the scoreboard with the passing of Jack Lalane at age 96. Mr. Lalane is worth a grand total of 24 points which puts the Presidents solidly in 5th place in the busy first month of Death.

Happy Belated Death to Gerry Rafferty

Looks like the Rock and Roll lifestyle caught up with Mr. Rafferty and now he is "Stuck in the Middle With Liver Failure and Death." He was a 57 point score for Creamation Nation bumping him up the standings. Sorry didn't catch this one fast enough as it happened on the 4th of Jan.