Famous People We're Afraid Will Die in 2009

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GeeBee — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:18:38 GMT

Hey last I heard Etta James was way healthier than she was a few years ago. Got the stomach stapled, lost a lot of weight, now performs on her feet again after years of singing sitting down. Now Aretha Franklin, there's a coronary infarction just waiting to happen.

Ditto on the missing Johnny Cash regrets. Also John Lee Hooker performed about ten miles from my house, we missed him (sold the place out, the old dog), and he promptly croaked about two weeks later.

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totalblamblam — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:36:29 GMT

McCain.

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allfathersdotter — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:55:34 GMT

You forgot one really important leader who is starting to get the death-look (I call it the grey-face... also works with people who have fallen off the wagon, heroine included obviously)

NOAM CHOMSKY ... I've been scared of his imminent demise for a bit now, I don't know what the H** we'd do without him.

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Apollo — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:03:15 GMT

Abe Vigoda obviously can't die. Same with Keith Richards. The fuckers are immortals.

As much as it would really suck I don't know that Bob Dylan has that much longer for this world.

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Colleen Kane — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:48:12 GMT

I know. It's ridiculous at this point. And I don't even live far from Austin.

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Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:49:56 GMT

I have to agree with the Etta James prediction. As for Fats, he'll live forever-- same with all your leader choices, including Ted Kennedy, the only man who I saw could drink Hunter Thompson under the table.

Also, how the hell have you not seen Willie Nelson? He plays 300 shows a year!