MSNBC.com Newsmaker (Celebrity) Farewells

Click here for MSNBC.com's slideshow of some of the most notable expirations of 2007. We love you Tammy Faye, Anna Nicole, and Ladybird Johnson.

Benazir Bhutto

21 June 1953 - 27 December 2007

This is incredibly sad. I'm not sure how many of you out there know about her or the political landscape of Pakistan, but this is a terrible setback to democracy and free elections in the country. Pakistan must not be overrun by religious fanatics.

The photo above appears courtesy of Getty images and MSNBC.com. It's from her political rally this morning hours before she was killed.

Perry Kucinich

Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich's brother was found dead today, Age 52, died allegedly of natural causes, although Lynn Samuels predicts Rush Limbaugh will try to blame the Clintons.

Donda West

1949 to November 10, 2007.

No one told me! But, check this out, she had a heart attack a day after a tummy tuck and liposuction. That f*cking sucks.

Brian Sean Griffith aka Shawn Eric Eckardt

(c. 1967 – December 12, 2007)
aka, that guy in charge of clubbing Nancy Kerrigan at the olympics!

Occupation: Thug/Goon/Former Tonya Harding bodyguard
Age: 40
Cause of Death: Natural Causes?? How about being slightly corpulent?

So does this finish our group of three for the time being? Ike, Dan, and Tubby.

Dan Fogelberg

August 13, 1951 to December 16, 2007

Occupation: Singer/Songwriter
Cause of Death: Prostate Cancer
Trivia: Comedian Denis Leary once suggested he sue Dan Fogelberg and James Taylor for turning him soft in the 70s.

Ike Turner

Well here goes something, our first installment of celebrity deaths.

Ike Turner dies at 76

Who's next?!

And, the official celebrity death patrol tracker spreadsheet

Welcome

Baron von Reaper welcomes you to Celebrity Death Patrol. This blog is dedicated to the world-wide phenomenon of celebrities dying in groups of threes, and my personal fascination with celebrity death pools. Feel free to contact me at vonreaper@gmail.com with your picks for Reaper Rumble 2008, and tell me who you think will kick the bucket in the New year. Only 24 days left in the year!