No real unifying theme today, except I'm talking about dead people. That count? These are short, short essays...each a very non-typical 100 words or less...
Sonny Bono
Feb. 16, 1935 – Jan. 5, 1998
It's amazing that Sonny Bono lived as long as he did, because he began his career working as a promotion man for insane music producer/murderer Phil Spector. He married and created the Frankenstein monster that is Cher and later went on to pursue a career in politics. He was introduced to Scientology by Mimi Rogers, the giant-breasted nutcase ex-wife of Tom Cruise. Sonny was killed in a so-called "skiing accident" on January 5, 1998. But just between me and you, it was either the Democrats or Scientologists that whacked him.
Feb. 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996
Margaux Hemingway was the granddaughter of famous novelist Ernest Hemingway and the sister of actress Mariel Hemingway. She was named after the wine her parents were drinking the night she was conceived. In honor of this she became an alcoholic, and when she finally quit drinking she changed the spelling of her name to Margot. Although a hot and fabulous babe, she had a long history of drug abuse and depression. This destroyed her modeling and acting careers and she committed suicide at the age of 42 by an overdose of phenobarbital. Bummer, huh?
Feb. 16, 1932 – Sept. 6, 2003
Harry Goz was a respected Broadway theater actor and voice artist. This is all well and good, but everything pales in comparison to the fact that he was the voice of the Captain Murphy on the Cartoon Network's Sealab 2021. This was a great show...but after he died of cancer it lost its magic and was quickly cancelled. His son Michael Goz did the voice of new Captain "Tornado" Shanks and replaced him on the show. They're available on DVD now, so you have no excuse.
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