Someone famous dies
We post haiku about them
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HAIKU:
February 13
Cotton Mather
February 14
Nat King Cole
February 15
Dick Francis
Ethel Merman
February 16
Keith Haring
February 17
Geronimo
Celebrity News
E! Online
The Soup
Perez Hilton
TMZ
People Magazine
Haiku
Haiku a Day
Haiku for People
Haiku.com
Genuine Haiku Generator
Blogroll
Andy Borowitz
Annie's Way
Bloggingheads
Dave Barry Blog
Drawn!
Glamourpuss
Inx Art
J-Walk Blog
Ken Jenning's Blog
Ken Levine
Metafilter
Mike Gerber
Now What
Obit Magazine
The Onion
Peter Kuper
Plymptoons
pu-pu-platter
Ragged Edge Press
Shoebox Blog
Slate
smirkingchimp
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
Writer Dude's Blog
1963–2012
A powerful voiceGone silent much too earlyOh – hell to the no!
— Dr. Vitz
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Not nearly enoughBodyguards to protect herFrom her own worst self
— Philco
Hope that she will beRemembered for her talent —Not for the trainwreck
— Inshallah
1951–2011
Dear Mr. KotterRobert's career is absentSigned Epstein's Mother
19??–2011
Chimp Cheetah played fairFlinging feces at bad guys,Not Tarzan and Jane
— Basil St. Blaise
Noble Cheetah slippedOn Big Banana Peel, joinsJohnny Weismuller
1915-2011
Cowpoke to colonelCop in between; looked 50For as many years
-- Abbie Rhodes
1919–2011
'Ja ever noticeHow stiff and cold I've become?Why 'ja think that is?
— Jeff Tiedrich
Having run out ofComplaints in this life, he is On to the next one
— Ishallah
1945–2011
Gentle giant offThe field; on the gridiron,Not so much "gentle"
— Roger Rabid
1983–2011
Hey Amy Winehouse — That "won't go to rehab" thing,How did that work out?
Cautionary tale:When they say "go to rehab"Don't say "no no no"
Perhaps what's saddestAbout this untimely deathIs that no one's shocked
1927-2011
I guess the Reaper Wasn't taken in by that "One more question" ruse
-- Jeff Tiedrich
1942-2011
You can't imagineBorn to Run without sax break?Now it's easier
Dr. Vitz
1950 – 2011
Please hail me a cabSorry, our driver is deadConaway's flag down
— Ira Heller
1922–2011
No matter what he Showed up in, you were alwaysHappy to see him
— Lairbo
1932 - 2011
Many husbands andViolet eyes we'd die for...If she hadn't first
-- Dr. Vitz
And you think you haveA hard time rememberingAnniversaries
-- Loren Ipsum
Her beauty upstagedHer talent, her marriagesOvershadowed both
-- Roger Rabbid
Hilton, Wilding, ToddFisher, Burton and Burton,Warner, Fortensky
1921–2011
Full figured outlawThat gentlemen preferred moreThan any old blonde
1936 – 2011
A funeral is An ugly think, und, I thinkIt's time to have mine
1952 – 2011
Best known for getting Buttered up by Brando for That one last tango
— Russell 1000
1934 – 2011
It was uncanny — I mean, you could have sworn thatNixon died again
Meader (Kennedy), Frye (Nixon), Hartman (Clinton) . . .Look out, Tina Fey
1939 – 2011
Major reason thatWomen with British accentsAlways get me hot
1914 – 2011
Undeterred by deathLaLanne's corpse will pull his hearseTo prove his fitness
Sullivan in aLeisure suit, only stifferAnd never blinking
ImpresarioFor bubblegum and rock starsBut kept nerdy style
Trying to pictureHim, all I see is Wally,Beav's older brother
Why David Nelson?'Cause every familyNeeds its own Zeppo
1947 – 2011
He leaves Baker StreetRafferty starts afterlifeStuck in the middle?
Dirt to the left ofMe, dirt to the right, stuck inA coffin with you
1941 – 2010
Van Vliet was a fraud!First, he lied about his rank.And his heart? Human.
1938 – 2010
The party's reallyOver for the Dandy Don, So turn out the lights
Between the brains andThe bore, Dandy Don was the Booth's regular guy
— Roger Rabbid
1926 – 2010
Made Airplane take offIn a pre-TSA worldCan't call him Shirley
— Meanie the Blue
1944 – 2010
Always played womenOn the verge of something andNervous about it
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