Celebrity Death Haiku

Amy Winehouse

1983–2011

Hey Amy Winehouse — 
That "won't go to rehab" thing,
How did that work out?

— Jeff Tiedrich

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Cautionary tale:
When they say "go to rehab"
Don't say "no no no"  

— Jeff Tiedrich

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Perhaps what's saddest
About this untimely death
Is that no one's shocked

— Inshallah 

John M. Shalikashvili

1936–2011

From draftee to top
Brass hat; agreed not to ask
Hoping no one'd tell

— Russell 1000

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Shalikashvili's
Name alone wasted entire
Line of death haiku

— Dr. Vitz

 

 

Betty Ford

1918–2011

If we voted for
First Ladies, Betty would've
Been a two-termer

— Lairbo

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Made celebrity
Sobriety hip and, for
Some, habitual

— Roger Rabid