It is usually at this time of year that bloggers, television, and print come up with lists of all the people we have lost this year. While these memorial lists are interesting and provide context for the year in which we lived, we at the Blanca DeBree Blog believe it is more important to single [.[...]
Archive for the ‘O-Bitch-uaries’ Category
December 30th, 2009 - 11:52 pm § in O-Bitch-uaries
Rush Limbaugh Dead at Age 58
Rush Limbaugh has been pronounced dead in Hawaii. Limbaugh was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. His family has a long history in Republican politics, including several members who were judges. When Limbaugh was 16 years old he began working at a local radio station. After attending Southeast Missou[...]
December 20th, 2009 - 6:09 pm § in O-Bitch-uaries
Brittany Murphy Dies
Brittany Murphy, the star of films such as Clueless, 8 Mile, and the voice of Luanne on King of the Hill has died at age 32. There are no details as to cause of death. She is survived by her husband, whom she married in 2007. Brittany Murphy, 1977 – 2009. [...]
December 16th, 2009 - 8:34 pm § in Jesus, O-Bitch-uaries
God Finally Kills Oral Roberts
Oral Roberts, whose name inspired more than 30 hardcore sex films, has died at age 91. Twenty two years after God threatened to kill him if he didn’t raise $8 million for his fly-by-night medical school, the Almighty followed through on his threat and smote the televangelist. Roberts, a Pent[...]
September 16th, 2009 - 10:38 pm § in O-Bitch-uaries
Mary Travers Dead
Mary Travers, of Peter, Paul, and Mary fame, has died at age 72. Travers, the Mary in the trio responsible for such folk classics as “Puff the Magic Dragon” and “If I Had a Hammer”, lost her fight to leukemia in Boston today. The bands other hits include “Lemon TreeR[...]
September 16th, 2009 - 9:34 pm § in O-Bitch-uaries
Henry Gibson Dies
Henry Gibson, the strange little poet from “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In” has died at the age of 73. Gibson had a long, 40-year career on both the big and small screens. His most memorable roles included an Illinois Neo-Nazi, a closeted gay judge, and a country music promoter. Tod[...]
September 15th, 2009 - 4:16 am § in O-Bitch-uaries
Patrick Swayze Succumbs to Cancer
Patrick Swayze has lost his battle with pancreatic cancer and has died at age 57. Swayze was a versatile actor who starred in many varied films and genres: Ghost (romance), Red Dawn (teenage), Road House (action), Donnie Darko (independent), and To Woo Fong, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (al[...]
August 27th, 2009 - 7:06 pm § in O-Bitch-uaries
The Liberal Lion Dies
Ted Kennedy, the stalwart of liberal causes, has died of brain cancer at the age of 77. Kennedy was from a family, which wore the mantle of noblesse oblige with honor and fought for those, who were not born with a silver spoon in their mouths. He championed civil rights, gay rights, women’s [...]
August 18th, 2009 - 6:40 pm § in O-Bitch-uaries
Robert Novak Dies
After outing a spook, Robert Novak today becomes a spook, dying of brain cancer at age 78. In 2008 Novak committed hit and run. Novak drove for one block after hitting an 86-year-old pedestrian. Only after a bicycling flagged him down and phoned the police, did he realize that the man he hit was[...]
August 7th, 2009 - 9:23 pm § in Entertainment, O-Bitch-uaries
John Hughes Dead
John Hughes, the director of teenage angst movies like The Breakfast Club and Sixteen Candles, has died at the age of 59 from a heart attack. Hughes became the voice of a generation–Blanca’s generation–by speaking to teenagers as they attempted to navigate the horrifying world of s[...]
