Celebrity Deaths
May 6th, 2026 at 7:40:22 AM
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Quote: gordonm888Ted Turner Dead at 87. R.I.P.
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I hope Jane Fonda was NOT in his estate.
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May 6th, 2026 at 8:48:54 AM
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Quote: gordonm888Ted Turner Dead at 87. R.I.P.
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Because of him wrestling announcers could not say that the guy entered the ring with a "foreign object!'
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May 6th, 2026 at 8:50:34 AM
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Quote: rxwine3 people dead on cruise ship from Hantavirus still barred from docking. note of no interest perhaps: Gene Hackman's wife is suspected to have had the infection.:
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Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't become the new COVID/Corona virus. COVID/Corona virus started in just ONE place and then went global VERY quickly. Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't rapidly get out of control like COVID/Corona Virus did.
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May 6th, 2026 at 8:54:09 AM
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Thanks be to Ted.
I've watched CNN for decades.
I've watched CNN for decades.
May 6th, 2026 at 8:57:56 AM
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Ted Turner,87, one of the most influential Americans of the last 50 years. He transformed a little watched UHF station into an entertainment empire.
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May 6th, 2026 at 9:47:08 AM
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Ted Turner was immortalized in a baseball rule. As owner of the Atlanta Braves, he hired himself as manager and spent one game in uniform as the manager of the Braves, prompting MLB to immediately enact a rule where the owner cannot be the manager.
May 6th, 2026 at 10:24:38 AM
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Quote: NathanQuote: rxwine3 people dead on cruise ship from Hantavirus still barred from docking. note of no interest perhaps: Gene Hackman's wife is suspected to have had the infection.:
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Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't become the new COVID/Corona virus. COVID/Corona virus started in just ONE place and then went global VERY quickly. Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't rapidly get out of control like COVID/Corona Virus did.
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Hantavirus is far more deadly than Covid (most patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome die within two days unless they are treated) but it is much less transmissible. It has been believed that it is not transmitted person to person. It is spread by contact with urine, feces or saliva of a rodent carrying the virus. The deer mouse is the primary concern in North America.
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May 6th, 2026 at 10:34:43 AM
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Quote: gordonm888Ted Turner Dead at 87. R.I.P.
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Thank you, Ted Turner, for creating Cartoon Network (among many other more significant things)!
May 6th, 2026 at 11:38:44 AM
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Turner was a wizard at creating attention. He shifted the start times of his TV shows by 5 minutes so they would stand out in TV listings. He signed a free-agent ballplayer to a contract that paid him extra to wear #17 and offered him more money to legally change his name to Channel.
In the early 80s, he recognized the potential of televised wrestling and quietly amassed several regional promoters. Eventually, he had ten hours of wrestling in prime time on his networks. He produced the movie Gettysburg after the major studios passed on it.
In the early 80s, he recognized the potential of televised wrestling and quietly amassed several regional promoters. Eventually, he had ten hours of wrestling in prime time on his networks. He produced the movie Gettysburg after the major studios passed on it.
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May 6th, 2026 at 11:40:58 AM
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Quote: NathanQuote: rxwine3 people dead on cruise ship from Hantavirus still barred from docking. note of no interest perhaps: Gene Hackman's wife is suspected to have had the infection.:
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Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't become the new COVID/Corona virus. COVID/Corona virus started in just ONE place and then went global VERY quickly. Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't rapidly get out of control like COVID/Corona Virus did.
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A bunch of other things would have to happen before Hantavirus could become a COVID-like threat. None of them is pretty.
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May 6th, 2026 at 11:47:40 AM
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\Quote: gordonm888Ted Turner Dead at 87. R.I.P.
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I honest to God thought he died 10 years ago, Being married to that Jane Fonda witch should put anybody in an early grave.
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May 6th, 2026 at 11:50:03 AM
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\\Quote: ArmageddenThanks be to Ted.
I've watched CNN for decades.
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CNN is still around? I thought it died after they finally took it out of the airports. Turner probably had an original good idea but what it morphed into was not good.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 6th, 2026 at 1:29:51 PM
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Quote: gordonm888Quote: NathanQuote: rxwine3 people dead on cruise ship from Hantavirus still barred from docking. note of no interest perhaps: Gene Hackman's wife is suspected to have had the infection.:
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Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't become the new COVID/Corona virus. COVID/Corona virus started in just ONE place and then went global VERY quickly. Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't rapidly get out of control like COVID/Corona Virus did.
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Hantavirus is far more deadly than Covid (most patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome die within two days unless they are treated) but it is much less transmissible. It has been believed that it is not transmitted person to person. It is spread by contact with urine, feces or saliva of a rodent carrying the virus. The deer mouse is the primary concern in North America.
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When I was a PCO they were always on us to be careful about it with rodents. My last day in the biz one of my best techs mentioned it in passing while servicing a college. Somebody with too much time on their hands researched it and within an hour they were evacuating.
Lucky for me I got fired and did not have to deal with it!
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May 6th, 2026 at 5:06:57 PM
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Quote: AZDuffmanQuote: gordonm888Quote: NathanQuote: rxwine3 people dead on cruise ship from Hantavirus still barred from docking. note of no interest perhaps: Gene Hackman's wife is suspected to have had the infection.:
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Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't become the new COVID/Corona virus. COVID/Corona virus started in just ONE place and then went global VERY quickly. Hopefully Hantavirus doesn't rapidly get out of control like COVID/Corona Virus did.
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Hantavirus is far more deadly than Covid (most patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome die within two days unless they are treated) but it is much less transmissible. It has been believed that it is not transmitted person to person. It is spread by contact with urine, feces or saliva of a rodent carrying the virus. The deer mouse is the primary concern in North America.
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When I was a PCO they were always on us to be careful about it with rodents. My last day in the biz one of my best techs mentioned it in passing while servicing a college. Somebody with too much time on their hands researched it and within an hour they were evacuating.
Lucky for me I got fired and did not have to deal with it!
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My house was built 176 years ago so I'm always aware of mice. They come with the territory I never think about it much because you don't see them in the parts of the house where the cats are. But there are places where the cats are not allowed and I have seen mice for 65 years. I'm not going to start worrying about it now.
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May 6th, 2026 at 8:42:00 PM
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'Ted Turner died doing what he loved to do best. Not being married to Jane Fonda.' Greg Gutfeld
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
May 7th, 2026 at 8:10:38 AM
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All Elite Wrestling did a very nice tribute to Mr. Turner last night, for his role in promoting professional wrestling and reminded the viewers that TBS stands for Turner Broadcasting System.
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May 18th, 2026 at 5:45:15 PM
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Former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, 74. Where were you when the Bronco led the slow speed chase? Where were you when court read the verdict?
May 18th, 2026 at 6:54:49 PM
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Quote: EvenBob\\Quote: ArmageddenThanks be to Ted.
I've watched CNN for decades.
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CNN is still around? I thought it died after they finally took it out of the airports. Turner probably had an original good idea but what it morphed into was not good.
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I loved CNN Headline News. 30 minutes of news coverage playing 24/7 without any commentary.
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May 18th, 2026 at 6:56:16 PM
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Quote: GenoDRPhFormer LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, 74. Where were you when the Bronco led the slow speed chase? Where were you when court read the verdict?
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I have no idea where I was for either of those. I remember seeing the Bronco clips on the news but I was never interested in that story.
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May 20th, 2026 at 7:45:15 AM
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Mark Fuhrman has died from throat cancer.
He died the way OJ Simpson lived---from among the top killers by the throat.
He died the way OJ Simpson lived---from among the top killers by the throat.
May 20th, 2026 at 7:55:39 AM
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Donick Gocha- not a celebrity in life, but her death makes her one. This poor woman parked her car on NYC's Fifth Avenue, stepped out of the driver's door, and fell into a manhole, falling ten feet to her death. Deaths by falling into open manholes are extremely rare.
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May 20th, 2026 at 5:47:34 PM
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Quote: billryanDonick Gocha- not a celebrity in life, but her death makes her one. This poor woman parked her car on NYC's Fifth Avenue, stepped out of the driver's door, and fell into a manhole, falling ten feet to her death. Deaths by falling into open manholes are extremely rare.
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Shouldn't the manhole have been covered? 😱😳😬😡🤬 What a SENSELESS and preventable death! 😱😳😬😡🤬 I smell at least one lawsuit coming from her surviving family! 💡
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May 20th, 2026 at 6:11:46 PM
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Schiltz beer is dead after 175 years, production is ending.
it'll brew a final 80-barrel batch on Saturday, May 23, at its Verona brewery.
Who remembers the Schiltz jingo?
it'll brew a final 80-barrel batch on Saturday, May 23, at its Verona brewery.
Who remembers the Schiltz jingo?
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May 20th, 2026 at 7:29:58 PM
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Quote: rxwineSchiltz beer is dead after 175 years, production is ending.
it'll brew a final 80-barrel batch on Saturday, May 23, at its Verona brewery.
Who remembers the Schiltz jingo?
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(sigh) So many warm memories of getting good and Schlitzed back in the day.
May the cards fall in your favor.
May 20th, 2026 at 7:35:20 PM
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There was a deli in my town that only carried Schlitz and Piels and also charged almost a dollar a six-pack more than anywhere else. They weren't big on ID.
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May 20th, 2026 at 8:19:08 PM
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Quote: rxwineSchiltz beer is dead after 175 years, production is ending.
it'll brew a final 80-barrel batch on Saturday, May 23, at its Verona brewery.
Who remembers the Schiltz jingo?
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I'll try... this is off the top of my head, from when I was too young to drink.
"When it's right, you know it
When it's cool, and it's crisp, like the great taste of Schlitz.
You know it, you know it!
There's just one word for beer, and you know it."
May 20th, 2026 at 8:29:30 PM
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Quote: billryanThere was a deli in my town that only carried Schlitz and Piels and also charged almost a dollar a six-pack more than anywhere else. They weren't big on ID.
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Piel's Light Beer? That's a great light beer, at a great light price
It's a great light beer at a great light price!
(This might be Mandela Effect and I could have all of these wrong.)
May 20th, 2026 at 8:48:09 PM
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Barney Frank (March 31, 1940 – May 19, 2026)
"My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplace of existence. These little problems help me to do so." -- Sherlock Holmes
May 21st, 2026 at 6:14:42 AM
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Quote: WizardBarney Frank (March 31, 1940 – May 19, 2026)
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I ‘knew’ who he was but couldn’t remember the details. First openly gay congressman. Funny he should die around the same time as Jason Collins.
I’d say his career would be deemed a success.
May 21st, 2026 at 10:46:01 AM
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Quote: SOOPOOQuote: WizardBarney Frank (March 31, 1940 – May 19, 2026)
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I ‘knew’ who he was but couldn’t remember the details. First openly gay congressman. Funny he should die around the same time as Jason Collins.
I’d say his career would be deemed a success.
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He was a well liked Congressman from around here.
May 21st, 2026 at 3:05:14 PM
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NASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
May 21st, 2026 at 3:34:49 PM
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Quote: GenoDRPhNASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
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Unusual (so far). He was supposed to compete in a couple days. Driving NASCAR cars is no piece of cake physically, so seems like he wouldn’t have been unusually weak from an illness. But having an “illness” doesn’t usually describe a heart attack either.
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May 21st, 2026 at 3:34:51 PM
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Quote: GenoDRPhNASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
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Wow, that’s a shocker. He raced last Sunday. He was hospitalized this week for an illness. The family is not saying what the illness was.
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May 21st, 2026 at 3:44:09 PM
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Quote: JimRockfordQuote: GenoDRPhNASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
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Wow, that’s a shocker. He raced last Sunday. He was hospitalized this week for an illness. The family is not saying what the illness was.
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Sudden illness, to me, could be heart attack, stroke or rapidly advancing infection of some kind, like pneumonia.
May 21st, 2026 at 3:54:37 PM
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He was hospitalized with a severe sinus infection.
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May 21st, 2026 at 5:42:39 PM
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Quote: billryanHe was hospitalized with a severe sinus infection.
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Has been on plane recently, around another traveler?
4-5 days symptoms of Ebola "Red eyes (conjunctivitis) and nasal discharge"
just sayin'
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May 21st, 2026 at 6:12:59 PM
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Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: JimRockfordQuote: GenoDRPhNASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
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Wow, that’s a shocker. He raced last Sunday. He was hospitalized this week for an illness. The family is not saying what the illness was.
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Sudden illness, to me, could be heart attack, stroke or rapidly advancing infection of some kind, like pneumonia.
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Heh, I would argue we don't refer to it as heart illness, because it is condition like a broken leg. The heart problem may very well be caused by a disease process, but the result is a "condition" not an illness. On the other hand if it was caused by myocarditis, I would consider it an illness. If that was the current problem.
Just my opinion though.
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May 22nd, 2026 at 4:36:06 AM
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Quote: GenoDRPhQuote: JimRockfordQuote: GenoDRPhNASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
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Wow, that’s a shocker. He raced last Sunday. He was hospitalized this week for an illness. The family is not saying what the illness was.
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Sudden illness, to me, could be heart attack, stroke or rapidly advancing infection of some kind, like pneumonia.
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Is Fentanyl considered a sudden illness?
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May 22nd, 2026 at 5:51:43 AM
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Quote: DRichQuote: GenoDRPhQuote: JimRockfordQuote: GenoDRPhNASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
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Wow, that’s a shocker. He raced last Sunday. He was hospitalized this week for an illness. The family is not saying what the illness was.
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Sudden illness, to me, could be heart attack, stroke or rapidly advancing infection of some kind, like pneumonia.
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Is Fentanyl considered a sudden illness?
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Probably not Hantu Virus but it certainly matches the description.
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May 22nd, 2026 at 8:35:42 AM
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Quote: GenoDRPhNASCAR racer Kyle Busch, 41.
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I did not realize that he was the NASCAR all time wins leader. Having spent the majority of my career in Las Vegas I remember when his brother started in NASCAR and did well. His brother said, ""if you think I am good wait until you see my little brother." I think his little brother Kyle was 16 at the time.
I had met Kyle a few times through my work but I never had any real conversations with him.
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May 22nd, 2026 at 7:34:02 PM
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The Heart Attack Grill has died. It seems that visitors weighing over 350 lbs will no longer be eating for free in Vegas...
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