The list for October 17, 1997
The Top 16 Most Ironic Celebrity Deaths
- Charleton Heston — Shot by an ape cleaning its semi-automatic "hunting rifle"
- Pamela Anderson Lee — Boobytrap
- Susan Lucci — Tripped and broke her neck while running up steps to accept Emmy
- Barry White — Ambushed by a squad of confused Girl Scout leaders
- Alanis Morissette — Killed just after winning the lottery at age 98, in a car accident during a traffic jam on her own rainy wedding day while receiving a prepaid free ride from three people who look just like her but with worse hair
- Anna Nicole Smith — Suffocated while working out on a slant board
- Jenny McCarthy — Struck by a random thought
- Marlon Brando — Choked to death while eating buttered popcorn at 25th anniversary screening of "Last Tango in Paris"
- Keith Richards — Natural causes
- RuPaul — Prostate cancer
- Madonna — Exposure
- Al Gore — Dutch Elm disease
- Keanu Reeves — Brain tumor
- Marv Albert — Hit by Victoria’s Secret delivery truck outside of Carpet World
- Pee Wee Herman — Died by his own hand
And the Number 1 Most Ironic Celebrity Death…
- Gallagher — Killed by Smashing Pumpkins
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CREDITS
Selected from 146 submissions from 54 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- Peter Bauer, Rochester, NY — 1 (1st #1!)
- Chuck Smith, Woodbridge, VA — 2, 6, 7
- Barbara McMahon, Ann Arbor, MI — 3
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 4, 15
- David W. James, Los Angeles, CA — 5, Topic
- David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 8
- Hank Weilevy, Fairless Hills, PA — 8
- Glenn Marcus, Washington, DC — 9
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 10
- Vickie Neilson, Carlsbad, CA — 11
- Josh Robertson, Bronx, NY — 12
- Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 13
- Jennifer O. Gall, Los Angeles, CA — 14
- Christopher Troise, New York, NY — 14
- Sue Prifogle, Rushville, IN — 16
- Robert Sullivan, Salem, OR — Banner tag
- Chris White, New York, NY — List owner/editor
- Spinal Tap, London, England — Ambience
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