Bob Hope dies at 100

[Bags]

Monday, July 28, 2003 -- 9:20 AM ET
 Bob Hope Dies at 100
 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/28/obituaries/28CND-HOPE.html
 
 Link above is to really long obituary in the NY Times.  You know they've had that ready to go for years and years.

Will Johnny Cash be next?

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by The Bombay Doors:
  Will Johnny Cash be next?

Rip Taylor....
 
 I don't know why I posted that other than that was the 1st name that came to my mind and the last time we asked this question, I came up up with the names Strom Thurmond and Kathryn Hepburn but never bothered to post them.
 
 Hope I'm wrong.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I hope Bombay Doors is wrong.

[ggw]

Saddam Hussein is next

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I hope Bombay Doors is wrong.

For me he's already dead:  When there's no cash, there's no hope...

[Venerable Bede]

Originally posted by bags:
 You know they've had that ready to go for years and years.

even better than that.  . .
 
 Dead Man Pens Hope Obituary for New York Times
 Wed Jul 30,10:58 AM ET
 
 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Funnyman Bob Hope died this week aged 100, and the New York Times informed its readers of the sad event by running out an obituary written by Vincent Canby -- a veteran Times critic who died himself in 2000.
 
 Canby, who died aged 76 in October 2000, was a long time entertainment writer for the Times.
 
 "The obituary was written by Mr. Canby several years ago and his byline was on it," Times spokesman Toby Usnik said on Tuesday, adding that Canby's own demise was noted when the Times posted the obituary on its Web site.
 
 The peculiar incident of one dead man writing about another was cause for some titillation in New York's tabloids.
 
 The New York Post, not known for holding back any punches, could barely restrain itself.
 
 "If there are any mistakes, obviously don't call the writer," the tabloid guffawed in Tuesday's edition, adding, "At least he didn't bury the lead."

Atlas shrugged...