Dead in 2005

[QB Eagles]

Did Don Knotts die yet?

Nope. When in doubt, consult the Dead People Server.

[QB Eagles]

Peter Jennings is dead.

[SD_Eagle5]

Peter Jennings is dead.

Whoa! Shocker

At first I thought you were kidding.

[BigEd76]

ABC News link 

[WEST is GOD]

That sucks. He was diagnosed with lung cancer just a few years after he started up smoking again at around 9/11. Everyone says that is a painful way to go, but he's no longer in suffering now. I was never a big news broadcast viewer, but he was very good when I did watch him.

[PhillyGirl]

So incredibly sad. I was crying when I watched his announcement on TV a few months back.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Everyone says that is a painful way to go, but he's no longer in suffering now.

I'm not so sure about painful, but it is terrible and cruel. Being with my mom when she passed is something that will linger with me as long as I live.

[PhillyGirl]

Everyone says that is a painful way to go, but he's no longer in suffering now.

I'm not so sure about painful, but it is terrible and cruel. Being with my mom when she passed is something that will linger with me as long as I live.

Ditto for me with my grandmother. She didn't feel any pain in the end, but she was just not "Nana" at the end either.

[BigEd76]

Former Phillies manager Gene Mauch 

[WEST is GOD]

I don't know if I mean physical pain like stabbing with a knife, but when you have to get hooked up to a machine and have trouble breathing, that must be awful. Not getting enough air is painful.

[General_Failure]

Anybody hooked up to a machine is usually on painkillers.

[Geowhizzer]

Former Phillies manager Gene Mauch 

Mauch still owns the Phils record for wins by a manager.

Of course, in the finest Phillies tradition, he has a losing record as a Phillies manager:  646-684 (.486).

His career managing record was 1902-2037 (.483). 

Managed 26 years in the majors (1960-1982 with the Phils, Expos, Twins and Angels, and 1985-1987 with the Angels).

[Geowhizzer]

Miss Ellie from the show Dallas:

Film, Stage Star Barbara Bel Geddes Dies

[PhillyGirl]

Matthew McGrory, the 7 foot plus actor, West Chester native from the Stern show and many movies, dies at 32

[Father Demon]

Ted Radcliffe, the oldest and one of the few surviving members of the Negro Baseball League, died on 8/11 at age 103.  That was worth big points to the lone player who picked him in Ghoul Pool.