Ding dong, bad guy dead.
Okay, we don’t want to go political on you—particularly those who think it’s okay that woman are for children, boys are for fun, and beheadings make for great reality TV—we think the world is a teensy weensy better place this weekend. Go team.
But there are those that will be missed:
Eddie Malone, dead at 85 years from lung disease, played serious baseball. Maybe you haven’t heard of him, but if you are serious about baseball, you’ll know about the Hillerick & Bradsby’s Louisville Sugger M 110. “M” stands for “Malone,” and “110” stands for Malone being the 110th player to design his own bat. Think it was good? Well, it was the bat used by Mickey Mantle. ‘Nuff said. We ODDfellows aspire to “Louisville Slugger ODD 1.”
Then we have Margaret Heinz Karcher who has died of liver cancer at age 91. Margaret was the wife of the founder of Carl Jr. restaurants. When you’re complaining about your lot in life, and how someone should do something to help you, think about the Karchers who borrowed $311, using their Plymouth as collateral, to buy an L.A. hotdog stand. Now there are over 1000 Carl Jr. restaurants.
If you watched the original American Bandstand, you saw the work of director Edward Yates, now dead at 87. Strong work Ed; Keep on rockin’.
Finally, we are ODDfully saddened by word of the death of Sam Arnold. Sam founded the legendary The Fort Restaurant outside of Denver. He fed buffalo and gun powder-laced concoctions to presidents, prime ministers, the rich, famous, and the multitudes who loved his passion for good eats and the American West. Waugh! Sam, Waugh!
~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com
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