Horse 456 - Dead Famous

It was 25 years ago today,
That John Lennon went and passed away.

If you have heard by now, today the 8th of December 2005 is the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death. He was shot by a crazed fan etc etc etc... boring. It's not exactly the sort of death that a rockstar usually has.

Bob Marley - Reggae man and rasta extraordinare died of toe cancer. Yup toe cancer! He could have have it cut out but due to his Rastafarian beliefs that the body must be whole, he never ever did and it spread... toe cancer!

Elvis Presley the King of Rock and Roll was found dead because of a heart attack at his home in Graceland. Now ordinarily a death by heart attack caused by over-prescription of drugs isn't all that noteworth but Elvis was found... on the toilet at the time.

Everyone who was alive knows where they were at the time when President John Kennedy was shot but there was something more sinister afoot than just a guy in a book depository or another chap behind the grassy knoll.
On Nov 23 the announcement hit Britainand delayed the start of one of the country's most important TV shows... Dr Who. Dr Who was delayed by 15 minutes because Kennedy was assassinated.
Now I don't know about you, but the Dalek invasion of Earth in later episodes also occurs on Nov 23, 1963. Co-incedence? I think most definately not. Clearly the Daleks wanted to cause confusion so that they could invade London and use that as a distraction.

Harold Holt the PM of Australia went swimming off the coast near Portsea and never returned. Although the Victorian state coroner had found that the evidence and the lack of a body would make drowning the most likely scenario, it can't helped but be argued that he was taken by a shark, a Russian submarine of a giant migratory squid.

I heard in a song suicide is painless
and it's 80% sure to make you famous.

They're all dead famous now that they're dead. And they're more famous because they're dead, and their deaths are famous and they're dead and famous...

Whatever.